The Ultima Online development team has been working hard for the past eight months to make real the vision of a thriving, vibrant Ultima Online. EA is completely re-building the Ultima Online client with new graphics and a new easier-to-use interface, while keeping the system specs as low as possible. It is an in-place upgrade, meaning you will be able to keep your characters, items, houses and everything else you've earned over the past nine years. There will be plenty of other surprises, but Ultimate Online will re-launch in its new form in 2007.