Hey there, everypony!

We hope you've all had fun exploring Equestria together over the last week! The response to the start of our Open Access Release has been amazing, and everypony on the team is super humbled by your enthusiasm for the work we've done.

We're nowhere near done yet, though! We've been hard at work fixing as many of the bugs you've reported as we can, and we've already pushed out an uncountable number of hotfixes to the server. We're also currently putting together a new build of the game, which should be available in the next couple of days, to bring you even more fixes, and maybe a few other bits and pieces too; we'll make sure it includes a changelog, so you know just what we're adding for you to enjoy!

And of course, we're still grinding away at our larger content plans, readying all-new material for everypony to enjoy! More quests, more areas, more dungeons, more features - all of them are being developed as we speak, and we'll be bringing them to you as soon as we can!

In the meantime though, we wanted to highlight a few things we've seen from you, and the gaming community as a whole, that have really made the team smile!

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First off, a few impressions and gameplay videos have been popping up that have helped to provide us with a good idea of what people are thinking of the game so far. One of our favourites was from TheHiveLeader, who highlighted the game alongside his (completely adorable-sounding) young daughter!



Our German-speaking team members also enjoyed this gameplay video from teddygun:



Twisted Heart has started a Let's Play of LoE's OAR, and you can catch the first video here:



Nyxie made a new intro for LoE that sounds a little familiar...



A beautiful remix of our 'Serenity' track was made by FruityFusion:



And LittleshyFiM seemed to be having a lot of fun with a lot of friends during their livestream a couple of days ago!

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LoE's also gotten a bit of coverage from news websites. Our friends at Equestria Daily were kind enough to cover our servers going live and the release of our animated story trailer!

We were also featured on the MMO news websites MMORPG.com and Massively Overpowered, thanks to TheHiveLeader's video!

And French gaming website Gamewave also covered the launch of our OAR!

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One of the things we were most eager to see was screenshots of the game from the people enjoying it - and you didn't disappoint! We'd like to share a few of our favourites with you here!



Spot anypony you recognise? ;)

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We were also blown away with some fanart we've received; for example, we were super impressed with this fanart of Pyrite from LunaEclipsa!



And this drawing from @MLP_SherbetPosy is just too adorable for words to describe!

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That's all for now! We've still got a lot more work to do before LoE is anywhere near done, and we hope you'll all stick around to see what we've got in the works! Remember, you can help us improve the game: many of our teams are looking for more people to help us, and you can report any bugs you find in-game using the system explained here!

See you in Equestria!

We hope you're all enjoying the first few days of Legends of Equestria's Open Access Release! If you haven't tried it already, you can grab the game from our downloads page!

Remember, this is still a work-in-progress project; this is far from the 'final' version of LoE, and we've got a lot more work to do before we reach a point like that, but we hope you're having fun with what we've made so far!

We're already working on a lot more stuff to add to the game, but right now our main focus is bug-fixing. You can help us with that: if you run into any glitches or issues, we'd appreciate you reporting them using the system explained here, so that we can make sure the right people on the team know what needs to be addressed!

If you have any screenshots of the game you want to show the team, feel free to share them here; we might even share our favourites with you all!

Thanks for your support so far, everypony!

Hey there, everypony!

We're super happy, excited, and proud to say that the servers are now open for Legends of Equestria's Open Access Release!

This is a moment five years in the making; Legends of Equestria is now available to play, permanently, for everyone! We've been working super hard all this time to bring the world of Equestria to life for you, and we really hope you enjoy this next stage of the journey with us.

If you haven't already grabbed the game files, they're available from our downloads page. Bear in mind that while the launcher version of LoE will update itself when we make changes, other versions will not; you'll have to re-download the game files if you find yourself having trouble logging in after we update something. We'll be releasing launchers for the MacOS and Linux versions for the game as soon as we can!

You'll need to unzip the downloaded files (through your OS using a program like WinZip, which you can find instructions on here), and then double-click the .exe file in there to start up the game! If you have any problems, please first try removing all LoE files from your computer & re-downloading them, as the download may have run into an issue, or we might've released an update you need to download from us directly!

If you get stuck in-game, try using the /stuck command; for a full list of commands, type /help in the in-game chat!

Our moderation team will be constantly monitoring the game, to ensure everypony's safety and comfort, and will be enforcing our rules. You can check them out here!

Please bear in mind that this isn't a finished product; the Open Access Release for Legends of Equestria is an ongoing work-in-progress. You'll likely encounter your share of bugs on your journey through Equestria, and we need you to let us know about them so that we can make the game better! You can read our bug report tutorial here.

There's a lot of progress still to be made until we can happily call Legends of Equestria a finished game; we'll be playing right alongside you during the OAR, but we'll also be hard at work to keep making everything better, and adding new stuff for you to enjoy.

On top of that, we just released a new animated story trailer that you can check out here:



Thanks so much for your support and love, everypony! See you in Equestria!

Hey there, everypony!

The downloads for our Open Access Release are now available from our website's downloads page, so you can grab your copy of the game files,and you'll be ready for when the servers open tomorrow (September 10) at 00:01 EST!

Click here to download Legends of Equestria's Open Access Release!

Please note: some browsers might not trust our downloads, and label them as potentially dangerous. As long as you're only getting them from our downloads page, they should be safe to run, but be careful that you don't download files claiming to be LoE from anywhere else; we can't guarantee that they're safe! If you have trouble downloading the files, try searching for instructions on how to unblock downloads with your internet browser.

In addition, your operating system or antivirus software might also think LoE files are a risk. You may have to tell it to let the program run; again, try searching online for instructions on how to do this, depending on your operating system/security software!

Legends of Equestria is designed for Windows, MacOS, and Linux computers. To check if your computer will be able to run LoE, take a look at the details on our FAQ page!

We can't thank you all enough for following and supporting us on this journey so far, but remember, the Open Access Release is just the first step we'll be taking together! There's a lot more to come, so we hope you're all ready to explore Equestria together with us!

See you tomorrow!

Hey, everypony!

We're just a couple of days away from our Open Access Release starting! We hope you're all as excited as we are to explore Equestria together!

Before Sunday rolls around, though, we just want to go over a few things with you regarding the OAR, so that everypony starts off on the right hoof!

The first thing we want to reiterate is that this is not the final release of Legends of Equestria. Think of the Open Access Release as a 'beta' release of LoE; we'll still be working hard on the game for a long time to come, but we're confident that what we have so far is enough for everypony to enjoy now, rather than have you wait any longer!

For the Open Access Release, our servers will be opening at 00:01 EST, Sunday 10 September. That's the earliest you'll be able to access and play the game!

We will, however, make the game files available to download 24 hours in advance. At 00:01 EST, Saturday 9 September, you will be able to download Legends of Equestria from our website's downloads page, where there will be separate versions for Windows, MacOS, and Linux computers. For more information on our system requirements, check out our FAQ page!

Be aware that, like all server-based games, there may be some difficulty serving all the requests that come in the moment the game becomes available. We've worked hard to try and mitigate the effect of all those simultaneous requests, but we can't guarantee that there won't be problems for the first couple of hours or so. If you'd rather wait a little while before trying to play, you should be able to avoid those issues!

Of course, since this is an Open Access Release, we don't expect everything to be flawless. We know that no matter how hard we - or our Limited Access Release players! - have tried, there'll always be a few bugs that sneak by. Luckily, we have a bug reporting system especially designed so that you can let us know about any problems you run into! You can find all the details of how to use Phabricator to tell us all about them here!

So, what's changed between our last public event, and the Open Access Release? Well, we've prepared a little changelog to let you know! This doesn't cover everything - there's some more stuff that's more back-end, and also some details that we hope you'll find out yourself - but it includes a lot of the stuff you're most likely to notice. Check it out here !

You might also notice a few things missing from the list there that we have previously talked about; most notably, the Ancient Athamanes dungeon. This is something we really worked hard on getting ready for the Open Access Release, and we're making good progress on it; however, the damage caused by the July cyberattack to both the game itself and also our schedules, has meant that we won't be able to have that dungeon in a playable state by Sunday. We're still working on it, though, and we anticipate it being ready to implement within the coming days and weeks!

In fact, we're working on a lot more stuff to be added to the game after the Open Access Release kicks off, and a lot of it is pretty close to completion. Here's a little taster of what we anticipate adding over the first couple of months:

• Ancient Athamanes dungeon


• More manes, tails, and customisation options


• New area: Applewood


• New quest arc


• Crafting system


• More Talent Mark options

This is by no means the only stuff we're working on, just the things we hope to have ready soonest. It's super hard to tell when any individual thing will be ready, due to the nature of the project, but rest assured that we're working hard on these things - and so much more! We've been working on Legends of Equestria for five years already, and we don't anticipate stopping any time soon, so hopefully there'll always be something to look forward to!

Thanks for reading all of this, everypony! We hope you're all looking forward to Sunday as much as we are!