Who says Nulgath is always naughty? That lovable archfiend wants to give you the First Legendary Character in Oversoul as a Thank You for playing his game. Speak with Santa Warlic by the Xmas Tree to receive him now. Afterwards, pit your Legendary Character against Jack Frost’s Master and capture him in the wild!
Save the world from eternal darkness! When the Nocturan Creed, guardians of the night, learn that a young werepyre and the vampire he loves must flee their homes and need sanctuary, they work to ensure that the sun will not harm them, no matter where in Lore they run. The Lumina Votari, protectors of the day, believe they will do this by plunging the world into permanent darkness. You must battle through Darkovia! Unravel the truth! It will be up to you whether or not the sun will rise on New Year’s morning!
The Omega Marathon continues. But if you’re looking for some epic gear in the meantime, check out the “Are You Yeti?” T-Shirt available now at HeroMart.com. This shirt will keep you warm while lookin’ hot, and comes with exclusive in-game items: the Baby Yeti and the Dark Yeti. Head on over to HeroMart now and get your epic threads!
You've taken far too long to deliver her Vayle and now... now the sky has darkened and the air is filled with the sound of wings! Can you defeat Pallor's army of failed experiments and save the moglins?"
Calling all G.E.A.R.S. Students! Houses Runehawk, Mystraven and Wolfblade are set to begin the 4th annual G.E.A.R.S. games! Each House is rallying its member students to compete for glory, for honour ... and for answers?!!? While the battle is raging in the G.E.A.R.S. stadium, a dark cloud is surrounding Planet Loreon. The Shadowscythe are rising.
Prepare your blades, staves and daggers; the trumpets are blaring and the competition begins!
After stopping Frigidere's plans to ruin Frostval it's time to take the fight to him! Frigidere may have delayed the delivery but with your help we'll make sure everyone has gifts to open in time! Plus we have added a 2nd limited-edition Champions of Lore spell to the LTS, both versions will be gone forever January 2nd! Also be sure to check out the Red Viking and Red Valkyrie player faces in Warlic's Magic Mirror! Only available until March!
Sharpen thy blades! Summon your friends! We ALL need to join together if we're going to defeat Quetzal and Kezeroth! Chronomancers, Chronocorruptors, Timekillers, and Members must embark on special quests before time runs out: Quetzal’s plan is to destroy all of Lore, fulfilling ancient Mayan prophecy! Gear up in Apacalyptic Warrior sets from the Limited Quantity Shop beginning Saturday, December 22, at 2pm Server Time (EST) to thwart the World Ender's plot and make sure that there will be a Lore to battle in next year... and for many years to come!
Omega has been delayed! Here's what we're going to do -- we're going to offer the Omega Onslaughter/Impaler, Obliterator/Slayer, both Yetis, and an Omega Ticket that grants access to a month-long contest for the price of one 5-key package. When you buy this package you will receive a ticket that will guarantee you receive the items as soon as Omega officially goes live in January. After Omega goes live, we will split the Obliterator and Onslaughter into 2 separate packages as planned, but those who preordered will already have it all and be able to participate in the competition without delay!
The players will try to find Vayle in the Amethyst City and then confront Queen Pallor in her mogkee-filled lair to try and stop her evil plan. There will also be a special Frostval gift for players.
The 3011 Frostval Replay brings with it the return of the Milziiga Sniegapika build-a-mecha - along with all-new Reaper-themed parts for 3012! Fierce competition is on the horizon, as the G.E.A.R.S. Games are set to begin this weekend! The Houses Wolfblade, Runehawk, and Mystraven will battle for the 3012 Championship title. Meanwhile reports are flooding in from the edges of the multiverse, a relentless tide of Shadowscythe is massing. What price victory?
Every time this year, someone always tries to ruin the festivities: it’s a Frostval tradition! A horrible Ice Lich (antarcticlich?) plans to bring back the villains of Frostval past (what, no present or future?) with sinister zombie power! Do you have what it takes to stop this threat and save Frostval? Plus we are adding a 2nd limited-edition Champions of Lore spell to the LTS, both versions will be gone forever January 2nd. Also be sure to check out the Red Viking and Red Valkyrie player faces in Warlic's Magic Mirror!
In the lobby of Artix Entertainment's Secret Underground Lab there is a beautiful black tree, covered in tiny glowing lights, ornamented with anime and video game characters, and topped with a face hugger from the Alien movie series. (What else would you expect at a video game development studio?) Each year, the team gathers under the tree and exchanges presents according to the rules of "Secret Santa-Claws." If you have never heard of this before, read on... this story happened today.
The rules of Secret Santa-Claws are easy. It starts a few weeks prior to the gathering. Everyone randomly draws one name from an upside down helmet. You are not allowed to tell anyone who you got... it is a secret. (It already happened, so I can tell you, this year, I got DragonFable's lead, Geopetal.) There is a limit of $5 with which to buy or create a gift (or prank) for that person. If you would like to read more, and see the best gifts and moments from today, please click the read more button...
A lot of companies have "mandatory fun" in the form of big, expensive, fancy pants Holiday Parties. Here at Artix Entertainment, we are a wee more humble. We bake and cook dishes at home then bring them to the lab where we turn the HeroMart chamber into a buffet. Zazul's DEATH FIRE DOOM MOUTH KILLER chilli is always a hit. (Mostly the floor, which is where most people end up after one bite.)
We have added 6 new members to the team this year. So this was their first time.... and by all of the smiles everyone had a blast. Many of the gifts were inside jokes, or nerf projectile devices. But there are a few presents worth sharing.... here they are:
Cysero's Hammer
A green bag with the Green Lantern logo turned into Cysero's "C" logo. (Little known fact: Cysero's favorite super hero is the Green Lantern.) He does not know who made the gift for him, but they turned a plastic Thor's Hammer into Cysero's Hammer. I would wager a vault full of gold that the first person to shoot him with their new nerf gun is going to get that hammer thrown at their face. (Update: It was me.)
Twilly & Zorbak Derplings
My gift was a bag. A pink bag. It was from Victoria's secret. Filled with pink wrapping paper. And the presents inside were wrapped in pink. Want to guess who gave it to me? *gives Beleen the "stare"* My hands nearly burst into flame as I touched the pink wrapping to open it. But OMG!!!!! She made two adorable Moglin Derplings. They are sooooo cool and stylistic. I love them.
The Underpants of Doyle
One of our newest team members, Draven, who has been doing all of the killer web designs (like this site) has the last name of Doyle. His Secret Santa-Claws, who is yet unknown made him a giant pair of whitey tighty underpants with the word Doyle printed large across the back.
Ms. GeoPetal-Head
Geopetal's character has always been a rock. Not just any rock, she is the standard DragonFable rock used in background art. We joked that there are nearly 6,000 instances of the rock graphic appearing in DragonFable which makes her the most used character in any of our games. (Not to be confused with the AQWorlds version of Geopetal where we turned her into a statue.) At some point, someone put her as a rock in the game with fake glasses and a nose like a Mr Potato head. So, Geo was surprised to unwrap a Mr Potato head... which someone had taken out the potato part and replaced it with a large well shaped rock and drilled places to put all of the eyes, noses, mouths, ears, arms and feet in. :-) :-) :-)
Ghostmushrooms for Chairman Platinum
It is the time for giving and forgiving. Even the evil CEOs of corrupt multinational conglomerates plotting to take over the world need a little holiday cheer. So we sent Chairman Platinum a little something from all of us. Labeled "Holiday spices to make everything nicest" we thought, "Awwwww, how nice!" Except the Secret Santa-Claws admitted that he cleverly removed all of the spice and filled it to the brim with Ghost Mushroom Peppers. (not kidding) These peppers are quiet literaly the hottest most vile spicy things on the planet... *_* (We did say Secret Santa-Claws gifts could be pranks, right?)
Other gifts...
Warlic has been spending a lot of time in nature lately.... going on walks. Making jokes about defending people from bears. So his Secret Santa-Claws got him a "Nature Walk Survival Package" which included an eco-friendly water bottle and a bear bell.
Galanoth was given the worlds most complex and costomizable drinking straw.
Diozz, the artist who has been creating all of our posters and has been working on AQWorlds received a giant bag of bannannas. He brusted out laughing. So did Dage. I asked him why. While rolling on the floor holding their stomachs he said, "You needed to see the video." I do not get it. But I think if I did it would be innapropriate to post about. It is an hour later and they are still laughing.
There is a gift under the tree for you too!
But... it will not be delivered until the boxes open inside the games. The weather forcast does not look too good. But you have the opportunity to change all of that. Raise your weapons and defeat the monsters that are coming... save the world... then let us PARTY UNTIL 2013!!!!!
Frostval came early to a group of Special Needs Kids at my former High School this morning!
If you’ve been following my Twitter, you already know that I was working on a special project for some amazing people. Last night, I worked into the wee hours of the morning crafting 55 hand-made balloon reindeers.
Talk about A LOT of hard work! But you know what? TOTALLY worth it! All of the children LOVED my balloons—and the adults did, too!
All the warm fuzzies inside is worth more than anything else. And that’s the true meaning of Frostval: spreading unconditional holiday cheer to everyone, everywhere, no matter how young or old!
Merry Frostval my friends! =D
***UPDATE!!***
Wowie! You and your friends have left AMAZING comments, and all of your kind words have truly touched our hearts. To show our thanks, the AQWorlds team is giving you free in-game Reindeer Balloons!
Everybody can get their very own floating Reindeer Balloon back-item (cape) from Beleen’s birthday shop in Battleon. Members get an extra-special surprise with a Reindeer Balloon Pet!
Since I cannot deliver Reindeer Balloons to you in-person, I can certainly give you them in-game! Just speak to me in Battleon to get your free Reindeer Balloon! Get yours now at https://www.aq.com/ !
Merry Frostval boys and girls! You are the reason that this holiday season is so joyful and merry!
This Friday is a day that will only happen once in history. It is the end of the Mayan Calendar. For years... since the last "End of the World" people have been claiming that the end of the Mayan Clalendar marks the end of the world or some giant change. Truth be told... we are continually changing. But this Friday, as Cysero has been tweeting and posting for months will be "Just another day." Well... maybe not for our players. Because while the real world is fine, we have another world to save that is about to be destroyed by a Dragon. Catch up on part 1 that was just released last week in AdventureQuest Worlds. Then... join us this Friday, on 12-21-12, for an event that we will remember for a life time. We are going to STOP the END OF THE WORLD! Who is with us? Play at www.AQ.com
ALSO Coming Friday
EpicDuel's Omega Launch! The basically rebuilt the game.
OverSoul is getting new souls and new features. The tutorial is live now!
DragonFable's special holiday Frostval event... a Wizard of Oz parody!?
MechQuest, ironically WILL begin its' end on 12-21-12
Founders are looking epic with their reward! You still have until the end of December to become a Founder, and all you have to do is purchase any Soul Gem package. Two new Card Specials can be found in the Founder deck, and Cards can now be customized with the new interface. Tutorials have been polished nicely and new Characters make the scene. Test out the Direct PvP Duels and show that you are an OverSoul master!
Battle to the bottom of FrostDeep Dungeon to save Lore from Kezeroth the World Ender! On 12-12-12 26,000 years ago, Kezeroth failed to free the Beast Quetzal from his ice-comet prison. But now, that comet is once more close enough for his plan to succeed. With the Chronocorruptors' spell broken, he is free to play to his strengths - total world annihilation! If Kezeroth succeeds, Lore will be encased in ice, and life as you know it will end... forever!
Omega march continues on! The EpicDuel team continues the Omega overhaul and is building 50 new missions and Frysteland. We are on track for our new, drop-dead release date of December 20th! It’s going to be EPIC!
The first snow of Frostval fell on Wednesday with access to the Frostval Storybook in the Book of Lore. Falconreach is covered in snow and the opening cutscene for this year's story arc, FrostVayle, has arrived. A mysterious Queen is searching for Vayle and gives you ten days to bring Vayle to her majesty….
Star Captains! Your giftboxes arrive today! Have fun equipping the powerful wrapped boxes to use in battle - and remember, they transform into powerful RARE weapons on New Year's Day!
Ready for launch…erm, LUNCH! This week Wonderp Bread’s Birthday shop leaves and in its place arrives the new lunchtime shop. Speak with Oscar the NPC (Non Playable Cat!) to access this shop, ideal for new players!
It's wintertime in Battleon, and to kick off our huge Frostval event you need to seek out decorations for our big tree in the town's square! New rewards await those with an eye for decoration. Play now and get 300 Z-Tokens FREE as a Frostval gift from your friends at Artix Entertainment! Don’t forget to say “hi!” to Kibbles the Elf, who is offering 50k and 100K options for donations to your fellow players!
"A storm of Beleen's Pink colored doom is rolling in tonight. As our heroes are tasked with stopping the end of the world by defeating Kezeroth at www.AQ.com, I am immobilized by the terror of of Beleen's Pink Birthday Release.... am I alone in my fear of her fabled pink madness? Do I have a Thunder Buddy to weather tonight's storm with?" - Artix
Xyo's Fan Video "Beleen's Pink Madness"
If you have not seen this before, this is a fan video made by the amazing animator Xyo. The way they did the voices caught us off guard so much that we sprayed our monitors with our drinks. Most players know I have a rare and deadly allergy to the color pink. Simply touching the color pink could actually cause my hand to catch on fire and explode. (These statements have not been evalutated by the FDA.) Beleen, who loves the color pink... often tests the limits of my ability to endure pink.
If knowledge is power, and if knowing is half the battle, then the newly implemented Tutorials will pave your way to victory! Take notes from Nulgath himself with the battle tutorials, now available at the NPC Guide. Battle tip pop ups also show you how the interface works, too. And whispers of 7 new beast characters flood the OverSoul realm… but they are super hard to find and even harder to capture!
Prepare for the Chaos Lord Showdown! Dive into the Chaos Beast battle against Kathool and journey into the heart of Space to confront Iadoa, the Chronomancer Chaos Lord. Gear up with rare Quibble items and dish out serious damage (and bragging rights) against that time-twisting terror. Once you have saved Lore, relive the Frostval festivities of years past. Don’t forget to fill your stockings with 2012 Seasonal Rare Items!
It’s official: Omega launches December 14th! The ED team continues to work on stat freedom and enhancement overhauls. Check out the new promo packages for Omega: The Omega Obliterator and the Omega Onslaughter mutating weapons. We've also got an “Are You Yeti” T-shirt on the way in Heromart. Want to know even more? Check out Rabblefroth’s Design Notes!
Explore the first portion of the Book 3 Surewould Forest walkaround! Check out the refreshed versions of two of DragonFable's classic random dungeons: the Bandit Camp and the Waterfall Cave.
The Weathercasters Guild of Planet Loreon predicts snow in Soluna City! It's beginning to look a lot like Frostval, and G.E.A.R.S. students are getting ready for the giftgiving holidays of winter. Engage in yuletide merriment and replay the events of Frostvals Past!
Say hello to yellow! Everyone’s favorite shirt-less yellow hero, Yergen, is leveling up in real life. Celebrate Yergen’s birthday with Event Rare items from Yergen’s personal stash. Make sure to give Yergen a super birthday wish!
Famine and plague ravish the land as hoards of BURPs unleash their secret weapon: the legendary samurai SAMURATS! Looks like you’re ganna need serious magic, and the Champions of Lore spell in the Limited-Time Shop will do the trick! Giftboxes have also arrived with the addition of a Ranged gift! Be sure to grab yours and see what surprises await when you open them at the end of the year!
What is so dangerous about December 12, 2012? Log into AdventureQuest Worlds, our fantasy adventure game with thousands of players from across the world to find out. Rumors are spreading that an ancient evil will return and destroy our world. Job posting: HEROES NEEDED to save the world!
Until then, it has begun snowing in the town of BattleOn. The traveling sales moglin, Quibble, is back and with him a selectin of seasonal rare items. Just in time too, the Heroes are going to need every sword, spell and helm they can get. In tonight's release, battle the Chaos Beast Kathool. Also, the holiday Frostvale area are now available so you can replay the adventures from previous years before this year's new holiday adventure begins... starting 12-12-12!
Oversoul is our newest game. Use your Artix.com account to login, battle and collect monsters. This week, Nulgath (Oversoul's creator) and his team have been working on helping new players learn how to play. Check out this new video! It demonstrates the basics of Oversoul's card game style battle system. Also, when you login there should be some helpful tool tips to aid first time players navigate their first battle. It is free to play and the game is supported by purchsing SoulGems (optional.) If you buy ANY amount of SoulGems before the end of the year, you will get "Founder Status." This is the only opportunity to become a Founder -- when it is gone, it is gone forever. Play at OverSoul.Artix.com
