Ultima Online at Wayback Wednesday Kai Schober 15 May 2012 17:33:15 EST MMORPG.com's Twitch TV channel is going to visit Ultima Online tomorrow night, 05/16, in its Wayback Wednesday series. The session will launch at 9:30pm EDT (3:30am CEST...

The Awakening – Act IV Part 2 Kai Schober 11 May 2012 12:44:19 EST Written by the EM Team It hadn’t ever seemed like such a long journey from Ver Lor Reg to the moongate before, but their group had never been so haggard either. As the h...

Pub 76.0 Comes to Origin Kai Schober 7 May 2012 18:10:12 EST Greetings, Publish 76.0 comes to Origin tonight. These are the changes to the Publish 76.0 Notes: Publish Notes to Origin Fixed the issue with Health Bars disappearing ...

A Few Questions and Answers to give an insight to:

Stephen “Bleak” Brown

Software Engineer

For those of us who don’t know, what has your “career track” been with the gaming industry?

My “career track” track begins with Ultima Online, I joined the team at the beginning of 2008. I got my feet wet with Publish 53 it seems like it was just yesterday  Being an engineer I have worked on pretty much all of the systems UO has to offer.

What project that you were involved in are you the proudest of?

 Where do I begin…I can’t choose just one:  NPC Ship AI, Gargoyle throwing fixes, Item Insurance Gump, Random Treasure Map System, and Focus Skill Spec just to name a few.

I think most of us understand and respect Dev’s having to remain tight lipped about upcoming content etc. However, when it comes to past content only, what was the hardest thing for you to personally remain tight lipped about?

 I’m not one to spoil a surprise but I would have to say the hardest thing to remain tight lipped about was the most recent patch to the Enhanced Client which fixed some serious client crashes.

When it comes to the current team, who is the practical joker of the bunch and have they gotten you? OR What was your best retaliatory strike against “the joker”?

Why So Serious? It would be a tie between Misk and me. As for retaliatory strikes, most just end with nerf gun wars.

When you are not chained to the desk working, what do you enjoy doing?

 When I’m not chained to my desk I enjoy reading, playing MOBA games, watching football, duking it out on test center, and constantly checking the boards.

Today we bring you 2 videos. 

First is a quick tour of the changes to Covetous Dungeon currently on TC1.  Second is a video of several Void Pool defenses.

See more videos here!

With the UO publish bringing the changes to Covetous imminent we invite you to inspect our own most recently published pages. Covetous Dungeon Re-vamp - A Guided Tour and Vela the Sorceress Entries have also been added to Hunter's Guide...

We are pleased to announce a collaboration with Mesanna and Dropixel to help answer account management issues.  Dropixel will be able to answer your questions and direct you to the right path in our new Account Management FAQ and Info forums found her...

UO Stratics are pleased to announce the introduction of a new Forum, Bug Tracking. Please read carefully the 'About This Forum' sticky thread at the top of the forum before posting. This is not a discussion forum and has some restrictions not found ...

     In my journeys I have heard so many people question and speculate about the portion of Central Ilshenar that has been blocked off by landslides. I was finally able to overhear a few people talking about it, and this i...

     I sure haven't come across much this week in my explorations of the land. Many questions have been asked, not too many answered, but I did overhear some technical type talk that I think might be of interest to some. ...

     WOW! I am still hearing about this awaited letter. So many people are awaiting it's arrival, it must contain some matter of importance. Just yesterday I overheard two people talking about it again, and one of them se...