Darkfall, an Exercise in Life 3.5.09

Patience, paranoia and pleasure. These are the 3 P's of Darkfall. Unless you screw up and lose all of your gear. Then you can replace the last one with pissed off.

Darkfall is fantastic. It is a challenge and is absolutely fun. Why aren't you playing it?

The Day of Days has Arrived 2.24.09

Darkfall is tomorrow.

Is there really anything else that needs to be said?

Aventurine Throws Down 2.18.09

Darkfall Staff: Hey Tasos, what should we do today?

Tasos: Hmm, I dunno, maybe we can - drop the BOMB!

Check our Darkfall section for details!

Call to Arms Reloaded 2.5.09

I recently decided to send out emails to every member from the golden days that I could reach.

If you received that email from me then I'd like to give you the warmest welcome! Be sure to stop by our forums and drop a line or two. If you don't remember what your old forum account was, send me an email and I can fix that up for you.

Clan History 2.3.09

I'm currently in the midst of constructing this clan's history. It's a bit difficult trying to remember every bit and piece of the puzzle from up to 3 years ago. With loads of help, I've gotten a pretty nice piece of it together here.

It's still incomplete, but at least we have something to look back on finally.

Umm yeah 1.27.09

So, Aventurine, what's happening? Aahh, now, are you going to go ahead and have those beta invites for us this afternoon?

BETA Update 1.22.09

DF forums are down, thanks to the hordes of people who want to get in.

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First wave of Invites - Thursday January 22 2009
Posted by Darkfall News on January 22, 2009 20:36

This is an update about what is happening today:

We have sent out the first wave of invites to clans and individual testers. We will send more waves of invites within a few hours. Invited players will be able to download the Darkfall installer.

We are applying the latest patch, and players will be able to start patching soon, and entering the game.

We are spacing out the invites in order to facilitate the download of the client. We will continue sending out more invites every day until we reach our capacity.

Since this first phase has to do with stress testing the servers, and doing final testing on features, we are not lifting the NDA until this testing is concluded.

We apologize for the problems with the forums and the website today, we have been experiencing denial of service attacks, and we are working to resolve them.

See you in Agon!

Beta Day is Here! 1.21.09

Darkfall beta is due to be out today. Best case rabid fanboy scenario: 2pm PST, which is midnight in Greece thereby making it the 22nd. On the otherhand, I'm sure Tasos relishes his sleep, so 10pm PST would probably be a bit more realistic.

Though I wouldn't be surprised if you know what happened... Again. But I'm knocking on wood here.

Darkfall Delayed 1.15.09

Again.

Not all is lost though, as we'll be getting a chance to be part of the public beta, which is now happening on January 22nd.

This allows us to expand our ranks further and get in touch with older and former members of HoT in preparation for the Darkfall launch.

If you are interested in joining us, please visit our forums for more information.

Time to Throw Down 1.10.09

Hand of Tartarus is accepting applications for Darkfall. Please take the time to fill out an application at our forums.

Hand of Tartarus - Wolves of the Sea

We will be smashing and grabbing anything that isn't nailed down. We have ventrilo, thanks to Motz, which as anyone knows is absolutely vital for the dirty work we're going to be engaging in.

Not familar with 'throwing down'? Are you a crafter or PvEer? That's fine. We're recruiting all sorts of playstyles. On our downtimes sailing, while we're not hijacking another ship, we'll be exploring the land in order to lock down resource nodes and dungeons for loot.

Word of Mouth 1.07.09

Thanks to the 8 years of work from the hands of the Grecian company, Aventurine, Darkfall is now officially 2 weeks away from its European launch date. Though there's hardly any advertising being done for this game, its fan base is growing.

Just browse any forum or MMO blog and you're bound to see it. PvP veterans and hopefuls from around the world, from every scene: Ultima Online, Shadowbane, EVE, Age of Conan, World of Warcraft, even Counterstrike are converging on this phenomena. Darkfall, the bringer of light and hope amidst the time of gaming limbo. Can it deliver, can it save us from this infernal condition called boredom?

8 years! 8 years of polish, of thought and development. Of nitpicking and most importantly of all, of completion. This company is set on its own schedule. They will not release early just because you are bored. They will not change the difficulty of the beginning mobs just because you suck. They follow their own whims. Why? Because they created this game to please themselves.

Will their style and direction appeal to you? Who knows? I sure don't, but I know for a fact that there's currently zero people who are in beta now that are complaining about it.

Keep your hope alive, continue counting the days, and most of all: preach the word. Darkfall is here.

Pardon Our Dust 1.04.09

I'm currently revamping the website again, mostly just recycling stuff but changing the layout at least. Long story short, I accidentally deleted the entire first page of the index, which is why it's been "down" for a short spell. So yeah, now I've been forced into doing this.

At least it looks prettier.

Also, 18 days until Darkfall's Euro launch!

Recruiting for Darkfall

PvP/PK: Open

PvE: Open

Crafting: Open