HeavenGames is continuing to grow with the series of changes that are going on with the revolution that will be Cloud 9, so we need staff to take care of the new responsibilities that are arising. Right now, we're looking for the following jobs to be filled:

Site Designer

Graphics Artist

In both of these jobs, you'll be spearheading HeavenGames' moves into new websites and games, which are critical to maintain its growth. They're important jobs with great benefits; all of the information on their requirements and benefits can be found in the Join the Team! page.

(Note: NOT an April Fools joke.)


HeavenGames is proud to announce that it will be giving out 5 DVDs of In The Name of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, the action-packed movie based on the popular Dungeon Siege video game franchise! In addition to the movie and all of the great traditional extra features, the DVD also has a free demo of Dungeon Siege 2 for your enjoyment. All you need to do is correctly answer all 10 questions in our Dungeon Siege quiz by the deadline of April 30th and you'll be entered in a drawing for one of the five DVDs.


Unfortunately, due to various issues, this contest is restricted to our Canadian visitors only.

“The sun shines with full strength up in the sky, surrounded by nothing but the distant blue. Below, on ground level, a silent, black line of rock stretches from one horizon to the other, crossing everything in its path, mountain and field alike. From the distant east a roaring sound approaches...

You smile as the adrenaline is pumped into your veins”

This is how the story of Lord Basse’s epic scenario .: Medivia :. starts. Over a year in the making, after several hours of hard work every day resulted in a massive scenario, a grand RPG. Featuring 16 different endings; 13 jobs to choose from, everyone gives you different status and accessibility in the cities; for those who care, slightly more than 4 000 triggers, an in depth story that changes depending on what choices you make; great interactivity, you can make choices in almost every situation and all of that with a relatively small file-size.

"SOLO: Essays and Commentary on the Art of the Single Player Game" debuts at HeavenGames! This new, semi-regular column on the art and theory of designing single player games will highlight important issues in the development of games, asking challenging questions about the nature of gaming, whether games will ever meet the criteria for art, and offering practical pointers on how the best single player experiences are created by designers.

SOLO is written by Gordon Farrell, a long-time professional designer of single player campaigns for AAA games such as Empire Earth and Empires: Dawn of the Modern World. In addition, he has worked on strategy titles such as Caesar IV, Children of the Nile and BreakAway Games' Middle Eastern city builder, Arabian Lords. He is currently Lead Writer for Reverie World Studios' first game, Dawn of Fantasy, due for release in Fall 2008.

HGS regulars will recognize Gordon's work as a staple of our download sections, from games as diverse as Age of Empires and Caesar 3, to both Stronghold 1, Stronghold 2 and Age of Kings. In addition to his HGS mods, he has highly-rated Civilization 4 mods uploaded at CivFanatics as well.

Gordon is on the faculty of New York University, where he teaches narrative theory for video games, theory of screenwriting, and advanced studies in dramatic art. He also lectures at Marymount Manhattan College in video games, script analysis, and theatre history. In 2002, Prima Games published his essay, "The Theory of Scenario Design." His extensive professional and academic experience promises an exciting column filled with commentary on the art of games that will be both controversial and thought-provoking.

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Select three knights without fear and without reproach Here!

The nominees are:

-Aro
-ax_man1
-Epic Commander
-Luke Gevaerts
-RS Greo0
-Scud

Voting closes Sunday 17 of February

What aspect of AoKH should we improve upon the most?

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-Scenario Design/Modding articles

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What do you consider the most important feature of this site?
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-Scenario Design/Modding articles


Please vote NOW!

Baske announces: "Battle of the Forums"!

It was a lonely day. Inside the Cherub Wagon, Zen; the divine lord and God of HeavenGames turned on his computer. Everything was going fine until Zen realised something was missing. All the staff, as exemplary and *insert flattery here* as they were, were extremely predictable. This was also the case for the members. Zen then had a great idea to add variety to HG. He organised a giant party for a few members from each heaven, and sent in 3 of his most trusted staff with nice sharp kittens axes.

His plan was to assassinate the members, while he sat back and ate some popcorn. As the members realised this, they quickly gathered up their pointy sticks. The stage was set, and Zen ordered the killing to be conducted in a turn based civilised manner. What forum has the most cunning warriors? We're about to find out...


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The results have been drawn for the most prominent scenarios of the year 2007 in Best Playability, Best Story, Best Scenery and Best score, and much more!

Hosted by forumer Lord Basse, the Age of Kings Heaven community was asked to vote in the respective categories for their most favourite designs at the Blacksmith, covering genres such as campaigns, mini-games, cut-scenes and multiplayer scenarios, submitted in 2007. Voting closed only recently and the results were drawn up. While unofficial, the Game of the Year Awards still allows us some insight into the overall opinion of designers and forumers alike who played the designs submitted to the Blacksmith last year.

It can only be said that quality scenarios designed in 2007 did not make up a very long list, but nonetheless portray some of the greatest quality in scenario designing that has ever been witnessed at the Blacksmith.

Ingo van Thiel's latest work, When the Wheel Breaks came in first place in 5 whole categories, ranking first in a tie with Age Arena's Gunter Zengerle's Halfdan and the Inheritance of the Ynglings in Best Playability, and coming to some close calls in other categories with aMa's fantastical Chrombasia - the Two Relics and Silver Serpent's The Prophecy. In all Ingo achieved the Game of the Year award with a whopping 46 points, beating Halfdan and the Inheritance of the Ynglings at a steady 32 points and Chrombasia - the Two Relics at 28.

Other commendable places include newIdea’s revolutionary TSO multiplayer scenario, which ranked first in its genre alongside Impeached’s fun-filled A Pirate’s Life respectively, and matty12345’s phenomenon cut-scene, The Old Man and the Sea.

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