It’s Friday, and EVERYONE knows what that means: all new releases in Artix Entertainment’s games! Don’t let your summer be a bummer—come play games online with us, help us defeat the toughest monsters, and score the most epic loot ever!

AdventureQuest Worlds
The moment you have all been DYING for is finally here! Known for his seemingly-impossible-to-survive tricks, traps, and cheats, Grimskull challenges YOU to traverse his torture chambers, outwit his wiles, and claim the legendary prize at the end…if you can survive! Suit up in the Hero of Steel Armor Set, get your kicks with Player Suggestion Items, uncover the whereabouts of the completely color custom Solar Protector set, and then dive headfirst (or dead-first?) into Grimskull’s dangerous trap-filled dungeons!

DragonFable

Summer has started, along with a two-sided war in Sulen'Eska and the Freedom Camp.  Also, be sure to log in this weekend for your thrid DragonFable birthday gift!

OverSoul

Voting for the second OverSoul contest ends Saturday, June 22, 2013.  Be sure to vote for your favorite entries! Next week, prepare for the Watercard Deck Series and water element characters. Also, look forward to the production of the contest winners for Art and Backstory!

EpicDuel
Legion and Exile forces, man your battle stations: The Dread War has begun! Battle for control of over 21 War Objectives throughout Delta V!  This is too big for any one solder -- you'll need to rally your friends behind a common cause to dominate the world and shape it's future!

HeroSmash
Begin your prowl with this week’s Forest Tiger, Snow Tiger, and Sabertoothed Tiger Head Morphs! Who says a tiger can’t change his stripes? With the Color Custom versions, you absolutely can. Head to the Head Shop on Market Street and get your head in the game!

AdventureQuest Classic
This is the release you have all been looking forward to… the single largest Class project in the history of AQ… the Knight Class begins this week! Tathlin, leader of the Pria Knights of Rennd, will guide you through your basic training before you will have to choose which of the 4 Kingdoms you will serve. New class gear and an awesome series of trials will test your mettle and see if you have what it takes to call yourself Knight!

MechQuest
The Countdown Clock is ticking! The March of the Shadowscythe looms near. Are you prepared? Shop in Soluna City for the returning Valoth's Epic head weapons and check back for the newest arm, and then blast off to Westion's Khaeldron Inn Valor Shop for high-level versions of the Corrupted Drakel Armor series!

Battle on!

Behind the scenes of AQWorld's new release

The rain pouring down on the lab can be heard between the booming thunder. Fitting, that it is storming on the release day of AdventureQuest World's  "The Vault of Endless Doom." The dungeon is 2,000+ lines of custom code, 70+ rooms, 15+ cutscenes, and promises to bring the focus on game back to our favorite game. That is, the entire release is entirely free content. A pretty big deal as the prize of the dungeon is rumored to be the "HeroBlade -- the most powerful weapon in the world." For the past few weeks, players have been getting bits and pieces of lore including stories about Raxgore the Unkillable. The hulking boss monster of the dungeon who lives up to his name. He cannot be killed by weapons, magic, posion or the elements. There is also Binky the magical man-eating unicorn who exists purely to attack unlucky heros who fall through the dungeon's pit traps. There are some other fantastic creatures in there that we cannot talk about (no spoilers!) Grimskull and his assistant Mort are eager to see people get to what is being called "the evilist room ever." Despite being one of the largest, most complicated releases we have done yet... the two-part dungeon only uses only a few of the crazy number of trap and puzzle concepts. Which means if players "love this release to death", there could be A LOT more Grimskull dungeons in the future.

Dungeon Inspector's "Code Violations"
Those of you who have been following the news on this release already know that it was a lot more work than our small team expected.  From the traps to the SCORRORBOARD (Grimskull's highscore board which counts the deaths of EVERYONE who goes splat in the dungeon), Dumoose and Yorumi deserve massive kudos and applause for their sleepless nights of coding. Even though we pushed the release back a week, it was still barely enough time. Actually, as I am writing this, Dumoose is still coding the final rooms. The puzzle rooms are built around the same concept as AdventureQuest3D's interactive objects. Except, the infrastructure does not exist in AQWorlds... so the only way to do this was to build each lever, button, door, secret door, trap and program it individually. One of my favorite parts of the dungeon are the monsters that change your character's size when you slay them.

Director's "Cut"
Ghost's cutscenes are absolutely hallarious. That is, if you enjoy watching yourself meet a horrible and grizzly demise.... and then being laughed at. *dramatic pause* We feel that people are really going to love hating Grimskull. J6 created the backgrounds and art for the traps. The dungeon reminds me of the things I loved about DoomWood. It is always exciting to see what is going to be in the next room. A lot of work went into this release from all of the AQWorlds team.

One Secret... just for you.
Just for reading this design notes post I am going to give you a secret to remember. When you are not sure which lever to pull... walk around and pay attention to the sounds when you approach the lever. And if you ever find yourself in a room with TOO MANY choices of levers, buttons an switches that will all likely kill you.... use your mouse to look around for a secret alternative. (Dungeon Diving 101)

May the fates favor thy adventure into this dungeon frought with peril!

Summer is finally here! School is out, the sun is out… and crazy insane monsters are out to get you! Brand new releases have just launched in the best online adventure games. So brandish that broadsword, log into your favorite Artix Entertainment game, and be entertained all summer long!

AdventureQuest Worlds
We need YOUR help building Lorepedia! Maya the Loremaster in Battleon’s Library will write while you fight! Hunt down all the monsters in the game to assist Maya on her Monster Biographies for Lorepedia’s newest chapter. After earning Loremaster Reputation, get your hands on the Grimblight of Destiny and bring the fight to Binky, the Magical Mean Eating Unicorn!  

DragonFable
This week there will be a new Sulen'Eska quest, Freedom Fighters, where YOU will help to defend more Clawkin villages from the Rose! And just who is the mysterious Vind agent? Don’t forget to get your second present for DragonFable's birthday month!

OverSoul
Neutral Card Series is Live! The Ice Series has been removed (or melted?) for now and Taro the Manslayer is finally available to fight for you! Stay tuned for the Nulgath Themed Bike coming to EpicDuel, and don’t forget to cast your votes on the Oversoul Art and Backstory Suggestion Contest.

EpicDuel
The Dread War is coming!  Tensions between Legion and Forces are at an all-time high, and Delta V is poised to explode into all-out war June 21st.  Will you fight for Freedom with the Exiles or battle in the name of Order alongside the Legion?  This Friday, we will be launching the complete Dread Plains, along with a new map / navigation system. Travelling the entirety of Delta V has never been quicker or easier! Also, our special guest artist, the great Nulgath, is lending his skills to EpicDuel for the construction of an epic new bike!  Strike fear in the hearts of your enemies as you tear across the battlefields in this demonic creation!

HeroSmash
The long awaited Randor the Red Gear Shop has been added to Overlook! Introducing leveled gear, a level 5 armor which will have less than a level 10 in appearance. Next year, we’ll add more levels and options to trade lower level gear for higher level ones for a small fee. And stay tuned for the next Blockbuster Event at the Movie Plex!

AdventureQuest Classic
It’s a great day for Good Knights in Lore! To honor the upcoming arrival of the Knight Class, 5 new Knight Helm player faces have been released, each representing the different Kingdoms you can train at! Father Time Shield will be making a return in time for Father's Day with updated stats and max-lvl tiering. Eye of Naab is also being updated with a new look and a powerful new skill. Serve up some pain to your enemies with your AQ Brand Volleyball, now available in the Limited Time Shop! Then embark on an all new Rare Item Hunt where a super rare, special weapon variant is hidden somewhere in one of the backgrounds in AQ!

MechQuest
MechQuest Pilots, prepare for battle! A new arm weapon in the "Valoth's Epic" series is coming to the Epic Ltd. Time shop this week. This version will have a powerful special vs. the Shadowscythe that will only exist on this limited-time version, so be sure to get yours while you still can!

Battle on!

Building the Deadliest Dungeon Ever

The June of Doom has arrived! New releases in your favorite Artix Entertainment games guarantees a summer full of fun! And danger. And lots and lots of bad monsters who want to send you to summer school! Yikes. Here’s your chance to score an A+ in your tests quests as you play through these brand-new releases! 

AdventureQuest Worlds
What mysteries will you uncover on the Isle of Fotia? Inhabited by the Femme Fatalities Cult, the volcanic island of Fotia safeguards an ancient relic: the Frozen Flame. No man has ever laid foot on the island… but with the volcano on the brink of eruption, the Femme Fatalities need all the manpower AND womanpower to help save Fotia! Gear up in Dage the Evil’s OathKeeper Armor Set from his Featured Artist Showcase Shop in Battleon, and then sail on over to the Isle of Fotia where more treasures await!

DragonFable
All hands on (card) deck! The Card Shop in Ravenloss is now open, and there is also a "card game" you can play. Most combos will result in generic fortunes while others will launch fights that range from easy to challenge. There are also "treasure" chests that you can walk to after defeating particular monsters, so you can try for rewards tailored to the difficulty of the fight.

OverSoul
The Character Suggestion Contest is underway! There will be TWO winners again, but this time there will be two separate types of entries:

• Character Art design
• Character Backstory

This week we will be choosing multiple entries for both art and for backstory. Afterwards, the player community will vote for your favorite in each category. Voting will last 1 week. The Art and Story suggestions with the most votes will be designed, animated and put into Oversoul! Once we have chosen the entries for you to vote on, we will set the ending date for the voting. Stay tuned!

EpicDuel
This week we packed a host of dry erase boards with war plan details. We want the Dread War to be EpicDuel's best event yet, but we also want to it be dynamic enough to expand upon in the future. No release this week as we continue to plan and build this exciting new feature.

HeroSmash
Witness all the loot in store (literally!) in Randor the Red’s Birthday Shop, full of goodies and rares! Also this week, one lucky player has become an artist in training for HeroSmash - Tally. We are also nearing the end of finding a writer, too!

AdventureQuest Classic
Summer time is here, and a massive haul of gear will get you ready for the season: new player faces, weapons of varying attack types, Arm Floaty Shields, and the Summer Tide Mage Staff. Grab your Tribal Shaman armors while they are here because this week they will be replaced as the free bonus item that comes with the 12000 Z-Token Package: Cysero’s Phone Book Spell. And now you can Guardianize your character and get the powerful Golem Builder Armor for free, plus access to a special shop where you can upgrade your armor!

MechQuest
The versatile Automorph Mecha, converted to a permanent version, is being drop-shipped to the Star Captain Club this week! Also this week, the Cosmic Ivy Blade gets a second Overclock Chip, so use your Nova Gems in the Grand Champion Shop on Planet 51 for your level 48 Blade!

Battle on!

It’s the last day of the month. But just because May is ending doesn’t mean your battles are—in fact, they’re only getting started! Log into every Artix Entertainment game and uncover brand-new releases in your favorite online adventure games.   

AdventureQuest Worlds
Slay the Chaorrupted creatures invading the cities and towns across Lore! Things have been too quiet for Drakath, the Champion of Chaos, so he’s set loose his Chaos minions and they're free to play games with your mind... and wreak havoc in our world! Claim your Chaos War rewards, score the brand-new Golden Fury Armor set with your 12 Month Membership package, and get your Anime On in Jemini’s Featured Artist Showcase Shop!

OverSoul
Light up the battlefield with the newly-released Light Card Series!

1. Maiden Aegea
2. Princess Aegea
3. Queen Aegea
4. Priest of Ver
5. Archpriest of Ver
6. Seraphim of Ver

A new Card Penance has made the scene: Discard 1 card and use 3 mana to gain 800 Health.

EpicDuel
War development is fully underway as battle lines are drawn across Delta V. The Dread War will be the biggest for EpicDuel yet and it will forever shape the future of the Legion and Exile forces. Now is your last change to grab the Arborgeddon and 2013 Bunny rares as they go back into hibernation for the summer war event.

HeroSmash
Rare item collectors rejoice! This past month, HeroSmash has released items for Cinco de Mayo, mods’ birthdays, and our newest Memorial Day shop! And due to popular demand, Member and Smashcoin items are now both the same, except SC ones do not take up bank space.

AdventureQuest Classic
Keep your guard up, Asgardians! We have remade the Asgardian Set with higher-level versions plus a new, golden Gleaming Asgardian Set! Battle your way through treacherous Thunder Mountain to find pieces of the legendary Asgardian Set. Due to some mysterious force, new weapons belonging to the set have appeared!

DragonFable
Ravenloss Book 3 town has just been released! Check out the new card suit shop weapons, house shops, and more. And 2 random dungeons have been added as well!

MechQuest
The Steampunk mecha model is being manufactured at higher levels! Star Captains: Visit the Art Museum shop on Friday to get a print of the painting hanging in the Art Museum Lobby! Also, have you gotten a Holo-Jemini Statue for your starship yet? This version is a Birthday Rare!

Battle on!

Alpha Test (Version 0.06) is happening now.

Who is ready for some AdventureQust 3D testing?

Can you defeat the Trolluk DeathKnight? Enter the Castle to find out. You will likely need some friends. Not just for the DeathKnight... the Castle is full of undead and sneevils. Those nasty little goblinoids are surprisingly tough!

• Alpha Test #6 is worth 500 Alpha Points (Just for logging in.)
• New Dungeon: The Castle. Simply walk through the Castle Door!
• New Monsters: Sneevil & Trolluk DeathKnight
• New Weapon: The Soulbourn (Soul Axe) - obtainable via a quest from Leona.
• Old quests & content are still available!
• Items did not "crumble to dust" for this test, but they will before the next one.

"There can be only one!"

Our new mobile game, known as "Project: Omni" is making rapid progress. However, the team is deadlocked in an emotionally charged, highly heated debate over the players "Battle Stance." So, as we often do... we are coming to you for help. Which of the two stances above is battle for your battle stance? Some people like being able to see the armor better, but it does hide the weapon and look less fierce. Some people like the weapon being out front, but it covers the armor -and possibly some of the monster. Good comments on Twitter and Facebook include "Most games are like B, so A is more original" and "A looks good, but it better for an idle stance." It is sorta like choosing between two amazing flavors of ice cream!

Comment Question: What do you think? A or B?

On ultra crazy development weeks, I take a walk around our Secret Underground Lab and then rapid post the most interesting things I hear to keep you in the loop!

• Project Omni
  A bigger post won this will be coming tomorrow, but super short version: Prototype gameplay and the character customization features are complete! We are working on shrinking filesizes, artwork, and sound FX. The game still does not have a name... O_O.
  
  
• AdventureQuest Worlds
  Everyone's favorite mmo is getting ready for a special series of Dage the Evil crafted releases which is being called the "June of Doom." To top it off, GRIMSKULL is coming to AdventureQuest Worlds with the most evil death trap filled dungeons ever created. But first... this friday, the Cross-Lore CHAOS WAR begins! Oh, this week is your last chance to get the 1 Year Package deal with the Jade Samurai set. It is being replaced with the new Warlord Raider set this Friday.

• EpicDuel
  The in-game mail system has been a hit. The team is converting some passive skills into active ones this week and making progress on their upcoming "Dread War" which starts in June.

• Oversoul
  This Friday, expect the release of the Light Element card series and 2 to 3 new characters!
  
  
• DragonFable
  This Friday, Book 3 of DragonFable continues to the town of Ravenloss. You will have to go there on Friday to see what shops and quests are to be found within. (PLayers are still excited that Llast week, the game's max inventory increased to 110 slots. Almost double!)
  
  
• MechQuest
  The finale is scheduled to take place this summer! The team has been working weeks ahead making sure all of the content is created so the finale takes place seemlessly over 4 exciting, mecha exploding, universe obliterating weeks -- it is going to be a finale no one will forget.
  
  
• AdventureQuest 3D: Legend of Lore
  Everyone was pretty bummed with last week's alpha test being postponed. Although, news that we would be doubling the alpha points when the test DID continue seemed to make up for it. The new zone is still causing brower crashing problems, and the content team is working to rebuild the area. For the record, this was our first interior zone, and the sheer size and complexity of the zone seriously contributed to the issues. They are shrinking the enormous dungeon to be simple, BIG.
  
  
• HeroMart
  Faith reordered more 10th Year Anniversay Shirts (we do get to celebrate all year, right!?) We are getting quotes on a MechQuest shirt to celebrate the finale (piece of history?) and... saving the best for last... we are getting 2,000 of the AdventureQuest Worlds Card Game Decks. They are scheduled to be delivered mid-june. We are  building a special "Everything in one Box" which will put the Card Game, and both expansion packs (and all in-game items) into a single box. Check out HeroMart.
  
  

Every Friday, Artix Entertainment releases new monsters, weapons, adventures, and more in our online flash games. And guess what—it’s Friday once again, and new releases are waiting for you! Feel free to play all weekend long and get an extra bonus day of play in. Let’s make this Memorial Day weekend memorable!

AdventureQuest Worlds
AwwwYEEAH! You can FINALLY Brandish the Blade of Awe! Quest through the fantastical lands of Lore and gather pieces of this incredibly sought-after sword. You can also obtain the Evolved Blade of Awe, the Guardian's Blade of Awe, the Spear of Awe (and Evolved version), the Daggers of Awe (and Evolved version), the Staff of Awe (and Evolved version), the Armored Guardian Dragon Battle Pet, and deliver some serious awe-inspiring attacks with the Enhancements of Awe shop!

OverSoul
A couple weeks ago, Rev entered a photo contest to try to win the prize. With your support, he got more than enough votes to win—more then 500! As promised, Rainbowtheus will be released for FREE! Grab him in the character shop now and us your Rainbow powers. The Light Card Series and two new characters—with Rank Ups—arrive next week!

EpicDuel
Prepare for WAR! Legion and Exile forces are gathering in Delta V's most war-torn zone, The Dread Plains.  Prepare for battle with 2 new promotional packages, allowing you to stock up on the latest Legion and Exile gear. Also, each package comes with a special bonus: a Legion or Exile War Chest!

HeroSmash
Happy Memorial Day, Heroes and Villains! Memorial Day weapons have made the scene and the Cinco de Mayo shop has been updated with a new outfit—including a color-custom version. A new Battle Poll is up - Wonderp Bread will make a Wolf or Unicorn head based which side wins!

AdventureQuest Classic
The Golems at Granemor are off to a rocky start! Zadd raised an army of golems and now wields the power of the Azamay. Heed the call of battle or Granemor may be lost forever! Work your magic in-game and receive Azamay runestones, and then take your battles into the real-world with the Battleon Card Deck!

DragonFable
Embark on an all-new Sulen'Eska quest with a special boss fight. Check out the item rewards in the DC shop with some new items from Cronix and Revontheus!

MechQuest
The MQ Team is still hard at work creating the ultimate finale. We're building up the releases with as much polish as we can manage and you won't be disappointed! In the meantime, help Queenadent Odessa bring back ammo before Soluna City is overrun with Shadowscthe forces!