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Hello everyone,
It is with great sadness that I must announce the retirement of our fabled Shoutbox feature on the Marble Blast Community Website. The decision did not come lightly, but ultimately the Marble Blast Community Staff have decided the Shoutbox's utility versus practicality is simply not worth the effort nor the resources to maintain. We will officially be removing the Shoutbox module from our Website at 6:00 PM Eastern Time on Monday, August 10th, 2015. The live Webchat system will remain as the official method of conversation between members of the community in real time in addition to the Marble Blast Community Forums.
We will be improving other communication channels to account for the absence of the Shoutbox, including numerous fixes to the Private Messaging and Support Request systems over the next few weeks to ensure users are able to communicate with the Staff in the event of an emergency or a system outage. More details on these improvements will come to fruition later this month.
Thank you again for your understanding. We encourage members to utilize the Webchat system for all of your real-time conversational desires.
Best regards,
~Aayrl
Marble Blast Community Manager
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Self explanatory.
Enjoy,
The Platinum Team
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Hey all,
In the past week we've had some incomplete modification releases. While it's a shame that they were never finished, at least we can now enjoy what progress they had achieved! The two mods which have released are Marble Blast Plus and Project Dragon. You can go find them on the Incomplete Modifications downloads page. While there are minor issues with the two, there is still quite a large amount of playable material for you to enjoy. Thanks to Martin5656565 and Alexis for releasing Marble Blast Plus, and to Whirligig for releasing Project Dragon.
We hope you enjoy these new releases,
The MarbleBlast.com Staff
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Hey folks!
School is out, the air is warm, and it's time for your marble to take a swim! Starting July 15th and lasting through August 21st, I will be randomly hopping online to give your marble the vacation it deserves! Join me and your favorite friends as we play the all new Fun in the Sun event level! Compete for top scores and earn unique website achievements and limited time titles! You won't want to miss out on the action!
In addition to the traditional gem hunt mode, I'll also be hosting several "Challenge" events on this exciting new level. These Challenge events will occur typically on the weekends during peak activity hours, so be sure to join in on the fun for your chance at some extra special adventures! We hope to see you there!
~Aayrl
Marble Blast Community Manager
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Hey all,
The Platinum Team is pleased to announce that the next patch of Marble Blast Platinum will be 1.60. Due to large amounts of bugfixes, requests and plenty of additions from us, the next patch is going to be massive.
Among the new features include an in-game screen recorder and encoder and an improved level editor/inspector, new Multiplayer game modes, and above all else: Marble Blast Platinum becomes High Definition. The User Interface will look better in 1080p (no more tiny numbers!) and Gold/Platinum textures are re-made in higher resolution to both look much better, but also prepare for a future Shaders update. This patch (internally called MBP HD) will release during either August or September, and not later. It will also set the stage for other awesome things which we will reveal... whenever we do :)
MBP 1.60 will also include new OpenGL requirements, checking whether the graphics cards supports 2.1 and above. Anything using 2.0 will not be able to open the game. These requirements are in preparation for the future's Shaders Engine, whose release date is unknown (so don't ask us, please).
New Graphics cards requirements for 1.60 and above:
Windows
- Nvidia GeForce 6000 series and above
- ATI Radeon HD 2000 series and above
- Intel HD Graphics
Mac:
- Any Nvidia or ATI/AMD
- Intel HD Graphics
While this major patch is in progress, PlatinumQuest development will continue as normal. Our current goal is programming Marble Blast Platinum to include PlatinumQuest, and thus the need to rebuild the codebase and fix bugs and crashes as we add the features. The Shader Engine development is temporarily halted until we have the time for it again.
Thanks,
The Platinum Team