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Looking for an easier means of transcontinental space manipulation? We thought you might be! The next Shadow Cities update will contain the new and improved beacon system, allowing mages all the comforts and luxury that should come with travel in the 21st century! Check out these two images that preview upcoming changes to the Shadow Cities Beacon system. We'll be revealing more Shadow Cities updates and features in the coming days so stay tuned for future updates!

Feel free to discuss these images and all things Shadow Cities on our official global discussion forums!

Near well populated areas, spirits -- magical creatures long since forgotten attempt to pour in from the Shadow World. A resurgence of Magic has recently led Mages to organize in Finland, Sweden and Canada. As power and balance begin to shift in unknown directions, Animators and Architects from all across the United States are now rising up to join the battle for world domination!

Join the battle for Los Angeles, New York, Washington and other cities around the world by downloading the free Shadow Cities app from the U.S. iTunes App Store. 

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The world conquest continues in Shadow Cities! Join the battle for Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and other cities around the world by downloading the free Shadow Cities app from the Canadian iTunes App Store. 

Already joined, but need a short introduction to Shadow Cities? Read the basics of how to become the Archmage of your neighborhood from the Common Guide to Magic.

In our honorable efforts to bring you the most exciting Shadow Cities website experience, we just release the first patch of the Community Forums and other features.

Some highlights:

• Start the serious discussion on the Global and Academy specific Forums
• Learn the cryptic History of Magic
• Something missing from your Magic? Try browsing Magic and You: A Common Guide to Magic, Incredible Domination, and Becoming Archmage

Check the site and if you have any feedback, we would like the hear from you in the comments or on the Forums

Battle for Sweden is on! Download the free Shadow Cities App from iTunes App Store, choose your side and invite your friends to join the battle over your city.

The second Battle Round of the Unicorn Campaign starts tonight assigning all Mages to new Battlegroups. Read here a short introduction to Battlegroups and check out the game Help section for more detailed info about conquering neighborhoods, speccin' your Mage and other game features.

It's out now! The new Shadow Cities client version 1.1.0 is available to download on Finnish  iTunes App Stores. Unicorn is the first Campaign to introduce the new Battlegroup system. Read a short introduction to Battlegroups, what else is new in the new client and known issues & bugs. How do the Battlegroups work? Every Campaign consists of three Rounds. For every Round, players are assigned into new Teams, which are paired against each other, forming 100-player Battlegroups. Each Round lasts for 48 hours and each Campaign consists of three Rounds. You can see all the Mages of ...

You've been banished! Do I need to say more? Here's another sneak peek into the upcoming new Shadow Cities client.

When losing all your Health, you will be returned to your physical location, and banished. The new Banish will also give you a new kind of edge while fighting against local Mages.

Happy May Day Mages!

More sneak peeks of the new client version for all you Shadow Cities fans!

In the future Campaigns won't be fought just between the Animators and the Architects, but between Battlegroups.

Besides Battlegroups as a part of the Campaign system we will be also introducing new and improved Comms View.

Here's a little sneak peek to upcoming new Campaign system that introduces Battle Rounds. Instead of week long battles, in the future Campaigns will be divided into three rounds.

Details of the new Campaign system will be introduced later, but you can already check out the new Campaign view here.

What do you think of it?

While we are still testing out some of the basic game mechanics in the current Shadow Cities client version, we are at the same time putting all our energy into developing our new game client, which will be released with the global launch this spring, starting from the US and perhaps a couple of other countries!

We are really excited about all the cool stuff our game designers have been working on during the past couple of months. Besides new content we will be also changing the focus of the gameplay quite a lot in the new client.

We know ...