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Imperium Galactic War (abbreviated IGW) is a Massively Multiplayer Online Real-Time Strategy video game by Vavel Games, originally developed and published by Kabam in 2013.

The game premise is simple; players create a character, upgrade a starbase and attack and defend against other players and computer generated opponents that enter their sector. Players progress by improving their starbase, gaining resources by attacking NPCs and other enemy players. As players gain in power, enemy players look to slow or halt their progress for the sake of their own factions.

Imperium Galactic War

= Lore = IGW takes place in the fictional Maelstrom Galaxy, where three factions, The Intergalactic Alliance, The Sovereignty, and the Tyrannar Empire, battle each other for supremacy. However, who will win in the face of Maelstrom's ultimate force, the Imperium? Selecting a faction, and fighting for either peace and prosperity, profit and chaos, or conquest and glory, may determine your ultimate fate in this vast, cold universe.

Tyrannar Faction
The Tyrannar Empire (Authority Faction) is the oldest of the three player-run Factions. Ruled by The Nine, a powerful council of Supreme Archons, the Empire has flourished for centuries. Some say the Empire was formed from lesser races within Imperium space banished during the Galactic Wars but this rumor has never been substantiated and no one dares ask the Imperium for their side of the story.

The nature of the Tyrannar Empire could be described as medieval, This Faction hails from the Iratus Quadrant. The Iratus Quadrant is overflowing with molten volcanic planets. The plumes and the harsh radiation being expelled from the fiery red stars cause this quadrant of the Maelstrom Galaxy to glow orangy-red. Red, the color of the blood and ashes the Empire anoints in of their enemies. The uniform color they hail on their ships and brute technologies.

The Sovereignty
The Sovereignty (Anarchism Faction) is the most secretive and manipulative of all the Factions. There is an old saying amongst the other Factions that states; “Better to trust a ravenous Thresher Beast than the actions of The Sovereignty”.

On a whole, the Sovereignty has vast amounts of wealth as well as some of the most advanced and luxurious space travel technologies known to the universe. Rumors have it much of this technology was borrowed or bargained from other races. The activity of the Sovereignty could be described as pirate and mafia-like in nature, partaking in activities like cutthroat business, as well as focusing on the gain of profits, and the spread of chaos.

IGA
The Intergalactic Alliance (Liberty Faction), also called the IGA, is a newly formed power that seeks to unite more species under a common goal of galactic peace by overthrowing the Imperium once and for all. Originally known as the Wayfarer’s Alliance which was an alliance between the Terran and the Oberans, the name was later changed to the Intergalactic Alliance after the Thaneriance joined the circle. A ragtag collection of scientists, warriors, and refugees, who share the high-minded ideology of intergalactic peace.

The IGA operates under a set of agreed-upon rules they call the Wayfarer’s Doctrine. They hail from the Comis Quadrant. The Comis Quadrant consists of an arrangement of star systems and planets. Most of the starlight that showers this region of the Maelstrom Galaxy is tinted blue, as is the color the members of the IGA identify themselves by.

= Shutdown = Polygon:

https://www.polygon.com/2013/10/3/4801052/kabam-shutting-down-imperium-galactic-war-lays-off-game-dev-team

The game was shutdown in 2013.

= Petition = https://www.change.org/p/michael-li-stop-the-shutdown-of-imperium-galactic-war

= Revival under new ownership = https://www.aktiespararna.se/nyheter/gold-town-games-gold-town-games-och-vavel-aterlanserar-kabam-spelet-imperium-galactic-war

On March 31st 2017 Imperium has been acquired by Vavel Games from AfterShock (Former Kabam). An important note to make is the fact that Vavel’s CEO John Balestrieri had been the Tech Director on the project. The goal of Vavel is to rejuvenate the title, bring it back to the players who loved it and keep on improving the game for years to come.