Shadow Stories presents the reciting of one Animator intent on proving to the world how imagination and passion can be used to inspire and lead. How will you react when you hear the powerful melody of the Animator Chant sound in your neighborhood?

Congratulations to Misseire of the Animators for submitting the winning entry for the latest Shadow Stories publication!

Animator Chant, by Misseire the Animator

Signing in for my very first spawn.
Light so bright and a new star dawns.

Shadow Cities! Green the streets! 

Time to choose! I become an Animator!
Electric warriors for the world of nature ...

There is always something happening in Shadow Cities! Make sure you check out all of the cool contests and competitions going on right now. It’s never too late to make your claim for fame and fortune in Shadow Cities!

No Mage Left Behind – Create a powerful, cool, funny or interesting recruitment slogan or recruitment poster and post it to your personal Facebook or Twitter page and become eligible to win an official Shadow Cities T-Shirt! Hurry up, you only have until the end of Friday, August 5, 2011 to submit your entry!

The Harvest Competition - We will be posting ...

The Animators and Architects continue to yield bountiful rewards during ‘The Harvest’ campaign! With the season of change upon us, both Academies put their best foot forward and battle for control over the newly Awakened territories of the world. Are you willing to take the steps necessary to lead your Academy to victory and control over the shadows?

‘The Harvest’ campaign started Monday, August 1 and will run for one week. The campaign is a three round competition that rewards Mana Potions and Medals based on your individual and team contributions in your local Battlegroup Leader Board!

Shortly after the ...

While we are currently working on the next client update, we wanted to already release a smaller update containing mostly small stability and bug fixes.

The next client update that the Grey Area developer team is putting together will contain bigger stability fixes to the bugs you have reported to us and also a small content update to the game. We'll be posting more info about this in a couple of weeks!

Download version 1.1.5. from your local App Store for free.

Issues fixed in version 1.1.5:

• Crash issues when opening Beacon List in Cloudview ...

Grey Area is interested to hear what you have to say about Shadow Cities! We have created a quick and easy survey so that we may learn more about what’s important to each of you!

The Survey has been closed. Thanks to all participants!

Your feedback could directly influence the growth and development of Shadow Cities. Don't waste another moment concealing your thoughts, the fuure is yours to change!

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

Congratulations to Gabriel of the Architects for winning a Shadow Cities iphone 4 skin and Shadow Cities t-shirt from the Shadow Cities Design Challenge! Read more about the adventures of these four renegade spirits, Koschei the Deathless, Baldr's Bonfire, Vytiaz the Warrior, and Sidhe the Fairy, from Shadow Cities Forums.

During the next few weeks we'll be watching our Facebook wall the coolest designs and rewarding our favorites with smoking hot Shadow Cities customized skins for iPhone 4 & limited first edition of Shadow Cities Academy t-shirts.

If you want to participate in the contest read here!

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All action yields consequence only truly revealed by time and reflection. As magic continues its rapid spread, the effects of our combined decisions map the way. With the season of change upon us, only those willing to put their best foot forward should hope to reap the full bounty of ‘The Harvest’!

‘The Harvest’ campaign will begin Monday, August 1 at approximately 11:00 AM PDT and will run for one full week. Individual rewards will be provided to top contributors at the end of each round and total energy gains can be tracked on the leader board. During this ...

Mages, A'hoy! Please take a moment to fill out the Shadow Cities Survey and help us develop Shadow Cities into even greater game.

The Survey has been closed. Thanks to all participants!

The survey is completely anonymous. Your answers will be used only by Grey Area internally to help our game development work. Answering the survey won't take more than 10 - 15 minutes of your time.

As always everyone is welcome to also participate in discussions on Shadow Cities Forums!

The latest Shadow Stories publication reveals that constant stops aren’t the only thing a modern mage should be concerned about when using public transportation. Thank you Journ of the Architects for reminding us how important it is to tread carefully in our newly ‘Awakened’ world.

Shadow Bus-ted by Journ, the Architect

I was on the bus on the way home, playing the game, hunting spirits, when an Animator mage appeared out of nowhere, and several levels higher than me too.   

Before I could react, his War Chant took me out with one shot.  Right afterwards, he taunted me in ...

The ‘Strength of Fire’ campaign rages on as both Academies battle to control the powerful summer energy. The passion of the Animators proves to be a strong weapon against the power and push of the Architects. Who amongst you will stand during these uncertain times and lead your Academy to victory? 

The ‘Strength of Fire’ campaign started Monday, July 25 and will run for one week. The campaign is a three round competition that rewards Mana Potions and Medals based on your individual and team contributions in your local Battlegroup Leader Board!

Shortly after the campaign, we will also be ...