Russian spammers completely took over the Wiki at http://hullbreachonline.com, posting more than 100 various new scams per day, at times, despite security lockdowns.  Because of this, I have removed the Wiki from the website.  Most of what was in the Wiki can also be read in this blog or in the other sections of http://hullbreachonline.com.

I’ve also purged the files for old forum, which has been shut down for a while after Russian spammers got ahold of it as well.  TWiiter, the DS chatroom, and the upcoming re-relased Wii chatroom, will fill in the void there.

After deleting these sections from the website, I went through the database and removed the applicable parts.  Hopefully, this will create the bonus of slightly less lag in HB Online and the DS chatroom, since the resources were shared among them.

After all this cleanup, the only 3rd party application remaining on the websites is WordPress for this blog.  It’s unfortunately that the other applications were poor on security, but I think the tools developed specifically for the websites better serve the purpose since they are optimized for the Wii and DS/DSi experiences.

DSiPaint is a paint program for owners of the Nintendo DSi handheld who have downloaded the Nintendo DSi Browser. It allows members to draw images with the stylus and save them to PNG files for download on any computer. Other users can browse the gallery and vote on artwork. Any artwork drawn by a member can also be set as the avatar in TWiiter, immediately afer saving.

To begin creating artwork, visit http://dsipaint.com with your Nintendo DSi Browser. TWiiter can be viewed at http://twiiter.wiioperasdk.com. Accounts for both websites are also shared with HB Online at http://hullbreachonline.com, the browser-based MMO RPG for the Wii and Nintendo DSi.

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The gaming universe of HB Online and HB Online Lite has just seen a massive addition of content: more planets, more missions, more NPSc, more goods to trade. The content will keep coming all day, so be sure to check the game periodically. Although much of the content is being added in the farther reaches of space, familiar locations are seeing additions as well.

HullBreach Online, the first MMO RPG for the Wii’s Internet Channel, has been scaled down to run on the Nintendo DSi Browser to play while on-the-go.  Even though the graphics have been shrunk, don’t think that means the gameplay has.  HB Online Lite boasts all the sectors, planets, missions, tradeable goods, ships, upgrades, asteroids, NPCs, chat functions, and player stats, that its older brother has. In fact, both the game universe and player accounts are shared, so players can seemlessly jump between versions of the game at any time.

HB Online Lite has a completely new interface that favors lower resolution, lower bandwidth, and an all touchscreen interface. Communication with the server has been accelerated, and the backend generates content using the newest technologies, something that dates the older HB Online.

HB Online Lite also contains a few features not present in HB Online.  The first is real-time Twiiter feeds. Now players can see posts to the Wii/DS rapid blogging website appear instantly in the communication pane during gameplay.  Also shops and shipyards now have NPC dialogs that ensue when selecting purchases or making sales.

Is the mobile version not your style? Don’t worry: Both versions will continue to gain massive amounts of content over the next few weeks.  Players may visit the game one day to find Sector Theta Eta empty, and a visit the next day could reveal planets with several missions and goods to trade. New content will be dropped into both versions, becoming available in real-time.

To try HB Online Lite or HB Online now, visit http://hullbreachonline.com .  Remember that accounts are shared between games, but Twiiter (http://twiiter.wiioperasdk.com) and DS Opera SDK (http://dsoperasdk.com) accounts are the same as well.  Join the other 4800 players today!