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Article: EA'S ORIGIN TO LAUNCH "ULTIMA ONLINE: THIRD DAWN".

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Call it a makeover, an exciting new look, a change of face or just the latest chapter for the Internet's most popular virtual world. Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) and its Austin, Texas subsidiary, ORIGIN Systems, have announced plans to launch "Ultima Online: Third Dawn" early next year. Third Dawn is the latest upgrade to the highly successful Ultima Online (UO) game, which currently boasts more than 200,000 active subscribers.

With Third Dawn, Ultima Online will be more immersive than ever with fully animated, motion captured 3-D characters, each with enhanced gesturing and animations. In all, Third Dawn will feature more than 700 motion-captured animations on ...

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