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June 24, 2011

June 15, 2011

May 20 to June 10, 2011

  • There were some issues with the automatic delivery of the 7 Daily Welcome Back Items. Make sure you received them all, otherwise send in a ticket. See the Free Realms News article for the entire list.
  • Information has become available about the free year of identity theft protection that SOE is providing through Debix. Anyone that had an account with SOE before the shutdown is eligible for this service. Please read this article for all of the details. If you have more than one account, you only need to sign up once.
  • Memorial Mania Player Appreciation Event was held May 27th to 30th.
  • Glerga's cake was fixed, so you can finish the Perfecting the Batter quest and the rest of the questline.
  • There's a new Tractor ride. Wouldn't it be cool if it actually helped you out on your farm?
  • Some people have been seen riding around on a Futuristic Bicycle. These are only available as prizes from FR Community Team members. Zatozia and others will PM you a code for this bike if they feel you have been helpful on the official forums or (randomly) if you show up at Community events.
  • The Birthday Bash remained until June 10th. Unfortunately, there was no warning about its removal, so many customers are upset that they did not get to finish quests or purchase items (since many were expecting a sale during the last week of the event).
  • Some of the Summer items have returned to the Marketplace: Dark Flower Island Shirt, Island Shirt, Palm Tree Island Shirt, and Swirly Flower Island Shirt.

May 14, 2011

  • All SOE games and forums returned to service today, after an extended shutdown. For more info, please read the articles on the SOE website.
  • When you first log in, you will be prompted to reset your password. This is a mandatory step being taken by SOE, so you will have to change your password on each different SOE account that you have. You are allowed 10 attempts per 24 hours per IP address, that includes erroneous attempts on the same account or different attempts on different accounts.
  • There are special Welcome Back packages available for all of the SOE games, with different items available depending on your membership level. For the list of items, please read SOE's article.
    • Newly created characters will also get the 7 Daily FR Items.
    • Make sure you log in by June 15, 2011, to take advantage of this.
  • Because of the shutdown, the Member Bonus Bonanza and the Birthday Bash have been extended. No word on new end dates at this time.
  • The March 2011 Member's Pack has finally been fixed, and was distributed automatically to every character on a membership account.
  • During this Welcome Back time frame, new characters are starting with 500 SC, instead of 250 SC.

April 30, 2011

  • Another Double SC event, for both store-bought SC cards and online credit card purchases, happened today.
  • There's also a Member Bonus Bonanza starting. Purchase or upgrade membership and get free SC. For more info, please read the announcement on the official forums.
  • There are new free ad items popping up on the profile page, related to Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs Evil (© The Weinstein Co.)

April 22, 2011

April 14, 2011

April 8, 2011

March 30, 2011

  • The March 2011 Member's Pack was distributed on the 28th. However, very few actually received them. There were some problems with the way items in the pack were working, and the developers are making corrections. Redistribution will occur after the fix.
  • In the Marketplace, there's a new ride: Poison Dragon.
  • There are VIP Titles that you can put in front of your name, a different one for each Rank.
  • The Cherry Blossom Tree is gone from the Marketplace 2 days earlier than expected.

March 24, 2011

  • You can now set up your own stadium a little easier, with the Bleachers now available in the Marketplace.
  • SOE and Sony are making donations to the Japan Relief Effort, and they would like you to help out this great cause as well. For every Cherry Blossom Tree purchased from March 25 - 28, 2011, SOE will donate $10 to the Red Cross. There are items available in other SOE games. Note: Extended until April 1, 2011.

March 16 - 18, 2011

  • Festival of Hearts has come to a close. According to Pex, some things will be taken out on the 16th, with anything left being removed on the 18th.
  • SOE is running a Luck o' the Irish Sweepstakes from March 17 - 20. For details, see our full story.
  • During the sweepstakes, if you redeem the new $15 SOE Universal Card, you will receive a bonus of 1000 SC.
  • When making an SC purchase for the first time after the March 18th update, you will be prompted to enter your zip code. This has to do with Sony's tax-reporting procedures.
  • Updates were made to the Housing Server, to prevent loss of purchases, set up, items, and decoration progress.
  • The only thing added to the Marketplace is a Lava Tiger pet.

March 9, 2011

March 3 - 4, 2011

  • The new card game, Treasure War had its "soft launch" today, according to Pex on the FR forum. There are still some bugs to be worked out, so please report any that you find.
  • In the Marketplace, you'll find a number of items related to the new card game, including booster packs, gems, and more campaigns.
  • There's also a new lot in the Marketplace: Vale Stream Lot.
  • Fixes were made to some of the Gifting Basket reward items.

February 22, 2011

February 17, 2011

  • A brand new item has been added for Festival of Hearts: a Gifting Basket.
  • The VIP Level should now display correctly.
  • There's a President's Day Sale going on this coming weekend. All SC housing items (including houses and lots) are on sale for 50% off. For the special offers available in other SOE games, see our full story.

February 10, 2011

  • There's been more Festival of Hearts items added to both the Marketplace and Coin Shop.
  • The February 2011 Member's Pack has been distributed.
  • SOE has started a VIP Program in FR. There are 5 Levels (or Ranks), and each new level allows you to access certain SC items, VIP titles, and wear certain clothing across jobs.

February 3, 2011

January 27, 2011

January 20, 2011

January 12, 2011

  • Two new items in the Marketplace:
  • As they did with Spooktacular, all Snow Days items in the Holiday section of the Marketplace are on sale for 50% off during this last week of the event. Yes, that does mean Snow Days will be ending next week.

January 5, 2011

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