Forge of Empires is a browser-based strategy game that lets you create your own city and accompany it from the beginning of the Stone Age onward throughout the centuries. Build structures typical of the epoch and enlarge your sphere of influence through military campaigns and skillful dealings. With a powerful army and the right tactics, you will subjugate your enemies and forge a vast empire.

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lord of Ultima will be launching two brand new worlds on Thursday the 30th of June.

The new worlds will consist of one English world (USA East Coast- World 36) and a new Turkish World (Dunya 3).

The worlds will be brought online at the following times:

07:00 UTC -  Dunya 3 (Turkey UTC+3)
14:00 UTC -  World 36 (USA East Coast) (English UTC-4)

People often start playing Kingsage for the first time  on a brand new world, I did myself. It’s not always the best idea though, new worlds are very aggressive and even very experienced players sometimes struggle. The important thing is to get most benefit from those early days when conquest protecton is in place to get you off to a good start.

During your first week you cannot be attacked by anyone unless you yourself attack. You can however farm abandoned settlements with no penalty. This is followed by 30 days of conquest protection. For the first week then your priority should be building up your mines and warehouse.

Look around your map carefully and check the location of abandoned settleements. If there a some in easy reach then you can add a barracks and train some squires. If not leave the barracks until later. Also look carefully for a nearby very small inactive settlement. You will need this during the conquest protection phase.

As you get towards the end of the week start building up the hideout. No need to worry about the wall just yet but you can start improving your barracks and troop levels. These should be squires or berserkers for farming at tihs point. No rush for defence troops since you have no real need to defend anything.

Once your attack protection expires the fun begins. At this point you may well find yourself under attack from other players either just to steal your resources or to keep you weak until they can take your sett. There are three things you can do to combat this. One is your hideout will keep some resources safe. Build it up and use up your resources as fast as possible so there is never much to take. You can also build up your market. Put any excess good up at a silly exchange rate. That will keep them safe and if you’re lucky someone may even accept!

The final thing to do is keep your troops safe. You don’t want to lose them at this point since you will have need of them later. This is where that very small sett you located earlier comes in. whenver you go offline or are under attack send them there as support. By this point such a small sett cannot be attacked due to the 10:1 rule so they will be perfectly safe. A sett that is still under attack protection can also be used.

Don’t forget to build spies so you can keep an eye on your neighbours. Now is also the time to start building your wall and training more troops so that you are ready for business.

By the time your protection runs out you should have built up enough to give any local farmer a nasty shock and hopefully will even be in a position to conquer another sett of your own. Remember also that conquest protection only applies to your main sett and it isn’t lost if you take another players sett so you may even be able to expand before your protection runs out. You can take an abandoned or the second sett of another player even if he is still conquest protected in his main sett.

If anyone would like to try it out then http://kingsage.org/ is the place to start.

“…Your ancestor waited in the tent on the front line where the battle would take place.
His hands twiddled and his mind worked, when a sly grin crossed his face.

Suddenly the Lord came in with his the adorned two swords your ancestor had ransacked. .
The Lord handed your ancestor the swords and gave him a word to show the skills he said he had.
Your ancestor was terrible with swords, but his display made up for the skills he lacked.
He swung them around like he would his lute, and looked as if he had gone mad.

After your ancestor was done he placed the sword on his back in blade cross blade.
He bowed before the king and gazed on with a smile at the impression he had made…”

Extracted from the winning story in the Event: the Story of the Gigantic Snake by Dryhten

Imagine the scene described above, do you think you would be able to draw it? Whether you use stick men, or the Mona lisa, we want to see your take on this comedic scene. Or is it comedic? Perhaps you want to re-imagine the story by adding your own flair and style? They choice is yours!

What must be done?

We want you to create a small comic strip where you depicting the aforementioned scene. You can use any discipline of your choosing, whether that be paintings, hand drawn images or a digital drawings.

Winners and Prizes

• 1st place: 300 Diamonds
• 2nd place: 200 Diamonds
• 3rd place: 100 Diamonds

Required Elements

• Your comic strip must include these elements:
• At least one knight with two swords.
• One King
• A battlefield
• Between three and six scenes. No less, but more it’s possible.

Looking to earn brownie points?

The following will be some of the points we will be taking into consideration when choosing the winners. In no particular order:

• LoU’iness: The more your image includes recognizable elements from Lord of Ultima the better!
• Artistic Prowess: Although not the be all and end all, we will be looking at the level of artistic prowess on show in the image.
• Originality/Creativity: When coming up with an image, think outside the box, better in a funny way.

Rules

• Only one comic strip per person is allowed to be submitted.
• The first comic strip to appear in one of your posts in this thread will be deemed to be your proposal.
• You may use any imagery found on the Lord of Ultima website other than that provided by players on the forum. Using imagery added to the Wiki by the community is fine, however if it is felt that imagery was added to the Wiki in order to allow it’s use in the contest we will disqualify the piece.
• You may also use imagery taken from the game.
• With the exception of the previous two points, all constituent parts of your image must be created by you alone. If it is felt that this is not the case, the piece will be disqualified.
• The comic strip as whole must have a maximum width of 800 pixels and a height of 800 pixels.
• The maximum file size for each entry is 2 Megabyte.
• Entries must use either the .png or .jpeg format.

This thread is only for contest submissions, any other posts will be deleted. If you have comments or questions please post them in this thread!

Timing & submitting your entry

This thread will remain open for 14 days from the date of this post.
To submit your entry simply attach the image to your post.
The contest will close on 1st of July at 15:00 UTC.
Any post received after this date and time will not be taken into consideration.
From then on, the entries will be judged by the Community Team.
Winners will be announced on the evening of Monday the 4th of July.

Like any strategy game diplomacy plays a big role. On W8.org it’s a complete mess.

Once again there are major issues over the Vietnamese alliance and accusations of cheating.

Whatever is true about that they are certainly here in force and all working together following the demise of the .vn server.

read full article at our friends site http://gamergossip.co.uk/?p=32

In Empires & Allies, buildings give you access to everything you need to play.

All buildings can be found in the build menu:

Each building falls under one of the following categories: Housing, Industry, Military, Government, and Decorations.

Housing

Housing buildings are used in Empires & Allies to produce coins and increase your population. Housing buildings are found under the Housing tab in the Build menu:

Housing produces coins in the form of rent. Rent is produced at fixed intervals in fixed amounts depending on the type of house. Houses also provide population for your Empire.

A larger population unlocks advanced Industry and Military buildings.

Industry

Industry Buildings produce resources for your Empire. All Industry buildings are unlocked by increasing your population.

Industry buildings are located in the Build menu in the Industry tab:

There are three types of Industry Buildings in Empires & Allies.

• Small Farm: The Small Farm produces crops that can be harvested for coins. You unlock crops by increasing your level.
• Market: You use the Market to sell your resources to your friends or buy resources from them.
• Production buildings: These buildings include the Lumbermill, Oil Derrick, and Ore Mine. Each of these buildings produces resources according to a contract. These buildings are available in Levels I, II, and III which are unlocked by increasing your Population. More advanced production buildings produce larger amounts of resources per contract compared to less advanced production buildings.

Military

Military Buildings are the foundation of your military machine in Empires & Allies. You use Military buildings to build the fighting force to defend your Empire.

The three types of military buildings are Barracks, Shipyards, and Hangars.

• Barracks produce Land units.
• Shipyards produce Sea units.
• Hangars produce Air units.

Each type comes in Levels I, II, and III. More advanced buildings produce more advanced units and require higher population to build.

Government

You build Government buildings to increase your maximum population. Each Government Building must be staffed to be completed.

You can staff Government Buildings with your friends or use Empire Points to hire people for each position:

Government Buildings are found under the Government Buildings tab on the Build menu:

Decorations

Decorations personalize your island nation. All Decorations cost a fixed amount of coins to place.

Some decorations, like Army base parking, tarmacs, roads, or bricks, can have units placed on them.

Decorations are found under the Decorations tab in the Build menu:

Expansions

Expanding in Empires & Allies is done by purchasing small chunks of land at a time.

Additional Expansions are purchased from the Expansion tab of the Build menu:

All Expansions cost Coin and Liberty Bonds. Liberty Bonds can be earned by winning Campaign battles or given to you by your friends.

The Coin cost increases for each Expansion you purchase.

In an effort to provide you the gamer with even more variety when it comes to payment options, Lord of Ultima once again increased the number of countries supported by the Paymo SMS payment option.

• Argentina
• Chile
• Czech Republic
• Colombia
• Indonesia
• Italy
• Thailand

Are now supported by Paymo SMS, meaning players from those countries can now purchase Diamonds using their cellphones!

All you need to do to purchase Diamonds via SMS is open the in-game shop, choose the Paymo SMS payment option and follow the on screen prompts to complete your transaction.

It is as simple as that. The upgraded services is available right now, so feel free to try it out!

Hail fellow members of the gentry,

Lord of Ultima is proud to announce the launch of revamped Diamond store.

Not only has there been a visual upgrade, but we have added support for more countries as well!

Today we are announcing the implementation of a new payment method, Moneybookers and two more countries added to the SMS payment service

SMS Payments

• U.S.A
• Canada

What is Moneybookers? – source

Moneybookers allows you to grab Diamonds quickly and easily with various payment methods online, another choice added to your arsenal for those shopping spree needs, whether you decide to grab some artifacts, hire some ministers, or take some time off by using an Orb of Peace.

In which countries can you use Moneybookers and which payment methods do they support?

• ELV (Germany)
• Nordea (Finland, Sweden)
• EPS (Austria)
• Poli (Australia)
• Pekao S.A. (Poland)
• Przelewy 24 (Poland)
• eNets (Singapore)
• Laser (Ireland)
• ePay.bg (Bulgaria)
• Poste Pay (Italy)
• Inteligo (Poland)
• Euro 6000 (Spain)
• Ideal (Netherlands)
• 4B Card (Spain)
• Mbank (Poland)

Game Play Questions

Land

How can I proceed to the neighboring map?

In order to proceed to the neighboring map you’ll need to purchase new maps from the in-game shop. Each new map costs Cash and Intel. Enemy units and structures may drop Intel upon destruction. You can also ask your Allies to send you Intel or buy it with Facebook Credits.

How do I conquer land?

You conquer the land by moving your unit on the enemy territory. If there is an enemy defence on that land ie Barricades you need to destroy them before you can conquer it. Conquered tiles turn green.

How do I get more units?

To get more units you must first construct the corresponding building. When a building is finished your unit cap for the specific unit is raised and you may purchase new units from the in-game shop.

For example: Player wants to have more Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs). First player needs to purchase and construct a Motor Pool, which will unlock APC in the in-game shop while also raising player’s unit cap for armored vehicles by two from initial two to four. After this, in order to purchase more APCs than four, player will have to build additional Motor Pools.

Units, Attack and Buildings

Can my Units Die?

When your unit has lost all of its hit points it will need to be repaired/healed to function again. If the unit isn’t repaired/healed in a given time, the unit will cease to exist.
Healing units costs Supplies and you can see the cost of repairing/healing by clicking on the wounded unit. Remember to ask your Allies for help to heal your units. This way you’ll be able to save a lot of Supplies.

How do the defenses work?

Defensive structures shoot at the enemy when it enters its defensive parameter. Move your cursor over the defensive structure to see the size of the parameter.

Where do I get the building items to finish buildings?

Upon destruction, Enemy units and structures, as well as Barricades and Mines may drop building items.
You can also save time by purchasing missing items with Facebook Credits by clicking on the unfinished building and buying the missing items.

What are Fire Calls?

Fire Calls are a devastating air strike. Fire Calls can be ordered by clicking on the explosion button located on the bottom left. Each Fire Call has a cost of three to five predetermined collection items. All of the collection items are gained by destroying enemy units, so the more units you destroy the more likely you’ll be issuing those devastating Fire Calls.

You may also get the needed Collection Items from your Allies or by purchasing them with Facebook Credits.

Currency Help

How can I get more Cash?

The two most significant sources of Cash are from battles and towns. You get Cash every time you attack enemy units and structures. You can also generate Cash by starting productions in the freed town. Remember that starting productions in town consumes Supplies.
You can also purchase Cash with Facebook Credits from the in-game shop.

How can I get more Energy?

Energy is automatically regenerated over time at a rate of one Energy every 5 minutes until the Energy bar is full. You can also get more Energy by visiting your allies’ or asking your allies to send you Energy drops.

How can I get more Supplies?

Supplies are delivered on Drop Zones. Just place a Drop Zone on your game area then click on the Drop Zone to select the drop you want. Remember that the drops containing more Supplies cost more Cash and have longer delivery times. Friends can also aid each other by sending Supply Drops. Clicking on Building’s Bonuses will give you Supplies as well.

You can also purchase Supplies with Facebook Credits from the in-game shop.

Minefield

• Building HP: 1
• Attack: 0
• Range: 0
• Spoils of War: 25 Cash, upon destruction

Barricade

• Building HP: 4
• Attack: 0
• Range: 0
• Spoils of War: (5 Cash, per hit) and/or (25 Cash, upon destruction]

Fuel Dump

• Building HP: 1
• Attack: 0
• Range: 0
• Spoils of War: 80 Supplies, upon destruction

Propaganda Tower

• Building HP: 10
• Attack: 0
• Range: 0
  Spoils of War: (20 Cash, per hit) and/or (220 Cash, upon destruction)

Bunker

• Building HP: 10
• Attack: 1
• Range: 1
• Spoils of War: (15 Cash, per hit) and/or (135 Cash, upon destruction)

Guard Station

• Building HP: 5
• Attack: 1
• Range: 2
• Spoils of War: (20 Cash, per hit) and/or (170 Cash, upon destruction)

Secret Police HQ

• Building HP: 65
• Attack: 0
• Range: 0
• Spoils of War: (50 Cash, per hit) and/or (Unknown, upon destruction)

Command Bunker

• Building HP: 50
• Attack: 1
• Range: 1
• Spoils of War: (50 Cash, per hit) and/or (Unknown, upon destruction)

Fierce’s Palace

• Building HP: 65
• Attack: Unknown
• Range: Unknown
• Spoils of War: (50 Cash, per hit) and/or (Unknown, upon destruction)

Battle Fortress

• Building HP: 65
• Attack: 1
• Range: 2
• Spoils of War: (50 Cash, per hit) and/or (Unknown, upon destruction)

• The moveradius means the max number of fields you can go with this unit.
• SpH means Supplies per Health. This is the number of supplies which you need to heal one Healthpoint.
• SpMH means Supplies per Max Health. This is the number of supplies which you need to heal all Healthpoints a unit have.
• The best Infantry Unit for Cash is “Commando”.
• The best Vehicle Unit for Cash is “Battle Tank” and the best Vehicle Unit for FBC is “Elite Tank”. The Elite Tank is better than the Battle Tank.
• The best Artillery Unit for cash is the “Rocket Battery” and the best Artillery Unit for FBC is “Premium Rocket Battery”.The Premium Rocket Battery is much better than the Rocket Battery.

Infantry:

• Cost: 1.500 Cash
• Health: 5
• Attack: 1
• Range: 1
• Moveradius: 4
• SpH: 40
• SpMH: 200
• Typ: Infantry

Special Force:

• Cost: 29 FBC
• Health: 5
• Attack: 2
• Range: 1
• Moveradius: 5
• SpH: 50
• SpMH: 250
• Typ: Infantry

APC:

• Cost: 5.000 Cash
• Health: 10
• Attack: 2
• Range: 1
• Moveradius: 10
• SpH: 50
• SpMH: 500
• Typ: Vehicle

Battle Tank:

• Cost: 20.000 Cash
• Health: 15
• Attack: 3
• Range: 1 Range
• Moveradius: 4
• SpH: 100
• SpMH: 1500
• Typ: Vehicle

Elite Tank:

• Cost: 89 FBC
• Health: 20
• Attack: 3
• Range: 1
• Moveradius: 5
• SpH: 75
• SpMH: 1500
• Typ: Vehicle

Artillery:

• Cost: 10.000 Cash
• Health: 4
• Attack: 1
• Range: 2
• Moveradius: 3
• SpH: 100
• SpMH: 400
• Typ: Artillery

Commando:

• Cost: 22.000 Cash
• Health: 10
• Attack: 3
• Range: 1
• Moveradius: 10
• SpH: 100
• SpMH: 1000
• Typ: Infantry

Rocket Battery:

• Cost: 30.000 Cash
• Health: 8
• Attack: 2
• Range: 2
• Moveradius: 4
• SpH: 125
• SpMH: 1000
• Typ: Artillery

Premium Rocket Battery:

• Cost: 129 FBC
• Health: 8
• Attack: 3
• Range: 3
• Moveradius: 2
• SpH: 225
• SpMH: 1800
• Typ: Artillery

ATTTEEENNNNTTION!!

Lower your weapons cadets and participate in our first Competition:

The enemy is growing stronger and we need YOU to come up with our next unit so we can take these bad guys down.

This new unit can be artillery, vehicles, infantry etc..! You can attach images to help show your design!

The reward is your unit going in-game for the whole world to see and use as well a mystery prize just for you!

Are you up to the challenge soldier? Over and Out,
GravityGrip

Example Design:

• My unit :Anti-Tank Tank
• HP:4
• Attack:4 agaisnt vehicles, 2 agaisnt artillery and 1 agaisnt infantry.
• Range:2×2
• Cost to repair:60 per HP
• Type:Vehicle
• Cost:20,000
• Movement is as fast as a normal tank

Interested to join this competiton, go to the official Digital Chocolate forum and post your designs here.

Army Attack is a game that’s about territory. It’s a military strategy game where you first have to find and conquer new land, before constantly defending it against a seemingly never ending supply of enemy forces. It has the looks and basic gameplay of the popular Advance Wars series from Nintendo, but because it takes place in a persistent world it feels much different, and is a great fit on Facebook.

The world in Army Attack is embroiled in war. The evil Viceroy Vile has conquered much of the land and it’s your job to liberate it, one city at a time, eliminating his henchmen-like team of generals and their forces. What story there is is conveyed through the missions, and when you complete various goals you’ll be greeted with bits of dialog from both opposing leaders and some of the good guys on your side of battlefield. But, really, it all amounts to you getting rid of the opposing soldiers and doesn’t get much deeper than that.

And this is done through tactical turn-based combat. You move your squad one unit at a time, expanding your territory and exchanging shots with the enemy. In the beginning the visible portion of the map is tiny, with the rest of the screen shrouded in fog and darkness. But eventually you’ll be able to expand your reach quite a bit, and watching as your dominion expands is very satisfying.

When you’re within range of your opponents you can start attacking, and each unit has a certain amount of damage that they can take before falling. Moving and attacking both consume energy, so much of the strategy lies in placing your units—which can range from simple footsoldiers to tanks and mobile artillery—in a such a way as to maximize your attack while reducing energy consumption. When one of your units falls you have a certain amount of time to heal them before they’re gone for good. Enemy units, meanwhile, are gone from battle once defeated, but it won’t be too long before they start encroaching on your borders once again.

It boils down to an admittedly simple, pseudo-turn based system, but it’s still quite enjoyable in spite of the lack of depth. Popping in for a few minutes at a time to collect supplies and strategically moving your units around the map fits very well on the Facebook platform.

Despite it’s rather dark theme, Army Attack is slathered with a bright and colorful cartoon style heavily influenced by Advance Wars. The character portraits, in particular, have an exaggerated look to them that wouldn’t feel out of place in the latest Saturday morning animated hit. And though the field visuals are somewhat simple, this actually makes it very easy to quickly identify units and buildings, considering their small size.

Army Attack is one of those games where the only real complaint we have is that the energy system means we have to stop playing eventually. The combat is satisfying, the visuals are downright charming, and the persistent enemy threat provides a lot of incentive to keep returning. It may just be the best military strategy game on Facebook so far.

Game Features

• Become a powerful army commander, gather your troops and lead them to victory
• Wage war in more ways that ever before – unleash your fury in thrilling combat and get your hands on vast selection of modern arsenal
• Be a celebrated hero – free the cities and towns of your captured homeland and boost your war efforts with invaluable help from the civilians
• Complete missions to earn money and battle reserves
• Wreak havoc with your friends – invite your friends to join the war as allies and bring mayhem to the enemy on all fronts!

Resources:

• Facebook: http://apps.facebook.com/armyattack
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/dchocgames
• My Space: www.myspace.com/dchocgames
• You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/digitalchocolategame

Cadet Soldiers

• Unit HP : 30
• Class : Soldier
• Great Against to : Artillery, Carrier, Air Ship
• Weakness for : Tank, Gunboat
• tips: if your enemy units are Artillery with no tank (land unit) or there are Carrier with no Gunboat (naval unit), this is the best choice for the battle.

Cannon Artillery

• Unit HP : 40
• Class : Artillery
• Great Against to : Tank, BattleShip, Bomber
• Weakness for : Soldier, Carrier
• tip: if your enemy units are tank with no soldier (land unit) or there are battleship with no carrier (naval unit), this is the best choice for the battle.

Vintage Tank

• Unit HP : 50
• Class : tank
• Great Against to : Soldier, Gun Boat, Air Fighter
• Weakness for : Artillery, BattleShip
• tip: if your enemy units are Soldier with no Artillery (land unit) or there are Gun Boat with no BattleShip (naval unit), this is the best choice for the battle.

See this scissor, paper , rock table for more info on what the best way is to use your units.

Dear players,

We are currently looking for players interested in beta testing our Tribal Wars application for iOS devices.

Unfortunately due to limitations enforced by Apple we have a limited number of beta tester slots and so cannot run a full public beta. However, if you meet the below requirements we would really appreciate your help!

In order to beta test, you must:

• Have an account on beta.tribalwars.net
• Have a forum account on forum.beta.tribalwars.net
• Own either an iPod touch, iPhone 3/4 or iPad 1/2, running a minimum firmware version of 4.0
• Be able to spend 1-2 hours in the next month testing

We’d just like to reiterate that the final point is very important. We have a limited number of spots, and once we allow your device access to our testing we cannot revoke your spot for a year.

Please do not volunteer if you just want to try the app for a few minutes and then forget about it.

If you meet all the requirements, please email the following information to removed – all slots filled.

• Your account name on beta.tribalwars.net
• Your forum account name on forum.beta.tribalwars.net
• The type of device(s) you own (e.g. iPhone 4, iPad 1, iPod touch 2nd gen)
• The firmware version installed on your device
• The UDID of your device (instructions on how to find this here)

Thanks everyone,

Jon Dawson
Developer

Lord of Ultima will be launching five brand new worlds on Thursday the 16th of June.

The five new worlds will consist of one three English worlds (Europe – World 33, Australia – World 34, USA West Coast – World 35), a new Italian World (Monde 5 ), and a new Polish World (Swiat 4).

The worlds will be brought online at the following times:

• 08:00 UTC -  Mondo 3 (Italy UTC+2)
• 08:00 UTC -  World 33 (Europe) (English UTC+2)
• 08:00 UTC -  Swiat 4 (Polish UTC+2)
• 00:00 UTC -  World 34 (Australia) (English UTC+10)
• 17:00 UTC -  World 35 (USA West Coast) (English UTC-7)

A brand new Portuguese world has just launched!  Mundo 4 (Portugal) is now online and awaiting the arrival of aspiring members of the gentry to begin their adventures anew in search of the title Lord of Ultima!

Gather your friends and family, form an alliance, and conquer Caledonia!

Players of CityVille will recognize the system here. Currently, your very first expansion comes at a price of 5,000 coins and 10 Liberty Bonds. Liberty Bonds are the equivalent of CityVille’s Zoning Permits, and you’ll need to collect them from friends in mass quantities to expand each and every time you do so.

There’s a catch here though. Whether by some oversight or intentional design choice, you can’t currently ask for Liberty Bonds via the game’s expansion menu (found in the game’s store – the Hard Hat icon). Only when you’ve earned enough coins to purchase the expansion will you be able to ask for Liberty Bonds, forcing you to wait quite a while instead of accomplishing two tasks at once.

Either way, you can work around this and expand early, if you put your mind to it. Participate in battles frequently, and you’ll receive Liberty Bonds as prizes. Furthermore, Liberty Bonds are currently available to send via the game’s free gifts page, so your friends can send you as many (or as few, if you don’t remind them) as they’d like.

Regardless of how you come across your Liberty Bonds, you’ll go about actually adding the expansion to your land in the same way. Simply purchase the expansion from the store and then choose the area that you’d like to expand. Unfortunately, this is another system carried over from CityVille, as your entire city won’t gain expanded limits; rather, you’ll have to pick and choose where to add more land.

You’ll want to plan your expansions ahead of time, as they cost more and more coins each time that you purchase a single lot of land. For example, after you’ve purchased the first land expansion for 5,000 coins, the second expansion doesn’t come until you’ve reached 6,000 coins, and have collected another 10 Liberty Bonds.

Zynga is launching its first strategy combat game Empires & Allies.

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

Empires & Allies has some similarities to CityVille, one of Zynga’s recent hits, players can build military structures and farms to produce resources.

But this is more of a combat game.

The back story is that the Evil Dark Alliance has invaded and destroyed your island nation.

The objective of the game is to rebuild and then defeat the bad guy, The Raven.

Raven , The Bad Guy

Along the way you progress through 15 islands with different characters, evil (Captain Krunsch, Kai Tana, Dirk Digger and Kung Fucius) and good (Scarlett, Slick, Riptide and his dog Cybark), each with its own back story.

When you visit a friend’s island, you can attack via air, sea or land to collect extra points for the game. You can then choose which types of military ships or planes to use in the attack.

Previous Zynga games like farmville , cityville, enabled players to help a friend grow crops by clicking on them or collect rent on behalf of them.

But what you could actually do with friends in the games was actually pretty limited compared to what can be done in Empires & Allies.

Empires & Allies features include:

Building an Empire
Feared by his allies and hated by his enemies, “The Raven” is an unapologetic tyrant who wanted his pet mascot to be an eagle, but he couldn’t catch one. In a tirade, “The Raven” has destroyed your empire. Once the rubble from the attack on your empire is cleared, build your empire’s population back up. Build island huts, cottages, houses and more to collect rent to fund your expanding empire.

Mobilizing Your Troops
Get ready to fight “Captain Krunsch,” an old school seaman who relishes taking out his enemies the old-fashioned way–with his bare, arthritic hands. Build formidable ground, naval and air defense to protect your empire and beat those invaders back. Use Unit Research Laboratories to upgrade your armies and unlock new attack bonuses.

Fight With Friends!
Sometimes the best defense is a good offense. Build up your troops, recruit your friends and send them out to invade in-game villains and advance the story line, or choose to invade your neighboring friends’ empires to collect Infamy Points. Strategically select from different ground, naval and air units to build your battalion based off their effectiveness against the opposing army. You might just want to unleash “Wingo,” a pilot who was born to fly – first class. His mama was a stewardess and his daddy made tiny pretzels for the airlines.

Guided Play
As the nation’s leader, you must build up your empire’s defenses to ward off “The Raven” and his evil minions. Scarlett, your personal military advisor, will always show you fun things to try next to guide you on building a powerful empire. Scarlet keeps an eye on all military functions. She’s seen it all. She knows there’s no “I” in “team.” Despite her mysterious past, she has the respect of her troops, who eagerly shout “Aye aye!” to every one of her orders. Once tasks are complete, you can unlock increasingly advanced buildings and decorations.

Neighboring Empires
Visit your neighbors’ empires to help them secure more energy, decorations and collectible items, gaining Honor Points along the way. Tending to your friends’ empires is a surefire way to speed up your progress and amass your army. Enlist your neighbors help in combat to quickly finish off your enemies with special attacks. And don’t forget to call on “The Admiral,” the most experienced fleet commander in the seven seas. His only limitation – his refusal to trim his eyebrows makes it harder to find the port. Or the starboard.

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Lord of Ultima (LoU) will bring three brand new worlds online on Thursday the 1st of June.

This time will be a new English World,World 32, a new French World, Monde 4 and a new Portuguese World, Mundo 3. They will be based on American East Coast time, UTC-4, on CEST and on Brazilian time, so this Mundo 3 will be the first Brazilian World, UTC-3.

The worlds will be brought online at the following times:

• World 32 (USA East Coast) - 14:00 UTC – UTC-4
• Monde 4 (French) - 08:00 UTC – UTC+2
• Mundo 3 (Brazil) - 13:00 UTC – UTC-3

You can join Lord of Ultima here.

How to purchase or use relics:

• Notice that the wallet icon shows that we have bought ’0′ of this relic. Click ‘Buy‘

• Now the wallet shows we have bought and not activated ’1′ of this relic. Click ‘Activate‘ and the relic is then used.

The strategy game WildGuns brings the Wild West myths of smoking Colts and Indian war cries right to your browser.

• Developer:  Gameforge
• Format:  Browser
• MMOG Genre: Strategy
• System: Office-PC,  Internet browser, Internet connection
• Web:   www.wildguns.co.uk

Story

Under the lowered brim of his hat the cowboy‘s watchful eye ceaselessly scans the distance as his fingers twitch over his Colt, ready to draw at any moment. That dust cloud on the horizon – just a desert storm? Indians on the warpath? Anyone attached to his scalp has to remain alert at all times.

There‘s a raw wind a-blowing in the Wild West, and Cowboys, Indians or Mexicans alike – in the battle for land, resources and gold everyone pays the price in the same currency – sweat and blood.

In the Wild West browser game WildGuns you determine the fate of your settlement. Use your people‘s special abilities wisely and decide which will better help you on your way – the peace pipe or the warpath. In addition to increasing your sources of raw materials and developing new lands it is crucial that you capture the lucrative gold mines. But once the goldrush starts there won‘t be much time to secure victory. The race is on!

Features

• Sophisticated Wild West setting: Relive the colonization of the New World, the clash of different cultures and succumb to gold fever. Prove your worth as an experienced chief or clever sheriff. 
• Authentic Graphics: Watch and wonder as a realistic and stylishly drawn Wild West scenario complete with boisterous saloons and crackling campfires comes to life on your screen.
• Personal character preferences: Are you more the combative or the defensive type? Choose between Indians, Mexicans and Cowboys. Make your decision based on your preferences and your own individual style.
• Show true pioneer spirit: Follow your urge to explore new horizons. Expand your fort and capture poorly defended enemy positions. Improve the quality of your weapons and troops through intensive research.
• Interactive federation: Hundreds of thousands of players fight with you for the gold mines, either as allies or opponents. Ride alongside your partners into the great adventure or spy out the strength of your enemy‘s troops – just never forget to keep a close eye on your own defenses.