UO - Kingdom Reborn Preview @ GameSpy

GameSpy has a preview of UO: Kingdom Reborn with input from producer Aaron Cohen:

"(Kingdom Reborn) marks EA's largest investment in UO in the last five years," said Aaron Cohen, the game's producer at a recent EA/Mythic event touting the game. Kingdom Reborn consists of a re-done game engine, a new user interface that takes many of its cues from the current generation of MMOs, a brand-new new player experience and a tile-for-tile makeover of the entire Ultima Online world. When asked about EA's decision to invest so heavily in an admittedly 10-year old property, Cohen was rhapsodic in his praise for both the game and the community. "UO is still a vital, exciting game with an incredibly dedicated fan base. The problem was that while the players did a great job selling the game to friends, the game itself didn't. It just looked old."