Illyriad News

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!