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27th February 2004 by Dino

Sad news is running around the net about the relocation of Origin Systems Inc. to California, which may result in the laying off of employees, and possibly Origin's shutdown. Read more about this in the following locations:

La Legende d' Ultima (French)
UXO Stratics
A short article at Slashdot
A topic by CmdrFalcon entitled "To the Ultima X Devs and everyone at Origin" at the UXO Stratics forums
The other topics at the Avatar's Corner of the UXO Stratics forums
Yahoo's Reuters article with the official Origin shutdown statement

More news from UltimaDot is as follows:

OGaming has an Ultima X clip and screenshot related to combat and spellcasting
Gamer's Hell has a 1-minute gameplay movie
The fourth part of GameSpot's Ultima X Designer Diary is up
The seventh installment of the Dragon Gallery is about Gaseous Dragon
Another Ultima Online expansion has been announced in an EA Press Release
RPG Vault have another combat-related Ultima X movie
The official Ultima X website has been updated again, with Reaper and Zombie Fiction, Druid Abilities, the Hueing feature and links to Developer Feedback
Much progress has been made on Ultima Iris; new screenshots have been released and a new version is announced
Ultima 6 Online has progressed too, and 32 NPC dialogues have been completed
The Ultima Legacy site tells about joining NPC groups, as well as announcing a server downtime between tomorrow and 1st March
Ultima Unreal has released an ingame movie of a rabbit
Version 0.9 of xu4has been released; as it nears the 1.0 release, it is already playable from beginning to end