A major gaming site, FiringSquad, has an interview with EA Mythic’s Mark Jacobs about Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn. Not to long ago, major gaming sites/publications showing an interest in UO was fairly rare. It seems things are picking up. It sounds like UO is falling under EA Mythic umbrella, with the UO dev team remaining in place (and staying where they are at and not moving to Mythic’s current studios).

Quote:

FiringSquad:Finally, why do a revamp of UO at all when the team could work on a full sequel to the game which might have better graphical features and more content than the original?

Mark Jacobs: Like Dark Age of Camelot, I think there is still plenty of life left in UO. But let’s face it, the current graphics of UO are extremely dated and every year that goes by they look even worse by comparison. However, UO is not ready for the scrap heap. I believe that with a full graphical revamp, as well as the addition of lots of other cool new stuff, we have the chance to attract new players to the game, as well as bring back former subscribers. This decision by EA to put a lot of additional resources (and money) into the title shows, in a big way, its renewed commitment to online games. With the acquisition of Mythic and the revamp of UO, EA has shown that it is determined to regain the leadership position in a space that they helped define many years ago. It’s a new day, a new EA, and this is only the beginning…

One thing I disagree with - they imply as if this all came about with UO:KR, when anybody who has been following UO knows that is clearly not the case.