Editing Ultima (series) (section)

===''Ultima Online'' MMORPG===
{{Timeline of release years
|subtitle = List of ''[[Ultima Online expansions]]''
|1998 =''[[Ultima Online: The Second Age|The Second Age]]''
|2000 =''[[Ultima_Online_expansions#Renaissance|Renaissance]]''
|2001 =''[[Ultima_Online_expansions#Third_Dawn|Third Dawn]]''
|2002 =''[[Ultima_Online_expansions#Lord_Blackthorn's_Revenge|Lord Blackthorn's Revenge]]''
|2003 =''[[Ultima_Online_expansions#Age_of_Shadows|Age of Shadows]]''
|2004 =''[[Ultima_Online_expansions#Samurai_Empire|Samurai Empire]]''
|2005 =''[[Ultima_Online_expansions#Mondain's_Legacy|Mondain's Legacy]]''
|2009 =''[[Ultima_Online_expansions#Stygian_Abyss|Stygian Abyss]]''
|2010 =''[[Ultima Online expansions#High Seas|High Seas]]''
|2015 =''[[Ultima Online expansions#Time of Legends|Time of Legends]]''
}}

''[[Ultima Online]]'' ([[1997 in video gaming|1997]]), a [[MMORPG]] spin-off of the main series, has become an unexpected hit, making it one of the earliest and longest-running successful MMORPGs of all time. Its lore [[retcon]]ned the ending of ''Ultima&nbsp;I'', stating that when the Stranger shattered the Gem of Immortality, he discovered that it was tied to the world itself, therefore its shards each contained a miniature version of Britannia. The player characters in ''Ultima Online'' exist on these "shards". Eight expansion packs for ''UO'' have been released (''[[Ultima Online: The Second Age|The Second Age]]'', ''[[Ultima Online: Renaissance|Renaissance]]'', ''[[Ultima Online: Third Dawn|Third Dawn]]'', ''[[Ultima Online: Lord Blackthorn's Revenge|Lord Blackthorn's Revenge]]'', ''[[Ultima Online: Age of Shadows|Age of Shadows]]'', ''[[Ultima Online: Samurai Empire|Samurai Empire]]'', ''[[Ultima Online: Mondain's Legacy|Mondain's Legacy]]'' and ''[[Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss|Stygian Abyss]]''). The aging ''UO'' graphic engine was renewed in 2007 with the official ''[[Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn|Kingdom Reborn]]'' client. ''Ultima Online 2'', later renamed to ''[[Ultima Worlds Online: Origin]]'' and canceled in [[2001 in video gaming|2001]], would have introduced [[steampunk]] elements to the game world, following Lord British's unsuccessful attempt to merge past, present, and future shards together.

''UO'' spawned two sequel efforts that were canceled before release: ''[[Ultima Worlds Online: Origin]]'' (canceled in [[2001 in video gaming|2001]], though the game's storyline was published in the Technocrat War trilogy) and ''[[Ultima&nbsp;X: Odyssey]]'' (canceled in [[2004 in video gaming|2004]]). ''Ultima&nbsp;X: Odyssey'' would have continued the story of ''Ultima&nbsp;IX''. Now merged with the Guardian, the Avatar creates a world of Alucinor inside his mind, where the players were supposed to pursue the Eight Virtues in order to strengthen him and weaken the Guardian. ''Ultima&nbsp;X'' was developed without participation of the original creator [[Richard Garriott]] and he no longer owns the rights to the series. However, he still owns the rights to several of the game characters so it is impossible for either him or [[Electronic Arts]] to produce a new ''Ultima'' title without getting permission from each other.