https://play0ad.com/0 A.D. is a free, open-source, historical Real Time Strategy (RTS) game currently under development by Wildfire Games, a global group of volunteer game developers.en-USSun, 05 Apr 2026 14:12:23 +0000https://play0ad.com/new-release-0-a-d-release-28-boiorix/https://play0ad.com/new-release-0-a-d-release-28-boiorix/Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:17:52 +0000Wildfire Games, an international group of volunteer game developers, proudly announces the release of 0 A.D. Release 28: “Boiorix”, the twenty-eighth version of 0 A.D., a free, open-source real-time strategy game of ancient warfare. The release is named after the king of the Cimbri Germanic tribe Boiorix. Easy download and install Download and installation instructions are available …https://play0ad.com/patch-release-27-1-for-0-a-d/https://play0ad.com/patch-release-27-1-for-0-a-d/Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:17:30 +0000Wildfire Games is proud to announce the release of the Patch Release A27.1 for 0 A.D. Alpha 27: “Agni”. This is the first patch release of 0 A.D., made possible by the new development environment put into place last year. Easy download and install Download and installation instructions are available for Windows, Linux, and macOS. 0 A.D. is …https://play0ad.com/new-release-0-a-d-alpha-27-agni/https://play0ad.com/new-release-0-a-d-alpha-27-agni/Thu, 30 Jan 2025 12:00:30 +0000Wildfire Games, an international group of volunteer game developers, proudly announces the release of 0 A.D. Alpha 27: “Agni”, the twenty-seventh and last alpha version of 0 A.D., a free, open-source real-time strategy game of ancient warfare. The release is named after the Hindu god of fire Agni (pronounced: /ˈɐgnɪ/).https://play0ad.com/we-will-be-attending-the-2025-edition-of-the-fosdem/https://play0ad.com/we-will-be-attending-the-2025-edition-of-the-fosdem/Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:29:23 +0000Key Wildfire Games developers will be attending this year’s FOSDEM conference! FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. You don’t need to register. Just turn up …https://play0ad.com/5094-2/https://play0ad.com/5094-2/Tue, 31 Dec 2024 16:36:13 +0000Wildfire Games would like to send you its best wishes for 2025! May you have a prosperous New Year!https://play0ad.com/5090-2/https://play0ad.com/5090-2/Sat, 14 Dec 2024 19:37:56 +0000Check out the interview herehttps://play0ad.com/the-git-migration-is-on-its-way/https://play0ad.com/the-git-migration-is-on-its-way/Wed, 31 Jul 2024 20:34:01 +0000We’re finally migrating to git with Gitea in August! The migration is planned to happen on the 19th and 20th of August (European hours). It’s been long awaited, more than 12 years! Main discussion: https://wildfiregames.com/forum/topic/115363-a-new-git-based-development-environment/ Migration Plan Details https://wildfiregames.com/forum/topic/121118-planned-disruption-migration-to-git-and-gitea/https://play0ad.com/best-wishes-for-2024/https://play0ad.com/best-wishes-for-2024/Sun, 31 Dec 2023 15:00:21 +0000Wildfire Games would like to send you its best wishes for 2024! May you have a prosperous New Year!https://play0ad.com/leadership-changes/https://play0ad.com/leadership-changes/Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:38:22 +0000Stan` is stepping down as leader of the project. You can see his retirement post here: https://wildfiregames.com/forum/topic/108607-leadership-changes/#comment-558009https://play0ad.com/the-next-alpha-of-0-a-d-will-feature-an-experimental-vulkan-backend/https://play0ad.com/the-next-alpha-of-0-a-d-will-feature-an-experimental-vulkan-backend/Fri, 13 Jan 2023 07:31:00 +0000The next alpha of 0 A.D. will feature an experimental Vulkan backend! You can test it and report bugs by downloading the development version of the game. More information here: https://wildfiregames.com/forum/topic/104382-vulkan-new-graphics-api/#commentshttps://play0ad.com/5051-2/https://play0ad.com/5051-2/Sun, 25 Dec 2022 17:54:53 +0000Wildfire Games would like to send you its best wishes for 2023. You can find one printable version of this card on the forums to share the word about 0 A.D: Empires Ascendanthttps://play0ad.com/vote-for-us/https://play0ad.com/vote-for-us/Thu, 01 Dec 2022 22:03:37 +0000Please vote for us for the indie of the year award hosted by IndieDB and sponsored by Mod.io! Head over to https://www.indiedb.com/games/0-ad and cast your vote!https://play0ad.com/we-will-be-at-the-2022-edition-of-the-play-sorbonne-u/https://play0ad.com/we-will-be-at-the-2022-edition-of-the-play-sorbonne-u/Tue, 27 Sep 2022 14:52:53 +0000The team behind 0 A.D: Empires Ascendant will be holding a booth for 1 day in Paris, France on the 1st of October 2022. More info about the event can be found here https://site-4011908-5415-1446.mystrikingly.com/https://play0ad.com/summary-of-attendance-at-the-vandoeuvre-in-game-2022/https://play0ad.com/summary-of-attendance-at-the-vandoeuvre-in-game-2022/Tue, 27 Sep 2022 14:22:57 +0000Summary of attendance of the Vandœuvre-In-Game From the 2nd to the 3rd of September, I held a booth in Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France. It was a rather small event compared to the previous ones. We had a booth very close to the main stage, and there was a lot of noise. The FCCL gracefully lent us two …https://play0ad.com/new-release-0-a-d-alpha-26-zhuangzi/https://play0ad.com/new-release-0-a-d-alpha-26-zhuangzi/Sat, 24 Sep 2022 14:30:40 +0000Wildfire Games, an international group of volunteer game developers, proudly announces the release of 0 A.D. Alpha 26: “Zhuangzi” (pronounced: /ˈʒwæŋˈziː/), the twenty-sixth alpha version of 0 A.D., a free, open-source real-time strategy game of ancient warfare. The release is named after the ancient Chinese philosopher Zhuang Zhou, who is better known as Zhuangzi and …https://play0ad.com/alpha-26-is-near/https://play0ad.com/alpha-26-is-near/Sun, 18 Sep 2022 12:17:20 +0000The next alpha is just around the corner! After a painful feature freeze period, we finally managed to fix the biggest bugs, and we are now ready to release. We’re just ironing a few details like the announcement and the trailer, and we hope you’ll enjoy this new version as much as the previous ones. …https://play0ad.com/we-will-be-at-the-2022-edition-of-the-vandoeuvre-in-game/https://play0ad.com/we-will-be-at-the-2022-edition-of-the-vandoeuvre-in-game/Sun, 28 Aug 2022 18:41:47 +0000The team behind 0 A.D: Empires Ascendant will be holding a booth for 2 days in Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France on the 3rd & 4th of September 2022. More info about the event can be found here https://www.vandoeuvreingame.fr/https://play0ad.com/summary-of-the-japan-tours-festival-2022/https://play0ad.com/summary-of-the-japan-tours-festival-2022/Sun, 10 Jul 2022 12:25:20 +0000Summary of attendance at the Japan Tours Festival 2022 From the 1st to the 3rd of July I held a booth in Tours, France. This was a first for me as this was a completely different event from the ones I was used to. For those who don’t know, the Japan Tours Festival is, as its …https://play0ad.com/4946-2/https://play0ad.com/4946-2/Thu, 16 Jun 2022 17:15:23 +0000The team behind 0 A.D: Empires Ascendant will be holding a booth for 3 days in Tours, France on the 1st-2nd and 3rd of July 2022 More info about the Japan Tours Festival event can be found here https://www.japantoursfestival.com/https://play0ad.com/summary-of-attendance-at-the-stunfest-2022/https://play0ad.com/summary-of-attendance-at-the-stunfest-2022/Thu, 26 May 2022 19:23:49 +0000From the 20th to the 22nd of May I held a booth in Rennes, France for the Stunfest. This was the first public event since the COVID so I was very excited to be able to meet people again. So I took my train ticket and my event stuff and headed to the nearest train …