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• GOG weekend sale discounts 26 classic EA games

  It’s Saturday, so let’s face it: you’d probably rather be playing games right now. If that’s the case, you could do worse than checking out the EA sale going on at GOG.com this weekend. Check out the details below.

• Civilization V, Torchlight, Ultima, Just Cause 2, more on sale this weekend

  Lots of games are on sale this weekend through various digital outlets such as Amazon, GoG, Steam, Gamefly, and more. Hit the break for a small taste.

• New Britannia is Lord British's mobile RPG

  Ultima creator Richard “Lord British” Garriott has finally unveiled his new social game, once described as the “spiritual successor” to his MMOs. Say hello to New Britannia.

• Two Ultima spin-offs available free on GOG.com

  Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire and Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams have joined GOG.com’s line-up of EA classics, and for incomprehensible reasons are available free of charge. The two games are spin-offs to the core Ultima pantheon, positing trips to very different settings from the familiar fantasy fields of more central releases. […]

• Richard Garriot's new social game is a "spritual successor" to past work

  Richard Garriott, creator of the popular RPG series Ultima, claims that his new social gaming project can be viewed as a spritual successor to his previous works.

• EA denies Garriott's claims of new Ultima

  Old school gamers around the world felt a chill run up their spine a few days ago as Richard Garriott made comments that indicated he was in high-level talks with EA to revive the Ultima franchise. However, that may not be the case.

• Garriott working on Ultima Online successor, in "discussions" with EA

  Richard Garriott’s upcoming project could eventually release under the Ultima moniker.

• Wednesday Shorts -Screens, trailers, and random musings

  There’s a motherlode of stuff through here – come in and skim, or don’t come crying to me next week when you’re ill-informed.

• Friday Shorts II: Mortal Kombat retrospective, Kevin Butler, Penny Arcade, Ultima

  Below the break are more shorts to get you through the rest of evening.

• EA issues cease and desist on Ultima IV fan projects

  EA has issues a cease and desist order to fan site Ultima Aiera, informing the site and others hosting Ultima IV, as well as Flash-based remakes, to pull any files pertaining to it.

• EA launches free-to-play browser game Lord of Ultima

  EA has announced Lord of Ultima, a new browser-based online strategy game, available worldwide for free starting today.