Dino's Ultima Page - News for 21st September 2010

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The Project Britannia site has reiterated the release of The Ultima 6 Project's 1.0.1 patch update, and is similarly listing download mirrors.

The Titans of Ether have posted a progress update for August 2010.

An Ultima 5 video review is now available at The Spoony Experiment. This time it's more of a (positive) criticism/review than anything going anywhere near being funny.

The following are Aiera's recent Ultima-related newsposts since the last update here:

Downloads for the following projects have been restored: Ashes, Dragon Engine, The New King, all joke remakes, Dransik, Ultima Songbook, Diligence, Ultima Launcher.
The Dark Core, by A New Breed of Dragon, is now compatible with IE8 thanks to Infinitron Dragon - the project entry has been updated.
Following an article about a pacifist Modern Warfare 2 player, WtFD asked, "Can you complete an Ultima game without killing anyone?" It made an interesting discussion in the comments.
A new project called TileWorlds has been added. It's a web-based Ultima-inspired RPG maker.
The U6O Client has been updated to use a more stable server.
There is a Sanctimonia progress update together with an introduction video.

Also, Aiera has been doubling as a general game-related news site with the following newsposts:

Warren Spector's Epic Mickey is available in the Epic Mickey Bundle, a collector's edition that includes a number of cool collectibles aside from the game.
Check out the Epic Mickey Introduction video.
Also, another Aiera newspost links to an article about Halo AI.
Path of Exile: a sort of modern roguelike similar to Diablo.
EA Mobile appears to be aiming at Android.
Warren Spector is quoted as saying that we are in a golden age for gaming, due to the abundance of platforms for which to develop games. There is also mention of the indie games scene, which has of late caught my attention, whereby people (similarly to those who make Ultima remakes) create games because it's something they enjoy doing, and not because of any potential remuneration.
Games in the classroom: WtFD discusses the use of games for learning purposes, with the example of Portal being used as required course material.
A recent court ruling may have condemned resale of used games.
19th September was World Talk Like A Pirate Day, and WtFD adorned Aiera for the occasion.

Finally, Aiera news with nothing to do with gaming:

WtFD has tested Ping.fm integration in the hopes of cross-posting news and getting more traffic.
An ultrasound picture of WtFD's upcoming second baby!