Ultma Forever Development Tracker

The purpose of the Ultima Forever Dev Tracker is to provide information about the Ultima Forever team (developers, artists, engineers, designers, management) and their latest comments and activities relating to the game.

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Date (Y/M/D)WebsiteDeveloperCategoryNotes
2012 - 08 - 30CNN.comKate Flack, Alec Fisher-LasleyInterviewCovers wide range of topics, including the Virtues, U4E as a personality test, the background of one of the designers, and features comments from Bandit Loaf of the Wing Commander CIC.
One of the better articles from the general media about U4E.
Also, see the Ultima Codex article about it.
2012 - 08 - 24UO HeraldJeff SkalskiFranchise Producer's LetterCovers general background of Ultima Forever, how it relates to Ultima Online, why it's not UO2.
"....by everyone continuing to support UO and Ultima Forever this is the kind of ammunition I need to convince the high level execs that the market is ready for more Ultima."
2012 - 08 - 20TwitterJeff SkalskiSchwag / SwagUF team "Looking into more ways to get these available for everyone." (the cloth maps and actual virtue cards)
2012 - 08 - 05IGNJeff SkalskiInterviewCovers wide range of topics.
2012 - 08 - 02games.on.netJeff SkalskiInterviewCovers wide range of topics.
2012 - 07 - 26Rock, Paper, ShotgunKate FlackInterviewCovers wide range of topics.
Note: First official screenshot shown.
2012 - 07 - 24YouTubeKate Flack, Graham Bennett (Sr. Designer)Developer PodcastUltima Forever Developer Podcast #1
2012 - 07 - 23JoystiqKate FlackInterviewCovers wide range of topics.
2012 - 07 - 21TwitterJeff SkalskiAlpha"Finally read through all the feedback from our Alpha testers. Thx so much 4 the responses! It will make #UltimaForever an even better game."
2012 - 07 - 18YouTube (Gamespot)Paul BarnettInterviewUltima Forever Schwag Interview - Comic-Con 2012
2012 - 07 - 18YouTubeKate Flack, Paul BarnettInterviewUltima Forever Stage Demo - Comic-Con 2012

2012 - 07 - 17YouTube (MMOAttackGames)Kate FlackInterviewUltima Forever Interview | Comic Con 2012

Note: This was the first public appearance of a screenshot from U4E.
2012 - 07 - 12Press ReleaseEugene Evans, Studio GM of BioWare MythicGeneral"As huge fans of the Ultima franchise, the team at BioWare Mythic is not only excited to be able to bring this reimagining of the original rich world to the fans of the classic RPGs, but also to introduce a new generation of gamers who have never had a chance to discover why this is one of our industry's most beloved worlds"
2012 - 07 - 12Press ReleaseDr. Ray Muzyka, GM of BioWareGeneral"There's a fundamental shift underway in how gamers play and pay for games, and Electronic Arts is a leader in providing new business models and new ways to consume content," said Dr. Ray Muzyka, General Manager of EA's BioWare Label and Co-Founder of BioWare. "With Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar, we're excited to give gamers the opportunity to play a high quality game with their friends anytime, anywhere, on both iPad and PC."
2012 - 07 - 12MMORPG.comPaul BarnettInterviewCovers wide range of topics.
2012 - 07 - 12KotakuPaul BarnettInterviewCovers wide range of topics.
2012 - 07 - 12Massivly (Joystiq)Paul BarnettInterviewCovers wide range of topics.
2011 - 11 - 02UO HeraldJeff SkalskiGeneralNot much is actually said about Ultima Forever, just that the website would be expanding. Not surprising, U4E had not been announced yet.
2011 - 05 - 19TwitterPaul BarnettCommunity"Getting ready for blogger and fan arrivals at the studio, they get sneak peak at the secret stuff. Should be fun."
2011 - 05 - 01TwitterPaul BarnettArtwork"Art by Dave perillo and James flames is now ready to be picked up for the secret project, they look ace."
2011 - 04 - 30TwitterPaul BarnettQuest"Just did a savage re write of one of my designers quest lines. I feel bad, I ripped out tons of his hard fought text :( "
2011 - 04 - 29TwitterPaul BarnettCommunity"booking blog people to visit the studio, the start of info leak is approaching!"(visit occurred in May)
2011 - 04 - 06TwitterPaul BarnettGame World"Put up a 7 foot by 7 foot map at work, it looks awesome! It's half the size it is in game scale! Great to see the whole world as one image."
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2011 - 03 - 19TwitterPaul BarnettGeneral"Dr ray just visited, he looked at the secret projects and he saw that they were good." (Note: Dr. Ray Muzyka, GM of BioWare)
2011 - 03 - 18TwitterPaul BarnettNPCs"Having to make tough choices in the conversation tree in the secret project.. some of these are tough!"
2011 - 03 - 16TwitterPaul BarnettNPCs, Monsters"Just finished a new conversation for the secret project.. its now being tested by the group.. it has a trapped NPC.. and spider eggs"
2011 - 03 - 08TwitterPaul BarnettDevelopment"Secret project game has just had a fab data push to the internal server and looks really cool!"
2011 - 01 - 13TwitterPaul BarnettQuest, World"Another day battling with the random level generator, adding variables to force it to makebinteresting things..like teaching a baby to walk"
2011 - 01 - 11TwitterPaul BarnettGeneral"Dr ray of bioware plays my secret project tomorrow, pray to the 8 gods!" (Note: Dr. Ray Muzyka, GM of BioWare)


Developer Biographies
If you’d like to take a look at who is working on Ultima Forever and see what they’ve worked on in the past, you’ll want to take a look at the Ultima Forever team.

Game Updates: If you are looking for game updates, see the Ultima Forever News pages.