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This stream was the first public multiplayer demonstration of Sanctuary: Shattered Sun, with developers nine2, FoneE, Nate, and community manager Scoub playing 2v2 and free-for-all matches while answering community questions live. Major Announcements The big announcements: A complete UI...

What are people's first thoughts on the first EDA T4?

Happy New Year. 2026 is when Sanctuary: Shattered Sun’s Kickstarter and demo launch. The dev team has been heads-down working on the game, which means communication hasn’t been great. That changes now. The development team has been focused on making Sanctuary work as an RTS. The cost has been...

Yes, the game is still happening. We will have some new stuff for you "soon". ;)

Hey Matt. Welcome. Feel free to drop the link here. That's all good.

I wasn't all that enamoured by Ashes of the Singularity when it first came out. It just didn't hit me like, for example, Supreme Commander did. Looking forward to seeing what they have instore.

Very happy - if a little surprised - to see it. I've posted elsewhere a number of times about a Dawn of War sequel or remaster. When we saw the DE get launched I figured that was it, so to see DoW4 announced was a great surprise. I'm not getting too excited yet though. The choice of developer...

To the uninitiated, EDA looked like the tutorial faction. Standard RTS fare. Human-centric units, tanks, conventional weapons. Clean lines. Think GDI from Command & Conquer, the UEF from Supreme Commander, or Terrans from StarCraft. The obvious pick for players who wanted something familiar...

The public demo for Sanctuary: Shattered Sun isn’t launching yet. It’s been delayed. If you’ve been following the project for a while, that probably won’t come as a huge shock, but it’s still worth going over why it’s happening and what it means for the game. The short version: the demo is...

In Episode 3 of our exclusive Q&A interviews, Mike “nine2”, the producer of Sanctuary: Shattered Sun, once again returns to answer your burning questions. • Kickstarter & Demo: Get the latest update on when to expect both. • Game Enders & T5 Units: What titans and superweapons are planned. •...

In Episode 16 of Critical Moves, we take a hard look at why major AAA studios have largely stepped away from real-time strategy games. Once a dominant genre, RTS has seen a decline in big-budget releases, leaving indie developers to carry the torch.Key topics include: The shift in the gaming...

This was posted on Reddit yesterday by Jim Vessella, EA Producer. What do you think? Dear C&C Community, I hope the past year has treated you well and it’s great to re-connect once again. As you may remember, about a year ago we launched the C&C Ultimate Collection on Steam. This was a...

For the last couple of weeks a debate has been raging within the community about the viability of using ai to assist with art in Sanctuary. I covered my thoughts on this at the start of February on the main site: https://sanctuaryshatteredsun.net/to-ai-or-not-to-ai/2007/ To sum it up...

Last week I sat down with nine2 once more to do episode 2 of the developer Q&A series. There's a breakdown of the discussion on the main site: https://sanctuaryshatteredsun.net/developer-qa-episode-2-the-details/2025/

TheDuelist has just dropped a new video diving into the Sanctuary: Shattered Sun demo! He goes over the gameplay, technical improvements, and his thoughts on how it stacks up against classic RTS titles. If you're curious about the progress of the game, this is one to watch. Check it out!