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Including the addition of Intermediate Games

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The new season starts now!

One more player still needed!

Updated Campaign Ships!

League teams send your finest commanders!

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Starting at 17:00 UTC (server time), join us!

New tools to improve your play!

And Fed Race Tech 4 also available

New and changing features in the Home Sector

Final chance to join a long format game

The new season starts now!

As announced at Planets Con 2022

League teams select your warriors!

Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct2CgIeE-so

Schedule of events and details for Planets Con LIVE - Happening this Saturday at 5pm UTC.

Planets Con 2022 will be taking place December 3rd. More details and information to come. Interested in presenting at PlanetsCon Live 2022 on Dec...

An updated image for every ship!

Also includes new images for Mining Station and Radiation Base

Standard ships for all races are now complete!

We are nearing completion of new images for all races!

New 3D models released!

Desktop-on-mobile: When setting a waypoint, the 'scan' info pops up again. A series of Horwasp improvements.

They're mean! They're green!

Join any league game (short or long format) between now and the end of February to earn 3 months of free premium membership or 10000 megacredits to spend on fleet upgrades!

League games start now!

As announced at Planets Con 2021

Breaking Down the Design Language and Features of the Lizard Alliance ship models! This brief animated guide will dive into the technology, features, and style for the Lizard Alliance fleet!

All systems are go!

Saturday Dec. 11th

Ceti Alpha Two and the United Federation of Planets League have seized control of the Echo Cluster through two stunning conflicts lead by the brilliant leadership of the new Emperor Zacha and Grand Marshal Wakatonka!

Postponed 1 week

The next batch of 3d renders is now available.

The Lost Colonies of Man are the 6th race to get new ship images

The next batch of 3d renders now available

Click here to read the new race descriptions for the Evil Empire and the Rebels with lots of backstory details.

The new ship models explained by their creator!

We are very pleased to announce that one of our foremost user script developers - McNimble has now formally joined the Planets Nu team.

Also, variant images for cloaked ships.

The next batch of updated ship images has arrived

Last chance to join a long format game this season

The long format league game deadline to join is May 1st. Get in your game now!

28 hull models now available

The Federation fleet has arrived!

Join any league game (short or long format) between now and the end of February to earn 3 months of free premium membership or 10000 megacredits to spend on fleet upgrades!

Including the new torpedo variations

Dates and changes for the new season

Reference for the new rules

Time to finish your preparations for these epic battles...

Check it out at: https://www.planetscon.live

Planets Con 2020 is happening this Saturday at 5pm UTC. (evening in Europe, daytime in North America) Set an alarm on your phone or mark your calendar so you don't miss it!

Today is the last chance to join league short format games. No more games will be created after today.

Earn some last minute points for your team by jumping into a short format game today!

Important details for league players

There are now about 6 weeks until the short format start cut-off date of November 1st. Players wanting to score some points for their teams can join up to 4 short format games each before the end of the season.

Planets Magazine (a fan supported site) has new ownership and is back to provide more original content related to Planets. They have released their first new exclusive article with updates on the 3D ship model project and the new Timeline single player levels.

Including the first batch of lizard ships

Some exciting news coming out of the ship yards here at Planets Nu. We have started the process of creating an all new original set of 3D ship models.

Hello League Players! Read this post for important league dates and new exciting developments in the Echo Cluster.

Ending the long format joining period with madness!

There are about 2 more weeks left until the cutoff date of June 1st for 2020 long game formats for league.

Given the incredible response to the promotion and the number of players still on the Free Agents list looking for teams we've decided to extend the promotion deadline by 2 weeks to May 15th. Join any league game today to earn 10000mc or 3 months of free Premium status.

Don't miss your chance for some free stuff!

The inaugural season of Planets League has started and is off to a fantastic start. Teams have formed and already a tight race for points has begun as we seek the 11 teams which will earn a place in the Championship match this year. To add a little fuel to the fire, Planets Nu is running a rare promotion.

Today when you sign into http://planets.nu you should see an entirely new user interface. We've done a full system update to improve the "outside of the game" experience - including new character art!

Important information for league players, and some other info too...

As the last of the Zodiac wars commences Planets Nu is proud to announce an all new model for fun and competitive Planets play. League starts now!

Games for those bold enough to play any race they are given

For friends, fun, and competition...

A more common sense order for intercepting ships...

We have released a significant set of rule changes and updates. Including two major changes to the Standard Ruleset.

Sign up to enter the newest Championship game

Summary of new features, prizes, and links to watch recorded presentations

November 16, 2019

All Hail Emperor Hiko!

Growth taxing made easy...

A summary of what's new.

Thank you for your patience!

Our primary goal with every action we're taking right now is to increase adoption and user retention. This takes a lot of experimenting. So far the journey has gone something like this...

Planets Nu has partnered with the Kin Foundation to bring the Kin digital currency onto our platform.

A simplified system for you to use your rewards.

You may have already begun to see accounts joining beginner games with user names that look like "Trainee 42342". These accounts are coming from a new signup process that we are using.

The Google Play android app has been updated with the latest mobile interface. The app now works the same as the website in terms of behaviour but can easily be installed from the Google Play store for full screen play.

Help out the community and get rewarded!

The Solar Federation have announced a breakthrough discovery in Torpedo Technology - Quantum Torpedos.

In the final installment of this demo series Joshua plays turns 23 and 24 setting more and more heavy carriers to build. Watch now to see how big your fleet really could be.

The Cancer War has ended and WMerkel has become Emperor of the Echo Cluster. Our illustrius emperor has written a history of the Cancer War.

In part 9 of this 10 part series Joshua talks about turn 20-22 and starts to build massive amounts of heavy carriers as he heads toward the ship limit.

Planets Nu has decided to make an important rule change for the "Standard" rule set. All standard games will allow direct megacredit and ammo transfer.

Joshua breezes through turns 15-20 in this part of the series, building his first Merlin Class Alchemy ship to turn supplies into minerals on turn 17.

Planets is a perfect game for mobile play and the new planets version supports mobile play like never before. However, screen space is at a premium in a game like planets where so much data and details matter. Learn how to play full screen from the browser version.

In this part of the series Joshua talks in detail about planning multiple turns ahead when extracting money and resources from Planets. Counting the number of turns for each step to ensure value before we reach the ship limit.

With this instructional video learn how to create a private Planets game and invite your friends to play. This is a great way to introduce your friends to Planets.

In this part of the series Joshua takes some time to review some other high level games and compare our position against some other Rebel players to see how we are doing. He also plays turns 12-14.

In this part of the series Joshua queues his first Rush and talks in detail about sustainable production. He has already set the stage for at least 14 Rushes!

In this part of the series Joshua plays turns 9 and 10 - continuing to set the stage for sustainable carrier production starting on turn 11.

In this demo video Joshua shows how to use the new version with a focus on experienced players switching from the old version to the new.

In this shorter video (6 minutes) Joshua plays turn 8 and talks about the importance of choosing early starbase planets based on their location rather than their resources or natives. He also explains the planning process to get the resources together to build that first carrier on turn 11 while continuing to produce useful ships.

Part 2 in our demo series has now been released. In this portion Joshua is playing through turns 6 and 7 in detail as he sets the stage for producing his first heavy carrier at turn 11.