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Those who have been watching us a little too closely in the last couple of months may have noticed the occasional dropped reference to upgrading the forum, bumping the Bone games up to take advantage of the the latest version of the Telltale Tool, or maybe even the occasional flat-out declaration that we're redoing everything about our website. If so, it probably comes as no surprise to you to discover that we redid everything about our website.




Though Emily, or a press release (or more likely, both Emily and a press release) will officially fill you in on the details on Monday, we've put up the site up now to let everyone take a look around, and so we can get more public (and therefore more humiliating) look at what parts of it are going to break and fall off the moment more than 3 people are checking the site at once.




So what's new? Let's see...[readmore]

• Sam & Max Season One pre-orders have begun! A quick stop by the store or the new Sam & Max page can fill you in on the details, and, of course, let you place your order for the full six-episode run.
  
  
• Telltale is now carrying an assortment of third-party games! A quick glance at the front page of the site will show you that we've expanded our lineup to include four new game series, all of which we think compliment Telltale's own titles. We've got Ankh from Deck13 Interactive, both Samorost games from Amanita Design, Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine from Himilaya Studios, and the first case from Law & Order: Criminal Intent by Legacy Interactive. It's like you died and went to... an online store that's got lots of story-based games!
  
  
• We totally replaced the forum! We ditched the mysterious world of MVN Forum for the standard, more recognizable and easy-to-use vBulletin. As an added bonus, we took advantage of the switch to integrate user accounts across the site. You no longer need separate account for both the forums and the main Telltale site. Now you can log into the main page to post comments in the blog, edit any newsletter subscription settings you have, or check your purchase history, and then you can jump right over to the forums and already be logged in. Woo!
  
  
• Out From Boneville and The Great Cow Race have both been updated to use the latest version of the Telltale Tool! What does this mean? Most importantly, the new versions are compatible with more systems, so if you were having trouble playing the Bone games in the past you might want to give them another go. There are two other side benefits of the upgrade: you can now run both games in multiple resolutions (up to 1600x1200), and if you need extra help suppressing the walkthrough-urge, you can now turn off the games' hint systems in the main menu. Check them out on the new Bone site.
  
  
• There are a bunch of other little things too, but it's the middle of the night and my eyes and brain are beginning to melt together, so you get to discover them for yourself!

Also, as is the case with such things, with every new feature comes a part of the site that isn't quite done yet. If you come across a page that doesn't quite look polished, or is flat out missing, with only a "coming soon" sign hanging in its place, there's a good chance that will be remedied by the next time you're here.



Well, we're all off to bed now. Hopefully nothing violently implodes overnight.