Halloween content is now up, Joe's Merchandise is stocked, outfits are live and you'll find the custom wallpaper available in template settings. Changing your 'Accent Color' to red or orange should be mandatory! We'll be running a special Halloween event this week-end, more news on that to follow.

Updates are still being worked on but are quite big now so will take some time to complete. Either tutorials or some hive / sector changes will be done next, depends how fast the artists get things finished.

Back in the office now, Halloween stuff will be going live either late tonight or more likely tomorrow. More information on it will be posted as the content goes up. Currently working on a jQuery based tutorial system to guide new players through the basics of the game one step at a time.

I also have lots of new hunting group graphics to make the system more interesting sitting on my computer, along with more and more artwork coming in for around the game. Including this...



My new Hunted Cow Studios avatar, courtesy of Kim 'Zaelin' Hughes.

I'll be out of the office and away at epic.LAN this coming week, so the updates will be on hold for a while. However, work at Hunted Cow Studios continues and we have 2 artists working on some awesome stuff for you guys all next week. The template and sectors will be getting a face lift along with the hunting graphics on Monday 24th when I return.

For now, I leave you with a question. Hospital closing has shown to be a big annoyance to new players and serves little purpose these days. So one of our planned changes is to remove the closing hours and keep the hospital open all day for everyone. The question is, what would you like to see us do with the Sanctuary of Healing?

I can't just make it a cheaper option for avatar healing as that would mess up the prices of healing items, so I'm open to suggestions about awesome new things it could do. Anyway, farewell and see you all in a week!

Forgot to mention, UltimatePay a.k.a PayByCash is now live with their numerous payment options, to celebrate we're having a 72 hour platinum sale. All platinum purchased in the next 72 hours will grant you 20% extra free. Also if you purchase one of the top 3 amounts you'll get a limited edition cow accessory outfit item. Enjoy!