Due to routine maintenance by our data center, the SAGA servers will be unavailable at 19:30 UTC September 27, 2017 for up to 3 hours. We're sorry for the inconvenience.

Credit rewards have been updated. The good news is older accounts can earn the same credit amounts as new players just by completing their gold-checked quests again. First time you repeat you'll get 10, then 20, then 30, even if they're already checked gold!! Same goes for completing heroic quests you've already beaten.

HOTFIX CHANGES

• Repeated quest credit reward increased from 1 to 5.
  
• Completing a quest cooperatively with another player will grant 10 bonus credits per quest.
  
• Credit rewards are now shared per account. You may not be rewarded for the same bronze/silver/gold quest for multiple nations on your account. Repeated bronze/silver/gold quests on different nations will result in the normal repeat amount of 5 credits.
  
• Quests will only reward credits if the quest has "Satisfied the Gods". This is our algorithm to detect whether you actually played the quest. The same check used for PvP battles.

Lords and Ladies of Gaia,

*** Due to the outcry of our fans, and some very generous contributions, SAGA has the chance to live on for a few more years!! ***

The response to SAGA's demise was very humbling to us, and so, ever since the announcement, Ayrik has been researching ways to allow SAGA's--umm...saga--to continue. After weeks of hard work, he has found a way!! I am pleased to announce that our servers have been relocated to a much more affordable location, and we have prepaid for 12 months.

We have celebrated this day by releasing an exciting new patch! Patch 1.51 marks the beginning of a true Free-to-play experience for all players. Quests now award credits upon victory! This means you never have to spend a dime on SAGA if you don't want to, and the best part is, you don't even need to trade with other players. Although, I recommend you still do so to get rid of the cards you don't need.

We will also be celebrating this news (and Ayrik's birthday!) with a series of sales and events throughout May, so be sure to login at least once a week.

That's all folks! Thank you for playing SAGA!

To our loyal fans:

Sadly, in our 8th anniversary month, I am forced to announce the worst news in SAGA history. Due to a lack of interest in the game, we are shutting down our servers for good. For some, this probably comes as no surprise, as our population has been steadily declining for the past few years. Now, the population has plummeted below the point where we can afford to keep the servers running. And even though we've all been volunteers running the game for no pay for the past 5 years, there's no money left to host the servers and maintain and host the website (constantly battling spammers and hackers).

Unfortunately, since there is no money left, we are not able to offer any refunds. We will, however, keep the store open and sell Saga Credits at a greatly reduced price for those who want to show their support for us or open some booster packs for the last time.

The servers will be shut down on April 29, 2016 at 2:00 PM MT. After that time, you will no longer have access to your account, nations, or cards.

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A letter from Ayrik:

What an amazing rollercoaster of a journey it has been running SAGA for you. It has been my privilege to know so many dedicated and passionate people, and it is deeply saddening to see that go. Thank you all who have helped throughout the years. It takes an absurd amount of manpower to run a persistent online game, and without you, we never would have made it this long.

I specifically want to thank our community director, Deszeraeth, who has been a *huge* help in advocating our amazing community throughout the years. Without his help, we would surely have shut down the game years ago.

Also, there are many long-term, dedicated players that stuck with us through the end that deserve a mention and a huge thanks for rounding up newcomers, making them feel welcome, and keeping people coming back to play with their friends.

Leonisi, guild master of The Einherjar, and Grandmaster of SAGA. I commend you for sticking it out until the end and for your dedication to helping out newcomers.

Hamme R, who also deserves respect for sticking it out, raiding territories until the very end I'm sure.

Slyrix, the most dependable guide around, and who was always there to give me advice from the mind of a SAGA veteran.

And to those who didn't stick around but always came back: Woodlanders, Brutal Prodigy, Axe, Twonstermonster, Elrandor, Urwendor, Michi, and even Conan Destroyer.

I'm sure I missed a ton of you, but I really appreciate you playing the game and making the community a great place to enjoy. You will be forever etched in my memories.

Farewell my friends. And may we meet again.

If you would like to contact me for anything SAGA related, you can message http://www.facebook.com/playsaga on Facebook, tweet to us on Twitter @playsaga, or email the infamous support (at playsaga.com of course).

Because of the holiday season, we are giving away Christmas Trees for free for the entire month of December! The Christmas Tree is a building that increases your nation's production by 1%. You can only have one total per nation.

Happy Holidays!

In the spirit of giving thanks, everything in the in-game store is 50% off until Tuesday, December 1, 2015! This includes Rogue Boosters and Heroes so get them while you can.

Have a great Thanksgiving weekend!