News archive
12.03.2012St. Patrick's Caption Contest - Win 250 Gems!
With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, I think it is time to hold a new competition - a Caption Contest! The premise is simple: make up a caption for the image posted in the forums between March 12th and the 26th. Five winners will be chosen by the Castle Empire Team, each earning themselves 250 Gems!
Click here to create your own caption and win Gems!
See you in-game,
~Katealyst
Ubisoft Player Experience Manager
07.03.2012Maintenance Thursday 3/7 12:00AM (PST)
As a reminder, the Castle Empire servers will come down on Thursday morning at 12:00AM PST(3:00AM EST) for a 6 hour maintenance. The game will be playable at 5:00AM (PST). During this time, the website may be down.
Click here to find out what changes were made!
Be sure to follow Castle Empire on Facebook and Twitter for news and exclusive updates!
See you in-game,
~Katealyst
Ubisoft Player Experience Manager
01.03.2012Maintenance at 12 AM PST on 3/1
As a reminder, the Castle Empire servers will come down on Thursday morning at 12:00AM PST(3:00AM EST) for a 6 hour maintenance. The game will be playable at 5:00AM (PST). During this time, the website may be down.
Click here to find out what changes were made!
Be sure to follow Castle Empire on Facebook and Twitter for news and exclusive updates!
See you in-game,
~Katealyst
Ubisoft Player Experience Manager
Update: 12.05 AM PST - Servers are down.
Update: 02.50 AM PST - Servers are being tested and will soon be available.
Update: 03.20 AM PST - Servers are back online.
Have fun playing!
The Castle Empire Support Team
23.02.2012New Developer Diary 2/23/2012
The Castle Empire Developer Diary has been updated. It is now packed with all of the new features the Blue Byte team is developing for Castle Empire. There will be a huge content update on March 29th. This update will contain the Easter Event, all new daily quests, an adventure update, and new mystery boxes.
Click here to read the new Developer Diary.
See you in-game,
~Katealyst
Ubisoft Player Experience Manager
22.02.2012Screenshot of the Week - Win 250 Gems and an Angel Gate!
We’ve all heard it before: a picture is worth 1000 words. While that is certainly true, your pictures could also be worth 250 Gems or even an extremely rare Angel Gate decoration! Perhaps you have a cool or crazy town layout, or maybe you caught your peasants doing something hilarious. If so, we want to see it! Get that print-screen key ready, you never know when you’re gonna find that perfect scene.
Here’s how it works: Submit your favorite Castle Empire screenshots in the screenshot thread on the forums. These screenshots can be just about anything as long as they take place in Castle Empire. Each week we will choose one screenshot to highlight on our Facebook page. The person chosen will also receive 250 Gems! At the end of the month, the weekly screenshots from that month will be pitted against each other, and the community will decide the winner by voting for their favorite in the forums. That lucky winner will take home an Angel Gate!
Click here to submit a screenshot
See you in-game,
~Katealyst
Ubisoft Player Experience Manager
16.02.2012Easter Event Preview
The Rabbids are coming to Castle Empire for an Easter event you won’t soon forget. Everyone, prepare your Easter baskets, because festive Easter Eggs will be the main resource of this event. You can get these colorful eggs from quests, treasure hunts, and, of course, the shop. This event is currently available on the Test Server. Be sure to check it out and give us your feedback!
Click here for more information on this upcoming event
See you in-game,
~Katealyst
Ubisoft Player Experience Manager
16.02.2012Then & Now Event - Second Installment
Take a look back at the history of the game franchise you love. Since 1993, the Settlers has been bringing you gaming goodness. See the pieces of the franchise’s history and how they fit together and evolved into what we play today. Sometimes, it’s just as fun to look back as it is to look forward, so we hope you will enjoy this ongoing event!
Every other Thursday we will be hosting a Then & Now event showing how the Settlers franchise has evolved.
This week we are showing the evolution of the Settlers box art. We compare Settlers 1 box art to Settlers 7 box art.
Click here to see the evolution!
See you in-game,
~Katealyst
Ubisoft Player Experience Manager
15.02.2012Maintenance Thursday 2/16 12:00AM (PST)
As a reminder, the Castle Empire servers will come down on Thursday morning at 12:00AM PST(3:00AM EST) for a 6 hour maintenance. The game will be playable at 5:00AM (PST). During this time, the website may be down.
Click here to find out what changes were made!
Be sure to follow Castle Empire on Facebook and Twitter for news and exclusive updates!
See you in-game,
~Katealyst
Ubisoft Player Experience Manager
Update: 12.10 AM PST - Servers are down.
Update: 12.55 AM PST - Deployment complete.
Update: 03.30 AM PST - Servers are back online.
Enjoy the game!
The Castle Empire Support Team
10.02.2012Create a Valentine - Win 500 Gems!
Looking forward to Valentine’s Day? Dreading it? Don’t care one way or another? Well, no matter the situation, we can definitely give you one thing you’ll love on February 14th - Gems. We know there will always be a special spot in your heart for those gorgeous rocks, so we are giving you a chance to win 500 of them just by making a Castle Empire Valentine! Sure beats a box of waxy chocolates, right?!
Create your own Castle Empire Valentine image to send to your friends! You can put words of love, friendship, or even make your own lonely hearts club Valentine.
Click here to create your own Valentines and win Gems!
See you in-game,
~Katealyst
Ubisoft Player Experience Manager
09.02.2012Maintenance at 12 AM PST on 2/9
As a reminder, the Castle Empire servers will come down on Thursday morning at 12:00AM PST(3:00AM EST) for a 6 hour maintenance. The game will be playable at 5:00AM (PST)
Click here to find out what changes were made!
Be sure to follow Castle Empire on Facebook and Twitter for news and exclusive updates!
See you in-game,
~Katealyst
Ubisoft Player Experience Manager
Update: 12.05 AM PST - Servers are down.
Update: 02.00 AM PST - Deployment complete. Servers are being tested.
Update: 02.35 AM PST - Servers are back online.
Enjoy the game!
The Castle Empire Support Team