The 26-year-old MMO can still draw a crowd.
Classic MMO Ultima Online's scribe-and-abacus-driven official servers were pushed to their limits on July 7 to host a celebratory Summer Solstice cookout boasting games, prizes, and"a nice cold root beer drink". lists some of the games available in more detail.
Ultima Online still boasts an active official and unofficial events community—just the other day, the Siege Perilous server featured awhere community favorite Lord Galois busted out some sick MIDI lute riffs, and Reddit users on the InsaneUO server have reported sightings of infamous monarch Lord British attacking random players and then letting people rifle through his inventory.
While I'm too young to have ever got into Ultima Online, it's really great to see one of PC gaming's earliest MMO communities continue to thrive like this, both with and without official support. Cheers to another successful barbecue, and here's to many more. Sign up to get the best content of the week, and great gaming deals, as picked by the editors.
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