Ultima Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Ultima Forever looks impressive, but may have some freemium problems

by Mike Schramm (Apr 3rd, 2013)

Ultima Forever is one of the weirdest brand experiments I've seen pop up on iOS so far. Ultima is, of course, one of the oldest and best-loved RPG series in video games, with over a dozen different variations and versions. And EA has decided to bring the Ultima series to iOS with Ultima ...

Crowdfunding collective TinyLightbulbs shows off its iOS products

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jan 31st, 2013)

Last year, e-commerce site TinyLightbulbs formed in Denver, focusing on products that are funded via crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo. TinyLightbulbs brought five of the products available on its site Macworld/iWorld 2013, including: SlingShot: This smartphone stand ...

EA shares more about upcoming Ultima Forever for iOS

by Mike Schramm (Aug 7th, 2012)

Bioware and EA recently announced plans to revive the Ultima brand as a free-to-play online title that will premiere on iOS. In a recent interview, executive producer Jeff Skalski shared more information about the game. First, the game's microtransactions will mostly focus on cosmetic ...