Hot on the heels of a modestly successful launch despite overall bugginess, Vanguard: Saga of Heroes is getting their first major content update this coming Tuesday, featuring new monsters, new weapons, two new adventuring areas, and "Nine dungeons with revamped art and/or lighting." That last bit confuses me a little. The game has been out what, a month now, and they're already revamping dungeons and lighting? Shouldn't that read "Finally finished those nine dungeons"?

To celebrate the one month anniversary of the game (like in elementary school, remember?), double kill experience shall be granted to all starting March 3rd and ending March 5th, and all players who successfully setup an account before March 31st will be granted a special in-game title (I'm betting on Sucker) that they can apply before their characters' names.

I like to rag on Vaguard a great deal, but I really see a lot of potential in the game, and a content update (that isn't completely patches) right out of the gate bodes well for the kind of support behind making the title a success. Michael Fahey

VANGUARD: SAGA OF HEROESTM FIRST GAME UPDATE SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY MARCH 6TH

Celebration of 1st Month Includes a Founder's Reward and Double Experience Weekend
WHAT: Players will be able to sink their teeth into a wealth of new content with the first Vanguard: Saga of Heroes game update on Tuesday, March 6, 2007. New villains with new weapons in all new areas headline the additional content and changes available via the game update. Included in this update are:
Dozens of new weapon models
Six brand new NPC races to battle: Djinn, Mnalus, Mudmen, Sand Giants, Ichtakhta and Xennu
Two new mid to high level adventuring areas: Deep Swamp and Gorgalog
Nine dungeons with revamped art and/or lighting such as: Kalendra's Coven, Nusibe Necropolis and Vol Tuniel
For the full update notes visit www.vanguardsoh.com

Double Adventuring Kill Experience will be awarded to players from Saturday, March 3rd, 5:00am PST (Friday, March 2nd, 8:00pm PST for Europeans) until Monday, March 5th, 5:00am PST (Sunday, March 4th, 8:00pm PST for Europeans)

A Founder's reward, in the form of an in-game title, will be granted to players who have purchased a copy of Vanguard: Saga of Heroes between launch (January 30, 2007) and March 31, 2007, and successfully registered an account. This title can be applied to each character created on a qualifying account now or in the future. In order to qualify a player will need to have consumed the account key that comes in the box (if purchased at retail), from a Web site (if purchased digitally) or successfully completed a purchase on the Station Store by the March 31st cut off date (11:59pm PST). The title is scheduled to be awarded in early April. More details regarding a full Veteran Rewards program will be announced in the coming months.

WHEN:
Game Update #1: Tuesday March 6th
Founder's Reward: In-game title granted to players who purchase a copy of Vanguard: Saga of Heroes between January 30, 2007 and March 31, 2007. Title awarded in early April, 2007.
Double XP is scheduled for: March 3rd - March 5th for NA servers and March 2nd - March 4th for European servers.

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