Creative Export Canada Awards SHG Studios Export Marketing Funds!
SHG Studios would like to thank Creative Export Canada for their generous support of marketing…
SB – Daily Login Bonus Draw – Jan ’23
POP – Daily Login Bonus Draw – Jan ’23
POP Login Bonus Draw – Dec ’22
POP Login Bonus Draw – Nov ’22
POP – Login Bonus Draw Oct ’22
POP September ’22 Login Bonus Prize
POP August ’22 Login Prize
POP July 2022 Prize
12345! Is that my password? No it’s the points won by …. (watch to find…
In Beta! Pirates of Procyon : StarPirates 2
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StarPirates 2 Poster & Ships + 14th SHG Anniversary
StarPirates 2 Early Access benefits are yours for the takingSIGN UP NOW! For POP, For…
SHG Shawarma Day
In a meeting today, we decided it was Interplanetary Shawarma Day. This was due to…
13th Birthday for StarPirates.net!
Hello Fellow Captains, Starpirates.net just turned 13 years old! A grumpy teen which is no…
No Foolin’ Sale & Festival of Caerbannog
Killer Rabbits, iPad Login Contest, a sale on April Fools Day? What are we doing…
Commission: The Resistance!
There is a new commission live in Starpirates. This is the second in a series…
What is Project Phoenix?
Vast majority of Players supported Project Phoenix. OK, great, well what is Project Phoenix? It’s…
Checkpoints and Skulls are now Live!
Recently, Checkpoints (SpyBattle.com) and Skulls (Starpirates.net) went live! This is a fun one. Players are…
What is a Galelia?
So a player asked, what is a Galelia? It is a weapon? A shield? A…
Updated Retirement in StarCrash Games
For over a decade, players have had the option to retire from Starpirates.net and SpyBattle.com.…
Upgraded Saturnalia – or, Party like it’s 2299!
What is Saturnalia, you ask? 12 days of contests and giveaways at the end of…
New Findables in SP and SB. Oh and a one-time sale!
Hi All, I’m thankful, and grateful, that you’re part of this awesome community. As a…
Scanner Helmet Upgrades
Ever wonder why there is a V1 Scanner Helmet and a V2? And no way…
NPCs Visual Upgrade
Hallowe’en has left some eye candy in Starpirates. Most NPC graphics have been dramatically improved.…
New CSR – Chord is “back”. Sort of.
New Coke is here! Cherry flavoured too. Wait, not. Typo there. New CHORD is here.…
New Content: Emotes, Medals and Invasions
There are now upgraded existing emotes; but also seasonal emotes i.e. Santa and candy canes…
UI Updates
In SpyBattle and Starpirates, you’ll now see smaller graphical updates for ease of play. My…
Offerwall no Longer on Offer
Final reminder that the ingame offerwall is ending May 30th, 2019. Again this is not…
Ascensions are Ascending!
Ascensions have gotten a boost. There are numerous, lovely new juicy “player” targets in Ascension.…
Chat, not Shout. Also, what do you Collect?
Next week, the Halls of Fame will be expanded so many very common and some…
A collection of topics – new forum launched!
Over the last couple months, we’ve made some changes and improvements to Star Pirates Infinity…
Star Pirates Infinity Available Now in a Galaxy near you!
STAR PIRATES INFINITY LAUNCHED BY SHG STUDIOS Star Pirates Infinity, the next-gen CCG from SHG…
Star Pirates Infinity DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE
Hi Folks, Any of our Star Pirates Infinity players in Canada and Australia are likely…
To (Star Pirates) Infinity!
Hello All! Today is a great day! 9th anniversary of the launch of the original Star…
Full Circle
Star Pirates Infinity wrapped up production 10 days ago, and we have been in full…
Pick a card! Any card!
As I leave the holiday season behind me I find myself thinking about some of…
Happy New Year/Badlands Draw Winner!
Let me commence this blog by wishing each and every one of you a very…
The Art of Drawing
Last week Star Pirates Infinity development was focused on additional polish to the UI and…
The Varying Aspects of Game Design
It may come as little surprise, but it’s often the little things in game development…
Multilingual gaming, without a babelfish in your ear…
We’ve been much too quiet lately, apologies for that, and I’ve decided the solution is…
Throwback Thursday
A quick info graphic about our design progress in StarPirates: Infinity’s battle screen.
Home Sweet Home: Discordia
Home is where they have to let you in… In Discordia, we let everyone in!…
Murderous Rex: MEAN, not so GREEN, FIGHTING MACHINE!
Here’s a look at our heaviest hitter. Be careful running into him in battle because…
Crunch Time is Pizza Time!
The Beginning of a New Adventure
Nice to meet you! My name is Billy, and I am new at SHG Studios.…
Press Start by Chris Sinclair
The last week and a half have been quite a humbling moment for me, as…
On Synergy and Dedication by Billy Stone
I left Brock University and did an internship at an animation studio close by, in…
First Day, First Blog by Kristian Docherty
So the first blog, the first day, the day where I finally start what I’ve…
My Experience So Far by Lyle Guay
Nice to meet you, my name is Lyle! SHGStudios (formerly known as Snakehead Games) is…
The Heroic Efforts of our Team
Work is continuing on Wasteland Heroes and our team is knocking out regular updates. We…
Heroes Emerge from The Wasteland!
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The Hon Michael Coteau, MPP visits SHG Studios!
[x_share title=”Share this Post” facebook=”true” twitter=”true”] On May 27th 2016, SHG Studios was honoured…
SHG Studios Awarded 2016 IDMF from the OMDC!
SHG Studios is pleased to announce a $250,000 grant from the Interactive Digital Media Fund…
HIRED: Office Manager – Job Posting @ SHG Studios in Hamilton – Feb 19, 2016
NOTE: THE ROLE HAS SINCE BEEN FILLED. STAFFER HAS BEEN HIRED WITH AN INTRO POST…
Ongoing Development
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A Wild 2D Artist has Appeared!
My name is Richelle Rueda. I am the most recent addition to the team here.…
2015, 2016 : Out with the Old, In with the New
AAB Here. A year or so ago, I wrote that I had been asked to…
We’re Growing Again!
Building a video game is a team building experience. You cannot do it alone. It…
A Fresh Coat Of Paint by Mark The Intern
I walked into SHG Studios for the first time on October 13th. The studio sits…
Mobile Means “Can Move Around”, Right?
One month ago today, we launched World War Mobile. We knew we had lots to…
You Meet Some of the Coolest People when you Collaborate
SHG Studios has a history of finding interesting opportunities for collaboration. Over the years,…
Game Pace Can Impact Gameplay
In case we haven’t said it recently enough – Thank You! When we look at…
More Lyz! – Studio Dev Blog
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SHG Studios is Hiring – Art Director
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Zombie Moon Content Boost! – Studio Dev Blog
Hey Everyone, Wings here again with another update! Zombie Moon has received a new update to…
Visual Cues
In game design, there is honestly never enough time. Whether it is writing, sound, graphics…
Ascension live, on to other tasks
Well, we hit our milestone. Ascension 3 went live on the 15th and as of…
SHG Studios Awarded Funding from the Canadian Media Fund
Hamilton, ON: Indie game developers SHG Studios are pleased to announce $494,000 of funding from…
Ascending for the Third Time
As product manager for the Starcrash games, it is always hard to build big features…
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Hey Everyone! Wings is back again with another blog post. This time I have some…
A New Member Joins SHG Studios…
Hello, SHG Community. My name is Bret Measor. This is the first of many dev…
New Updates Ahead for Mobile Games – Studio Dev Blogs
Hello everyone! You’ll see me online with the alias Wings and I’m new here at…
Changing Trends – Studio Dev Blogs
Welcome to the dev blog! My name is Christian and I’m the Product Manager at…
SHG Studios lands 1Award, IndieGameReviewer Dev Profile
For those who didn’t have the opportunity to log in during our party last month,…
Squads and Glory
Squads are coming to Guts and Glory and with them, the squad boss! Each day,…
SHG is Small Biz of the Year!
SHG Studios is the Small Business of the Year in…
Quests are Coming to Starcrash
As you may already know part of our overall strategy is to build mobile games…
Zombie Moon Updates
There’s a lot in the pipeline for Zombie Moon. Amazon and Apple users –…
Movin’ On Up
Well, we’re happy to announce that we’ve found a new home. Just a short hop…
Zombie Moon Updates
Previously we rebalanced point drops and added silver, gold and platinum drops however the promised…
This Place Ain’t Big Enough for the 10 of Us!
Over the past few months, SHG has been working hard to bring you new games…
ZM “Armed” Teaser
The ZM Updated “Armed” is coming 2nd half of Jan ’15. You should see 3…
The Quickening
Quickening is a process whereby things speed up, or life begins. In our genres, The…
Visiting Xenephon!
Some people go south to winter. I personally think that’s a wise choice. Some folks…
Christmas Truce
100 years ago, World War I was raging. The soldiers who had signed up thought…
ZM Holiday Release Timeline
ZM Holiday Release Timeline The next 2 months will be busy for Zombie Moon —…
Star Pirates Referral Images
As requested by the Star Pirates community, we now have forum banners for referrals available to…
2165 for 6 years!
2165: Spy Battle has reached 6 years! By now, you must have gathered that there…
October Contest Winners!
On behalf of Snakehead games, I am pleased to announce the first winners of our…
New Introduction for Zombie Moon… Finally
Good news! The latest build of Zombie Moon in Unity has now enabled us to unshackle…
SHG, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, Condolences and Community
Snakehead Games overlooks Hamilton’s Armoury, home to Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders amongst others. We’ve had…
Zombies – Zombie Companies, that is…
As you know, SHG started a documentary series in early 2014. It was to help…
ZM Custom Search
Now that 3.x is live on all our supported platforms (including Blackberry via the Amazon…
ZM 3.0.22 Submitted to Apple
It has been a really tough run but we’ve hurdled all the barriers and are…
New Facebook Page, Sort of!
Howdy! Here at Snakehead games, we pride ourselves as community builders, and we can…
Zombie Moon 3.0 Live!
Zombie Moon 3.0 is going live. Finally! It’s been a big effort and we’ll be…
ZM 3.0 Update: S4 Blocked
ZM 3.0 work continues. We are in active Beta at this time. There have been…
Toaster Hunt
Pirates! There be a treasure, rare and mythical, that ranks among the greatest in the…
Missions in ZM 3.0
Missions with combats now show the combat results “in-list”. There’s some formatting issues which are…
Auto Ally option in ZM 3.0
Zombie Moon 3.0 is nearing completion and we are targeting next week for submission to…
On Breaks & Working
AAB / Colin here, I just read an article about work breaks, and naps. In…
SHG Website Update
Hi Folks, Bear with us while our website hamsters do their thing. Their wheels spin…
ZM 3.0 Progress Update
Items in Zombie Moon 3.0 are shown in three dimensions. Yep – all of them…
ZM 3.0 : Attack Screen
As you’ve already seen, the new attack search is significantly improved with Zombie Moon 3.0.…
ZM 3.0 Update – Ally Search
Screenshot of the new ally search. Had a handful of new bits to show off…
Spybattle Comic and Spybattle Streaming Music
We have many amazing creatives in our community. And two projects that have been in…
Quotely Quotes about SHG
Howdy All, We realised that we got a tonne of reviewes from players – and…
UZM Update
We’re hard at work on the updated Attack displays. Attacking other players now displays the…
ZM – Ally Search
Ally search is now available in help desk here: www.zombiemoongame.com/HelpDesk/ally_search.php You will need your login,…
War Reporting – ZM
As you may have heard, we are providing a War Report to leaders of squads.…
SpyBattle Cool Events
Are you in for the Big Break? The attempt at the SpyBattle Hospital Record at…
Sneak Peek of UI for UZM
Hey ZMers! Below you will find the Secret to the Universe! Well maybe not, but…
ZM Squad Chat Spikes Wars – Player Activity Up!
Hey Space Marines, The transition of World Chat to Squad Chat was an abrupt one. …
ZM Updates in the Mix
Howdy-ho, our lovely players! We just wanted to show loyal ZM Players another snippet from…
2165: Spy Battle – Visual Inventory
Inventory within 2165: Spy Battle now has a visual display element illustrating items equipped. Not…
Sneak Peek of Zombie Moon 3.0 Items
Zombie Moon version 3.0 is a big step forward in terms of the underlying engine.…
Zombie Moon Rules Streamlined
World chat has been permanently replaced by Squad Chats, the contents of which are no…
World Chat on Zombie Moon is now Squad Chat
Zombie Moon (www.zombiemoongame.com), is a Mobile Social RPG by Snakehead Games. Well you already knew…
Spies Uncover the Easter Egg in 2165
Working together, spies have found the hidden Easter Egg in Spy Battle: 2165! Well done!…
Zombie Moon: 125,000 Android Installs!
AMAZING! 125, 000 Android users have installed Zombie Moon! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! For your…
Squad Wars: should they stay or should they go now?
Zombie Moon players: make your opinion known! A new poll system has been created and…
Zombie Moon “Bonus Boxes”
Zombie Moon version 2.0 is nearing General Availablity. Along with a first version of the…
Player Milestones!
Just a quick shout out to Lowkey! This dedicated player has just reached level 1200…
Quantum Vibe – Shared Universe?
I’m personally an avid reader of Quantum Vibe — www.quantumvibe.com . Not only because it’s…
Gates of Camelot! One Year Old!
Gates of Camelot is now ONE YEAR OLD! Several changes have been added to the…
Zombie Moon: 100,000+ Google Players
Thank you! Zombie Moon has more than 100,000 Google Players. Thanks to your support and…
Star Pirates is Six!
Wow – thank you so much for you support and friendship over the years!
Let Battle be Joined!
That’s right ladies and gents. The long awaited event is finally upon us. Zombie Moon…
Jewels & Gems and JSL 2 Hit new Landmarks!
It’s announcement time! Snakehead Games has some exciting news about Jewels and Gems, and…
Squad Wars!
It has been quite a push but we think it will be worth it. Version…
StarPirates for Chromebook.
SHG is De-Lahi-ted by a present in the mail!
SHG was delighted to see a Gift from our longtime friend and player, Lahi.…
CELTIC AVALON – Success!!
Our Partners over at Heather Dale are happy to announce that Celtic Avalon is funded! Heather…
Emotiocons / Special Characters in Zombie Moon
Have you wanted to use emoticon / special characters in Zombie Moon? Then check out…
1 Billion XP in GoC
SHG would like to make a quick shout out to Hodor who has just reached 1,000,000,000…
Zombie Moon Trailer
We’ve been busy here at SnakeHead Games, and we are happy to show off our…
Gates of Camelot University Ep. 1
Our Partners over at Heather Dale have released a movie on Youtube explaining some of…
Snakehead Games Documentary: PART 1
In part 1 of Snakehead Games’ documentary, the crew offers advice to aspiring game designers.
New Ships for Star Pirates
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Snakehead Games Documentary
The first in Snakehead Games’ ( SHG ) documentary series on game design…
Rules for Zombie Moon Updated!
As the game grows, so does our understanding of our community. So, we’ve reevaluated the…
Castle Grounds Expansion
Gates of Camelot is nearing the 2,000 player mark. To celebrate, a very cool game…
SQUADS in Zombie Moon
Squads (at least the first version of them) are nearly ready for release in Zombie…
Zombie Moon cookies!
We had a great meetup yesterday at Hamilton’s Startup meeting. We listened to presentations from…
New Player Milestones!
Zombie Moon Our newest game to the Snakehead Games family and first mobile…
Star Crash: Tales of Dystopian Spies and Star Pirates
Available now in print and e-book! The long awaited anthology is finally…
ZM, 10,000 installs on Android!
Thank you friends! Zombie Moon has reached a pretty important milestone: over 10,000 downloads from…
Vitamin D, the Vitamin of Virtue.
We recently came across a near satirical study which shows a correlation between Vitamin D…
Going Bananas!
Our friends over at MoKool Apps have two new apps that we’d like to share with…
JSL2 is Live!
Snake head games is proud to announce it’s latest release in casual mobile gaming. The…
Zombie Moon now Fully Functional!
It is time! Snakehead games is proud to announce its newest Social Media RPG:Zombie…
Happy Halloween
75 years ago Oct. 30, 1938: A nation in panic. With the penumbral darkness of…
Zombie Moon: Launched!
Prepare for Landing. Snakehead games is proud to announce its newest Social Media RPG:Zombie Moon.…
Supercrawl and Super Followers
It’s Supercrawl in our Hometown this weekend. What’s that you ask? http://www.supercrawl.ca . A huge…
Social Media Roll out!
Snakehead Games is pleased to announce its latest wave in social media. Snakehead Games Star…
BlackBerry Support – Updated
It is Snakehead Games Inc. policy to do our very best for our players and…
Jewels & Gems
Snakehead Games Inc. are pleased to announce our new Mobile Game: Jewels & Gems. Available…
Research Enhancements
Star Pirates, High Graphics Mode: significant research enhancements have been added to the game. Dedicated…
Zombie Moon
Zombie Moon is a mobile game coming soon from Snakehead Games. “If you liked Mafia…
Why it’s Awesome to be a Nerd
Wil Wheaton makes an impromptu, but very touching speech on what it means to be…
And now for something everyone can enjoy!
In order to shed some good cheer around Snakehead Games, here is a math equation…
Gates of Camelot News
Levels Past 1000 Defined: For the beta we had settled on 1000 as being the…
Emperor Honorarius Cancels Coliseum
The Emperor Honorarius has cancelled the gladiatorial games. As he has said, the Coliseum is “bleeding…
Bayshore Hobbies Closing – Sad Day for Hamilton
Bayshore Hobbies is closing. For those who might not know, Snakehead Games is the largest…
That’s a Fact Jack
As we journey through the paths of life, we often encounter problems that seem insurmountable.…
Prince James Photo – sort of…
We were discussing how fast things change; the new British Royal Baby makes it sooo…
Prince George
We were talking about how things have changed so rapidly in such a short time. …
Class X Drive Unit
Star Pirates: in case you missed the Announcement… Class X Drive Unit Change: an enhancement…
Agent Madawc garners the first Stealth Submarine
Spybattle 2165’s Agent Madawc is the first player to ply the seas in a Stealth…
Milkman Games
We want to give a shout out to a really solid development crew at Milkman…
Of Behemoths and Leviathans
Great news for our Spy Battle and Star Pirate players! For our space-faring players,…
Spelling Bee, Word Mix Scramble
Spelling Bee, Word Mix Scramble was just updated on Google Play! Version 1.9.190 notes: all…
An updated look
We hope you enjoy the freshened up look for the Snakehead Games Inc. blog! We…
Heather Dale
Here’s something interesting you may not have known. Gates of Camelot is done in conjunction…
Behemoth Mk V
It’s here. It’s BIG! (and they’re all customizable now) The Behemoth Mk V has appeared!
Gates of Camelot are Open!
Gates of Camelot Here at Snakehead Games we’ve been cooking up a new game for…
Gates of Camelot : Quotes by Players
On May 16th, we opened the Gates of Camelot to another round of testers. As…
Year of the Snake : 2012 Achievements and 2013 Plans for SHG
Welcome to the Year of the Snake! What a difference a year makes. This time…
2165 Alias Record Broken!
Today in Spy Battle players created so many aliases to celebrate Qilapid for his years…
SHG Job: Game Graphic Production. 6 Month Contract. Hire Date: Jan 28, 2013
We’re looking for someone to help create great looking mobile games, as well as supporting…
Star Pirates Ascension 2: One Month On
It’s the one month launch anniversary of Ascension 2. A2 is the much loved, but…
Ascension 2 Launches
Star Pirates’ Ascension 2 is live! [RSG] Greenish was the first one to complete the…
Writing Contest – Winner Announced!
The votes have been tabulated, carefully inspected, and counted. The winner of the Snakehead Games…
Congratulations To…
Inbetween reading the ten amazing finalist stories in the Writing Contest, these players managed to…
Thankful Again. Thankful Always.
You know, I saw a post from Howard Tayler @ Schlock Mercenary. Now we like…
Writing Contest – Finalists Announced!
Black Friday — it’s not just about shopping. It’s about worthy words winning. In other…
Playing Catch-up
It’s been awhile since we’ve honoured our players for their hard work leveling in Star…
StarPirates Ascension 2 Details Released
Ascensions are the “Game within the Game” expansion to www.starpirates.net. They enable experienced players to…
Coliseum Gets Its Independance
By player request, as of Monday, October 22 Coliseum will be migrated from an app…
Ascension 2
Great news for all free captains! Work on a second Ascension for Star Pirates is…
SHG May Save your Life!
SHG is dedicated to helping bored office workers – it’s our calling. It turns out…
Robocop at SHG
As you may know, the new Robocop movie is being filmed now. And where better…
Crystal Method & War Reporting
Even the most hardy of pirates was in awe today as some kind of crystal…
Ominouser And Ominouser
The Oort cloud is abuzz with…curious readings. The spy rings of 2165 are quietly reeling…
Todaybour Day…
As the month draws to a close, Snakehead Fans, so does the Writing Contest enter…
The Snakehead Interviews – Priyanka Jain
There’s nothing like a good piece of art, and I for one have NEVER produced…
The High Ground
Can I call it or what, folks? In the wake of Captain Athena’s latest missive,…
Free Captain’s Log #2
Free Captain’s Log (Space Date – August 24, 2198) (Captain Athena’s Personal Log) Writing Contest!…
Free Captain’s Log Stub: Bind To Install
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2165 APB: New “Bind-To-Install” Policy
This communique is for all agents, formerly or presently active. Spread the word – yes,…
The Seventeenth and Feeling Fine
Do you hear that sound, Snakehead fans? The buzzing? The clanking and grinding of nanotech…