r/videogames • u/Dhenn004 • 7h ago

News / Trailers / Articles Bioware is dead

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u/Hot_Swimming_112 7h ago

Ea took my beloved mmorpg, ultima online, in the late 90’s and ruined it. I haven’t fucked with them since.

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u/Impressive-Ebb6498 7h ago

shout out to the Ultima Online players, Chesapeake representing!

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u/Freddy_Pharkas 7h ago

Catskills RP server... connecting with guildmates on IRC and ICQ... miss it.

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u/behindthescreen_dnd 6h ago

Atlantic over here! Felucca Yew moongate!

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u/ExplodingCybertruck 1h ago

I was on Chesapeake circia 1997-1999!

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u/Freddy_Pharkas 7h ago

POUR ONE OUT FOR UO2

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u/whiterice_343 6h ago

Haven’t heard that name in a longggg time.

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u/TleilaxTheTerrible 6h ago

On the one hand, EA already owned Origin when they released UO (bought in 92, UO released in 97). On the other hand, Richard Garriott will be reclaiming the Ultima IP sometime next year because US copyright law allows the seller to reclaim IP after 35 years.

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u/Melodic_Crow_3409 6h ago

Worse, they took our beloved Origin Systems and destroyed it.

Origin was like Bioware before Bioware. There was a time when the Origin Systems logo was the mark of quality, just like once the Bioware logo was the mark of quality.