Vanguard: Saga of Heroes update scheduled for Tuesday March 6th

by Nick Haywood on 5 March 2007, 11:50

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Rewards for early adventurers.



Though it’s been out for just about a month, Vanguard: Saga of Heroes is getting an update on Tuesday 6th March which, as well as giving new content will also reward players who bought the game between it’s launch and the end of March 2007.

There’ll be new villains with new weapons in all new areas available via the game update. Included in this update are dozens of new weapon models, six new NPC races to battle, (Djinn, Mnalus, Mudmen, Sand Giants, Ichtakhta and Xennu), two new mid to high level adventuring areas, (Deep Swamp and Gorgalog) and nine dungeons with revamped art and/or lighting such as Kalendra’s Coven, Nusibe Necropolis and Vol Tuniel.

But that’s not all, double Adventuring Kill Experience will be awarded to players from Saturday, March 3rd, 5:00am PST (Friday, March 2nd, 8:00pm PST for us Europeans) until Monday, March 5th, 5:00am PST (Sunday, March 4th, 8:00pm PST for Europeans, which includes the French).

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A Founder’s reward, in the form of an in-game title, will be granted to players who have purchased a copy of Vanguard: Saga of Heroes between launch (January 30, 2007) and March 31, 2007, and successfully registered an account. This title can be applied to each character created on a qualifying account now or in the future. In order to qualify a player will need to have used the account key that comes in the box (if purchased at retail), from a Web site (if purchased digitally) or successfully completed a purchase on the Station Store by the March 31st cut off date (11:59pm PST). The title is scheduled to be awarded in early April. More details regarding a full Veteran Rewards program will be announced in the coming months.

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For the full list of changes in the update, head to www.vanguardsoh.com.

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