UOGuide:UO News Archives/2012

This page lists all the news that has been on the UO News section in 2012, in reverse chronological order by the date they're posted.

2012

December 18, 2012

• Publish 80 is updated with Hot Fix 2.

December 17, 2012

• Atlantic shard to be rolled back 12 days(to December 5) due to technical issue

December 15, 2012

• The tenth issue of The Yew Times is released.

December 12, 2012

• Publish 80 is released to all shards.
• Publish 80 is updated with Hot Fix 1.

November 27, 2012

• The first edition of UOCraft Mobile is up and running!
• The tenth issue of The Yew Times is released.
• Publish 79 is updated.

November 22, 2012

• Happy Thanksgiving!

November 19, 2012

• Publish 79 released to all shards.
  • The Exodus Encounter: Dupre's Sword, Clockwork Leggings and other rewards
  • Veteran rewards: Garden Shed and Davies' Locker
  • Dice Rider, Horn of Plenty and New Haven Mine
• Ask & Answer No. 11

November 12, 2012

• Ask & Answer No. 10

November 10, 2012

• UO Home Decor | 2012 Halloween Contest Winners Announced!

November 8, 2012

• Holiday Season Contest

November 6, 2012

• Client Patches released: Classic Client 7.0.28.0 and Enhanced Client 4.0.28.0
• Publish 79 will be on Origin and Izumo with Update 1 following their daily maintenance.

November 5, 2012

• Ask & Answer No. 9

November 2, 2012

• Shard of the Dead - Top Scores

November 1, 2012

• Publish 79 has been released to the Test Center shard.
• Client Patches released: Classic Client 7.0.27.66 and Enhanced Client 4.0.27.66

October 31, 2012

• The Shard of the Dead will end tomorrow.
• City Loyalty and Housing decays are turned off for two weeks starting tonight.
• Ask & Answer No. 8

October 30, 2012

• Thanksgiving came early this year!

October 24, 2012

• Stratics | Spookfest
• PaxLair Times | Food of Sosaria – Part 1

October 23, 2012

• Ask & Answer No. 7

October 22, 2012

• New Void Pool record: 204 waves

October 21, 2012

• Happy 15th Birthday Stratics!
  • Join the Live Hangout @ 2-4 PM EST
  • Stratics | Staff Memories for Stratics' 15th!
  • Stratics | Share Memories for Stratics' 15th!
  • Stratics | Celebrate 15 Years During Live Giveaways!

October 19, 2012

• TC1 will become the Shard of the Dead till November 1st starting today.

October 18, 2012

• UOCraft | Bookmark Your Pet's Results
• The ninth issue of The Yew Times is released.

October 16, 2012

• New Fiction: The Awakening - Epilogue

October 15, 2012

• Ask & Answer No. 6

October 11, 2012

• Gamesutra | Ultima Online creators remember the good and bad of its early days.

October 9, 2012

• Ask & Answer No. 5

October 5, 2012

• Get ready for the Coronation of Lord Blackthorn
  • Great Lakes - Saturday, October 6th at 20:00 CDT at Castle Blackthorn
  • Origin - Saturday, October 6th at 19:00 PT at Castle Blackthorn
  • Europa - Sunday, October 7th at 21:00 CET at Castle Blackthorn
  • Lake Austin - Sunday, October 7th at 17:30 CST at Castle Blackthorn
  • Atlantic - Sunday, October 7th at 20:00 ET at Castle Blackthorn
  • Sonoma - Monday, October 8th at 18:00 PT at the Counselors' Hall
  • Baja - Wednesday, October 10th at 19:00 PST at Castle Blackthorn
  • Chesapeake - Wednesday, October 10th at 20:30 EST at Castle Blackthorn
  • Drachenfels - Wednesday, October 10th at 14:00 EST at Castle Blackthorn
  • Napa Valley - Tuesday, October 9th at 19:00 PST at Castle Blackthorn (event date changed)
  • Pacific - Thursday, October 11th at 19:00 PST at Castle Blackthorn
  • Siege Perilous - Sunday, October 14th at 15:00 EDT at Castle Blackthorn
  • Catskills - Sunday, October 14th at 19:00 EST at Castle Blackthorn
  • Oceania - Sunday, October 14th at 6 AM EST at Castle Blackthorn
  • Lake Superior - Sunday, October 14th at 20:00 CST (21:00 Eastern) at Castle Blackthorn

October 3, 2012

• Client Patches released: Classic Client 7.0.27.9 and Enhanced Client 4.0.27.9

October 2, 2012

• The new UO.com is live!
• When Does the #UO15 Contest Start? (Lord Raven of Minoc)

October 1, 2012

• Halloween 2012 has begun! Make sure you check the graveyards and the pumpkin patches.
• Ask & Answer No. 4

September 29, 2012

• Ultima Codex - Live Coverage of the UO 15th Anniversary Party, Starting at around 10am Eastern

September 28, 2012

• The Celebration Draws Near!
  • Q&A with developers on 29th from 1:30pm to 4:00pm EDT
• New Fiction: The Awakening - Act VIII, Part 2
• Memorable Moments from Anthony "SunSword" Castoro

September 27, 2012

• Memorable Moments from Lord British
• 15th Anniversary Puzzle
  • Blackthorn, Dawn, Dupre, Scalis, Mondain, Minax, Exodus, Shadowlords, Charybdis, Slasher of Veils, Lady Melisande, Monstrous Interred Grizzle and Chief Paroxysmus are spotted so far.

September 26, 2012

• Client Patches released: Classic Client 7.0.27.8 and Enhanced Client 4.0.27.8
• The Anniversary Party is Closing In

September 25, 2012

• Happy 10th Birthday UOForums!
• The new uo.com is now being tested on the internal web server.

September 24, 2012

• Happy Birthday Ultima Online!!
• Massively TV: Beau hangs with the UO Devs!
• UO Gateway | UO Team Featured on Massively TV at 4 PM Central
• Ask & Answer No. 3

September 21, 2012

• Preparing the 15th Anniversary Party
• The eighth issue of The Yew Times is released.

September 18, 2012

• New Fiction: The Awakening - Act VIII.

September 17, 2012

• Ask & Answer No. 2

September 10, 2012

• Ask & Answer No. 1

September 6, 2012

• Publish 78.1 will be released to all shards at the next shard maintenance period.
• Two new items are added to UO Japan Store.

September 4, 2012

• Sneak Peek III
  • Return to Britannia will run for a month from September 5th to October 5th.
  • The new UO.com will hopefully be up and running by the end of September.
  • Some of the issues with dungeon Despise will be fixed after tomorrow morning's maintenance.
  • Two more pieces of the 15th Anniversary Jigsaw Puzzle are revealed.

September 1, 2012

• 15th Anniversary gift bags are handed out to all characters older than a month.

August 31, 2012

• Return to Britannia!

August 30, 2012

• Publish 78 is released to all shards:
  • Despise and Despise artifacts
  • Fortune's Fire Casino and Stewards.
  • New Clean Up Britannia (2011) rewards: Black and Green, Shadowy Blue, Vibrant Crimson and Reflective Shadow Pigments.
  • Item Bless Deeds will be removed from the Clean Up Britannia (2011) rewards with this publish.
• Client Patches released: Classic Client 7.0.27.7 and Enhanced Client 4.0.27.7

August 29, 2012

• Letter from the Producer

August 25, 2012

• Memorable Moment Writing Contest!

August 24, 2012

• The Cross Shard Treasure Hunt Challenge Returns! Europa vs. Legends
  • Sunday, August 26th at 3pm EST, 8pm GMT at the Nujel'm Chessboard on TC1.
  • Moongates will be provided from New Haven bank.

August 23, 2012

• Publish 78 is released to Origin with Update 1.
  • Item Bless Deeds will be removed from the Clean Up Britannia (2011) rewards with Publish 78.

August 21, 2012

• PaxLair Times - News from Across the Realm, Volume 2, Issue 14

August 20, 2012

• New Fiction: The Awakening - Act VII, Part 2.
• UO Gateway | Ultima Producer updates UO community about high resolution artwork and 15th anniversary.

August 15, 2012

• Publish 78 is released to TC1.
• Client Patches released: Classic Client 7.0.27.5 and Enhanced Client 4.0.27.5
• Healer Quest Results

August 14, 2012

• Ultima Online Birthday Celebration!

August 13, 2012

• The Awakening - Act VI rewards

August 10, 2012

• UOCraft | Added Hell Hounds to the Pet Power Calculator
• Vendor owners should be aware that a fix will be published for an issue with vendors.

August 9, 2012

• New Fiction: The Awakening - Act VII.
• The Awakening - Act VI - Three days before the cure must be administered into the populace.

August 7, 2012

• UO Gateway | EA's Answer HQ Beta – Ultima Online is Supported!

August 5, 2012

• The unofficial Twitter account for the most recent Ultima Online Event Moderator events
• PaxLair Times | News from Across the Realm, Volume 2, Issue 13

August 2, 2012

• UO Development Tracker is launched

July 30, 2012

• Extended Maintenance for Origin, July 31st, 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
• Act VI - Healers Quest
• Jim "Onifrk" Crawley is the new art lead

July 25, 2012

• Exodus 15th Anniversary Wallpaper!

July 24, 2012

• Real Life Comics started a new Ultima Online arc
• 15th Anniversary Wallpapers!

July 23, 2012

• Summer Story Contest - Saturday, 28th July at 8pm EST
• The Europa Auction & Events 400th Auction Big Event - Tuesday, 24th July at 8 pm BST, 9pm CEST

July 20, 2012

• Deal or No Deal on Sonoma - Win up to 20m in gold - July 21st 7:00pm Eastern 4:00pm Pacific
• Europa Charybdis hunt - July 20th at 9:00pm CET
• Fishing Competition (Drachenfels) July 20 - 22

July 18, 2012

• The sixth issue of The Yew Times is released.
• Account Center Maintenance, Thursday July 19th, from 1:00am EDT (5:00am GMT) to 5:00am EDT (9:00am GMT).

July 16, 2012

• Knuckleheads' imbuing calculator is updated.

July 13, 2012

• Publish 77 is updated.
• Client Patch released: Enhanced Client 4.0.26.6

July 12, 2012

• Do not purchase any altered faction items!
• Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar Announced.
• New Fiction: The Awakening - Act VI, Part 2.

July 11, 2012

• Publish 77 released to all shards.
• Client Patches released: Classic Client 7.0.26.5 and Enhanced Client 4.0.26.5
• Castle Blackthorn is rebuilt.

July 10, 2012

• PaxLair is Now on Facebook!

July 7, 2012

• Tanabata decorations in Zento! 七夕の飾り付け in Zento は7月7日（土）夜8時から！ 好きな飾りを持って来てね！

July 6, 2012

• The UO Community Would Like You To Know About JP TheGrimmOmen Harrod
  • Losing More Than Many Will Realize: JP TheGrimmOmen Says Goodbye
  • UO Forums | A Parting of the Ways
  • Stratics | A Parting of the Ways
  • UOGateway | UO Losing Its Lead CG Supervisor and a Helluva Person
  • Facebook | Jp TheGrimmOmen Harrod

July 3, 2012

• Brightborn slimes have been sighted outside the Britain Sewers!

July 2, 2012

• PaxLair Times | News from Across the Realm in July – Issue I
• New Fiction: BNN: The Awakening - Act VI.
• Sonoma | Doom Dungeon Run: July 2nd, 6 PM PT, 8 PM CT, 9 PM ET

June 30, 2012

• Connection to UO have been restored after a long power outage.

June 27, 2012

• Publish 77 is released to Origin.

June 26, 2012

• Letter from the Producer

June 25, 2012

• New Fiction: BNN: The Awakening - Act V, Part 2.

June 22, 2012

• Call to Arms - Support Lord Dupre!
  • Check the times for your shard from the link above.

June 21, 2012

• Publish 77 is released to TC1.
• Client Patches released: Classic Client 7.0.26.4 and Enhanced Client 4.0.26.4

June 19, 2012

• A Token for the Patient Ones
  • Keep an eye open for a soulstone appearing near the Moongate in Luna after June 20 (afternoon EDT).
• Ultima Online Gateway | In Ink: UO in the Gaming Media – April – June 2012

June 18, 2012

• Login Server Maintenance - Tuesday June 19, at 7:30 am EDT (11:30am GMT)

June 15, 2012

• Sudiva Fan Fiction Contest - The Winners
• Sneak Peek III | Stratics Forums
• The fifth issue of The Yew Times is released.

June 14, 2012

• Judging the Sudiva Fiction Writing Contest
• Training with Aldric - Saturday, June 16 4:00pm EST
• Online Game Tales | Episode 31 – The Return of The King of Thieves

June 13, 2012

• Mesanna is now the Producer Ultima Online!

June 11, 2012

• New Fiction: BNN: The Awakening - Act V.

June 10, 2012

• Grand Reopening of The Baja Museum on Sunday, June 10th, 2012 at 2:00 pm PST / 5:00 pm EST.

June 8, 2012

• Sneak Peek II | Stratics Forums

June 5, 2012

• Ultima Online website has encountered a critical failure. The content is currently being restored.

June 4, 2012

• Hunters' Gathering Meeting: Hunters' Outpost, Friday June 8th at 10 PM EST.
• Sneak Peek | Stratics Forums

May 30, 2012

• The Official UO Player Guide has been updated

May 28, 2012

• Oceania Shard - History of Oceania

May 26, 2012

• UOCraft - The Hiryu Porch on Atlantic is open to the public!

May 25, 2012

• Fixes for Publish 76 had been staged for the maintenance that was completed last night.

May 24, 2012

• An Easier Way to Retrieve Your Passwords
• The Lore of Sudiva Fan Fiction Contest

May 22, 2012

• PaxLair Times - News From Across the Realm in May, Issue II
• Ethereal Halberds found on the dungeon Covetous will be removed with an upcoming fix.
• Publish 76 released to all shards.
  • Vanilla plant, City Titles, The Void Pool, Covetous Void Pool rewards and artifacts.
• Client Patches released: Classic Client 7.0.25.7 and Enhanced Client 4.0.25.7

May 17, 2012

• Wayback Wednesday with Ultima Online @Grakulen and @Pokketsays with Devs!

May 15, 2012

• MMORPG.com's Twitch TV channel is going to visit Ultima Online tomorrow, May 16, in its Wayback Wednesday series.

May 13, 2012

• PaxLair Times - News From Across the Realm in May, Issue I
• The Digital Memories of Ultima Online Project Finds A Home

May 11, 2012

• New fiction: The Awakening - Act IV Part 2

May 9, 2012

• Siege Perilous Event Moderator Website
• The Awakening - Are We The Rioters? | Ultima Online Gateway

May 7, 2012

• Publish 76 released to Origin.
• Client Patches released: Classic Client 7.0.25.6 and Enhanced Client 4.0.25.6
• Oceania Maintenance - 05/08

May 4, 2012

• UO.com is Down | Ultima Online Gateway
• Publish 76 released to TC1.

May 1, 2012

• The Serpent Cross Tavern on Atlantic celebrated its 14th anniversary today.
• Publish 76 released to TC1.
• Client Patches released: Classic Client 7.0.25.0 and Enhanced Client 4.0.25.0
• Interview with TheGrimmOmen - Ultima Online Lead CG Supervisor

April 30, 2012

• The Awakening - Act IV details the latest act of the event cycle.
• New Fiction: BNN: The Awakening - Act IV.

April 28, 2012

• UOCraft now has a Facebook page.

April 26, 2012

• Agents of the housing office will search for illegal foundations and sanction the owners

April 23, 2012

• PaxLair Times - The Kingdom of Britannia
  • Map of Britannia by Ashlynn the Cartographer
• PaxLair Times - News From Across the Realm in April, Issue II

April 22, 2012

• Account Center Maintenance - April 23rd at 8 AM EDT (2 PM CEST)

April 20, 2012

• Maintenance is complete, UOCraft is back
• April's Treasure Hunt Challenge – Catskills vs. Legends
  • Sunday, April 22nd at 9pm EST at the Nujel'm Chessboard on TC1.
  • Moongates will be provided from New Haven bank.

April 19, 2012

• Digital Memories of Ultima Online - Demo Photo Album Now Online

April 17, 2012

• Maintenance of All Shards - April 18, 11:00 AM EDT (3:00 PM GMT)
  • The extended downtime of Oceania was to fix the issues encountered previously.

April 16, 2012

• Reflections on Ultima VII and UO: Embrace the Ultima

April 12, 2012

• The third issue of The Yew Times is released.

April 11, 2012

• A Fix for Oceania is Now in Testing

April 10, 2012

• The Awakening - Act III details the new event.
• New Fiction: BNN: The Awakening - Act III.
• Paxlair Times - News From Across the Realm in April, Issue I is out.

April 6, 2012

• Noteworthy Persons - Queen Mum
• Interview with Jeff 'Gryphon' Skalski - Part 1

April 4, 2012

• Congratulations to Petra Fyde on her fourth year as the Managing Editor of Stratics

April 1, 2012

• Siege Perilous has a new Event Moderator: EM Aurora
  • The Awakening - Act II is active on Siege Perilous

March 29, 2012

• Coming Soon - Update News

March 28, 2012

• Featured Establishment: New Player House

March 27, 2012

• The Ultima Codex: The Ultima Online Fan Network launched today.
• Extended Maintenance Period: The regular maintenance of each shard will take about two hours tonight.

March 26, 2012

• Publish 75 released to all shards.

March 23, 2012

• Client Patches released: Classic Client 7.0.24.5 and Enhanced Client 4.0.24.5
• Connectivity Issues with Drachenfels And Europa

March 21, 2012

• Connectivity Issues to Shard Oceania
  • The True Story of Oceania's Hangover

March 20, 2012

• The legendary Sword & Shovel Tavern of Europa is open every Tuesday from 7.30 pm to 10 pm GMT.

March 19, 2012

• Publish 75 released to Origin shard.

March 15, 2012

• New Fiction: The Awakening - Act II, Part 2.
• The second issue of The Yew Times is released.

March 14, 2012

• Account Center will be brought down for maintenance on March 15th at 9am EDT (2pm CET).

March 12, 2012

• Publish 75 released to Test Center shard.
  • City Banners
• Client Patches released: Classic Client 7.0.24.3 and Enchanced Client 4.0.24.3
• Patch Issue - please verify your client is not open when you attempt to patch.
• New 3rd Party Program Approved For UO: Ultima Mapper

March 10, 2012

• Oceania is down.
  • Oceania is back online.

March 9, 2012

• Legends "Gold Diggers" Defend Treasure Hunt Championship.

March 2, 2012

• The Awakening - Act II details the new event.
• New Player Guide is updated.
• Sosaria Reels Interviews Jeff Skalski.

March 1, 2012

• New Fiction: The Awakening - Act II.

February 29, 2012

• March's Treasure Hunt Challenge – Lake Superior vs. Legends
  • Saturday, March 3rd at 8pm CST (9pm EST, 2am GMT) at the Nujel'm Chessboard on TC1.
  • Moongates will be provided from New Haven bank.
• The login server is temporarily unavailable.
  • The login server is now available.

February 29, 2012

• The login server is temporarily unavailable.
  • The login server is now available.

February 24, 2012

• Incoming Changes to Faction Points
  • All faction points will be wiped to fix the issue regarding the deterioration of faction points properly.
  • The fix will soon be available for testing on TC1.

February 22, 2012

• Noteworthy Persons - The Yattering

February 14, 2012

• New Fiction: The Awakening - Act I, Part 2.

February 13, 2012

• City Loyalty Ratings explained

February 10, 2012

• More Options to Contact Billing Support.
• Essential Hardware Maintenance for Atlantic and Legends on Friday, February 10, at 8:00 am EST.
  • Shards are back online.

February 7, 2012

• The first issue of The Yew Times is released.

February 6, 2012

• Account Center Maintenance to take place from 10:00 am EST (16:00 CET) to 1:00 pm EST (19:00 CET) during which subscription changes, character transfers or code redemptions will be unavailable.

February 3, 2012

• Publish 74.0.2 to go live at next shard maintenance to resolve the issues related to containers in the Wrong prison and a few issues with the rioters.
• Account Safety Reminder to setup a secret word on your UO account to help identify you as the true account owner.

February 2, 2012

• Submit your house information in Stratics if you have a house placed for ten or more years to receive in game recognition.
• Openings for Event Moderators for Japanese Speaking Players
• Publish 74.0.1 to go live at next shard maintenance to fix shard crashing bug and allow Siege players to gate to boats.

February 1, 2012

• UO Guilds is launched
• Client Patches released: Classic Client 7.0.23.1 and Enhanced Client 4.0.23.1
• Valentines 2012 gifts activated.
• Rioting has spread across Britannia!
• 14 days bonus when you renew your Ultima Online account will expire tomorrow.

January 31, 2012

• Producer's Letter informs us that new EM events are on the way and they are planning to relaunch UO.com later this year with an all new look.
• Publish 74 released to all shards.
• UOJournal.com is being updated again, be sure to check out their articles

January 30, 2012

• Account Center Maintenance for 8 hours to take place January 30, 2012 at 11:45pm EST (04:45 CET) during which subscription changes, character transfers or code redemptions will be unavailable.

January 24, 2012

• Account Center Maintenance for 5 hours to take place January 25, 2012 at 8am EST (14:00 CET) during which subscription changes, character transfers or code redemptions will be unavailable.

January 20, 2012

• Reminder: House decay is now active and accounts inactive more than 90 days have two days left to resubscribe or lose their house.

January 18, 2012

• Publish 74 released to Origin shard.
• The 5th match of the Cross Shard Treasure Hunting Competition is upon us!

January 17, 2012

• House Decay will be reactivated today.
• Account Center Maintenance for 90 minutes to take place January 18, 2012 at 10am EST (16:00 CET) during which subscription changes, character transfers or code redemptions will be unavailable.

January 11, 2012

• Publish 74 will be appearing on Test Center later today.
• Client Patches released: Classic Client 7.0.22.0 and Enchanced Client 4.0.22.0
• A new BNN article has been released, entitled The Awakening.
• Due to a US holiday, the re-activation of House Decay has been moved back to Tuesday, January 17, 2012.

January 10, 2012

• House Decay will be reactivated on Monday, January 16, 2012.
• An advisory on Account Safety has been released.

January 9, 2012

• An interview with Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong has been published on MMORPG.com about UO's upcoming 15th anniversary.