Wolfpack Studios just announced the addition of six new and very distinguished developers to the Shadowbane team! Joe Ybarra joined the Shadowbane Team as the new Executive Producer. His primary responsibilities include acting as a liaison between the various publishing partners, and both scheduling and managing the project through the final phases of development and release. Jason "Illyar" Greathouse signed on at Wolfpack as the Build Manager. He is responsible for executing and maintaining Client and Server builds for the Shadowbane beta. Jason distributes these builds to each of the Shadowbane publishing partners. Sara "Lietgardis" Jensen is a new member of the Shadowbane Design Team. Her primary tasks including verifying and updating various statistical data, primarily related to game balancing. Ben Roberts is a new part of the Quality Assurance Team. He will be assisting in the testing of game balance relating to the City Sieging system of Shadowbane, including such areas as city building, city management, and siege warfare. Rick "K'Dah" Fields is the latest Shadowbane fan turn developer for Wolfpack Studios, who joins the team as a World Integrator. His primary duties include data integration at the highest level: data relating to configuration and placement of worlds, continents, and adventure zones. Damion "Ubiq" Schubert also joined the Wolfpack Studios design team for Shadowbane as well. As a Senior Designer, Damion will assist in the areas of game balance and design, and will also be focused on the design needs of the Shadowbane game service after it goes live. Please welcome and congratulate all the new Developers in the Shadowbane family!

Aerynth Sanctum is proud to announce the "Magazine Cover Contest" that we will be running for the next week. In this contest, any and all are welcome to submit their version of a Shadowbane-themed magazine cover and voting by the community will decide the winners. The top ten placers will all receive beta accounts for the North American server(s) (courtesy Vosx and Ubisoft). The top three placers will each receive a shadowbane t-shirt in addition to their beta account. The first place winner will also receive a free copy of Shadowbane (when it's released, of course). Complete rules and submission guidelines can be found in the contest forum we've set up just for this occasion. Please direct any questions to myself or Div Devlin. Happy Contesting!