Kotaku: saga

SAGA MMORTS Free From FileFront

Mike Fahey — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:30:00 MDT

Silverlode Interactive's SAGA is a PC MMO RTS that allows you to develop and maintain your own city and build your army using an innovative booster pack system, similar to that found in collectible card games. There's a free version available at the SAGA website, but in order to participate in trading, guilds, or PVP combat you have to buy the retail version for $19.95...unless you head over to FileFront between now and May 11th to sign up for one of 50,000 retail keys, which gives you access to the full game for free. It really is an interesting game, and with the whole shebang being free to play, relying on booster pack sales for revenue, you've got nothing to lose but some hard drive space.

SAGA Installer At FileFront [FileFront]

Metal Gear Saga 20th Anniversary Video

fdemarco — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:00:00 MST

Some hard working and Metal Gear Solid obsessed fans have translated and uploaded this Metal Gear Saga 20th Anniversary video that came along with the Metal Gear Saga 20th Anniversary box set that was recently released exclusively in Japan. Check it out for a ton of info on your favorite characters and some hints on where the next game is heading. It's a nice long one (23:32) so make sure and carve yourself out a little chunk of time to check it out. And just to clarify, the clip is in Japanese with English subtitles, so grab your reading glasses.

[Thanks, Jeff]

Saga Enters Open Beta

Mike Fahey — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:00:51 MDT

Massively multiplayer strategy? How does that work? Now you can find out first hand, as Wahoo Studios and Silverlode Interactive announce open beta testing for their persistent world fantasy RTS, Saga. Amass armies and build up your kingdom, which continues to run when you are offline. Your armies gain experience through battling, and you can combine armies with other players' and go questing together. They even have an auction house from trading troops and spells. Sounds nifty.

When the game enters full release it will be free to play, with booster packs available for purchase that contain random troops and spells to customize your army. It's a strategy MMO with a CCG income structure. I might need to stay away from that for my wallet's sake.

Saga Open Beta Download Locations [PlaySaga.com]