In Real Life

What Happened To Evony?

Kotaku AU

“Come play, my Lord”, the ad beckons. “Save your lover!” it cries, as two seductive porcelain-skinned women lean into each other. “Start your journey now, my Lord”, says another ad, this one featuring a busty, blonde bombshell in the process of removing her clothes. Any of this ring a bell?


April 2, 2011
News

Evony Awarded $US300K From Hacker Who Probably Can’t Pay It

That Evony hacker who showed up to federal court in sweat pants will likely be wearing them a lot longer – if not a barrel. A judge rather quickly ruled against him, finding that selling auto-playing bots and game maps violated Evony’s copyrights, and awarded the game’s owners $US300,000.


March 17, 2011
In Real Life

Come Sue, My Lord

The creators of the titillatingly marketed, disabled-gamer-saving MMO Evony went on the warpath yesterday to extract nearly $US1 million out of a modder accused of selling auto-playing bots and a gigantic map that exploit the game.


January 21, 2011
PC

Online Game Saves Man From Being (Maybe!) Burned Alive

The strategy game Evony, infamous for its salacious, cleavage-filled ads, has done some good. The Facebook version of the game is now credited with helping to save the life of a disabled man.


May 15, 2010
News

Evony Promises To Make Its Ads Less Slutty

Evony, an online strategy game with saucy ads and, some would say, a shady past, knows you are not necessarily fans of its boob-riddled website advertisements, and is promising to mend its ways.


November 18, 2009
In Real Life

Evony Ads Go From Bad To Worse To Awesome

You live on the internet, so we know you’ve seen them: ads for Evony, pathetic attempts at enticing people to play an online game run by shady types by using boobs. Least, they were pathetic. Now, they’re hilarious.


August 26, 2009
News

Evony Devs Sound A Bit Iffy

Evony needs little introduction. If you’re on the internet, at all, you’ve seen its intrusive banner ads pretty much everywhere. But just who are the people behind this “game”? Well, surprisingly, it turns out they’re incredibly shady.