Ultima Online: Lord Blackthorn's Revenge ships

Origin Systems and Electronic Arts have announced that Ultima Online: Lord Blackthorn's Revenge has shipped and will soon be available in stores. The game is the latest installment in Origin's popular online role-playing game Ultima Online. The new stand-alone game includes 30 new monsters designed by comic book artist Todd McFarlane, creator of Spawn. It also features a new storyline and a number of new characters, items, and other improvements.

Ultima Online, which was first launched in 1997, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in a medieval fantasy world. It currently has more than 225,000 subscribers, making it one of the most popular online role-playing games in the world. The game was created by Origin Systems, which is now an Electronic Arts development studio.

Ultima Online: Lord Blackthorn's Revenge will soon be available in stores for an approximate retail price of $29.99. For more information, take a look at our previous coverage of the game.