Illyriad News

Illyriad has been nominated as Online Innovation Finalist in the Develop Industry Excellence Awards 2013.

View, drag and zoom into all 8 Million individually detailed terrains in Illyriad's 3d WebGL World Map, all in your browser with no plugins.

Illyriad's 7th tournament, The Champions Return is now live in game. Join with your Alliance to compete and collect champions to win prizes of prestige and medals. Full rules are at the forums.

Illyriad's new trailer is available for your viewing pleasure on Illyriad's Channel on YouTube.

Illyriad is proud to be a Notable Runner-Up in the Mozilla Game On competition, highlighting the best games built using open web technologies.

Illyriad CEO James Niesewand's interview about Illyriad and cloud gaming for Microsoft's Ubelly gaming website. Check it out to learn how we've built an empire on the cloud.

Massively.com's Beau Hindman sat down with Illyriad CEO James Niesewand and Executive Producer Kevin Hassall to take a look at the Broken Lands expansion and do a player Q&A. Full video here.

Illyriad's first expansion has been announced with the addition of a new continent, PVP-protected zones and interactive factions. Learn more about the Broken Lands and read the FAQ for more information.

Customizable avatars are now available in Illyriad. Visit your profile in game and choose "edit avatar" to give yourself a makeover today! More details available in the patch notes on the forums.

During October, experience the 6th Illyriad tournament. Join with your alliance to harvest the souls of the dead and win prizes like prestige, medals, troops and weapons. Details and rules are in the Illyriad forums.

Illyriad GMs Luna and Cerberus are taking part in the Extra Life charity gaming marathon to benefit Children's Miracle Network hospitals on October 20. Learn more at our dev blog or sponsor our team here!

Illyriad's CEO, James Niesewand sat down with Massively.com's Beau Hindman to discuss the latest game update and take some community questions. Watch the full video available on YouTube.

Illyriad's CEO, James Niesewand, is has been scheduled to speak at GDC Online 2012. He will be participating in the day-long Game Dev Start-Up Summit, Tuesday October 9.

The latest game update with advanced harvesting, crafting and trade has come to Illyriad. You can check our forums for full patch notes detailing the changes as they are coming into game.

RTS Guru took some time to preview the upcoming crafting, gathering and trade changes coming to Illyriad. You can read the full interview with more details at RTSGuru.com.

GMs Luna, Stormcrow and Thundercat sat down today to discuss and take questions about the forthcoming updates to harvesting, crafting and trade. You can watch the full video at our dev blog.

Illyriad now has video tutorials available in game. Look for the circle "T" icon on the top right corner of pages in game or watch all of the videos on our YouTube channel.

The latest Illyriad game update is now live including a refreshed UIv3, the Alliance Prestige Pool, Alliance Medal designer and more. Full patch notes are available in our forum.

GMs Luna and Cerberus show off the new Illyriad UIv3, Alliance Medal designer system and take community questions in our latest developer chat video. Full video is available here.

Post an epic poem, haiku or song lyrics about Illyriad on our forums between now and May 18 to enter to win Scribes of Allembine and free Prestige in our poetry contest. Details and entry here.

Massively takes a look at combat in Illyriad as well as the latest organic wildlife update in the latest livestream for Massively TV. Check out the full video available on YouTube.

The latest update featuring organic wildlife, coastal food, diplomatic reinforcements and much more has now gone live. Full patch notes and notice about upcoming changes are at the forums.

RTS Guru takes an exclusive first look at the latest Illyriad update coming this weekend. Check out their 2-part preview here, Part 1: Organic World and Part 2: Exclusive Q&A.

Illyriad is proud to introduce our Player Spotlight program, a way for us to recognize and honor active and helpful members of our community. Learn more at the Illyriad Player Spotlight page.

Illyriad is proud to now have a community page at MMORPG.com. Visit to discuss the game in the forums, add features, leave ratings, reviews and more at one of the largest MMO websites online.

Visit our developer blog to enter into the Illyriad Elemental Giveaway for a chance to win 5 of each type of Elemental and 50 Free Prestige! Contest ends March 29, 2012.

The Illyriad Second Anniversary Tournament has now come to a close and winners have been announced. Thanks to all who participated and made this the best tournament to date!

Alliances across Illyriad can now compete to hold territory and win prizes in our Second Anniversary Tournament, sponsored by Enjin and Typefrag.

In celebration of the second anniversary of Illyriad's launch into Alpha, the team held a dev chat to take community questions. Also, all active accounts have received 25 free prestige.

The Illyriad website has a new look and more updated, detailed information about the game. Take a look around and let us know what you think on our forums!

Illyriad is proud to be listed as one of the 5 free strategy games of GameSpy's 101 free PC games for 2012.

Updates to Illyriad server infrastructure, security and several bug fixes have been applied. Detailed patch notes are available at our forums.

The Undead Horde tournament has come to a close and winners have been announced. Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who helped vanquish the undead horde!

Get to know Illyriad CEO, James Niesewand, in this Over00 blog interview with fellow indie MMO developer Dave Toulouse. They discuss the origins of Illyriad and lessons learned along the way.

Beau Hindman from Massively.com sat down with James Niesewand, CEO of Illyriad Games, for an interview on Massively TV's livestream.

After a magic experiment turned disastrous and awoke the undead of Illyria, the Circle of Five have issued a call for help to all commanders. Learn how you can compete and win prizes in the Undead Horde tournament.

At the end of the first round of player voting in the IndieDB, Indie of the Year competition, Illyriad has emerged as the top ranked MMO. Thanks for all of your support!