• Release Delay and Combat Preview

    We're now at the end of Q1 2011 and some of you have been wondering where Empire of the Eclipse is. The answer is that we've decided to delay the game but we think it's definitely for a good cause. The the game is simply huge and we're doing our best to make sure that everything gets properly tested before launch but more over after all the responses from GDC it really seemed clear that making battle feel more visceral was the big thing the game was missing and that it's definitely something that needs to be done for launch.

    So the bad news is we're delaying the game to an undetermined date but we'll definitely be out this summer. The good news is that the combat has gotten a lot more engaging and to that end I've included a brief demo video of where we're headed with the combat display. Basically battles are presented in a manner similar to Advance Wars except that you're seeing large scale battles instead of single units and the battles take time to play out giving players time to move reinforcements or for friends to join into the fray if they're close enough. Below we've included a video of where we're headed with the combat display along with a sample of the 40 min soundtrack that was made for the game by the very talented Christian Andersson ( http://www.craze.se/ )

    Thank you for your patience, we look forward to playing the game with you all as soon as it's ready.