Post Updated October 2009 …

Formerly called Civony, Evony is fast becoming the most popular free online web strategy game for serious MMORPG fans. Based slightly on the larger World of Warcraft type design, Evony is beautifully designed and runs free to anyone with a web browser.

As of October, Evony now claims to have 8 million user accounts and continues to grow and unrivaled speed. Carving a new MMORTS niche, the developers have now release iEvony to offer more cutting edge features to gamers willing to test new realms in Evony.

Evony launched officially in May 2009 (formerly Civony) runs in most modern browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari or Google Chrome. And you need Adobe Flash Player 9 or above version – this is an online web game that simply rocks!

Players who got in early do have a strong advantage over newer Evony players, as existing realms with strong alliances have a very solid base of resources, armies and towns to rely on.

If you are looking to join an Evony alliance or want more information on alliances, check out Evony Free Forever. In addition, we have also added Evony Alliances information here to assist with when and why to select a gaming alliance to help you grow!

Latest Evony Alliance Rankings – (Oct 2009)

Top ten (Prestige)

1 Shire

2 Swabia

3 Lexmark

4 Covenant

5 Demonic

6 Doomsday

7 Sparta

8 Invictus

9 Dominate

10 Leviatha

(The Queen of Evony competition has now been run and won, for more info check out “Queen of Evony Results“‘ post)

While only a few months old, Evony has a massive following already and the online web game is spreading fast through the internet gaming community. It’s initial name ‘civony’ is believed to have been changed after pressure from outsiders, claiming the name was a play on ‘Civ’ or ‘Civilization’ by Sid Meier. But it goes further than the Civilization game, think of it more as a cross between World of Warcraft, Rome: Total War AND Civilization.

The developers claimed Civony was a ‘beta’ release, quickly releasing the free online web game as ‘Evony’ with the same design and morphing the original database of players and their items, status etc. Build castles, defend your turf and join an alliance to fight battles with your friends, side by side.

There is an element for the developers or owners of Evony to make money from their new online web game, they allow users to purchase coins in the game using real money, which essentially speeds up building and growing a player or ‘base’ in the game.

Unlike other competing web (and real PC) games, Evony is essentially a ‘town’ or ‘base’ you continue to grow and you use your growth, items, skills to attack and invade other ‘real’ players. Much like the game of Civilization but on a much larger scale and in ‘medieval’ times.

The quick uptake of the online web game Evony, is because of smooth enjoyable visuals and seemingly good design have it set to continue to go nuts in the gaming community, I expect this game to be a massively followed one and it will be something that really rockets up the charts.

For some impressive gameplay (User base now at 9 million as of October 2009)
The only concerning angle, just like any game, the cheat factor is creeping in. While no mainstream Evony cheats have been spotted as yet, there are already countless Evony cheat discussions appearing online. This is something that any serious MMORPG or RTS gamer need to be aware of because they simply destroy the fabric of any online game.

(The only concern, is with the popularity of this new web game, the lag and server delay is continuing to grow. The developing company needs to keep pouring money back into the game initially otherwise it may frustrate serious gamers)

** Makers of Evony, UMGE (United Multiplayer Gaming Entertainment) have recently added more sever capacity.

As of October 2009, there are 89 evony servers online. Ensuring users get good speed and game play. (So there should be no one complaining about evony lag or evony running slow!)

(Oh and by the way, if you though World of Warcraft was addictive, just wait till you try this free browser game – it will have you stuck at the browser for hours on end. Its a quality MMORPG that will appeal to all gamers!)

Evony is THE must see online web game for MMORPG fans in 2009!

Check out some of the latest Evony Videos from various alliances on YouTube: