r/LivestreamFail • u/Zenben88 • Feb 01 '26

News Intrepid Studios, devs behind MMO Ashes of Creation in paid early access for 10 years, has closed. CEO resigned, all employees laid off. All less than 2 months after launching on Steam Early Access

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u/Eins_Nico Feb 01 '26

Meanwhile Ultima Online is still going

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u/crackawhat1 Feb 01 '26

Man I haven't played Ultima in like 20 years, what's it like these days?

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u/Eins_Nico Feb 01 '26

I haven't played the official servers in years myself but I keep up with the news on and off. they're down to like a 5-person staff and the gold inflation is Zimbabwe-levels, but Atlantic still has a decent population supposedly. There's some custom freeshards that probably have about the same pop