We've just released realm 10 in Realm of Empires! Wow, who would think!
Rewind back 2.5 years. June 13th 2008, Realm of Empires launched Realm 1 Beta. At that time, we were not ready nor even thinking about Realm 2; Realm 10 was fantasy! But even Realm 1 was a great success ... or perhaps a lucky turn of events!
Rewind another 6 months. Christmas 2007 - An unproven strategy game, designed on and off for a year, then quickly put together in about 3 weeks of intense design, almost did not make it into development. Estimates showed a much longer development cycle then originally anticipated, and the future of Realm of Empires seemed far from certain. But fortunately, some believed I made inaccurate estimates or was being overly pessimistic and we got the go ahead to move forward. Good that no one trusted me then! :) I was not being pessimistic but I was wrong - I was being optimistic... after all, I, more than anyone, wanted to get my baby project off the ground!
We launched our first realm in June 13th 2008 and it was a great success! 50 players had a heck of a lot of fun for the first couple of weeks! :)
Sometime later 350 players were picked on by the original 50 in the fast moving realm :) Every entrepreneur dream indeed!
But as soon as we've felt that the game will not crash past 100 players, we let the game grow faster and soon thousands of players were settling their differences with hordes of Knights and battling rams!
We are very proud to say that many of those players from 2 years back are still with us.
Salute to both vets and new players alike! It is YOU who make Realm of Empires what it is today. Thank you for making Realm of Empires such an awesome project! In the near months to come, Realm of Empires will continue to grow and evolve.
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