Richard Garriott Wants To Take Ultima Back From EA

Richard Garriott Wants To Take Ultima Back From EA

The eccentric Lord British wants to retake the RPG series that made him a fortune without spending one

Lord British May Regain the Rights to Ultima from Electronic Arts!

This is how an old IP can make a worthy comeback after being completely neglected by its owner for over a decade.   Ultima is one of the most significant milestones in PC gaming history. Richard “Lord British” Garriott’s role-playing game series was a pioneer in many genres. The main series’ CRPGs earned critical acclaim thanks to their rich, dynamic worlds. Meanwhile, spin-offs such as Ultima Underworld and Ultima Online played pivotal roles in…

As EA appear to renew the trademark for Ultima, its creator lies in wait to reclaim the game's copyright next year

It's been a while since there's been a new Ultima! Just about eight years, in fact, and it wasn't even called Ultima (it was Underworld Ascendant, which we didn't review back in the day). Such is the case with many series' that are over 40 years old, they just don't have quite the same steam as they used to. But then earlier this week, it appeared that EA (who have long owned the rights to the series) filed a couple of new trademarks for Ultima …

It seems a copyright law quirk will finally let Lord British reclaim Ultima from EA's clutches

Richard Garriott, the creator of the legendary Ultima series, just announced that he’s made a breakthrough in his quest to get the rights back to his series, and the deal might be sealed as early as next year. Ultima is one of the most important video game series of all time, not only for its portrayal of rich gameworlds filled with deep gameplay options, but also for pioneering most aspects of CRPGs, with influences that can be seen all the way…

Ultima creator Richard Garriott now claims he could regain the series’ copyright by next year

You might remember that back in 2024, Ultima creator Richard Garriott made some cryptic allusions to the fact that he was trying to regain control of the series from Electronic Arts; in fact, back then, he was saying it would happen “soon.” At the time when pressed for more details about this hint, he continued to […]

The creator of Ultima is reportedly reclaiming the series' rights back from EA, and it could happen as soon as next year

"Every decade or so, I tried to work with EA on a revival of Ultima."