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Ultima X Oddysey Cancelled
by Maarten Goldstein, Jun 30, 2004 7:29pm PDTElectronic Arts kills Ultima X: Odyssey is a new GameSpot story, reporting that the Unreal engine powered MMORPG has been cancelled. Following an evaluation of the project, EA decided to kill the project and dedicate resources to the latest Ultima Online expansion pack, the UO live team and "an unannounced Ultima Online project". According to producer David Yee
This isn't an easy decision but it's the right move for the future of all things Ultima, including the community and the team. We look forward to sharing our plans for the future of Ultima Online very soon.
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Thank you for reminding me how head up your own assed type of company you are.
I buy no more products from JOO!!!
RIP UO2 and UOX!!!
I was really looking forward to both of these. But Eas actions have made sure neither will ever see the light of day. My actions will be to never purchase another EA game ever.
I honestly don't understand why all the cool/good games aren't successful, instead of a bunch of shi**y ones.
Fucking scummy twats!
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This was an easy decision. It's the right move for the future of all the executives and managers at EA, we actually couldn't give a shit about the community or the team. We look forward to milking Ultima Online and other titles for the foreseeable future.
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It's the only company that I actually miss.
"We create Worlds". That was their motto and that was exactly what they did. Every game with the Origin stamp on it was a triple A title.
Privateer
Wing Commander
The Ultima Series
Bioforge
Strike Commander
System Shock
Then they sold out to EA. *sigh*
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I'm surprised it took them this long to cancel it ...
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they had a lot of press media built up for this one. although i never was interested in it, it looked like it was 120% going to be for sure released...
thats two Ultima games killed off now, and now UO is desperately behind in graphics and innovation.
I bet they use the assets from Ultima X in some expansion pack for UO.
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Sounds like their reasoning hasn't changed in the last 3 years. C'mon EA...your game, fun though it may be for some...is older than dirt.
The last time they said something like dedicate resources to the latest Ultima Online expansion pack, the UO live team and "an unannounced Ultima Online project, people got laid off. So did they do more de-hiring?