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Cheers!

But I'm very glad to tell that about two weeks ago, a winner has been chosen! I'd like to thank every participant very much for their efforts.

The participants:
1. Adam6or7
2. Spektyr
3. Penguinman98
4. Ruudje1976
5. SaeB
6. Gorin

For a detailed score breakdown, please check the forums. Also, all the entries can be downloaded here.

This time, we want to see your most twisted trap designs. You think your contraptions are nefarious enough to beat the others? Join us here in the third Base Design Competion on Evilplanet!

A big thanks to Alex Thomson for sharing the good news with us, as can be read here.

So if you're up for helping, especially if you are decent at wiki coding, then join right in!

...and that is an order!

Please cast your vote and feel free to post your comments!

1. Denebeim
2. Maudlin27
3. ElectricMonkey
4. Arnizipal
5. T28
6. Dark Canuck

Congratulations to our winner, thanks to every participant and also many thanks to my co-judges, Penguinman98 and The Sinister Mastermind! For a detailed score breakdown, check out this forum thread.

All contesting base designs may now be downloaded from this page.

Update: The major links on the site have been updated but there's simply too much of them. If you find a link not working, please switch "n1nj4" for "n1nj4" in the URL. Thanks in advance for bearing with us.

For everyone's information, Republic Dawn: Chronicles of the Seven is a sequel to Republic: The Revolution, made by Elixir and released in 2003. Republic: Dawn has been in the making for some time now, and since Elixir has closed down the game has luckily been picked up by the other developer, Nicely Crafted.

For a little more information, check out this article.

If you have any further questions, or want to know what this is all about, check this thread for all the details you need, and feel free to ask whatever is on your mind.

We are looking forward to all the entries, so do your best!

Check this thread for all the details you need, and don't hestitate to ask any questions.

Please do not keep pressing 'refresh', that will just make things worse. Thanks in advance.

Edit: Everything's back to normal - sorry if you experienced any problems.

(please note that only one skin file should be in your folder at a time)

Luckily now we, too, have access to this package! Check this page for all the details you need!

1. Spektyr
2. Arnizipal
3. T28
4. Evil Pickle
5. The Darkside

Congratulations to our winner, and thanks to everyone who offered help, or participated!

For a detailed score breakdown, check out this forum thread.

All competing savegames are now downloadable from the site, on this very page.

Don't have a base yet? No problem, you still have one week to send in your submissions.
The contest opens at 0.00 hours this night, and ends at 0.00 hours next Saturday.

Check this thread for details and rules!

Stay tuned for more details, or check out this forum page!

Don't expect major changes, though. We'll be updating the game section, probably, and we will take over Jon's tasks, such as monitor the latest mods and posting any news about the game. (which will not be that much, mods put aside).

Over the next few months, don't be surprised if Jon still regularly posts his share of site news. He will still be an Administrator, but the idea is that we gradually take over his tasks.

Again, thanks to all who have offered to help on the site, all suggestions are still appreciated!

Anyway, we have a great community here, with modding continuing to push back the possibilities. We will continue to provide you with EG news and the forums will not stop.

Thanks to those who have sent in e-mails to me and to Elixir offering their thoughts - it was as much a shock for me as it was for you, and shock seems to be the overriding theme, as well as sadness, about the closure of such an exciting studio.

ELIXIR STUDIOS BEGINS WINDING DOWN OPERATIONS.

It is with great sadness that Elixir Studios today announced it is to cease day-to-day operations, effective immediately, and will seek the orderly sale and re-use of all its remaining assets and IP.

Following the successful release of Evil Genius in October 2004, the Company has been working on a very innovative game for a major US software and games publisher for the past couple of years. This project was recently cancelled due to the perceived high-risk profile of the endeavour. Elixir also has a number of promising original prototypes at various stages of development but the Board of Directors feel that the current risk averse publishing climate, in the run up to the launch of next generation platforms, virtually precludes the signing of any original IP (which is not already part of a well-established franchise or license), without an unreasonably large strategic investment in the project by the developer themselves.

In light of the above, and the current financial and market conditions, the Directors have taken the decision to use a part of the cash resources held by the Company to treat its employees in a professional manner by paying redundancy packages to everyone and to allow an orderly wind-down of operations.

Mark Hewitt, CEO: "It is clearly a disappointing day for the team here, and for British independent developers in general, but we were extremely keen to wind things down on our terms and treat our employees and creditors properly and in a professional manner. It has been a real privilege working with such incredibly talented people, and I have nothing but admiration for our backers and the team here. We have a fantastic collection of people working at Elixir and other developers would be crazy not to snap them up immediately!"

Demis Hassabis, founder and Chairman: "It has been an amazing roller-coaster ride. It's hard to believe that 7 years have flown by. I'm very proud of what all the staff at Elixir have achieved and the games we produced. We gave it everything we had but ultimately it wasn't quite enough. It seems that today's games industry no longer has room for small independent developers wanting to work on innovative and original ideas. Perhaps there is no longer any need for them. However, this was the sole purpose of setting up Elixir and something we could never compromise on by going down the licensing route."

Please note this is a beta program and feedback about it is encouraged.