This weekend marks the anniversary of Dredd’s community events. In honor of such a joyous occasion, we’re donating FIVE unique accessories that you won’t find anywhere else.

In this anniversary event on Steam, players will be defending The Summit. But there’s a twist: Bosses throughout Etheria will be there to crash the party. As players progress through each wave, more and more bosses will appear in larger numbers. Can our Dungeon Defenders community stop these party crashers and save the anniversary, or will our Defenders meet their untimely demise? To sign up for this event, click this link and post your Steam ID, a link to your Steam profile page, the day you’d like to run the event and the time you’d like to run it. Sign-ups close Friday night at 10 p.m. EST, so don’t delay.

In January 2012, Dredd sparked the community-hosted event movement. As our console community events were winding down, Dredd formed a group to carry on the spirit of the events. Enter the 360 Winter Olympics. From a hot lava obstacle course to Squire racing, his events amazed our team and our community. To encourage more participation, we sponsored his events with unique items. Thus, the Sponsored Events were born.

He switched from the 360 to the PC last year. During his time on the PC, he and his team have created The Legend of Selda Events and their current series, the POLYBIUS Doomsday Saga.

Thanks for making our community brighter, Dredd. And thanks to all of our event hosts, both past and present, for all of your hard work. Our community would not be the same without you.

On another note, are you an experienced video editor? Want to help us make amazing videos? We’re looking for a video editing intern! You must have previous experience with video editing and a working knowledge of Adobe After Effects, particularly with compositing overlays onto footage. You do not have to live in the Gainesville, Florida, area, but that would be preferred. If you are interested, please send an email to josh.isom@trendyent.com with the title “Video Editing Intern Application.” Include your name, age and video editing software experience. Samples are not required, but they are appreciated. All applicants must be 18 years of age or older.

Android fans, I have some bad news to share with you. I sat down with the development team to talk about when Second Wave will be coming back to the Google Play Store. I’ve been informed that Second Wave will not be coming back to the store. Our previous hosting arrangement for the game expired, which is why the game went down from the store. To modify the code to use Google’s new content hosting features is too costly.

In that same meeting, we discussed what was happening with Shards Part IV and the patch for PSN EU. At the moment, we’re on target to meet a crucial milestone for our next project. We’re not at risk of missing the milestone, but we need all hands on deck to ensure the ship is steady. That means that, for the time being, the DLC and patch for PSN EU will be postponed until after we hit our milestone. As all of that is under wraps at the moment, we are unable to share a date on when these items will release at this time.

I understand this was not the news you wanted to hear. This is not the kind of news I enjoy sharing. I wish things were different.

Creations of the Week

Here are this week’s Dungeon Defenders Steam code winners! Winners, we’ll be in touch. Want to win a Dungeon Defenders Steam code of your choice? Send your amazing videos, screenshots, fan art and other Dungeon Defenders creations to contest@trendyent.com. Each week, we’ll choose five lucky winners and display them here in our Digest.

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Previously on Dungeon Defenders

As we end this week’s Digest, I’d like to take the moment to announce a few community team changes and addition. We’ve hired Zack “Artorias” Donovan as our new community coordinator. You may have seen Zack’s posts if you hang around our PC/Mac Tech Support subforum. Zack will be helping us with lost heroes, feedback, tech support and Report a Player. Welcome to the team, Zack.

I will be taking a step back to focus on our future, so you’re going to see less of me around these parts. Laura is kindly and boldly stepping up to the plate. Our website content production will be back to full capacity next week.

Should you need me, you can email me, shoot me a Tweet or talk to me via forum PM.

Until next time,
Hitmonchan



Discuss this Digest here!

Like a survivor rising from a fallout shelter, I saw the outside world again.

The sunlight torched my pale skin. Pain, unimaginable pain, coursed through my veins. I fell to my knees and begged the sun demons for mercy.

Then the pain melted away. I rose to my feet without labored breathing or grunting. I was stronger than ever before. I trekked north to Tennessee, where I hiked mountains, walked trails and breathed fresh air for the first time in ages. It was the best of times; it was the best of times.

I’m back in the office now, along with most of our team. A special thank you to Laura for keeping things tidy and orderly while I was gone for the first week. She did a marvelous job.

While I have everyone here, I’d like to direct your attention to the curtain in the room. Behind this velvet cover lies wonder. Mystery. The future of Trendy. Within a few months, the curtain will be drawn. Your eyes will see beauty beyond imagination. You will look upon previous sneak peeks with new understanding.

The curtain could raise at any moment. If you’re vigilant, you’ll know with some advance notice. Maybe a post will appear on our Twitter or Facebook. Maybe a whisper will float like a fallen leaf from a livestream.

Needless to say, you’ll want to be there when the curtain draws.

Our current game isn’t slouching, though. The Steam Holiday sale and the Humble Indie Bundle did wonders for our community numbers. We’re consistently in the Top 25 Most Played Games on Steam with more than 9,000 players at our peak time. We have nearly 40,000 registered users on our official forums. At the time of this post, we have nearly double our currently active forum users than usual. If you’re new to the game, or if you read our forums but don’t normally post, stop by this post and say hi! I’d love to hear from you.

Our fearless leader is out of town at the moment, so if you were hoping for news on Second Wave or PSN EU, there’s nothing new to report at this time.

Interested in Dungeon Defenders merchandise? We want to hear from you! Our Merchandising Manager Alex Polefko put together a survey, and he’d love for you to answer it. It only takes a few minutes of your time. What you say will directly impact what we sell. Please let us know!

Just a few additional things to note. Our Ask Us Anything section is on hiatus as we get things in motion for our reveal. Creations of the Week winners will no longer receive 10 billion mana. Instead, we’ll be offering winners a Steam code for Dungeon Defenders or any piece of DunDef DLC he/she wants. If you win, we’ll add you as a friend on Steam and send you the code via chat.

I know, I know, this Digest is shorter than normal. To make up for it, I’m giving away 10 Dungeon Defenders Steam codes! All you have to do is post a comment on our Digest Discussion thread. To enter, post by Friday at 12 p.m. EST! We’ll announce the winners in the original post of the thread.

Buckle up. 2013 is going to be a big year for Trendy fans.

Until next time,
Hitmonchan



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