UOGuide:UO News Archives

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

Important News Links

• New UO ICQ Chat Room - Talk to complete strangers about UO!
• UOGuide Editing Tutorial Video - See featured video below
• Follow @JCtheBuilder For More News and Happenings

2025

September 24, 2025

• Celebrating 28 Magnificent Years!

September 23, 2025

• 28th Anniversary Gifts Live Tomorrow!

September 12, 2025

• Scheduled Database Maintenance
• 28th Anniversary Celebration!

September 9, 2025

• UO.com Upgrade Complete

August 21, 2025

• UO.com Upgrade

February 4, 2025

• Kyronix promoted to UO Producer

February 3, 2025

• Mesanna steps down as UO Producer

January 29, 2025

• Publish 119 is on Test Center

January 21, 2025

• 2025 Development Roadmap - Find out what's coming this year!

2017

August 16, 2017

• Publish 98 - Live World Wide, 20th Anniversary Rewards, Halloween returns with a new dungeon and items, updates for Pets and much more!...

June 2, 2017

• Publish 97 Bug Fixes... - Pet movement speed is now capped at 190 dexterity & other Important Bug Fixes !...

May 15, 2017

• Publish 97 Hotfixes... - The following hotfixes will be deployed with each shard’s regularly scheduled maintenance!...

April 27, 2017

• Here Be Dragons... - The appearance of Crimson & Platinum Drakes has stunned Animal Trainers throughout Britannia!  Learn more about these majestic creatures in this latest piece of fiction!...

April 26, 2017

• Publish 97 - Live World Wide - New pet revamp, Train pets in special abilities and also new tameables.

April 14, 2017

• Final TC1 Release – 4/14/2017... - Final Notes & Come Preview the new Pets on TC1!...

April 13, 2017

• Update to Origin, Izumo and Baja Publish Schedule... - Look for the Pink Squirrel for your Easter Gift when Publish 97 goes Live!...

April 4, 2017

• Dev Meet and Greet on Asuka and Pacific... - Come Meet the Devs & Ask them Questions!...

March 30, 2017

• 20th Anniversary Party Update #2... - Reservation Space Increased!...
• 20th Anniversary Party Update... - Reserve your Place in UO History now!...

March 16, 2017

• Publish 97 - New pet revamp on Test Center. Train pets in special abilities, special moves, area effects and magic schools.

March 9, 2017

• Ultima Online’s 20th Anniversary Party... - Celebrate with Broadsword!...

March 1, 2017

• New Ultima Store Item: Windrunner... - Be the First to Ride the Wind!...

February 24, 2017

• Looking for New Castle Designs... - Leave your Legacy in UO as a Castle Designer!...

February 22, 2017

• Publish 96 Bug Fixes... - More Updates & Doom Fix!...

February 10, 2017

• Publish 96 Update... - Hotfix & Important Updates!...

February 9, 2017

• Publish 96 - World Wide Release, New Doom revamp, New items on the UO Store and Combat Changes.
• UO 14th Newsletter - See What's New and what's coming soon.

January 26, 2017

• Publish 96 - Updated Publish goes live to Test Center & Origin, Izumo & Baja

January 25, 2017

• Publish 96 - Further Updates To Test Center

January 20, 2017

• Publish 96 - New Updates To Test Center

2016

December 1 - 15, 2016

• Combat Changes in Testing... - See What's New!...
• Combat & Doom Artifacts Update to Test Center... - See What's New!...
• Combat Update to Test Center... - See What's New!...
• Combat Changes Update on TC1... - Check out the New Changes!...
• Testing Combat Changes on TC1... - Feedback Requested!...

November 21, 2016

• November Dev Meet & Greets... - Bring Your Questions & Suggestions!...

November 18, 2016

• Publish 95 Available World Wide

November 4, 2016

• Publish 95 Comes to TC1 - New Veteran Rewards and Holiday 2016 rewards, Artisan Festival, Bulk Order Deed changes and much more.

October 22, 2016

• Ultima Online Newsletter #10 - Get Excited for the New Artisan Festival, New Backpack Art, Also BOD system will be expanded to include other crafting skills.

October 14, 2016

• Developers Request PVP Feedback - Give them your opinion on UHall
• Stratics Wiki Has Launched - Maybe you already heard?
• New UO ICQ Chat Room - Talk to complete strangers about UO!
• UOGuide Editing Tutorial Video - See featured video below
• Banned UO Account Amnesty - You could get a second chance
• Follow @JCtheBuilder For More News and Happenings

October 4, 2016

• Dev Meet and Greet Schedule... - Bring Your Questions & Suggestions!...

September 29, 2016

• Open Event Moderator Positions... - Creativity & Patience required...

September 22, 2016

• System Being Reactivated September 27, 2016... - Game Time Codes are for Sale Again!

September 19, 2016

• Origin Store Issues... - Housing Warehouse Shut Down Please Read!

September 8, 2016

• September Meet & Greets... - Come & Get All Your Questions Answered...

August 12, 2016

• Publish 94 Update... - A Few Issues to Fix!...

August 11, 2016

• Publish 94 Hotfixes... - Automaton Fixes...
• Account Management Issues... - Stay Tuned for Updates!...
• Ultima Store... - Commence the Shopping!...

August 9, 2016

• Publish 94 Available World Wide... - 19th Anniversary Gifts, Pumpkin Patches & Treasures of the Kotl City & & Much More!...

August 8, 2016

• Siege Perilous Meet and Greet... - Meeting Rescheduled...

August 5, 2016

• Publish 94 Update to Origin, Izumo & Baja... - Fixes to Mobs & Artifacts...

August 4, 2016

• Publish 94 to Origin, Izumo & Baja... - Important Notes for Test Shards Inside...

August 3, 2016

• Publish 94 Client Update... - New Terms of Service!...

August 2, 2016

• Publish 94 Full TC1 Release... - Be Sure to Update Your Client!...

July 29, 2016

• Publish 94 Update to TC1... - Changes to Review!...

July 12, 2016

• Mortal Strike Changes Coming to Test Center... - Be sure to leave feedback!...

June 28, 2016

• Europa Meet and Greet... - An Apology & Reschedule...

June 22, 2016

• Chesapeake and Catskills Maintenance 6/22/2016... - Just a few tweaks!

June 21, 2016

• Britain Crossroads Podcast - A new UO podcast, this episode recaps a Felucca EM Event last month
• www.jcthebuilder.com - A new portal for news on the Atlantic shard

June 3. 2016

• Publish 93 Updates... - In-Game Store Updates!

May 31. 2016

• Publish 93 Available World Wide... - The Myrmidex Threat & New In-Game Store!
• Destiny and Decision... - With the release of Publish 93, we are pleased to present the next installment of in our journey within Eodon!
• Entering Codes into Account Management... - Important Information Regarding Entering the codes into Account Management!

May 26. 2016

• Promotional Warehouse going down... - Preparation for the In-Game Store!

May 20. 2016

• Publish 93 – Dungeon Issues... - Visual Errors in Classic Client Fixed!

May 19. 2016

• Publish 93 Comes to Origin, Izumo & Baja... - Test the new Publish 93 on 3 Production Shards!

May 12. 2016

• Publish 93 Comes to TC1... - New Quests, In-Game Store & Runebooks Restored!

April 21. 2016

• Spring Time Contest - An Extension to May 5th! Get your entries in!

April 8. 2016

• Six Tribes and Five Spirits - The Story of the Tribes of the Valley of Eodon

March 21. 2016

• Bug fix with Rental vendors - Vendor Wearables Fixed!

March 13. 2016

• Publish 92 Bug fixes Part 2 - Fixes for Valley of One Quest!

March 3. 2016

• Publish 92 Bug fixes - Fix for a few Issues with Publish 92!

March 1. 2016

• Publish 92 Available World Wide - New Valley of One Quest & many bug fixes!

February 5. 2016

• Publish 92 Next Month - New quests and bug fixes on the way
• Future Newsletter Contests - Be sure to signup your email to be included

January 27, 2016

• Yamato Developer Meet & Greet Transcript - The UO team answers more questions
• State of Stratics - Stratics is moving their server

January 12, 2016

• Hiring Event Moderaters - The UO Team is looking to bring on more Event Moderators
• Origin Developer Meet & Greet Transcript - The developers answer player questions

January 5, 2016

• Auction Safe Bug Fixes - A couple minor fixes for Auction Safes

January 4, 2016

• State of Stratics - UO Stratics Staff outline their plans after purchasing the website

January 1, 2016

• Big Updates to UOGuide - They are finally here!

2015

December 1, 2015

• Turning off Vendor Search - Problems with Vendor Search Resolved!

November 18, 2015

• Hotfix: House Storage Issue - Negative lockdowns = My Worst Nightmare!

November 17, 2015

• Publish 91 Update - Avian Takeover Fixed!

November 16, 2015

• Publish 91 Available World Wide - New Veteran Rewards, Holiday Gifts & Huntmaster Challenge Updates Live!

November 6, 2015

• Publish 91 Comes to TC 1 - New Veteran Rewards, Holiday Gifts & Huntmaster Challenge Updates!

October 23, 2015

• Legends & Great Lakes Maintenance - Some Tidying up!

October 20, 2015

• Publish 90 Hotfixes - Time of Legends Tweaks!

October 8, 2015

• Time of Legends Server Performance - Some Relief is in Sight!
• Voices - Conclusion!

October 7, 2015

• Time of Legends Available World Wide - Time of Legends is Here!

October 3, 2015

• Publish 90 Update to Origin & Izumo - Some Tweaks & Finishing Touches!

October 1, 2015

• October Is Here - Pumpkin Patches & Treasures of Doom!

September 29, 2015

• Publish 90 to Origin & Izumo - Time of Legends is at the Door Step!
• Database Maintenance - Updating...Updating...
• Accounts not getting Entitlement - Patience is a Virtue!

September 25, 2015

• Publish 90 Part 4 Comes to TC1 - Time of Legends Part 4!

September 24, 2015

• 18 Years and Counting - Happy 18th Birthday Ultima Online!

September 21, 2015

• Trading Pieces - End Game!

September 17, 2015

• Publish 90 Part 3 comes to TC1 - Time To Get Excited Part 3!

September 15, 2015

• Enhanced Client Hotfix - Quick Client Fix...

September 12, 2015

• ChessieFest 2015 - Come Enjoy the hospitality of the Chesapeake Rares Community!

September 11, 2015

• Publish 90 Part 2 comes to TC1 - Time To Get Excited Part 2!

September 9, 2015

• Welcome to the new UO.com - The Future is Here!

August 27, 2015

• Publish 90 Part 1 Time of Legends - Time To Get Excited!

August 20, 2015

• Danger and Despair - Time of Legends Part IV!

August 18, 2015

• Europa and Drachenfels Maintenance - More Upgrades!

August 17, 2015

• Chesapeake Hardware update - Upgrades!

August 3, 2015

• Newsletter and Exciting news - Special Time of Legends Promotion!
• Exciting News - UO Newsletter Released!

July 17, 2015

• Isamu's Legacy - Time of Legends Part III

July 13, 2015

• New Dev Meet and Greet Schedule - Come Meet the Devs!

July 7, 2015

• Warehouses going down - Reboot!

July 1, 2015

• Login Servers Down - Be Back Soon!

June 25, 2015

• Revert of Napa Valley - Corrupted File Found...
• Focus Group Procedure - Steps for the Time of Legends focus group!

June 19, 2015

• Codes on the Origin Store - Origin Store Update!

June 18, 2015

• The Lost King - Part II of the Continuing Story leading up to Time of Legends!

June 5, 2015

• Time of Legends Focus group - Second and Last Focus Group Update!

May 28, 2015

• Update to the Time of Legends focus group - New Details for the Focus Group!

May 21, 2015

• The Silver Gate - Read here to get ready for the Live Events for Time of Legends!

May 19, 2015

• Attention: Players Wanted for Focus Group - Test & Influence the coming Time of Legends Expansion!

April 2, 2015

• Publish 89.1 - Update - Happy Easter & Other Important Fixes..

March 31, 2015

• Origin Issue & 30 day game time codes - Please read before purchasing Game Time!

March 27, 2015

• Contract Position open - Live the Dream. Work with Broadsword!

March 23, 2015

• Europa Hardware Issues - A fix for Europa's Issues...

March 21, 2015

• Taking Europa Down - More troubles for Europa...

March 20, 2015

• Europa Issues - Europa goes MIA!

March 17, 2015

• Answers and Changes - New Changes for IDOC's & an Important Champion Spawn Change!

March 13, 2015

• How to contact the Player Event Coordinator (PEC) - New Event Coordinator Details!

February 24, 2015

• Dev Video #1 - New & Exciting Changes for 2015 Including a New Expansion!

February 23, 2015

• Publish 89 World Wide - New IDOC Changes & Bug Fixes!

February 23, 2015

• West Coast Shards Down - Technical Issues strike the West!

February 20, 2015

• New Callback Service Offer - A Life Line for the Account Management Page!

February 18, 2015

• Publish 89 to Izumo and Origin - Housing Database Back on Friday Feb 20!

February 15, 2015

• Housing Issue - Important House Decay Update!

February 13, 2015

• Additions to Publish 89 - Addition Changes to IDOC Houses!

February 11, 2015

• Publish 89 for TC1 Today - Bug Fixes! Client Bug Fixes & House Decay Update!

February 4, 2015

• Happy Valentine's Day - Seek & Ye Shall Find...

January 14, 2015

• Important Game Notice - Updates to Vendor Search and the Promotional Code System...

2014

December 12, 2014

• Extended Maintenance for Mugen Only - Extra Maintenance today...

December 2, 2014

• Meet and Greet Update - Pacific Meet and Greet Rescheduled...

November 24, 2014

• Publish 88.3 - Publish 88 fixes for the Owl, Grass Tiles, Smithing Press and Sewing Machine...

November 19, 2014

• Publish 88.2 World Wide 11/19/2014 - Huntmaster Challenge, Leaderboards for Vice vs Virtue, Holiday Items & Vet Rewards...

November 17, 2014

• Publish 88 to Origin and Izumo - A few last changes before Full Publish...

November 14, 2014

• Publish 88 to TC1 - Huntmaster Challenge, Leaderboards for Vice vs Virtue, Holiday Items & Vet Rewards...

November 13, 2014

• An Honorable Vow - Sir Dupre calls for Virtue Fighters!

October 29, 2014

• Patcher Maintenance - Upgrades to the Patcher this week...

October 24, 2014

• Doom Artifact Issue - Doom Artifact conflict with new Treasures of Doom Event...

October 23, 2014

• Important Notice!! - Trouble with Promo Codes and Vendor Search..
• 87.1 Patch Notes - Small VvV adjustments and Enhanced Client fixes...

October 20, 2014

• Publish 87 to All Shards - Happy Halloween Ghouls & Goblins...Publish includes Treasures of Doom, Trick or Treat and many Scary Bug Fixes...

October 16, 2014

• Publish 87 to Origin and Izumo - Now on Origin and Izumo, features Treasures of Doom and Enhanced Client Bug Fixes...

October 11, 2014

• Publish 87 - Now on Test Center, features Halloween 2014 updates and lots of bug fixes
• Return to Britannia - Give this link to returning/new players to help them get started

October 2, 2014

• RTB Account issues - Experiencing Account Trouble? Read Here...

October 1, 2014

• Facebook Backpack Art Winners!! - Check out the Winners Here!
• Publish 86.1 - Halloween Part 1 - The Butchers & Carveable Pumpkins are back!

September 29, 2014

• Return to Britannia Campaign is live - Time to Come Home!

September 28, 2014

• Conseil du Roi - Atlantic - A Tale of Two Governors...

September 26, 2014

• Remembering the Past... - A Tale of Two Kings!
• Legends Maintenance at 1 pm today - An Emergency on Legends...

September 25, 2014

• Publish 86 - Loot Revamp, Vice vs Virtue, Enhanced Client Revamp
• MyUO is Back! - Check it out: search.uo.com
• Return to Britannia - Starting next week, come see the new changes
• 17th Anniversary Gifts - Login before October 15 to get yours

September 23, 2014

• The Advisors are coming!!! - Counselors 2.0 are finally here

September 22, 2014

• Publish 86 to Origin and Izumo - One Step Closer!

September 19, 2014

• TC1 Patch Notes - Important last minute notes!

September 19, 2014

• Old Friends, New Enemies - Two Old Friends...

September 18, 2014

• Delay of Publish to Origin and Izumo - Last minute changes!

September 18, 2014

• New Friends, Old Enemies - Two Old Foes...

September 15, 2014

• Publish 86.3 on TC1 - A Final Update to V vs V, Global Loot & Traders Quest!

September 12, 2014

• UO YouTube How To Account Management Video's - A Guide to help you with Account Management!

September 11, 2014

• Producer Letter Sept 11 - Izumo Meet & Greet Update!

September 4, 2014

• 17th Anniversary T-Shirt Offer - Ultima Online - Get Your 17th Anniversary T-Shirt!

August 29, 2014

• Producer Update Aug 29 - Happy Labor Day!

August 21, 2014

• Producer Letter Aug 21 - An update from Bonnie Armstrong...

August 21, 2014

• Revert on Yamato - Update on Yamato server troubles...

August 15, 2014

• TC1 Publish 86.2 Translated Update - More Global Loot & Trader's Quest Updates...

August 15, 2014

• Publish 86.2 to TC1 - Global Loot changes & Trader's Quest information...

August 12, 2014

• Producer Letter - An update from Bonnie Armstrong...

August 6, 2014

• Publish and Patch today - New client patch...

July 24, 2014

• Publish 86.0.1 to TC1 - Changes and Updates to Publish 86!

July 21, 2014

• Publish 86 TC1 - 徳と悪徳 –　第一段階 (Vice vs Virtue – phase 1)

July 17, 2014

• Publish 86 to TC1 - Global Loot, Virtue vs Vice & New Cleanup Items at Last!

July 10, 2014

• July Producer Update - Global Loot & Clean up Britannia additions & More!

June 26, 2014

• June Producer Update - A Brief Update from Bonnie Armstrong

June 17, 2014

• Legends down Tomorrow Morning! - 6/18/2014

May 29, 2014

• Official Notice - EA Mythic Announcement...

May 28, 2014

• Login Servers are Down - Login Servers Updates

May 20, 2014

• Publish 85.5 - Government Changes & Virtue vs Vice Focus Group...

May 9, 2014

• VvV Focus Group Needed - Virtue vs. Vice needs real PVPers...

May 9, 2014

• VvV　フォーカスグループ参加者募集！

May 7, 2014

• Character Transfer Back on - Tranfers between Shards return...

May 3, 2014

• Bugged Character Transfer Issues - An update regarding Characters Transfers...

May 1, 2014

• Job Opening - Engineer - Send in your Resumes!...

May 1, 2014

• More Character Transfer Issues - Character Transfers are Turned Off...

May 1, 2014

• Serpents Cross Tavern 16th Anniversary - Atlantic Shard, Felucca Join Us!...

April 30, 2014

• Vendor Search On Origin and Izumo - Vendor Search is active once again!...

April 21, 2014

• Dev Meet and Greet Schedule - Ask the UO Team Anything!...

April 16, 2014

• Greenlight UO on Steam - Please vote for UO if you are a Steam User...

April 2, 2014

• State of UO Address - Google Hangout with Broadsword Devs...

March 21, 2014

• Vendor Search Issues - Vendor Search Troubles...

March 20, 2014

• Publish Day to all Shards - Vendor Search & no more Snow!...

March 18, 2014

• Mesanna To Meet With Governors and Concerned Citizens - UO's Producer calls a Meeting...

March 17, 2014

• Publish to Origin and Izumo Today (3/17/2014) - Publish Easter and Vendor Search...

March 13, 2014

• Announcing New Team Member - Broadsword hires a new Assistant Producer...

February 25, 2014

• Europa Returns - Good News..

February 24, 2014

• Return of Counselors - Wow.. Application within..

February 19, 2014

• Updates from the UO Team - Exciting Fixes...

February 18, 2014

• Atlantic Going down Feb 19th. - Extended Downtime..

February 14, 2014

• House Customization Issue with Vendors - Important Read before You Customize!!...

February 12, 2014

• Publish 85.3 World Wide Publish - Happy Valentines from the UO Team!!...

February 12, 2014

• Event Moderator Openings - Japanese Event Moderators needed!

February 11, 2014

• Producer Update - An Interview with Broadsword & MMORPG.com...

February 10, 2014

• Publish 85.3 Origin and Izumo - Valentine's Day Approaches...

February 4, 2014

• Producer's Letter - UO Gets A New Home...

January 29, 2014

• Publish 85.3 Test Center 1 - Vendor Search Improvements...

2013

See UOGuide:UO News Archives/2013

2012

See UOGuide:UO News Archives/2012

2011

See UOGuide:UO News Archives/2011

2010

See UOGuide:UO News Archives/2010

2009

See UOGuide:UO News Archives/2009

2008

See UOGuide:UO News Archives/2008