I got an email yesterday, from our friends at Astraware.  As you may recall, last year, they merged with Handmark to make a mobile development powerhouse.  Now, Astraware is starting to reap the benefits of that partnership, and it means some great news for customers…and a little bad news for longtime fans.

First, the good news.  Astraware’s website (www.astraware.com) has now adopted Handmark’s powerful database and checkout system.  That means a whole host of new features will be coming to their site, including:

• Shop By Device, so you’ll only see the games that are compatible with your phone;
• SMS message delivery so you can download your purchase direct from an SMS link;
• and additional payment options including direct operator billing.

Now for the bad news.  Astraware’s Club Astraware is going the way of the dodo.  Unfortunately, it is not compatible with the new system, and is going to be shut down.  So, if you have any remaining Club Astraware points, you had been work on using them all before October 1, when they will expire forever.  On the plus side, though, every current Club Astraware member will be receiving a discount code which will allow them to check out all of the fantastic software options at www.handmark.com, and get a sneak peek at all of the new e-commerce solutions which will be coming to Astraware.

The best news of all, of course, is that all of the great folks behind the Astraware games you have come to love are going to be staying with the company during these changes.  In facts, according to Howard and the Astraware team:

allowing us to concentrate on coming up with new concepts and making them fun is even easier now we won’t get distracted by having to run over to our poor old webserver every 10 minutes to fan it and bring it drinks. (And yes, we’ll be moving it somewhere nice – perhaps we’ll let it create and play sudoku puzzles in its long and happy retirement!)

So, sit back, and give yourself a moment to wistfully think about the last days of Club Astraware.  Then, get yourself ready for the next great brainstorm to come out of ASTRAsoft…I mean Astraware studios.

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