We meet again in this new year of 3010.

Big week. The long-awaited GEARS Games are now underway! I'm sure everyone's thinking Wolfblade will win but we'll just see about that. We have new factors to worry about. To start, I'll simply say that if you lose a battle, the house that beat you will get a victory. The stakes are high now. Some might think that they're not high enough. Well, get ready for chaos.

In Mecha Ball, and the duels you will find that there are now battle parameters that will create penalties and other weird effects. To give you an idea of what they are, here are a few examples:

If you're Wolfblade and you use Berserk in the fight, you will be penalized with a 2x Damage over Time.

If you are Runehawk and you use Mana Shield in the fight, your penalty is losing half of your EP!

If you're Mystraven and you use Smokescreen in the fight, you lose 3 turns.

Good stuff, huh? Don't forget, these are just a few of the penalties that can come up. This GEARS Games will be the most exciting for sure.

We also have a new quest where you can infiltrate an enemy House and steal their mascot! You may have some trouble with the House Groundskeeper though.

We've made a few new weapons today and have added them to the GEARS games shop list and there will be more coming. (Time got the best of us) They will only work for your house so only buy it if you're the house the weapon works for. Make sense? Hope so.

I certainly hope everyone enjoyed the holidays and I wish the best for 2010 3010 on everyone.

Time to roll and we're out the door!! Enjoy the release!