Category: Uru Live News

From Randomos

Hi all,

It’s really important now, for folks who can sign up for GameTap to do so, via the ultra cool link GreyDragon set up at http://urulive.cyanworlds.com/blog/. We really need to show GameTap that we’re willing to support the return of Uru Live (even though it’s not public yet).

Plus it’s over 600 games to while away the hours until you get into Beta! Very Happy

I’ve created a petition for the International members of the community, to voice their support and intention to sign up for Uru Live when it is available.

Please sign up here (International only):

http://www.petitiononline.com/UruLive/petition.html

And tell your friends! Our show of support goes directly to how well Cyan can support Uru Live!

And for those who have already signed up for GameTap, thanks. It makes a big difference, and thank you. We want to do every thing possible to ensure Uru Live’s success.

Thanks!

The UruLive site has now been updated with some links for beta players;

• Accounts
• Downloads – Installer
• Support

From greydragon;

Remember if you receive a beta email you can not talk about it.

This is a closed beta and it is very important to Cyan Worlds that information about who is in the beta and the beta itself doesn’t circulate.

We are starting off with a very small number of testers. If you don’t receive an email during this first stage we will let more people in as time goes by.

If you have not received a beta email, please don’t download the installer. We need the beta participants to be able to access the installer so they can start testing.

Thanks for your patience.

Wednesday, February 04, 2004
Updated at: 2:00 PM

Uru Live for Everyone:
Change in Plans for Uru’s Content Delivery

Rather than maintaining an online service limited to reaching only those explorers with broadband Internet connections, Cyan and Ubisoft have decided to instead release ongoing content for Uru: Ages Beyond Myst through expansion packs. The online service of Uru Live will end on February 9, 2004.

The decision was based on the rapid sales of the Uru box game compared to the relatively lower interest in a broadband-only online delivery.

Regardless of how subsequent chapters are delivered, Cyan and Ubisoft are committed to providing ongoing updates, content additions and story progression for everyone interested in experiencing more of the journey that began in Uru: Ages Beyond Myst.

Please visit www.mystworlds.com for more information.

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Greetings,

Like all things must do in time, Uru Live has ended. It has been a great experience in many ways. We hope that you continue the adventures and friendships you have made during Live, and look forward to expansion packs to continue the story of Uru. From the entire team here at Ubi.com and Cyan, we thank you!

The Uru Live team.

Uru Live fans and friends,

Thank you so much for your continued support of the worlds that are Myst and Uru. It has truly been wonderful immersing ourselves along with you in the ongoing adventure, following your comments – good and bad – as you explored Uru Live.

I have some good news and some bad news.

First, the bad news…

Uru Live is being put to bed.

Even with all of the time, money, resources, code, people, sweat, and heart that were poured into Uru Live, we needed a certain number of subscribers to pay the bills. We didn?t get there. Uru Live is innovative and unique; its online universe is one of the most beautiful and complex ever built, anywhere. The idea of ongoing content was dramatic and forward-looking, but it required a substantial continuing effort to sustain. We were just not able to sign up the number of subscribers (even for free) necessary to pay for that effort.

Now for the good news…

The soul of Uru Live will live larger.

The soul of Uru Live came in two parts: the community and the content. Both will live on. Nothing can kill the community – it has a life of its own. The Call and the Gathering of the community will continue. And the content – what can I say? We have it, large amounts of it, ready to expand the world of Uru. In the past weeks we?ve been hard at work packaging that content in a different, more inclusive form – expansion packs – the first of which will be available in a month or two. Even better, the first expansion pack, To D’ni, is free. And there?s more good news on inclusivity. I?m pleased to officially announce that the Mac version of Uru is finally under way.

It would be easy to focus on the negative aspects of this announcement. But we?ve grieved our loss, and with clearer minds we see things in a different light. The fact is that the continuing Uru adventure is amazing. The story and places it reaches are spectacular. And in the long run, we want as many people as possible to experience and explore these new worlds. The closing of Uru Live actually gives us the opportunity to open these expanding worlds to a larger audience, including those people without broadband. Only a small portion of the people who played Uru ever made it to D?ni in Uru Live. Now everyone can get to D’ni – and beyond.

Again, perhaps the ending has not yet been written.

Shorah,

Rand and the Cyan Worlds Team

Bill Slease
Content Director
Cyan Worlds, Inc.