Great Gluttonous Gorgos!
A new fiend has been summoned from the Underworld to swell the ranks of the devilite workforce: the gluttonous gorgo!

Gorgos are bulbous fiends who are constantly on the lookout for their next meal. Within the Underworld they are among the lowest in the fiendish pecking order and are used as a twisted form of motivation for white collar devilites. For those that don't work hard every day will eventually become a terrible gorgo; their bodies bloating and their two eyes forming into one, because why waste all that extra energy blinking both?

Hail Knights!

I'd like to announce two exciting new features that will be released in a future update: dashing and shield bashing. Both of these features will be available to all knights as part of their core set of actions.

*There is currently no ETA for these features, though they will soon be available to test on the Test Server*

Dash
The dash is used to evade enemy attacks quickly, providing a burst of speed and limited invulnerability. It provides a great 'escape' from monster attacks or from being surrounded by more agile monsters.

Guild Halls
- Zoom now works in Guild Halls

UI
- The energy panel will pop out to display changes in energy
- The party leader is indicated with a crown

Art
- Lift Barriers now have a unique barrier effect to set them apart from Force Fields. Remember, Lift Barriers do not block monsters!

Levels
- Tutorial: Minis have been added as an appropriately "easy" monster in some early missions
- Compounds: Various improvements and tweaks to many rooms

Bugfixes

Mini Monsters
A new class of monsters known as 'minis' now roams the Clockworks. Experienced knights shouldn't have much of a problem dealing with them, but beware, minis are prone to swarm in packs dozens strong.

- Dust bunnies: These beast-family minis are a hopping mad mess of fangs and fur. They are always hungry.
- Glop drops: The newest member of the slime family will slowly ooze their way toward their prey as a nasty blanket of spikes.
- Grave scarabs: These undead insects are always on the lookout for fresh corpses. Their limited flight signals their attacks.

Bugfixes
- Fixed listing "None" keys during the tutorial
- Fixed health display for some monsters
- Various UI-related, translation and text fixes
- Updated some conversation images
- Corrected name color issues
- Fixed some issues with gremlin thwacker hammer attacks in the Firestorm Citadel
- Revive UI positioning adjusted
- "???" Displayed for random floor names in the level clear interface
- Fixed issue with help tips displaying incorrectly when poisoned

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY SPIRAL KNIGHTS!
Spiral Knights is celebrating its second anniversary with a special event! Join in on the fun now through April 16, 2013!

It's a Caketastrophe!
Visit the Haven Town Square to meet the Skylark's Head Chef, Biscotti. She will inform you of a 'situation' at hand that involves hordes of monstrous cakes known as 'Creep Cakes.' Helping her solve this 'situation' will reward you with cake helms and prize boxes! Features include:

- A Prestige Mission, 'Total Caketastrophe' is available during the event

Greetings!

We wanted to inform you that our ISP will be doing some maintenance starting at approximately 12am PDT on Thursday March 28th. This will result in some downtime that may last for approximately two hours. While you should still be able to play the game, our billing system may not be available. This is the same scheduled maintenance that was canceled on March 13th.

Thanks in advance for your patience!

Greetings!

We wanted to inform you that our ISP provider will be doing some maintenance starting at approximately 6pm PST on Wednesday March 13. This will result in downtime that should last for approximately one hour. While you should still be able to play the game, our billing system will not be available.

Thanks in advance for your patience!

Ah love. Some say it's that warm, fuzzy feeling you get when your special someone looks at you and smiles, holds your hand or makes you laugh. Others say that it's that kinda weird feeling you get when a pink, robotic puppy monster shoots you with its strangely comforting, photon powered heart cannon.

Who are we to say who's right?

Celebrate Valentine's Day with a love that lasts forever! For a limited time, purchase the new Forever Love Puppy Mask from the Supply Depot. Just like true love, this adorable costume mask never expires!

Kataclysmic Confrontation
The Kataclysmic Confrontation has ended... for now. Those black kats cannot be kept at bay for ever and will likely find a way to return from the depths of the abyss once more!

Pembrooke, Montague and the Moorcroft Alchemy Station will remain in Moorcroft Manor and all tokens and materials associated with the event do not expire.

Guild Hall
- Added a confirmation before leaving a party to enter your Guild Hall.
- Added directional indicators to the footprints when placing furnishings.
- Reduced speed of Curious Mewkats.