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AdventureQuest's 10th Anniversary posted by Artix on

A special event for the game that started it all

It has been 10 years since the original AdventureQuest went live. It has been expanding every week for 10 years... 10 years! So we wanted to do something special to celebrate. Join us for a special 2-part event, written by Artix, featuring art and animation from Oishii, J6, Dage the Evil, Yergen, Llussion and the AdventureQuest team! This quest is designed for players level 1 through 130... and regardless of if you have been there for it all, or missed out on the legendary storylines of Akriloth, Carnax, Devourer, or Seekrat -- it is something you will NOT WANT TO MISS! Play at www.BattleOn.com

Arkiloth & the AdventureQuest 10 Year Anniversary Event

Every 10 years, the dark forces become too overwhelming and the words from an ancient tome must be spoken in time, or the Dragon will grow a new horrific head for each of the mightiest monsters! That's where you come in, brave adventurers.

 

AdventureQuest 10th Anniversary Eternal Dragon


As we celebrate 10 YEARS of Battling On in AdventureQuest, the possibility of utter doom looms overhead. Why can't we just have a normal celebration for once? Y'know cake, a little ice cream... maybe Pin the Tail on the Moglin. Because THIS!  IS!  ADVENTURE QUEST! *Punts Twilly into The Pit*


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VICTORY!!! posted by Artix on

VICTORY!

See all of the news and videos from the EbilCorp War!

 

Artix Entertainment's games saved by the players

YOU DID IT!! You actually did it!! The war meters are all at 100%. Congratulations on being a part of history and winning (and we mean REALLY winning... you chopped down everything EbilCorp threw at you.)  the biggest and craziest war in the history of our video games. With the 10+ million corrupted monsters defeated across ALL our games, EbilCorp's plot to destroy our network has been thwarted. As a gesture of our tremendous gratitude, we are awarding everyone who participated in the war effort, in-game currency in each of the games they actually fought EbilCorp in. (200 ACs, 200 DCs, 200 NG, 200 SCs, 250 Ztokens and an amount of Varium depending your participation in the war!) Captain Rhubarb will be running the database update to award your character with the in-game currency over the next 24 hours. If you need more, please support our ongoing crazy game releases by buying them on your favorite game's upgrade page.

See the full EbilCorp's Gameocide Page with war meters and ALL of the videos from the past week. Then see what is coming up next!


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Oversoul posted by Artix on

Open Beta to begin on Mogloween (Halloween) day!

Oversoul Battle

If you have not hard of OverSoul yet, it is Artix Entertainment's newest game. It is a PvP Card-style game with a unique twist. The concept, design and artwork is the creation of of the legendary Nulgath (who design the character artstyle of AQWorlds). The incredible Oversoul team also includes includes Warlic, Rolith, Revontheus, Klunk, and Dilligaf. The game will be opening for ALL PLAYERS to play and help test on Mogloween (Halloween day) October 31st.

The team would like to thank all Alpha testers that have been playing in the Alpha phase, reporting bugs and testing new features. Without your help, we couldn't have done it.

What is OverSoul?

Oversoul is a PVPMMORPG with unique gameplay that uses a system of battlecards to battle against your opponents. The battles are stretic, so you can't use just any card against any opponent. To win some of the more challenging fights, you have to develop real strategies, and the same strategy won't work against everyone. Each monster has its own strengths and weaknesses and it's up to you to find out what they are so you can fight effectively with your battlecards. You can engage in PvP battles against other players or you can engage in PvE battles against monsters. If you want to posess rare monsters, first you have to find them, then you have to beat them, and only then you'll get a chance to posess them.

 

Open Beta for Oversoul starts the night of October 31st, 2012.

Be sure to like and follow Oversoul on Facebook and Twitter!

 


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AQ3D Monster Contest Winners posted by Yergen on

 Yergen here! There were well over 450 submissions to Legend of LORE’s first ever contest. Each and every submission was awesome in its own right. The monsters ranged from cute, silly, gross, to downright frightening. Oddly enough I didn’t see any monsters that shot lightning out of their butts. Anyhoo - The battle was tough, so tough in fact that we extended the deadline to let a few more monsters get in. In the end, however, a winner (or shall I say - winners) has emerged. What better way to celebrate a 10 year anniversary, than with winners! Here is how it all breaks down:

Monster Design Contest

Gargantuan Grand Prize Winner!

The winner’s monster will be “Thytonized,” 3D modeled by Xero, painted and animated by the 3D team and will be put in one of the first playable maps in Legend of LORE. The winner will get a print of the monster, signed by the entire Legend of LORE team, and 4000 Artix Points.

And the winner is...... Acevorah: by Vypie

Acevorah

 

Rightful Runner Up

The runner up will get a limited edition black variant Artix or Sepulchure figure, or a signed poster of your choice. (You may only choose one of the previous items.) And 4000 Artix Points.


And the runner up is...... Cappy the Guardian in a Box: by Jaikon

 guardian in a box

Terrific Team Favorites

All submissions below will receive 2000 Artix Points.

Miho: by Col3ra

Miho

LORE Ghost: by Callado123

LORE Ghost

Steampunk Scorpion: by Ergotth

Steampunk Scorpion
Snakephant: by Gossj1000

Snakephant
Oblivion Diwata: by JuanKunai

Oblivion Diwata
Greenmist Guardian: by Kantro

greenmist_guardian
Zeitgeist: by LordKaho

Zeitgeist
Monsturtle: by Monster AE

Monsturtle
M.A.M.A.: by Nitramier

M.A.M.A.

Eye Durr: by RedKutai

Eye_durr

Rune Calibur Knight: by shock_troop

Rune Calibur Knight

Nagmaul: by Wion

Nagmaul
Serpiend: by Zined

Serpiend
Talonius: by Draconerix

 Talonius

Awesome Art

General Esrow: by FlameXero

General Esrow

Advare: by Heartdragon

Advare

ToxicLeechDragon: by Boxdragon

Toxic Leech Dragon

We Didn’t Expect THAT!

2000 Artix Points.

Aracat: by Amymist

Aracat
Eldritch Beast: by Pygar 2

eldritch_beast
Sarian: by Ryumin

sarian
Pwnicorn: by Karpousi

 pwnicorn

Craziest Creations

2000 Artix Points.

Orncoia: by Therril Oreb

Orncoia






Arachnida monster was disqualified.





Dr. Q: by Darth Necroktus

 DrQ

Cutest Creatures

2000 Artix Points.

Chuppa: by Ammarnight7

Chuppa
Jarkel: by Ownzer

Jarkel
Screttly: by Sorro Asjurai

Screttly
The Squoat: by iSwim

TheSquoat
Thintle: by Animalking

 Thintle

Delectable Descriptions

2000 Artix Points.

Serpent Dragon Like Thing: by Akikane

SerpentDragon
Ars Custos: by Crepusculum

ArsCustos 

So many amazing submissions! You all are amazing, and talented, and wonderful. Keep up the good work, and we’ll see you in the Legend of LORE! Yergen OUT!


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10th Anniversary posted by Artix on

Play-by-Play

Tonight, at 6pm our 10th anniversary event will begin in ALL of our major games. Join me here, as I give you the play-by-by, a live news feed of the last minute craziness as the team prepares to launch the event.

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9:30am Secret Underground Lab online.
Servers online...
Backups online...
Elevator online...
All systems check. 100%
9:35am Artix reporting for duty!
Thyton reporting for duty!
Yergen reporting for... (Hah hah, he said dooty.)
9:45am Thank you to everyone posting anniversary/birthday wishes to the game network on Twitter. Words cannot express how heartwarming it is to see your encouraging words. Especially since we are doing something completely new for our special event. Doing new things is always scary... but you have always had our backs. Thank you for being part of this and for supporting us!!!
10:00am A team members girlfriend baked us banana bread this morning. But it was not cooked. I realized this after eating a BIG bite of it. It is still in my mouth. WHAT SHOULD I DO!?
10:30am "Alina checking in!"
"Samba here!"
"Korin... erm.. here... wait, this isn't my bed...."
"Dage in the house."
10:31am The judging of the AdventureQuest 3D Design a Monster art contest is now taking place! So many good entires --  this is going to be impossible.
11:00am Checking in with the game teams! Today's event will be spanning 6 games. This really is the first time we have tried doing this... only 7 hours left until launch!
11:30am Um... that was weird. Someone just ran into my room to tell me there is a black limo with an ebilcorp logo on it circling the building above the lab. Did one of you go all out on some sort of practical joke?
12:00pm The limo was gone before we could get a picture. So weird! Anyways, only 6 hours until the launch of the event! It is really cool seeing all the game teams pulling together for the same thing. HeroSmash is having some technical problems... nothing like having less than 6 hours to rewrite core engine functionality. Going to help!
12:30pm You know, for pretty much the past 10 years we have been doing non-stop weekly releases. Once we started, we never actually had a week go by without one. How funny would it be if tonight's 10th Anniversary event was "Surprise, no release!" LOL. Note: We would NEVER do that! We did do the opposite once though. Remember the week in DragonFable when the team announced they were just releasing a single fish. People were so mad! But when they caught the fish it took them to a surprise complete underwater zone.
1:15pm All game teams are reporting that they are close. That means... IT IS STORYTIME! What was your favorite memory from our crazy adventures together? The time Captain Rhubarb renamed 10,000 AQWorlds players's names to "Captain Rhubarb" and we had to declare a mulligan day? (A "do over day") ... or perhaps that time legendary AE artist and ninja Thyton (although he sorta looks like a Spartan. Like a... Spartan Ninja.) was creating the dragons for DragonFable and he showed them to and I replied, "Great! Now... let us go draw some GOOD Dragons." He was really hurt. He thought I was saying his dragons were bad and we needed to draw better ones. But what I meant was, he drew a bunch of EVIL looking Dragons and we needed to make some GOOD-GUY dragons. /facepalm.

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What was your favorite memory/story from our game community?

2:00pm

Only 4 hours until the anniversary event begins! But this is not the only major event coming this October. It is a non-stop chain of releases starting with the most romantic tale of gamer love. Next week, Rolith (DragonFable/Oversoul Programmer) & Alina (AQworlds co-lead) who met while working here at AE, fell madly in love, became engaged (remember his Old Spice spoof proposal in DragonFable?) and are to be married in real life & in game next week! I was pretty surprised when Rolith asked if I would be his best man. It is traditional for the best man to throw a "bachelors party" before the wedding. That will be... Thursday night. For those of you who have known me for a while, you may think "How in the world is Artix going to throw a good batchelors party? Artix does not drink, does not smoke, would never do drugs, and basically lives a PG lifestyle."  The answer? Life threatening danger. Rolith has no idea what I have in store for him... and is scared out of his mind. So right here, I am promising YOU, that I will post the full story and some pictures from his bachelors party before the wedding next Friday. (Please remind me, you know how crazy things get here ^_^)

3:00pm Miko, when you see this -- please make sure the server hamsters get treats. We need them full speed for tonight's release!
3:30pm

While we are on storytime, I would like to post probably the most interesting & controversial story from the business side of our gaming history. This story is 100% true. Back in 2007, a lot of big companies came trying to buy Artix Entertainment. A lot of people are shocked when they find out that I turned down a legit, written offer for $84 million. This actually happened. I love our games and our community, and I would never give it up for anything.  Maybe this is why I am more proud than ever to be with you and the team are celebrating the 10th Anniversary today. There were a lot of battles back in those days that I was legally not allowed to share with you. Maybe one day I can write a book. But you have always had my back -- and we did ever get into trouble, I know that the team and I could count on you.

Switching topics...

Sometimes we say and do things in the "Artix Universe" that are fantasy. For example, we say that Geopetal, the game lead of DragonFable, is a rock. Of course in real life she is not REALLY a rock (she is a pebble.) Things like this are just plain fun. Well, fun as long as you play along that is. Sort of like an inside joke between friends. But it is funny how pretty much EVERY one of these inside jokes is based on something real. For example, before joining the team, the girl who is Geopetal was actually a Geologist. 100% true. Just something to think about.

5:00pm ONLY one hour until our 1st ever all games event! In my experience... this is where the game crippling bug happens. *goes looking for it* Here buggy, buggy, buggy....
5:39pm Flight attendants, please secure the cabin for take off. Thank you for flying "indie video game air." Please make sure your seat belts are fastened and your seats are in their full, upright position. All electronic devices should be TURNED ON AT FULL POWER and MAX VOLUME for take off. We may experience a little turbulance, but the in-flight movie will feature monsters, combat, and epic adventure. 20 minutes left....
5:45pm HAH! Now that is timing. The black limo with the Ebilcorp logo is driving around the building above the lab again. Hang on, I am going to go get you guys a picture... this is crazy!
5:48pm The elevator is in lock down. What the heck? Checking with Faith to figure out what is going on.
5:55

All game heads reporting in!
- EpicDuel is shutting down to install the release.
- HeroSmash is preparing to shut down to install the release.
- MechQuest & DragonFable & AdventureQuest are on Sandby.
- AQWorlds is reporting some sort of issue...

6:00

What the...

  • Epicduel is now reporting an issue
  • HeroSmash is now reporting an issue
  • AQWorlds is now reporting an issue
  • MechQuest & DragonFable & AdventureQuest are ready... no... wait... what the!?
  • Lab Security system just went into lock down mode!?

 


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Only 1 Day Left! posted by Artix on

The excitement is killing me... X_X *gurgle* *grugle*

The ALL GAMES anniversary event starts tomorrow (Friday) at 6pm EST. If you cannot wait until then, join the team and me right here on Artix.com for the "Play by Play" as we prepare for the start of our 1st ever cross-game anniversary event.  I will be updating the homepage continiously with embarrasing stories and news from the development rooms as it happens. Now that I think of it, we have never tried to simultaniously update 6 major games with mega events at the EXACT same time before. <dramatic pause> I am sure everything will go just fine. Talking about things going fine, thank you to all of you who have been emailing & twittering me about about this ridiculous EbilCorp Memo. Those of you on "the inside" over at EbilCorp please relay this message to Chairman Platinum for me (paraphrasing my favorite Doctor Who moment) "This game network IS DEFENDED!"

Artix Entertainment's 10th year anniversary special event!


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Happy Birthday AQWorlds! posted by Artix on

When we first announced that we were going to create a fantasy massively multiplayer online game with real time combat that played in your browser, we were called crazy. Way back then, no one had built a game like this in Flash. When we announced that we were going to do weekly releases in this , they just downright said we were COMPLETELY CRAZY. (We always do crazy thing though, that is why you play our games, right?) 4 years later, we are still evolving AQWorlds each week... and this week, we are doing a special release that is so big that it will take 6 games to play it! Thank you for making all of this possible. Whether you have been with us forever, or are just now joining us... this is all happening because of you.

AQWorlds turns 4!

Leave a Birthday wish!

Leave a comment or post on Facebook/Twitter to wish AQWorlds a happy birthday. Bonus points for recalling your favorite AQWorlds release. 


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Only 5 days! posted by Artix on

Until the ALL GAMES 10th Anniversary event

It is Monday. In just 5 days, we will launch our biggest and craziest event of all time. You are invited as the V.I.P guest of honor. I will share a secret with you. The event is all about you. (Most of everything we make is about you.) We have done a lot of "crazy 1sts" during our last 10 years together. Trying new things and taking risks is "the way of an indie game studio." This coming Friday will be no exception!

5 days untli Artix Entertainment's 10th anniversary event

All 6 of our major games will be participating in this ALL GAMES event.

  • AdventureQuest Worlds
  • EpicDuel
  • DragonFable
  • MechQuest
  • HeroSmash
  • AdventureQuest Classic

Also on Friday, we will be announcing winners of the 1st AdventureQuest 3D Monster Drawing contest. Ooooh, tomorrow the  2012 Pumpkin Carving Contest will begin!

Get ready for the event!

If you only play one of our games, you will have fun this Friday. If you play multiple (or All) of our games, then you will have A LOT MORE FUN! Before the event starts, make sure you have an Artix Entertainment Account "The ONE login to rule them all!" You can create one by clicking the button on the upper right of this webpage. You can then use this single login to play EpicDuel, HeroSmash, Bladehaven, Pony vs Pony, Oversoul and the upcoming AdventureQuest 3D: Legend of LORE. Of course, if you already able to play any of those games... that login you are using IS an Artix Entertainnment Account (Congratulations! ) and you should just use that one. Try it out, log in above!

While our other games are not using this login yet, you can get ready for when it does now. Head over to Http://Portal.BattleOn.com and link all of your old game accounts to your Artix Entertainment account.

QUEST: Link all of your games under a single account. Once done, come back here and post "Quest complete! <and add a fun and encouraging comment after>"


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New Game Releases! posted by Kiara on

AdventureQuest Worlds

AQW Heroes Pay Their Debts... And this week, Death is coming to collect! When Death decides that he wants YOUR life, you  agree to spend 72 hours filling his role so that he can experience what being a Hero is like. Learn how to rule the  Underworld... and see just how well Death fills the role of a Hero. Open the Xhar Morghuil, the book of things which should  not be named, but must not be forgotten and decide... Will you take back your mortality?
AdventureQuest Worlds - DeathDon't forget that October is the month for 4th Upholders! If you upgrade any time during October, you'll automatically be a  4th Upholder, gain TWO Chaotic Starswords, an achievement badge, and BIG bragging rights! If you have an upgrade which  expires ON or AFTER November 1st, 2012, you are already a 4th Upholder! It is ALSO the month of Mogloween! Head to /mogloween to play our spooktastic release.
www.AQ.com

EpicDuel

The Chairman believes that you must dress for success.  He proved that last week with his armor, but this week he's bringing 18 new EbilCorp styles (3 for each class and gender)!  Can't decide which style to use? Purchase the new 4-key package that permanently unlocks 20 styles for each class and gender, including the sinister new EbilCorp styles!
EpicDuel - Hair Styleswww.EpicDuel.com

DragonFable

Log in now to catch up on past Mogloween stories! The Storybook is now available through the quest log. Can you get all the past masks before Croft reappears this year?
www.DragonFable.com

MechQuest

MechQuest is 5 years old, and to celebrate, the Floorivator at Tek's Mechs has been fixed! Ride downstairs to the party! New this week - alongside your Wrapped Nubertrons, you can pick up accuracy-boosting Candle mods! Also - Star Captains can pick up high level Vintage models of the Volt Thorn mechas for Nova Gems.
www.MechQuest.com

HeroSmash

It's Taco Day! Scamp's Groceries has added some new stock for Taco Day: some items are permanent and some are rare, but you should check them all out!
www.HeroSmash.com

AdventureQuest Classic

The city of Talados was once a beautiful island kingdom, the population extremely gifted in the art of psionics. But one day, that civilization fell to the might of a gargantuan abomination - an abomination named CARNAX! Carnax was eventually defeated, but the destroyed city sunk to the depths below. Now lying in ruins, you must journey through the remains to hunt for the pieces of the Taladosian set! Physically hunt -- that's right we are resurrecting the walk-around quest from the olden days of LORE! Also be sure to check out the new FallTide Dagger in the Limited-Time Shop, only available for the month of October!
www.BattleOn.com


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AE's 10th Anniversary Event! posted by Artix on

The biggest event in our gaming history

When did you first start playing AE games? How long have you been playing? How is it possible that we will have been creating weekly releases together for 10 years next week? 10 YEARS!?!?!? We need to do something special. Not just special, we need to do something bigger and crazier than we have ever tried before. We need to do a new "1st!" So join us next week, on Friday, October 12th @ 6pm EST for a special event that will span ALL 6 of our major games! 

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The biggest event in the history of our game network!

We only have a week and a few days before the 10th Anniversary event... and while we are super excited, we have so much to do! Building an event that will span AQWorlds, EpicDuel, DragonFable, MechQuest, HeroSmash and the original AdventureQuest is no small task! Also, from a plot point of view, it is pretty tricky since all of the games take place in different time periods and with different sets of characters. As always, if you have ideas for cool monsters that can span the games, please let us know on Twitter, Facebook and the Forums! Oh wait... or you can post below! 

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Also coming this haunted month of October!

You know, it is all because of you guys that the games are here. 10 years is a huge reason to celebrate. Especially when you glance at the giant graveyard of game companies that did came and went during that time.

October Line Up!

  • 10th Anniversary ALL GAME special event (next Friday, Oct 12th)
  • AdventureQuest Classic's 10th Anniversary Quests (Friday Oct 19th)
    (written by Artix & Eukara and featuring special guest artists Oishii, J6, Dage)
  • Rolith & Alina's wedding (AQWorlds Special Event, Oct 19th)
    (Two of AE's beloved team members fell in love, became engaged, and are getting married!)
  • Special One-Eyed Doll music video premiere & Artix themed CD release!
    (The CD has officially been titled, "...something about a Dragon!?")
  • HeroMart will release the 2013 Calendar & 10th Anniversary shirt
  • EpicDuel's 3rd Anniversary with us!
  • AdventureQuest World's 4th Birthday
  • MechQuest's 5th Birthday
  • "Special Secret Release" on Halloween (Mogloween) night!
  • ... and a lot of other stuff that I am forgetting.

QUESTION: When did you start playing AE games? What was your first game? Which was your favorite so far?


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