Lord Blackthorn's Revenge site launches

Electronic Arts game developer Origin Systems has launched a new official Web site for Ultima Online: Lord Blackthorn's Revenge, the upcoming stand-alone expansion to its popular online role-playing game, Ultima Online. The new site contains answers to frequently asked questions and an overview of the new features that will be included in the expansion. More information will be posted on the site in the future, including screenshots, art, and fiction based on the game.

The new stand-alone expansion will take players into a dark world, where they will meet more than 30 powerful new characters. The central character in the new game, Lord Blackthorn, has been featured in previous installments of Ultima Online, but he has now been transformed into an evil half-human creature in charge of an army of other fearsome monsters. The game will include new artificial intelligence, a new interactive storyline, and a new virtue system that rewards and punishes players based on their choices and behavior during the game. The game will also include more than 30 new items, a new help feature, and improved starting character templates.

Ultima Online: Lord Blackthorn's Revenge is scheduled for release in February. For more information, take a look at our previous coverage of the expansion and visit the new official Web site.