Shadowbane has finally done some updating to the official site and I thought I would bring the information here to you. Please notice when they mentioned party, I bet it was since Ubi Soft offered to buy all the booze! They also mentioned that the closed beta is now ongoing. Give us some updates and let us know how it looks. January 16th, 2002 We have the first of many fan screenshots taken during the Shadowbane demo at the Wolfpack/Ubi Soft party last weekend in Austin. Many of our fans had the opportunity to sit down at a station and actually create their Shadowbane character. Once that process was completed, we took a screenshot for publication on the site. Now you can see and imagine how some of your friends (and enemies) will look like in the game. We will be adding more each day, and you can find them here! January 17th, 2002 Wolfpack Studios and ubi.com are pleased to announce that the official North American closed beta test has commenced for the eagerly anticipated fantasy-based Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMO) Shadowbane. Over two years of game development, internal testing, and design work by Wolfpack Studios has culminated in the release of this closed beta test. The selected group of beta testers, chosen from the rapidly expanding Shadowbane community, have started to enter the lands of Aerynth™ and experience the immersive world and addictive game play of Shadowbane this week. "We are very excited that Shadowbane has reached this key milestone, and we are looking forward to seeing how the world of Aerynth and the community evolve during the closed beta period," said Jason Rubinstein, General Manager of ubi.com. "This test will help us further shape and define this great project with Wolfpack Studios and lead the way to commercial release."