Our players kicking the weekend off early with a Catacombs raid.
[FONT=tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif]Greetings Citizens of Aria,
Today we are proud to unveil the first official Alpha build for Shards Online! This build is now running on our official server, Shards of Aria, and we invite all of our current pledges to head to the dashboard and download the new client. (It's the big shiny red button that says Download)
- [FONT=tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif]Digital Copy ($20) pledges now have full access to the game after accepting the NDA on the dashboard.[/FONT]
- [FONT=tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif]ALL TRIAL CODES codes have been reactivated for the weekend.[/FONT]
- [FONT=tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif]Lots of chances to win a 7 day trial code including giveaways at PCGamer, MassivelyOP, and MMORPG.com.[/FONT]
- [FONT=tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif]We are officially waiving the NDA, allowing screenshots, video uploads and streams for this weekend only![/FONT]
- [FONT=tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif]We have activated double XP for everyone on Shards of Aria for the entire weekend.[/FONT]
- [FONT=tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif]Check our Community Page for a full list of events that are happening throughout the weekend both in game and on live stream.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif]Alpha Event Weekend Schedule
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[FONT=tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif]Friday January 13th
- [FONT=tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif]1pm EST - $20 Pledges activated and start of Double Experience Weekend![/FONT]
- [FONT=tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif]2pm EST - Zueljin Stream
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[FONT=tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif]Saturday January 14th[/FONT]
- [FONT=tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif]1pm EST - Community Roundtable[/FONT]
- [FONT=tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif]2pm EST - MassivelyOP Stream
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- [FONT=tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif]4pm EST - MMORPG.com Takeover Stream
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[FONT=tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif]Sunday January 15th[/FONT]
- [FONT=tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif]2pm EST - Meet The Developers - The Golden Lion Inn[/FONT]
- [FONT=tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif]5pm EST - PvP Competition - The Arena[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif]Hiveleader Video
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[FONT=tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif]Our friend TheHiveLeader put together a great video highlighting some of the best features we have currently available in this Alpha Release. Check it out and share with your friends! [/FONT]
[FONT=arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif]Alpha Highlights
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You can view the full patch notes for Alpha 1 here.
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[FONT=arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif]Introducing the Baby Dragon Familiar!
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During our Kickstarter Campaign, we made a promise to our backers and we have kept that promise. This Alpha launch, Kickstarter backers will receive their long awaited companions! To redeem your companion, Kickstarter pledges will be offered a UI notification upon logging in. This can only be redeemed on one character per server.
[FONT=arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif]Europa - EU Facet live on Shards of Aria
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[FONT=tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif]We are pleased to announce the launch of our Europa universe. Europa is a parallel universe on the Shards of Aria official shard. We hope these world regions will improve the gameplay experience for our large and growing European audience. Players may move freely between these universes using the new Gatestone item, allowing players from both American & European continents to explore Celador together.[/FONT]
Want to Play?
If you haven’t pledged your support yet or if you have been dying to upgrade to a better pledge package, now's your chance! Head over to our pledge page right now and secure your early access to Shards Online. This project will be successful because of your support.
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