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Huge Update Coming Soon to Run An Empire

What’s Happening? Exciting changes are coming to Run An Empire very soon! We’ve been listening to everyone’s feedback about the game and soon we’ll be...

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Global Launch: Tuesday 2nd October

Tomorrow we launch Run An Empire to the world. That means the app will be available to download for free from the Android and iOS...

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Now Live on Android and iOS

Players in UK, New Zealand and Ireland can now play Run An Empire on iOS and Android. Download for free here: iOS - Download Now!...

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Running after Heart Surgery

Luis' incredible story of running to aid recovery after critical heart failure Luis is a Portuguese national living in Switzerland. He’s been playing Run An Empire as...

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Getting to know our players

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU This year should see us launch Run An Empire for Android, and in some new territories. In preparation for...

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Even more new features in v1.8

The days are getting shorter, nights are getting colder and the road to Christmas is lined with far too many temptations. While we know it’s...

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Introducing the new features in v1.7

At Run An Empire we’re receiving literally hundreds of feature requests from players. Which is fantastic. It’s great to know where we should be focussing...

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Run an Empire Introduces: Midweek Muster

The Midweek Muster is our new fortnightly running event where players have 30 minutes to capture the most hexes, with prizes for most captures, most...

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UK Launch: Week One

This week we saw Run An Empire officially launch in the UK! We’ve had quite a few people asking similar questions so we wanted to clarify a...

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The Bloomberg Square Mile Relay Training Challenge

We’ve got a really exciting partnership we want to tell you about today! We’re always looking at ways of adding value to Run An Empire...

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We’re launching in the UK

Run an Empire for iPhone is officially launching in the UK! To celebrate, we’re having a little party on Tuesday evening (23rd August) at Somerset...

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On our Kiwi empire

Back in May, we publicly launched Run An Empire for iPhone in its very first market - New Zealand! The main point was to discover how...

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We’re now live in New Zealand!

It’s a big moment for us here at Run An Empire - today sees our first public launch! New Zealanders are, as of now, the...

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New Shields, New Rewards

The shield has always been a really important part of your progression in Run An Empire, but so far we’ve only had a fairly basic...

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Closing The Loop On The Game Mechanic

Ever since we started thinking about Run An Empire, we’ve been aiming to develop a game that’s accessible and fun, and requires the same tactical...

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Join the London Beta!

We mentioned a few weeks ago that we’re looking to find a few more iPhone Beta Testers running (or walking or jogging) in London, to see...

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Pushing forward with our empire

Happy new year, Friends of Run An Empire! We hope you’re well, that you’ve had a great winter break and a good start to the...

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Overfunded!

After 12 crazy days of campaigning on Crowdcube, we've smashed through our target and hit our over-funding ceiling. We're ecstatic to be able to bring...

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Build an empire with us

The next step in the Run An Empire journey is here and we'd love for you to be part of it. We're getting ready to...

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Broadening our horizons

We have exciting news to share with you about the next stage in the Run An Empire journey - our supporters will soon have the...

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Coining a reward system

With our iOS Beta in full swing, we’ve been making a great deal of progress with Run An Empire over the past few weeks. Now...

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A new and improved map view

A quick update on the iOS Beta: our Testers saw an exciting new build last week - this focuses on a major build on the...

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Coats of Arms are in!

While (most) have been splashing in the sea and getting their tan on, we’ve been hard at work readying the game for prime-time. And today...

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The May 2015 State of Play

We just wanted to give you a quick update on the state of play of Run An Empire. It’s been more than a (crazy) year...

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Joining Bethnal Green Ventures

Today we have seen through our first week of twelve at Bethnal Green Ventures – an accelerator programme designed specifically for business start-ups with social...

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Run An Empire Update – News From The Grid

Playing with the Game Mechanic Recently we’ve been deploying a series of experiments to trial elements of the game mechanic. One thing in particular that we’ve...

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Why we’re making Run An Empire

Now we’re in the final week of Kickstarter fundraising for Run An Empire, I thought it might be good to explain why we wanted to make the game...

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Run An Empire: Kickstarter

Today we’re super excited to announce the launch of our Kickstarter campaign for Run An Empire - a game we’ve been working on, where players compete against...

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