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Ultima X - Odyssey Development Cancelled

Posted by simoniker on from the ultimately-canned dept.

eToychest writes "According to a post by David Yeeon on the front page of the official EA site, PC MMO title Ultima X: Odyssey has been cancelled. The post reads: 'As of today, development on Ultima X: Odyssey has ended. We feel that Ultima Online is where we need to focus our online efforts and most of my team will be moving to the UO expansion pack, the UO live team, and an unannounced Ultima Online project.' It's too bad, but perhaps it was for the best." GameSpot sketches out the background, explaining: "The [August 2003-announced] game went through an evolution when its design and development staff were recently moved from EA's Austin, TX studio to the company's main Redwood Shores campus... UXO was to have picked up where the Ultima IX storyline left off", and GameSpy adds that the new Ultima Online expansion pack "will be officially revealed later this month at an EA press event."

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  1. Re:Typical by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not only that, but this is the second Ultima MMORPG to be cancelled during development. That's gotta be some kind of record.

    Each time they say the original Ultima Online is where they need to keep their focus. Wait a year, we'll see this new project they mention being cancelled, and then the comment that they need to focus on the original Ultima Online.

    Ah, vicious circles. Gotta love em.

    In terms of UO:X being cancelled, it may be for the best. I have seen next to no hype for it, with the community following it seemingly small and quiet.

  2. Not Surprized... by TibbonZero · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They did the same thing (if not worse) UO2. Origin/EA/Whatever it is, has turned into a flakey company lately, that just can't deliver a good MMO to the market.

    If they would just start releasing the source to these games after the trash them, life would be so much better.
    Next up... Ultima: Not Gonna Happen.

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    1. Re:Not Surprized... by Nasarius · · Score: 4, Insightful
      steal 57 varieties of palette-shifted dragons and wreak havoc on eight cities and assorted villages in the name of virtue!

      Man, Grand Theft Dragon would kick ass ;-)

      It's really startling how this is an exact repeat of what happened to UO2. Again the lame excuse of focusing on UO. Give it up, guys. UO is dead. You're not going to get any new subscribers.

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  3. Series was long dead by arkham6 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As far as I'm concerned, and I believe many others would agree with me, the series died at the end of Ultima 7.

    The add on does not count in my book. :)

    1. Re:Series was long dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

      He got modded as Troll because he's just another fucking game luddite who will never see his golden age return. He probably thinks Final Fantasy died with 6 and Quake died with 2. These people need to wake the fuck up.

  4. Re:Typical by hords · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I would just be happy with a non-buggy non-MMO Ulitma X RPG. Is that so much to ask for? EA buys Origin and then stops making what used to be one of the greatest selling RPGs. Not everyone wants to play MMO games. And certainly who wants to pay for more than one or two at a time.