It has been leaked through translation from the Japanese UO website that the next race will be Gargoyles.

A screenshot has also been posted,details of which you can view from this link

Cool stuff. I must admit I'm really excited about the new client. It looks good to my eye. Of course I hope it will also look good in motion and wish the UI will be more friendly than the current.

When was the anticipated release again? Somewhere around Q4/2007?

Gargoyles.....

Why not orcs or dwarfs? Something role players can use..

They are doing dwarves. Then gargoyles, by the look of it.The Dwarves are coming from the Stygian Abyss (anyone who's played Ultima Underworld will be looking forward to this!)
Gargoyles are a good addition, I think - they are part of UO lore, more so than elves, so why not.

I have to say Gargoyles are much much more interesting and imaginative than *yawns* dwarfs and orcsies =P

Seriously though - anything which expands on what we can do in UO has to be a good thing

The most impressive thing for me was a pic of an avatar sitting on a bed!

Yeah. Imagine if they give us the ability to - heaven forbid - actually lay _down_ on the bed!

... Uh oh spaghetti 'O's...

Vital for the RP of certain well-advertised individuals with great pase.

And a cake.

...On parade.

I still play in the stygian abyss for kicks, so I am very thrilled of this news.
Sitting ? must have noticed the roleplayers roaming the servers in this game and decided to do something for them ( or I wish ). hope it's a "sit" command and not just beds, tree trunks, chairs etc.

I wonder if they will apply motion correctly to these wonderfull images. Fallout and Arcanum are my favourite 2d games, and somehow those images remind me of it.

I am very excited about the proposed new sitting ability. Perhaps it will be a skill... I should free up some space on my template, maybe drop swords or chiv.

On a more serious note, the images do look quite splendid and if it encourages new players then it should be applauded.

Dwarves it seems will come with the new expansion, Gargoyles some time later,but this is only hearsay,atm,hopefully more will be released over the weekend once the Devs had their Town hall meeting.None of the above news was meant to be released before that meeting,and they had big media coverage planned.

The translation from the Japanese site ,leaked it before hand.

Dwarves...? Great. 0_o

It's a shame that they dont start over. A new game world with new chances and perhaps a more old school approach towards UO. This is just a new skin for the same broken game.

Uh grut, we gut tu huv ull our vowuls rupluced wuth 'U's.

Just rumumbur, unlike Oldar, whun yu are nut uble tu du sumthin, ut's "can't" not "cu..."

Ah yeah. He made the best reports. Without a translation..! Tolagal was easier to understand.