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K.L. Pittman (cca...@prism.gatech.edu) wrote:
: Anyone know if there will be an Ultima Underworld III?  Perhaps something
: to link Ultima VIII with the upcoming Ultima IX?
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I don't know about Ultima Underworlds III (there have been rumors of this 
forever).  But, I read an article with Richard Garriot of Origin about a 
year ago in which he said that Ultima 9 would be the LAST Ultima game.  
Hence this is why the Avatar becomes so insanely powerful in Ultima 8, 
and also this explains the destruction of Britannia at the end of Ultima 
8.  Ultima 9 is supposed to be called Ascension, and deals with the 
Avatar learning to be a god or something.  

Garriot also said that the next level of RPG from them would be a mixture
of the Ultima games and the Ultima Underworlds game.  A real 3d first 
person perspective quest (shades of TOS:The Arena?).  But he did say that
the Avatar, Lord British and all of Britannia will be no more.

Does anyone know if this is still the case?  I read this article in an 
Electronic Gaming monthly about a year ago.

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