Hello again everyone, it's been a while since our team has had any major updates. All of us really wanted to talk about the new updates, but we also wanted to surprise everyone with a brand spankin' new site.

First off, we've got a new name! It's D-Pad Studio, and it's to represent that we are more than just a group of dudes working on Project: Rhapsody. We've got several projects now, and we want a site for all of us to post about these projects and their own personal endeavors.

So, the site has been redesigned and recoded completely from scratch, to hopefully bring a better experience to all of our readers and provide us with easier and better ways to bring updates to you.

Because we love you guys, and we hate spam, we've tried to make the comment system on the new site sniff out the robots. We want your posts to matter, and not to get overrun by spambots trying to peddle their viagra^tm.

And also because we love you, I'd like to unveil our secret project. Project: Owlboy is a 2D platform game featuring a free-flying adventure. It's really exciting for us, because we'll be releasing the game for both the PC and the Xbox 360. We're able to do this because the game is programmed using Microsoft's XNA framework. We've had a great time working on this game, and I hope it'll be fun for everyone to play. The game is a much smaller scale than Rhapsody is, so expect it sometime early 2009 for Xbox Live Community Games. Screenshots are available on the Project: Owlboy page and I'll try and record a gameplay video soon.

We won't be lacking in the update department this time. Our new team blogs will allow us to post more specific information regarding our work on our projects, and who knows.. maybe we'll let you inside our heads, if you ask nicely and buy us some beer.

Another new project that Adrian is working on is The Blue Sky. It's a dark themed graphic novel that'll be released in episodes. He's been working hard on the art and story, and I'm personally looking forward to seeing the first chapter come together.

Thanks for visiting our new site, and we'll be sure to keep you updated on all of our progress!