Return to DoomWood!
Previously In DoomWood: The tale of DoomWood Part 1 is 
packed with puns, reveres vicious villains, and is overrun with undead, 
all while revealing the secrets of Artix's past... and future! This 
Friday, watch a 
"Previously in DoomWood" cutscene to revisit those memories of your journey with Artix to the deepest reaches of DoomWood!

If you haven't finished the zone 
(or started it) yet, then 
you should  /join lightguard RIGHT NOW! You won't be required to have 
finished Part 1 to play, but when Part 2 REALLY starts next  week, 
having that background knowledge is going to make the zone feel a lot 
fuller.
 
DoomWood Part 2: Whispers of the Shadow Lord will be
 available for ALL players and continues the story of Artix, Vordred, 
Sally, and Gravelyn, taking it to darker, more undead-ly places than ANY
 of us could have imagined!
DoomWood Member-only Mid-week!
PALADIN PUNCH! 
(Not the fruit drink.) In this week's 
member-only mid-week release, Cysero sets up your return (or 
introduction) to DoomWood but, as in any quest, your companions are the 
key to success! To unlock all  the rewards this week has to offer, 
you'll want to make fast friends  with 
Michtem, the Paladin Loremaster you'll meet on arrival.

When a misunderstanding pits you against one of DoomWood's Guardian 
Spirits, though, if fate is not kind, you won't have a ghost of a chance
 to survive! Rewards will include the Paladin Loremaster armor as well 
as a wide assortment of helms and capes, since we heard you guys wanted 
more of them!
SkyGuard: Things that Make You Go BOOMMM!
In the latest installment of the SkyGuard storyline, SkyPirates 
invade the High Command's mountaintop base, seeking to sabatoge 
communications and searching for access to their secret weapon. And that
 secret weapon just happens to be the all-new, high-powered battle-tech 
war mech, 
Project M3cha-d34th!

But when Stratos goes rogue, disobeying the High Command's orders, 
you'll need to deal with the SkyPirates on your own! Something's rotten 
in the High Command, and it will take all you've got to save the base 
and all of Lore without blowing it all sky high!
Dark Caster X, Knave1 Rares Shops leave May 7th!
Join Dage's Legion... or try to infiltrate it! Speak to Dage in 
Battleon to access the Dark Caster X shop. Talk to Knave1 in Swordhaven 
to browse his show of slayer-ful gear! Both shops leave May 7th, so all 
of you asking for extensions to the shop can rest easy, you've got time 
left... but not a lot!
Cerberoz Livedraw this Wednesday at 4pm!
Join us this Wednesday at 4PM server time for Cerberoz's in-game 
live-draw event! We'll be taking your suggestions over Twitter about 
what he should draw so that you can see your input shape the item as it 
appears on the screen!
If you haven't joined us for an in-game LiveDraw event yet, here's what's going on:
You'll want to /join stream once the event starts and you'll be able 
to watch as one of AE's epic artists draws an item based on your 
real-time suggestions! That item will go into the Black Market shop in 
the /stream map and, once the art is polished up, the item will turn 
into the weapon you've just seen created.
AQW Action Figure Video Premiere after Livedraw!
And make sure to stay in /stream after Cerberoz's drawing event ends 
to watch the world premiere of the AQWorlds Action Figure video! Created
 using stop-motion animation, you'll watch the Artix and Sepulchure 
action figures comes to life before your eyes! Look for more details 
about the premiere as the event draws closer!
 News about the action figures?
News about the action figures?
The action figures are on their way to the Lab as we speak! We'll 
have prices and release dates to you guys as soon as they are finalized!
One of the Good guys!
We've got a sneak peek of one of HeroMart's newest items! Drawn by 
Cerberoz, this poster features all-new, dynamically-posted character art of some of AQWorlds' most well-known Good characters!

We'll have more information on this poster and all of the other new 
HeroMart items as the decisions are made. Keep an eye on HeroMart's 
Coming Soon page for more news!
AE heads to Relay for Life!
The world is made up of everyday heroes, and this weekend Artix 
Entertainment is joining a whole group of them as we race to find a cure
 to save lives in Relay for Life! We'll be walking, running, 
/stepdancing, and even /sambaing our way up, down, and around the track 
for 18 hours from Friday  to Saturday.
If you're in the area, /party up with us at the 
Charles S Rushe Middle School from 6PM Friday night to 12PM Saturday! We'd love to see all our local players there!
Ludum Dare Update: Kitty.coli
This weekend, Cysero, Samba, Rolith, Thyton, Warlic, Epic Duel's 
RabbleFroth, and I participated in the Ludum Dare, a timed game-making 
competition. Scroll down to see more details about our infection-themed 
top-down shooter called Kitty.coli 
(takes place inside a cat's gut)!
Although we didn't finish on time for the contest - thanks to some unforeseen bugs 
(how appropriate!) - we have the beginnings of an awesome minigame with absolutely SICK art 
(literally)!

Thanks to all of you who supported us over this weekend with 
questions and encouragement! Making games is something we love to do so 
much that sometimes it's hard to stop when Friday's releases are over.
Coming SOON in AQW!
If you were in-game earlier this month, you might have seen Artix 
share some secrets about what's coming in AQWorlds over the next few 
months. But now we're going to tell EVERYONE! So here's what you have to
 look forward to:
- DoomWood Part 2 - Whispers of the Shadow Lord starts NEXT WEEK!
- Alchemy Tradeskill - IN TESTING NOW!
- Dage vs Nulgath War THIS SUMMER!
- The next Chaos Lord - a Chaorrupted Chronomancer explores your destiny... and the timelines which combined to form AQWorlds!
- We are working every day to get Guilds ready for release, BUT we 
really want to do this right, so testing and time are of utmost 
importance before it can release. /Cheer Yorumi on as he commands the code to make it happen!