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22nd August
  • Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"
    Quoth the raven "Nevermore."

    We have new Battledome Challenger - The Black Pteri!!!

  • Neopets Board Game - Staff Challenge - Click here for a run-down of what happened when the Neopets Staff attempted to play Adventures in Neopia yesterday! Blurry photos courtesy of Adam :)

  • NEOQUEST II SNEAK PREVIEW - Here are a few of the monsters from NeoQuest II which should be launching in a couple of months (hopefully!) We will put more up soon, but for now here is the Rampaging Grundonoil, Heart of Nox, and of course, Kolvars the Terror Fiend!!!


  • Today's Mystery Pic has been launched! The answer to the last one was 'A City Building from NeoQuest'.

  • The Bakery has some new stuffed pastries on sale in Tchea, Cabbage and Cauliflower flavours!

  • This week's PPL goes to the PURPLE BUZZER!!! Congratulations to all the lucky owners!

  • Neopets TCG Update - ahhh ok we were so excited about showing everybody the cards yesterday, we thought we would show you some more today! By the way we think the launch date is going to be September the 19th! Check out the totally terrifying Meowclops and Pant Devil!!!

  • We noticed that Zurroball wasn't giving out as many Neopoints as the other games, so we upped it by 50%!

  • Aww there are some new Fun Images to choose from including the Ultra Cute sleeping Poogle.

  • The latest Pet Spotlight award goes to Pinndrop the Red Mynci.

  • There are some new Tiled Backgrounds featuring Illusen, Jhudora and a Water Faerie.

21st August
  • NEW GAME!!! First there was Brucey B Slots... now there is Black Pawkeet Slots. Better, bigger prizes, and with a bonus game! Currently Black Pawkeet Slots is in Alpha mode which means we have capped the max bet to 10 NP, we will most probably make this a little bit higher when all the bugs have been worked out.


    YARRR!!

  • MAGAZINE NEWS!!! In case you haven't heard, the very first issue of the official Neopets Magazine (by Beckett) is going to be launching in September. It's going to have news about great new Neopets games (including NeoQuest II), exclusive interviews with staff, a massive section dedicated to the Neopets TCG, latest Neopets toy and game reviews, a free poster, competitions and lots more!

    Also if you subscribe you get a free Limited Edition Neopets Plushie and some Neopets stickers (with a Rare Item Code!). Click here for more information!

  • Today's Better Than You features Blarthrox. Can you beat him at Evil Fuzzles from Beyond the Stars?!!

  • You did get your Usukicon Goodie Bag right?

  • Today's Site Spotlight award is shared by Tammello2000 and Susasusausa for Tamm's Asparagus Hoard.

  • Lurking deep at the bottom of Neopia's oceans is a new terror... (and no, we don't mean Donna!)

  • Neopets TCG Update - It's been a while since we mentioned anything, so here are sneak previews of two of the cards that will be in the first set! Introducing Copier v2.0, and the very scary Dark Faerie Sisters!!!

    Remember the game is going to launch very very soon!!! Keep checking the news page for more information!

  • It seems not everyone had a fantastic time at Usukicon yesterday, we have a new Neopedia story to prove it.

  • Decorate your Desktop with these new backgrounds featuring the new Usuki dolls. We also changed the backgrounds page to display 12 per page instead of 9.

  • Cowsbark is the new Neoadventure Spotlight award winner with their adventure - When You Wave A M@gic W@nd.

    You sit down in your ordinary chair and flick on your ordinary TV show. "My life is too ordinary," you say drearily. "Why can't something amazing happen to me?"

  • Get your thinking caps on and start creating a witty phrase to go along with this picture. A new Caption Contest has begun.

  • Some Usukicon Poems have just gone live (slightly late but never mind!)

  • The Shadow Lenny, Brown Poogle and Starry Poogle have been updated.

20th August - Usukicon Year 5!!!!
  • ^-^ o.O It's Usukicon! O.o ^_^
    -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

    Neopians have travelled from all over to take part in the BIGGEST Usuki event of the year. Thousands of pets nervously await the answers to those all important questions - What new Usuki dolls will be unveiled? Are there any new play sets in the works? and most importantly how can they get their bag of free stuff?!!!

  • Why not change your Buddy Icon to one with an Usuki theme?

  • If you are lucky enough to get hold of the fabled, magical USUKI PAINTBRUSH, and you use it to paint an Usul - look what may happen!!!

  • The moment you have all been waiting for is here, the four Usukicon Year 5 Usuki dolls have been unveiled...

  • The Lenny Conundrum has just launched! The answer to last week's horrible nasty puzzle was '25 Prime Numbers'. Good luck on this week's one, there is a rather special prize for the winners!

  • NEW NON-USUKI-THEMED RANDOM EVENT!!!

    Something has happened!
    Oh look, a delicious biscuit is on the floor. You bend down to pick it up, and spin around - somebody has stolen 114 NP from you while you were distracted!

  • If you get creative at the Island Cooking Pot you may be able to make one of these new Usuki recipes.

  • Usuki Frenzy will always be (from now on) the Featured Game during the Usukicon.

  • As Grundo Day is on a Sunday this year, so we will be celebrating it next Monday (the 24th) instead. Make sure you send in all your Grundo related goodies before then.

  • Eeeep! Miamice have a bold new look too! I wonder why all these petpets are being redrawn???

  • We have a new Mystery Pic today! The answer to the last one was 'Young King Skarl'.

  • This week's Petpet Spotlight award goes to Shadows the Noil.

  • There are two new Top Secret Usuki Chat Avatars to find...

  • The Rainbow Lenny has been updated, so has the Red Grarrl and the Skunk, Pink and Rainbow Poogles!!!

  • Lookie - there are two new Usuki themed shopkeepers to choose from!

  • Proudly display how much you love Usukis with these bew Usukicon Year 5 Posters, available in the Furniture Shop now.

  • The Lenny large animation has been updated.

  • Even your shop can get in on the Usuki fever with this new Usuki Blog!

  • No serious Usuki collector can consider their collection complete until they have these four new Usuki Play Sets. Each one features a different Neopian region. On sale at Usukiland now!

  • This week's Gallery Spotlight award goes to Yoyo5o for their outstanding shop dedicated to Usukis and Usukicon.

  • Every poster can now be put into your Neohome - Yay!

19th August
  • Behold the Babyca!!! This Super Cute new petpet is available in the Petpet Shop now, although it is rather rare.

  • We have a new Neopedia article featuring the rather eccentric Colonel Cobb :P

  • Why not send a friend one of these rather fetching new Illusen Neogreetings?

  • It seems Angelpi arent the only petpets to be tweaked... Gruslens have got a new pose so now you can see more of their adorable faces!

  • If you get a disease at the Wheel of Excitement then it won't be Grumbles any more!

  • RAWR!!! Green Grarrls have a more ferocious new look!

  • The latest Site Spotlight award goes to Xijenna and Pariqa for their website - Xijenna's Page.

  • The Pink Lenny, Orange Lenny, Purple Lenny and Speckled Lenny have been updated.

18th August - Meerca Day
  • To start Meercas now have three new Battledome Abilities - Meerca Tail Guard, Meerca Mind Trance and Meerca Ricochet.

  • We have a very special page of Meerca Day Poems!!!

  • The Book Shop has some new Meerca themed books on sale.

  • Yarrrrr! New Chat Avatars. Can YOU work out how to get them?

  • Well some people were cheating the Neopian Lottery by buying up thousands of cards! We have fixed this, now each player can purchase a maximum of 20 cards a day to make it fairer.

  • You can now add a Meerca Blog to your shop :)

  • The Poogles that we uploaded were a bit ... large.. so we shrunk them slightly :) We have also redrawn the following paintbrushes... more on the way!

  • Today's Pet Spotlight award goes to Cheesey350, a Meerca who was born a Mynci.

  • Issue 104 of the Neopian Times has just been released. Here you will find lots of stories about Meercas and other Neopets, as well as all the usual comics, articles and adventures.


    I wish...

  • Oooh lookie at the latest Meerca battledome items. They are on sale in the Battle and Defence Magic shops now.

  • Make sure you take your Meerca to see Cap'n Threelegs at his Swashbuckling Academy or they will miss out on all that lovely FREE TRAINING!!!

  • Meercas can now be painted Plushie and Starry.

  • A new round of the Beauty Contest begins today. Make sure you don't miss out on your chance to decide who is the fairest of them all.

  • The Bakery has got into the swing of things with these delicious new Meerca day treats.

  • There are three new Meerca themed Tiled Backgrounds to choose from!

  • "I can't believe we're doing this," said Trikkana, hooves clomping dully on the sodden wood of the ancient porch. Her Poogle companion shook, flinging the water off of herself. "Don't tell me you REALLY think his house is 'haunted'! It's just abandoned."

    A new Story Telling Contest has just begun.

  • Rather unsurprisingly today's Caption Contest has a bit of a Meerca theme to it :)

  • Why not brighten up your shop or webpage with these new Meerca Fun Images?

 
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