Community

We believe the Shadow Cities community remains the best resource for game information, hints and tips! For this reason, we have decided once again to reach out to the greatest of minds, as we bring you 'Tip From a Mage - Redux'!

This time around you will have until 6PM PDT today, Friday March 16, to post your best game tips on our Facebook wall. If your tip is chosen, it will be published to the Shadow Cities in-game Staff Channel and act as a beacon of wisdom for mages everywhere!. Additionally, the mage & academy of the winning tip will be ...

This is exciting news! Shadow Cities has been nominated for the Best iOS MMO of the year 2012! The full list of nominees can be viewed here.

The player voting has just started. You can give your vote for Shadow Cities from the link below!

How would you describe in less than 30 words what is great about Shadow Cities to someone who hasn't tried it?

Grey Area is interested to hear what you have to say about Shadow Cities! Take a moment to fill out our latest Shadow Cities Community Survey and help us develop Shadow Cities into a even greater game. The survey will close on thursday February 9th.

Click here to fill out the survey

Don't forget, all of you are also welcome to participate in many wonderful discussions found on the official Shadow Cities Forums!

 

Check out the first chapter of 'The Shadow Origins' by Dannyboy216. The story takes the reader on a journey to a time before mortals, before the elements, and ultimately before magic. Congratulations to Dannyboy216 of the Animators for submitting this amazing ongoing saga and winning a customized Shadow Cities skin for iPhone 4!

Read the whole chapter here! You can also find many other chapters of the story posted individually in the off-topic section of our discussion forum. 

Have a story you want to tell? Share with us ANY creative writing piece, comic, video or non-fictional recount of Shadow Cities ...

We invite the community to participate in a special two-part challenge to determine the title and slogan of an upcoming Shadow Cities campaign! Attached is the medal we'll be using for this community driven campaign, and we'd like each of you to provide us with your best ideas on an appropriate title and slogan. We'll accept submissions on our Facebook page up until Tuesday, December 6 at approximately 2PM PST.

Shortly after this part of the challenge concludes, we'll cast an internal vote to determine our favorites among all the submissions and create a Facebook poll ...

Check out the final chapter of ‘Story of the Echo’, by Andymercer. It’s the epic conclusion of the battle driven saga between Animators and Architects and includes many familiar names from the community! Congratulations to Andymercer of the Animators for submitting this awesome 5-piece story and winning a customized Shadow Cities skin for iPhone 4!

“The lines were set and the assault on New York City was immanent. The Animators had rebuilt their numbers and were aiming straight at the unsuspecting Architects.” 

Read the whole chapter here! You can also find the first four chapters of the story posted ...

We challenged you to become Shadow Lord over the most popular realms across the globe and offered owners of the 10 most ‘liked’ realms a chance to win an awesome bundle of Shadow Cities goodies! After nearly two weeks of promoting your realms, the competition has concluded and the true Lords of Shadow have made themselves known.

Congratulations to the following mages for rising up to make each of these realms the most popular in all of Shadow Cities! The winners will be contacted shortly through the email address registered to their Shadow Cities account.

Exael of Coimbra, Portugal

Snogripple ...

Take a look at the new FAQ posted on the Shadow Cities FAQ forum! You’ll want to read the ‘Advent of the Shadow Lord’ FAQ if you are interested in learning more about the changes of the latest update, such as the Dominion buff, new realm web views and bonuses for being Shadow Lord!

What does the Dominion buff do? 

The Dominion buff grants Vitality when you harvest a realm that receives ‘likes’ from other mages on the associated realm page. You will also gain a bonus to your Willpower if you are Shadow Lord over the harvested realm ...

Check out this trilogy of short stories beginning with ‘A Mage’s Lament’, in this addition of Shadow Stories! Congratulations to Miztres of the Animators for submitting this awesome collection of short stories and winning a customized Shadow Cities skin for iPhone 4!

“There she is, laying about on her banana lounge like the Queen of Sheba and expects us to be thankful.” Said Mrs Kain to a new resident to the cul du sac, “Calls herself a Mage but what does she ever do but lie around all day.”

Check out the full story, ‘A Mage’s Lament: A ...

To celebrate the latest Shadow Cities update, ‘Advent of the Shadow Lords’, we will be rewarding the ultimate Shadow Cities prize package to the 10 Shadow Lords who control the most popular realms by Friday, November 18 at approximately 6PM PST.

This awesome Shadow Cities bundle of goodies will include an official Shadow Cities t-shirt, a customized Shadow Cities skin for iPhone 4, as well as a stack of Academy stickers!

All you need to do is get your friends, family and fellow mages to 'like' your desired realms by sharing the realm links found under your mage profile on ...