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The game homepage (www.astroempires.com) was redesigned. It has a new background and makes use of the game 3D units into animations.
The intention is to make the frontpage more appealing to new visitors.…Continue Reading »
Hi guys,
It's been over a month since our last blog and sadly what a month it's been. We've been through a lot together with the DDoS attacks over the month of February. Our new servers are incoming (watch this space for announcements) and our temporary DDoS protection has been implemented. We're finalising negotiations for a more permanent solution and should have it implemented soon. We're aware some players have limited issues accessing the game based on their IP, if you know anyone having trouble have them click here and follow the instructions to get back into AE. Once again we would like to thank everyone for their patience during this period.…Continue Reading »
The Prelude to Empires: A Brief History of Mankind's Venture to the StarsThough the universe is now filled with unending turmoil and factionalism on a cosmic scale, things were not always as they are today. The rise of the United Colonies came during a period of rapid expansion many thousands of years ago, during the great exodus of mankind which spanned nearly millennia. During this time, the control between the so called governing body of the colonies inevitably loosened as humanity expanded further and further from their home systems, away from the center of civilization and the shackles emplaced by the U.C. government. Before long hundreds upon thousands of colonies were founded by groups who sought to carve out a section of space for themselves, a place they could establish a home freprisalar from the prying gaze of the distant U.C. bureaucracy.…Continue Reading »
I was five years old when the occupations began, the outer colonies fell first. Being newly colonised their planetary defences were still under construction and not yet fully operational. It took 24 hours from the first attack, our Imperial fleets outeched and out numbered, were easily overrun.Our brave pilots fell with little chance of survival, I remember the dark sky was peppered with the flashes of their broken ships burning up as they fell through the atmosphere. My uncle was a fleet commander, he died in the first attacks on the outer worlds commanding the defensive fleet which had fought valiantly to save our people.…Continue Reading »