Electronic Arts has proudly announced the 10th Anniversary of Ultima Online inviting new and past players to log in for a month packed with celebration and special events, plus fat loots.

On September 25, 1997, thousands of adventurers entered the world of Britannia for the first time. Many of them fell to the hazards of the wilderness, the perils of the dungeons, or even to the wiles of their fellows. But many of them found a home here - a home they have treasured for a decade.

The Fat Loots:

• 10 Decor Tokens
• 1 Wand of Fireworks

Or play for throughout the month to find other gifts and prizes such as a completed Virtue Armor set, commemorative items, notable weapons once owned by historical figures, and other useless crap to clutter up your in-game house.

As the DungeonRun Staff thinks back fondly remembering our times in Britannia hunting down and eliminating player killing scum, we soon realize that, well it wasn’t all the fond, and well the last 8 years after the Second Age update splitting the game into Felucca and Trammel (If you never played UO, think SWG NGE Expansion) just utterly ruined the game we all knew and loved. So perhaps while EA rings in the year with their red headed stepchild of a MMO that’s been kept locked up in the basement all this time, we’ll try to remember the good years of 97-98 as we ask the eternal question of when they’ll finally put UO out to pasture and turn out the lights.

Is it bad to be bitter after 10 years about a company changing their MMO in mid-stride and ruining the best sandbox style MMORPG ever made? I guess if we ever need that question answered there’s always the ex-SWG NGE players that are probably more than happy to speak their mind on the subject.