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The recent catastrophic quake that has caused devastating amounts of damage on the island nation of Haiti has touched lives in all corners of the globe, some nearly as deeply as those within the disaster area itself. Throughout this tragedy, people worldwide have displayed an enormous outpouring of generosity through their contributions to the relief effort.
 
As communities all over the world band together to assist in aiding the victims of this catastrophe, our community, whose past contributions have fed the homeless, provided education, and helped the environment, will also be doing our part.
 
For the next month we will be making available a “Help Haiti” bundle that will be available for 4 of our games; Fiesta, Secret of the Solstice, Wind Slayer, and Project Powder. All bundles will be available between January 15th until January 31st, each with a donation amount of $5. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of these bundles will be donated to Yele Haiti, a relief organization founded by Haitian-born musician Wyclef Jean, whose mission is to provide humanitarian aid and assistance to Haiti.
 
Along with providing our community with an exclusive item release, know that you’ll also be helping the lives of real people who need your aid.
 
  You can locate each bundle in their respective stores through the links below:
 
Fiesta Help Haiti Bundle
Secret of the Solstice Help Haiti Bundle
Wind Slayer Help Haiti Bundle

http://solstice.outspark.com/news/view/?id=zbn.9887

Sign up now for a free account and tear up the Chachapoyas slopes with stylish new gear!!

Outspark, a leading North American virtual playground combining free to play games with personalized social experiences, today announced the commercial debut of its hit online snowboard racing game Project Powder. Featuring a new Pro Shop with stylish outfits for each of the game’s customizable characters, the commercial release also includes a brand new, never before seen map. Snowboarding fans and gamers of all ages and experience levels can visit www.playprojectpowder.com now to begin enjoying the snow!

Featuring more than a dozen thrilling trails with some of the most pristine spring snow in the galaxy, Project Powder offers players access to a snowboarder’s paradise where they can, create a character, race against friends and pull off larger-than-life tricks.

To celebrate the launch of the new in-game store, Project Powder is holding a Pro Shop raffle. It is the perfect time to gear up and grab the newest outfits in the brand new Pro Shop. Buy the Expedition Outfit, Hummingbling or any other premium in-game item for entry in the contest – one lucky player will win a gaming keyboard and mouse and several others winners will receive in-game currency to spend on their favorite Project Powder gear. Look good, play great and win cool stuff. For complete details, visit www.playprojectpowder.com.

Project Powder Features:

* Four playable characters
* 14 intense tracks including the brand new Chachapoyas Part 3
* Three exciting game modes: Race Mode, Battle Mode & Coin Mode
* Beat other boarders and complete courses to level up, earn cash and buy new gear and snowboards
* Create your own unique style as you learn new tricks through the innovative trick tree

To sign up for a FREE Outspark account or to learn more about Outspark please visit www.outspark.com.

Level 105 release includes new gear, skills, monsters and maps!

Outspark, a rapidly growing virtual playground combining free to play games with personalized social experiences, has announced the newest free expansion for its hit online role-playing game, Fiesta. Available to all players on April 22, 2009, the Level 105 release features new maps to explore, deadly monsters to fight and powerful gear and skills for all character classes. Complete details are available now at www.fiesta.outspark.com.

With the Level 105 release, Outspark continues to deliver on its promise to provide gamers with engaging social online entertainment. Players of all ages and skill levels are encouraged to join the millions already experiencing thrilling adventures inside the world of Fiesta and begin their own quest to reach Level 105.

Additional Level 105 Fiesta Features Include:

* Maximum character level raised from 89 to 105
* New weapons and more powerful skills
* Diverse new regions to explore including Alberstol Ruins, Temple of Spirit, Swamp of Dawn and Tear’s Marsh
* Intense plaver-vs-player battles in Abyss Marsh
* Fierce new foes including Black Bears, Caiman, Fire Taitan, Living Stone, Living Statues and many more

Fiesta is a free multiplayer online RPG set in the colorful land of Isya. Inside the game’s vibrant and immersive environments players can socialize, make friends and experience endless adventures. With hundreds of quests, player-versus-player content, item crafting and much more, Fiesta is a full-featured MMORPG that creates infinite hours of entertainment. Fiesta also features an in-game store, which offers hundreds of premium items for sale including new outfits, character mounts, pets and other items designed to make each experience unique.

For more information about the free Level 105 Fiesta expansion, please visit http://events.outspark.com/2009/fiesta/level-105/. To sign up for a free Outspark account or learn more about Outspark please visit www.outspark.com.

Adventure RPG kicks off month of special level up events and premium digital item promotions
San Francisco – February 4, 2009 – Outspark, a rapidly-growing virtual playground combining free to play games with personalized social experiences, announced today the open beta launch for the 2D side-scrolling role-playing adventure game, Wind Slayer. Thrill seekers looking for endless hours of entertainment can begin their own Wind Slayer journey now by visiting www.playwindslayer.com, registering for a free Outspark account and downloading the game.

Wind Slayer offers a rich role-playing experience in which players create and customize a character, conquer hundreds of quests and engage in frenetic Player vs. Player (PvP) battles with up to 20 players at a time. Set on the beautiful continent of Beuritania, Wind Slayer challenges players to defeat monsters and bosses as they gain skills, explore the game’s beautiful and mysterious locales and follow the path of one of six diverse and powerful classes.
Open beta players will have the chance to participate in a variety of Wind Slayer in-game special events and contests including:

* February 4-10 “Second Chance Event”: Play and reach Level 10 by February 10th and receive a rare Ancient Necklace.
* February 4-10 “Race to Level 25″: Play and reach Level 25 by February 10th and receive a powerful class-specific weapon.
* February 4-24 “Month of Love”: Create a new Wind Slayer character in the month of February and receive five free Love Potions.
* February 7-8 “Weekend Slayer”: Log onto Wind Slayer on either day between 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. PST and receive a free set of Ancient Earrings – just for logging in!
* February 13 “Slayer Tournament”: Build a team of four to compete in Wind Slayer’s first tournament for a chance to win a class-specific weapon. Tournament sign up is on the Wind Slayer forums February 9-12.

With the addition of Wind Slayer, Outspark now offers its online community the opportunity to engage in five immersive multiplayer games including the hit titles Fiesta and Secret of the Solstice. The Outspark virtual playground also features a social networking portal where community members can create free profiles, chat with their friends, create and share content and even give one another in-game items. Since Outspark’s launch in late 2007, the community has grown to more than 3.7 million users.

For more information about Outspark please visit www.outspark.com. For more information about Wind Slayer please visit www.playwindslayer.com.

Dragon’s Tomb, Fiesta’s first instance dungeon is now available.

A dark and mysterious force has revived the great dragon king Cornelius, and his phantom is now threatening to raise another dragon army and unleash destruction on the world of Isya once again! It’s up to the world’s greatest heroes to band together and strike down Cornelius for good!

High level players can team up with a party of fellow adventures to take on this exciting new instance dungeon. Featuring four sub-bosses, a host of new traps and challenges, and a showdown with the dragon king Cornelius himself, Dragon’s Tomb will push Fiesta players to their limits and reward them with the most powerful weapons and armor available in the game.

For more information on Fiesta, or to register for an account and play for free, visit the Fiesta website now.

Announcement/Patch Notes: http://fiesta.outspark.com/news/view/?id=zbn.3720

Outspark has lots of exciting features coming to their free MMORPG Fiesta in 2009. Looking to the Fiesta community for their questions, the Fiesta team posted their first Ask Outspark Q&A today, highlighting some of the biggest features coming to the game in the first quarter of 2009.

From Fiesta’s first instance dungeon – the Dragon’s Tomb – to permanent mounts, player housing, and the upcoming free Level 105 expansion, there are many great new features coming to Fiesta in the coming months.

Check out the Outspark blog now and get all the details on Fiesta in 2009.

Fiesta 2009 Content Preview: http://fiesta.outspark.com/news/view/?id=zbn.3677
Ask Outspark – Fiesta Q&A: http://blog.outspark.com/2009/01/13/ask-outspark-fiesta-qa/

Need a new look in 2009? Fiesta has got you covered with dozens of new premium character customization options! Choose from red afros, purple dreadlocks, and neon pink samurai hairdos, plus new face styles for male and female characters!

Be sure to stop by the Fiesta forums and show off your new makeover in the Before & After screenshot contest for a chance to win one of five $25 prepaid Outspark gift cards.

The new Blue Dragon Costume is also available! This 2-piece armor set boosts your critical rate by 7%, letting you slay the baddies of Isya in style!

Check out the Fiesta website now for all the details.

Beauty Shop Announcement: http://www.outspark.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1491803
Before & After Contest: http://www.outspark.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137220
Blue Dragon Announcement: http://fiesta.outspark.com/news/view/?id=zbn.3625

Exciting New Game Offers Hundreds of Quests, Multiplayer Battles, Fantasy Characters and More

Outspark today announces the closed beta for it’s new MMO, Wind Slayer. Between Jan 7th-14th, players will have a chance to embark on a hero’s journey through hundreds of quests and intense battles to earn experience, treasure and prestige. Outspark encourages gamers of all ages to sign up for a free account and register for the closed beta now at www.playwindslayer.com. 
The testing period offers participants the elite opportunity to be one of the first to experience Wind Slayer in its entirety. Participants will also provide Outspark with valuable feedback that will be used to further refine the game before its wider release later this year.

“Outspark offers rides for every type of thrill seeker coming to play in our virtual playground,” stated Susan Choe, CEO and founder of Outspark. “Wind Slayer’s character customization and multiplayer options combined with its side scrolling style and simple controls make the game a perfect fit for all gamers wanting to enjoy a fun-filled crusade with friends they meet in the Outspark community.”

Set on the beautiful continent of Beuritania, Wind Slayer invites adventurers to travel a diverse land filled with everything from beautiful, grass covered meadows and mountaintops to curious villages, dark caves and even an underwater city. Along the way players gain skills, weapons and experience as their characters grow stronger and choose one of the game’s six exciting classes – Warrior, Archer, Mage, Rogue, Monk and Priest.

Additional Wind Slayer Features Include:

* Hundreds of in-game items to customize your character
* Powerful skills and deadly combos to battle foes
* Hundreds of engaging in-game quests
* Intense multiplayer battles with up to 20 simultaneous players
* Beautiful fantasy worlds and captivating visual effects
* Engaging community features including chat, trade, guilds and more

Wind Slayer is scheduled to be available to a wider North American audience during an open beta launch in February.

Four fun new holiday quests are now available in the MMORPG Fiesta!

Players can now stop by any of Fiesta’s festively decorated major cities to begin these exciting quests and earn cool holiday items. Be careful, however, as a deadly dragon has arrived in the magical world of Isya to try and put an end to the holiday celebrations. It’s up to players to stop this rude reptile and save the holidays!

Fiesta players are also welcome to share the holiday spirit by hanging out with their friends and enjoying the new in-game holiday music and winter snow instead.

For more information, including full patch notes, visit the Fiesta website now.

Related Links:
Fiesta Website: http://fiesta.outspark.com
Patch Notes: http://www.outspark.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1433409

Fast Action Role-Playing Game Offers Versatile Battle Modes, Captivating Visual Effects, Fantasy Characters, Hundreds of Quests and more!

Outspark, a leading entertainment services company that publishes and operates massively multiplayer online games, today announced that it will soon be launching Wind Slayer, an online role-playing adventure game in which players embark on a hero’s journey through hundreds of quests, battles and more. To view the Wind Slayer trailer and request more information about the upcoming game, visit www.playwindslayer.com.

Wind Slayer is the first title announced since Outspark launched its new Outspark.com portal, a place where its more than 3.5 million community members can connect and interact by creating profiles and friends lists in order to share stories, user generated videos and more.

“Outspark prides itself in selecting games that fit into a wide variety of styles and genres to create a virtual playground accessible to gamers of all types,” stated Paul Thind, CBO of Outspark. “Wind Slayer’s cool graphics, fast-paced gameplay and unique features, like the mentoring system, are sure to offer our community endless hours of challenging fun.”

Wind Slayer introduces blazing fast, side-scrolling 2D action in a combat system that rewards precise control and timing. The game’s visual style evokes images of nostalgic fairy tales with friendly sprite-based characters and gorgeous fantasy backgrounds.

In addition to a rich role-playing experience featuring diverse and powerful character classes and hundreds of in-game quests, Wind Slayer includes a thrilling player-versus-player mode offering gamers a chance to battle one another in challenging stages. Other unique features include a character customization system, chat system, mentoring system and captivating visual effects.
Key Features

* Accessible to Gamers of All Ages and Experience Levels
* Immersive Fantasy World Featuring Diverse and Engaging Characters
* Mentoring System Rewarding In-Game Cooperation
* Powerful Abilities and Captivating Visual Effects
* Hundreds of In-Game Quests and a Deep Storyline
* Versatile Gameplay and a Wide Selection of Battle Modes Including:
o Team Fight
o Death Match
o Capture the Flag

Wind Slayer will enter a Closed Beta Test in early 2009, during which a limited number of players will gain early access to the game to help Outspark test and refine key elements. Shortly thereafter, the game will become available to the general public. To view the Wind Slayer trailer and to sign up for additional news alerts about Wind Slayer please visit www.playwindslayer.com.

Since the company’s formation in January 2007, the Outspark online community has grown to more than 3.5 million users, the majority of which are located in North America. Outspark’s free-to-play games cover a wide variety of genres and include the titles Fiesta, Secret of the Solstice, Bread ‘n Butter, Project Powder and Blackshot.