Welcome new players

We’ve got a lot of new players coming to Star Pirates from PvPonline.com where Scott Kurtz has kindly mentioned us. Check out the comic if you’ve never seen it. Here are some reactions we’ve received: [FTW] Wreck And Malk..It is a guarantee that this community here is the most helpful[…]

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SP Ascension Launch Date

So it’s official. The launch date for the FREE Ascension Expansion Pack Beta in Star Pirates will be Tuesday, August 31st at 2pm ST (Server Time). If the stars align, it’s possible that we’ll launch on Friday, August 27th at 2pm.  We will keep you posted throughout the week for[…]

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Ascension Q&A

What is Ascension? Ascension is a mission players can choose to take on – as part of that mission, experience, statistics, points, bank accounts and possessions are temporarily set aside. It is similar to “starting over” at level 5 – with no ability to trade with other players. At successful[…]

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July Referral Contest Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the July referral contest in Spy Battle and Star Pirates; Aria (Star Pirates) and Dr Doofenshmirtz (Spy Battle)! They’re each walking away (or flying and sneaking, respectively) with 3 months of Notorious/Special Agent status and 3000 points! It’s a real pleasure for us to see[…]

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Who does What at Snakehead Games

This was posted in one of our forums, by a player.  I thought it’s the best description of how SnakeheadGames is structured.  Thanks AceSmeghead for this! The Admins are both owners and developers. There are three of them, Admin ArrBilly /AAB primarily handles marketing, community development and some other non[…]

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How to Find (And Keep) Good Help These Days

BOTH Officers and Underworld Contacts can be notoriously hard to hire and retain in these days of a competitive and dangerous job market. Employers can be very hard on these valuable skilled workers. With Pirate Captains and Spy Networks alike trying to cut costs, retention has become one of the[…]

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Project Wonderful is Wonderful

Project Wonderful is Wonderful. I’m sure I’m not the first to say that but it’s true.  They’ve been a great promotional partner for Snakehead Games.  If you run a comic, or some other online entertainment site, then I’d check them out. From what I can see you’d do better than[…]

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Spy Battle has 25,000 players!

Spy Battle has reached 25,000 players with Raven Arrow joining us as player #25000! To celebrate, all active players who logged in over the past week have received         2 and 1/2 Special Agent days! We’re glad to see the game continue to grow and hope you will all[…]

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A Leap in Memory Science!

Huge Leap Forward in Artificial Memory Science! Cognitive Research Group, Building 8 – July 6 “MEMORY is a tricky thing,” says artificial intelligence entity Admin256, the chief administrator of SnakeHead Cognitive Research Group (SCRG), “but we think we’ve got the cure.” The Admin256 unit and its team has been working[…]

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Star Pirates Reaches 50,000 Player Mark!

50,000 Celebration: Star Pirates has crossed the 50,000 player mark! Everyone online in the last 5 days who is level 5 or higher has been given 5 Notorious days and 5 points. HURRAY FOR 50K!! Many, many thanks to the community who has supported us for two great years –[…]

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Comic Contest: Winners

Well, here we are in the winner’s circle. It’s been a long road getting here! We started with some “simple” nominations, and a list of our players’ favourite comics. Even that was a trickier proposition than you’d expect! Eventually, it built into a serious competition, fought between some of the[…]

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