Games: Ultima Online - 10 Jahre alt und immer noch im Geschäft

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Geschrieben von Caramia

10 Jahre ist es nun her, dass "UO" das Licht des WWW entdeckte. Als Begründer der "Ultima" Serie, hauchte Richard "Lord British" Garriott, seiner Britania virtuelles Leben ein und startete damit den Siegeszug des MMORPG. Ohne "UO" und "Everquest" würden wir wohl immer noch steinzeitlich Solo spielen.Wie bei "M59" wird es nun auch für "UO" Zeit für eine grafische Runderneuerung, welche mit dem kommenden Addon "Kingdom Reborn" ihren Weg auf die Server finden soll. Zum Addon ist auch eine Beta geplant, für die es allerdings noch keinen Termin gibt:

"When's KR Beta? I wanna get into KR beta!"

Yeah, this is a repeat, but I think you'll like it a bit better this week, because I have some info (if still no actual dates.) Here's the current beta plan (version 8, to give you some perspective on just how often it changes):

First Stage: Internal testing. This phase started with our QA team, and we expanded the testing pool to include everyone who works for EA Mythic - from California to Virginia. We're in this stage right now, and have been for a month or so.

Second Stage: Small-scale beta. This will start off with a very few previous beta testers (folks we've noticed give good feedback and plenty of it) and expand to include folks who sign up on the soon-to-be-available signup page, with preference given to our more experienced players. This stage will be bound by an NDA, and will begin shortly (I'd give you a date, but it literally changes every time I ask.)

Third Stage: Origin Test. At this point we'll let in some more folks, lift the NDA, and let the beta testers loose on just one live server.

Fourth Stage: Beta - all servers upgraded. We'll still be restricting how many KR players there are, but all servers will be upgraded to allow KR logins at this point. We'll ramp up to some pretty hefty numbers of players in this stage.

Fifth Stage: Launch! KR will be free to download for everyone.

Hopefully this will give y'all some perspective on where we are and where we plan to go. I know it looks kinda long - in the meantime, check out the Swamp Dragon and the grid-style inventory!

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