Issue #1 - August 27th
Our First Newsletter!
*Fanfare* I proudly present, the first SunAge newsletter in the history of mankind! And it's going to be a really awesome one. Just wait to see what I've got in store for you guys!
Firstly, I'd just like to say to everyone who has been participating in the forums, even just to say hi. Thank you! We really appreciate hearing from you guys, because... well... we have nothing better to do! Just kidding, of course.
The team have been hard at work on SunAge and it seems like we can quite safely say that SunAge WILL be released in October. Of course, that is not accounting for a giant swarm of locusts descending on the Vertex4 office, destroying everything in sight and making a right mess of the place. Stranger things have happened!
Now to get on with the news of the last few weeks!
Federation Week - The First Chapter!
Our first Faction-based week, although being longer than a week, ended without much of a hitch. Things did get a bit slow towards the end of the week, but we still pumped out several brilliantly written, if I do say so myself, feature articles. Now to present them:
» The Federals
Providing the first in-depth analysis of the Federals back-story, this article details the plight that caused man to be forced to hide within fabricated domes, hiding from the outside world. It explains how the domes began to fall and how the fate of humanity rests on the shoulders of the Federation.
Read
the article here!
» Federal unit: The Liberator tank
The first SunAge unit to be revealed in all its splendor to the public, the Liberator Tank does not fail to disappoint. This article details the reason for the Liberator's popularity in the Federal Army, its class, armament, defense capabilities and its alternate modes. You are certainly not short of information here! Read the
article here!
» Federal unit: The Centurion
Following the success of the Liberator article, we were quick to follow up with an article about the Centurion bipedal assault mech. The article details the roots of the Centurion and the reason why it was designed in the first place. Of course, it also gives you a full statistical summary of the Centurion's armament, defense capabilities, alternate modes and tactical uses. Included with the report are reconnaissance shots of the Centurion on the battlefield. Read the
article here!» Federal buildings
Last but certainly not least, we have the article that was launched less than an hour ago, giving a detailed analysis of many of the structures of the Federacy. Giving full explanation of how the build system in SunAge works, the article goes on to give information on the B.M.R. (the main builder unit of the Federacy), the Complex Tower (HQ) and the Transmitters which are used to distribute power to your expansions. Lastly, there is a surprise for those of you who like Tactical Nuclear Warheads. ;) Read the
article here!» Four New Screenshots!
We also released four new screenshots as a special treat to keep you going to the next article. Wasn't that nice of us? Check
out the screenshots here!GameReplays - The Resources of SunAge
Locke, of GameReplays, has written an very well laid out article on the resources of SunAge, providing plenty of useful information for those of you who were asking, "Four resources?... FOUR? Why four?!". Discover the power of the rare Iberium Resource, the strength of tough Zirkonium, the effect that map layout has on economic warfare and what makes SunAge's resource system so special.
Read the
article at GameReplays.org!The Best of the Forums
Those of you who are often active in the forums will know it's been getting pretty crazy in there lately, whew! New posts all over the place, threads dangerously off-topic, random comments and just plain silliness! However, I have to admit, it's been pretty fun and I look forward to the continued high-jinks of the SunAge community. So to kick us off, I'm going to give all of you forumites a special reward...
» SunAge Signatures!
I am proud to present, SunAge faction signatures so showing off the respect you get for being an awesome member of the awesome SunAge community. May they spread throughout your signatures on all the forums you encounter!*Uber Fanfare*
» The Official SunAge Forum Awards!
- The Off-Topic Award goes to "what faction will you play?"
for ending up as a discussion about Gnomes.
- The Avatar Award goes to Phoenix for having an awesome
looking image of a Phoenix in flight, with it's wings ablaze.
- The Reflexes Award goes to Corg for replying to many topics in under 5 minutes, sometimes within 2 minutes! He's either psychic or he has many clones...
- The Contribution Award goes to Lord Xalys for his success in bringing SunAge to the attention of a Dutch gaming website and spreading the word to many!
- The Translation Award goes to 1981 for crossing the language boundaries purely to give his input in our survey.
- And finally, the Comedy Award goes to Brvmlwlw for having such a random name and for turning a harmless thread into a debate as to the origin of his alias.
Come visit our
forums!Do you have any idea how long this newsletter has taken me to write? :)