Good Evening HWS Community @everyone
it’s 31.12.2025 and the year is almost over again.
As always a little flashback from my side what happened and what might happen in the next year.
Well, first of all it felt once again like a rapid fast year! For you as well?
The things I wanted to finish this year, unfortunately didn’t work out as I was hoping for. Instead I started some new projects and got lost in details with existing ones. I did make progress but not in a state, where the burden is lifted from my shoulders.
HWS+ is obviously the elephant in the room and I realize how long I carry this burden by now. Memes and pokes aside, it’s a mental heavy load for me - blocking myself from making progress or being uplifting on certain days. It is way beyond a project and became a mind raid boss. To a point, where it is time to raid the boss. And no matter the outcome, it is a win-win for me.
I still think it will be a great scenario and not even fill the gap RE leaves but also makes it much greater by combining all servers and “complete” this long HWS journey in the end - for whatever 2026 will hold for Empyrion in its whole…
Either way, as last year, sorry, this year even more: on March 2026 it will be the 10th Anniversary of HWS and along the way I try to iterate as good as possible over it, gather your feedback and then ship it together with the next Reforged Eden Season Release.
Yes, for Reforged Eden I was also thinking very long how to schedule the season. Because of the big Anniversary event the best I came up with is following:
Instead of our regular 17th January 3 month season cycle, we extend it to a bit less than 1,5 month (February is short), so on March 6th, you can enjoy hopefully one of the biggest season starts with some special events throughout the weekend I will prepare. I am thinking of our old but gold Events we had in the past with your own built HVs in the Deathmatch Arena and some Racing Events.
However, in the meantime, to not get bored. I will announce in the next days our big CCC IV (Community Content Contest).
Where I ask you, the whole Community, to build a specific POI or Ships or Mission for the Anniversary Event, that will get implemented in the next season and you can win a whole Supporter Playfield and more as best prize!
Again, more details about that are coming the next days but feel free to search in the Forum for CCC and scroll through our previous CCCs 
So apart from this very high loaded March Event, if everything works out, from there on a new journey will start, where it is about maintaining 4 servers, 2 scenarios and hopefully making everyone as happy as possible! A big, maybe impossible challenge, but you deserve it! The game deserves it!
There is way more I want to improve and push for but let’s focus on Q1 first and then see how it goes! It’s almost tomorrow, right?
Let me close by thanking all of you. Playing on HWS. Supporting HWS in any way or form to keep it running. Be it playing for free, or financially, especially as HWS Patron, so the / my bills can be paid and we all can have a great time together for the unforeseeable future.
Honestly, I really appreciate it and you are all amazing! <:hwsstar:535932728886034439>
The Happy New Year Event will automatically start and handled by our Event Manager at 0:01 server time, which you can play for 30 minutes. Find the Bomb, kill the others on your Rocket and get a lot of Rewards
A little old show case video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n3IjHDk0wg
Have a great year 2026 everyone and stay healthy!
RexXxuS