First Mythica, then True Fantasy Live Online, and then Warhammer Online. Ultima X: Odyssey is the latest in a burgeoning cess-pit of discarded MMORPG projects, with the game being binned by publishing giant Electronic Arts.

The decision was made as a result of EA's effort to concentrate online project work within one development team. Consequently, most of the staff working on the UXO MMORPG is now contributing to work on the upcoming Ultima Online expansion pack as well as another, as yet unnamed, Ultima title. However, despite EA’s plausible explanation for the cancellation, it wouldn’t be surprising if the cost and scale of the UXO project was also escalating beyond a manageable level, forcing this decision to be made.

Watch this space for news of EA’s latest Ultima projects as soon as it breaks.