There are some parts of the organisation that would love and embrace and clearly understand the logic of 'wouldn't it be great to work together on an Ultima,'' he said. Garriott was full of praise for EA, which he holds 'a great fondness' for, but said negotiations aren't going smoothly. This is clearly the spiritual successor of the Ultima series,' he said. And I'm very confident that when players sit down with this new world they will very quickly recognise that, whether or not we end up doing any deal with Electronic Arts. 'What essentially makes an Ultima an Ultima is the principles of design. While the new title is in no way a direct sequel to the Ultima series he created - Garriott said he felt the series had stymied in the last few entires - the developer insist that whatever name it sports, it's an Ultima game. We're in discussions with Electronic Arts even now about a possible marketing and distribution relationships and things of this nature.' 'We've had discussions at very high levels with Electronic Arts about access to the property. I would love to have access to the Ultima property,' he said. 'We've actually talked to Electronic Arts about. Garriott told Eurogamer that it's not conceivable that his upcoming title, currently codenamed Ultimate RPG, could become an official Ultima title.

Richard Garriott's upcoming project could eventually release under the Ultima moniker.

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