According to EA's 4th quarter financial reports SWTOR held on to 1.3 million active subscribers.

In the report we also learn that two new content packs will be available for players sometime in the first financial quarter titled Legacy and Allies

Source: EA Q4 Financial Report

EA's Jeff Brown recently denied the existance of any discussion about Ultima Online 2 project with Richard Garriott in an interview with IndustryGamers.

"Richard is not CURRENTLY having conversations at high levels with Electronic Arts regarding the Ultima franchise. He never said that he is. I can assure you, however, that those conversations have taken place in the past."

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