News & Updates

February 25, 2014
If you are interested in hearing about some of the vision we've got for the future, be sure to check out the TED talk that James gave recently about the power of truly social games.

FEATURE
Crews! This is a feature similar to guilds in other MMO's, where you can form a crew, team up with friends and challenge other crews to gambling battles. Crews can also get upgrades like XP and casino bonuses. You can also purchase a crew lot and build a Crew Hall where your members can hang out, meet and show off. Your crew name will show over your character, on your profile and in global chat.
FEATURE
Global chat has been updated to add a new tab for crew chat. This is chat that can only be seen with others in your crew. You can chat in crew chat by going to the tab, or typing "/c" before your message.
UPDATE
The client now checks with the server that it is running the latest version of the game and notifies you if you are out of date. This will be especially useful when we push out new updates, as you'll get an instant notification of the new version.
FIX
The following medals are now awarding correctly: Millionaire, Elevator Music, 90 Hours Played.
FIX
Fixed several issues from this past weekend that were causing server crashes and other various issues.
February 18, 2014
CONTEST UPDATE: Due to the below mentioned bug that has now been fixed, we've extended the referral contest by a week.

FEATURE
Bartender Job: This new job is unlocked once you reach level 10 janitor status. You access this job the same way as the janitor job. Get ready to mix drinks for the onslaught of casino patrons and see if you can get a new high score!
FIX
Fix bug that was causing share links to not always load your casino floor correctly.
FIX
Fix bug in Roulette that would sometimes cause 2 spins to happen simultaneously if a player left at the same instant that the first spin was starting.
FIX
Purchasing a casino/condo item now updates the status of other items based on your updated chips/casino point totals.
FIX
Fix a few bugs with slots.
FIX
Fix a bug in that caused by scrolling too quickly.
February 8, 2014

NEW CONTEST: For the next month we'll be running a referral contest with some big prizes. We've made it incredibly easy to participate and win, so get all all of the details by clicking the contest icon in-game (to the right of the Casino Points display) and by going to this forum post.

FEATURE
53 new character customization options are now available (there's even a ninja outfit)!
FEATURE
In preparation for upcoming jobs, we've created a "job board" that lets you access all of your jobs and see an overview of stats for all of them. You currently access this the same way you access the janitor job (by clicking on the mop bucket in your condo).
UPDATE
There are now keyboard shortcuts for the Yes (y) and No (no) buttons when selecting what to do about insurance in Blackjack.
FIX
Fixed a bug in Roulette that threw an error saying you didn't have enough chips when you had only the amount for one max bet.
FIX
Adding/removing friends from the profile inside CasinoRPG now works correctly.
FIX
Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause world objects to visually disappear (such as flower beds in parks).
FIX
Several bugs relating to Roulette jackpots have been squashed.
FIX
Updated our audio engine to fix some cross-browser issues.
FIX
Repositioned an out of place fire hydrant and manhole.
FIX
Prevent the taxi window from being cut off on smaller screens.
FIX
Leaving BJ/Roulette on an upper floor no longer causes the outside walls/lower floors to disappear.
FIX
Various bug fixes for sprint party missions.
FIX
Various bug fixes and tweaks with the new slots.
February 5, 2014
FEATURE
Jungle Slots! Our latest and greatest third slot theme is now available to play and place in your own casino.
FEATURE
Along with the jungle slots comes a whopping 42 new jungle themed items!
FEATURE
32 new indoor tiles are now available for your casinos and condos, including some new jungle-themed tiles.
FEATURE
New leaderboards! You can now track the rankings for: Roulette Rounds, Largest Slot Wins, Poker Winnings, Total Casino Profit and Current Consecutive Days.
UPDATE
The formula that calculates the score used in the monthly and all-time rankings has been completely recreated to give a better overall look at gameplay.
UPDATE
The timer on Roulette is now 25 seconds instead of 20.
FIX
Several Roulette bug fixes and tweaks.
FIX
Various other bug fixes.
February 3, 2014
FEATURE
Yes, the much anticipated fourth casino game is finally here - Roulette! Just go up to any roulette table to play (there is a new roulette table item that can be purchased for your casinos). This is a standard roulette game with one zero that seats up to 4 players at once. There is also a progressive jackpot.
UPDATE
The Bounty mission (first team party mission) can now be started more than once every reset period.
FIX
Other players will no longer appear to "teleport" randomly when walking around the map.
FIX
Fixed bug with bartenders not always staffing open bars.
FIX
Fixed a few more pigeon pass bugs.
FIX
Various other bugs and tweaks.
January 29, 2014
FEATURE
We now have our first team-based party mission: The Bounty! The premise is that some modern-day Robin Hoods thought it would be a good idea to raid a few of the local banks and spread the wealth. You are tasked with assembling a crack team to track down the lost chips. This is a race against time and wits as you must collect them before the other team! Check near local banks to find this mission giver.
FEATURE
There is now an option in Poker Cash Games to select a 6-player table rather than just the default of 9 players.
UPDATE
All casino game jackpots (Poker, Blackjack & Slots) now reset to 25,000 chips instead of 0 chips when someone wins.
UPDATE
Anyone banned from global chat will now also be banned from local chat as well.
FIX
Your casino managers will now longer spam you with alerts about extra garbage.
FIX
An error is no longer thrown when you are trying to list your only 25 Casino Points for sale.
FIX
Fixed issue with adding items to vault over your single casino limit.
FIX
Several other various bug fixes.
January 20, 2014
Poker Contest: The poker contest raffle winners have been announced: Winners List on Forums

UPDATE
We found a new compression method for our art and were able to decrease the size of the game files by over 4MB to help further improve initial load times!
UPDATE
This release takes us another step closer to releasing new clothing options, as most of the new system is now in place. Again, this is all behind-the-scenes stuff.
UPDATE
Made a few visual tweaks to the casino door so you can now see the handles and it is slightly less transparent so it is easier to spot for new players.
UPDATE
Moved the main game server to a fresh new server with upgrades to the behind-the-scenes systems.
FIX
Fixed the spinning jukebox issue.
FIX
Fixed a few poker issues related to rebuys and auto top ups.
FIX
Auto top-up in poker will now correctly top you up to your original buy-in if it is below the max buy-in.
FIX
Fixed a few issues with the loading screen transition when customizing your character.
FIX
Various other bug fixes and tweaks.
January 17, 2014
Feedback: As you know, we are always looking for more feedback from our players. However, we are interested in something specific right now and would like your feedback in this forum post.

FEATURE
Poker Auto Top-Up is now an option under the Auto Rebuy checkbox at cash games. If you check this option, you will automatically rebuy up to the amount that you bought into the table whenever you go below that amount.
FIX
Fixed an issue with the Casino Points "More" button that sometimes disabled it while doing missions or other activities.
FIX
An update yesterday broke the ability to sit at a poker SnG, which is now fixed.
FIX
Fixed a bug that could cause multiple condo items to be removed from the vault when just removing the one.
FIX
Various other bug fixes.
January 16, 2014
FEATURE
Upper levels of casinos are now differentiated by their outside surroundings. You can now see a representation of the floors below extending beneath the floor you are currently on. The colors that each floor shows are pulled from the wall color of the corresponding floor.
FEATURE
Condos are no longer floating in the vast darkness of space, as you can now see the hall out and some other details outside of your door!
UPDATE
The background scenery on the first floor of casinos has been tweaked.
UPDATE
The special pieces of garbage that periodically show up in your casino and need your attention will now show up a little less frequently.
UPDATE
In addition to the frequency tweak on the special garbage, there is now greater variance in what you find, so sometimes you get hit it big in someone's left behind backpack...or toxic sludge!
UPDATE
We've got so many character customizations (nearly 4 million pre-rendered images for all of the combinations) that we are having to create a new on-demand system before we can introduce more clothing styles. This release has the first part of that update (this won't affect anything that you can see right now).
FIX
When experiencing network latency, it was possible to double bet in poker by holding down the hotkey. This is now prevented.
FIX
Fixed a Blackjack bug that would sometimes make it think that there was only one player at the poker table, causing the dealer to not hit when one of the players busted.
FIX
Fixed a bug with the main UI that sometimes caused it to shift over on window resize.
January 14, 2014
FEATURE
You can now change your avatar from the default ghost! Simply head to your GoldFire Network user settings page to select an avatar from another game or upload a custom avatar.
FEATURE
What used to simply be "Volume Controls" is now "Game Settings" in the main menu.
FEATURE
You now have the option to hide the global chat display that shows on the left of the screen. This is now an option that you can turn on/off in the new Game Settings window. The chat icon at the top will still update with the blue dot when new messages are received.
FIX
The Blackjack animations have been smoothed out when the dealer gets Blackjack, especially at a full table.
FIX
When the dealer gets Blackjack, the player bets no longer animate to the dealer until the dealer's full hand has been shown as having a Blackjack.
FIX
Fixed a few issues with how chips are updated while playing slots, which was causing a few errors with chips display getting out of sync.
FIX
Several bug fixes with the new Poker and Blackjack party missions.
FIX
Slight performance improvement when buildings are "ghosted" while playing the chip race missions.
FIX
Double-clicking when joining a poker table will no longer take multiple buy-ins from your stack.
FIX
Fixed several errors caused by animations at the Blackjack table while leaving.
FIX
Party mission ties in Blackjack now display the correct chip winnings.
FIX
Fixed party mission bug resulting in incorrect bet limits being enforced.
FIX
When a Community Ambassador deletes a global chat message, it will now also be removed from the quick chat display.