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The Wind Slayer Developer’s Office had a fire last night, Sept 17.

This resulted in the postponing of the Wind Slayer maintenance and sale until tonight, Sept 17, 10:00pm-12:00am PDT. It also means the release of the fashion school items will be after maintenance tonight

The fire itself was distinguished quick enough to avoid any major damage to the office.

Hopefully the fire wasn’t a result of someone in the office trying to prove that people should have listened to his fire safety tips.

Most people aren’t aware that an actual Project Powder CD was created, so we wanted to give you guys a glimpse at it.

We also wanted to tell you that this CD was actually part of the gift bag given out to the audience members that attended the Teen Choice Awards event in Los Angeles, California, August 10.

Outspark  is proud to announce that it has been named a 2009 Red Herring Top 100 North America Award Finalist.  

In San Diego, from May 11-13, an exclusive audience of C-level entrepreneurs, government officials, senior business developers, corporate strategists, and venture capital funds reviewed the future of technology and witnessed the Red Herring Top 100 awards.  Recognized as the most promising private tech companies in the U.S. , nominees were assessed on both quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their ecosystem.  200 Finalists for the Red Herring Top 100 were selected from more than 2,000 entries.  http://www.herringevents.com/northamerica09/redherring100.html#winner

“We are honored to be a finalist of the 2009 Red Herring Top 100 North America award, and to be in the company of fellow recipients like Twitter,  Zynga, RockYou! And Offerpal.” said Susan Choe, Outspark Founder and CEO.  “This award further validates our leading edge efforts in redefining engagement in the gaming space.”

Quote from website:

To be selected as a Red Herring 100 winner or finalist is a mark of distinction and high honor. Only 200 companies are chosen as finalists out of a pool of thousands. Of those finalists we selected 100 companies as winners. To decide on these companies the Red Herring editorial team diligently surveys entrepreneurship around the globe. Technology industry executives, investors, and observers regard the Red Herring 100 lists as invaluable instruments to discover and advocate the promising startups that will lead the next wave of disruption and innovation.

Past award winners include Google, Yahoo!, Skype, Netscape, Salesforce.com, and YouTube.

Click here for the full list.

About Red Herring:

Red Herring is a global media company uniting the world’s best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine; an online daily technology news service; technology newsletters, and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider’s access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. For more information, visit www.redherring.com.

For more information, please check out http://www.herringevents.com/northamerica09/index.html

MMOFury just announced the winners of their most recent Fansite Awards competition.

Once again two Outspark fansites were recognized for their hard work and dedication: FiestaFan and OutsparkClub!

Congratulations to these two great sites for making the Outspark community an even better place! We appreciate all of your hard work and excellent content. If you haven’t yet stopped by and seen all the great things these sites have to offer, now’s the time to do it.

Click here to check out all of the MMOFury Fansite Award winners.

We mention in-game events a lot when talking about our games. From fierce monster battles to intense guild wars, frenetic PvP contests and more, we try hard to create events that appeal to many different types of players.

There are quite a few different events to enjoy, but how do you know which one is right for you? A good place to start is this new article at IGN’s RPG Vault. It contains plenty of great information from Fiesta GM Dakkon.