Ladies, Gentlemen - dear readers. For many years now, we have been trying to update our site, giving it new software that can stand the test of time. Something that can be supported by today's server providers and also more easily be updated when we need to in the future. After sterling work from our house-trained gremlins the last several weeks, we are well underway.

Our Round Table forums are up and running.

There aren't many custom styles yet, that will take time. But we're working on it! The genius who designed those other nice skins of the old table, Robenhagen, has been forced (that torture chamber sure comes in handy sometimes) out of retirement to work on some new ones for us. Meanwhile, though: enjoy the new forum's features. :) The main news site is being put up now; things are moving forward. Old articles are being transferred so they can be read. Later, we will create some nice colours and design features, as well as maps and such goodies.

What has happened while we were away? Well, quite a bit. I'll summarize the highlights here, with links to off-site stories:

• Heroes VII will have a treasure hunt feature.
• The redesigned Vampire and Lich creatures as well as the neutrals were revealed, causing much discussion from users.
• The developers have set up a modding tool.
• Dungeon creatures and heroes have been revealed.
• The biggest news is the info on the map editor. 
  • Random Map Generator: Confirmed!
• • Campaign editor: Confirmed!

We also missed this year's Gamescom. You can read a final report here, and I'm sure more Heroes VII stuff will be revealed from here later.