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It has been a little quiet in terms of .hack//Quantum information, however a new exciting 7-whole-minute video was released, and we are very excited to be showing it. It has been uploaded to our youtube page for easier viewing, as well as posted below. The quality sadly isn't top-notch, but that's to be expected for now. You will also be able to catch a glymps of two new characters, Atoli & Kuhn to the cast. Enjoy!

The official Japanese CC2 website apparently held a poll for the 2010 most popular .hack character, with the top 3 characters being made exclusively into a downloadable wallpaper. #1 was Haseo, runner up at #2 was Kite, with not so far behind at #3 Ryoko Terashima. The entire list can be viewed in Japanese on the official website here: http://www.cc2.co.jp/hack_link/vote/ranking.html I have translated the other poll results below. #4: Shino #5: Alkaid #6: Azure Flame Kite #7: Albireo #8: Ovan #9: Endrance #10: Tsusaksa #11: Tokio Kuryuu #12: Atoli #13: Midori #14: Balmung #15: Mistral #16: Zelkova #17: BlackRose #18: Klarinette #19: Flügel #20: Sora #21: Carl #22: Silabus #23: Kuhn #24: Aura #25: Matsu #26: Cubia #27: Kite (Sora) #28: AIKA #29: Pi #30: Elk #31: Geist #32: Mimiru #33: Natsume #34: Subaru #35: Knight of the Azure Flame #36: Tabby #37: Saika Amagi #38: Sakubo #39: Piros The 3rd #40: Gaspard #41: Ryo Misaki #42: Zefie #43: Kaede #44: - #45: Metronom #46: Mai Minase #47: Gabi #48: - #49: AINA #50: Nanase Of course, our beloved Helba didn't make the list, simply because they probably didn't add her to the options! Without a shadow of a doubt, she would be #1, because lets face it, she's the toughest gal in Net Slum. You can also freely download the wallpapers available below. 1024 x 768 1600 x 1200 1680 x 1050 1920 x 1080 Here are a couple I messed around with to change up the color, since yellow really isn't all that nice on the desktop. 1920 x 1080 1920 x 1080

The .hack//Quantum official Japanese website recently updated their website to include the dvd box cover to be released on blu-ray & dvd, as well as pricing and other dvd related information. For the blu-ray copy, it will cost about ￥5,040, which equals $62.08 USD. For the regular DVD copy, it will cost about ￥3,990, which equals $49.14 USD. The dvd's are already available on Japanese amazon and other websites, so be sure to get your hands on it! Also, I have added the trailer to our .hack//Portal YouTube channel, which will feature all of our trailers from hereon out.

.hack//Quantum is the latest dot hack installment from Kinema Citrus studio. This will be a 3 part OVA, with the first DVD releasing November 2010 – January 22, 2011. The first DVD will feature one episode and a 16 page booklet, as well as special features such as special footage, bonus CG animation, character commentary and more. Quantum revolves around adventures in a fictional online game called The World, the characters Tobias (Top right, Balmug look-alike), Mary (Top left, BlackRose look-alike), and Sakuya (center) form a party and embark on a high-difficulty-level quest in The World R:X. This will be the same 'World' shown in .hack//Link released for the PSP. Bandai Namco Games announced at last September's Tokyo Game Show that a full-CG anime project from Bandai Visual would tie into the .hack//Link game. .hack//Quantum is in fact NOT the mentioned project, so fans can look forward to yet another full CGI film in the new year.

You may or may not have noticed, but on .hack//Portal there is a donation button. You can use this button to help with the cost of running this place. The donations help pay but are not excluded to: Hosting Fees Server Upgrades VB License Contest Prizes ... and much more. (read more on donations here) We know you all enjoy coming here and being a part of our community, so why not help make sure this community will be here tomorrow? Even if all you can donate is $1, thats enough to make a difference. Look to your right and find the button that looks like this Click on it and support .hack//Portal! All people who donate will be put on the "Donors" list for all to see Thanks guys!

Over the next 48 hours, .hack//Portal will be undergoing a server transfer, causing the website to possibly be down for several hours. We apologize for the inconvenience!

Looking around today I found more screenshots from Link, and I found myself asking... is that a naked chick!?!?!!? The site these were taken from can be found at Famitsu's site. To find out more or discuss the possibility of that totally being a naked chick, please join our forums. Enjoy!

A member of .hack//Portal's community, _Ovan_ has pointed out that three additional characters may have unofficially been confirmed for our new PSP title, .hack//Link. Look closely at these images, and maybe look past my horrible paint-job. I don't know any other green-skinned and orange hair'd characters from .hack. Mimiru maybe? I thought she was wearing a yellow outfit, but it happens to just be her skin in this image (poor quality). Well, I'll leave it up to you guys to decide, this is just a speculation, but the evidence seems fairly solid

A whole slew of new .hack//Link for the PSP has been flooding in, including a new teaser-trailer which is available for download here [Click to Download]. Not only that however, but 21 brand new hot off the press artwork renders of some characters to be in .hack//Link, and I must say, Atoli looks pretty cute! [Click here for All Artworks] Last but not least, some higher-quality images have surfaced, they don't give us much more of a look at the game details, but I'm sure that will come in the following weeks. You can view all of this and more in the .hack//Link PSP section here.

To commemorate the new .hack game, a new section has been added to .hack.//Portal. Please anticipate a steady flow of information and media over the coming weeks. We will announce any new developments! Visit .hack//Link PSP Section

I have added a neat little function called a topsite listing. It does as the name implies, and displays the top websites in a ranking system when you sign up, and add the button-code given to you on the website pages you want ranked. http://www.dothackportal.com/topsites If you run a gaming/anime/.hack website, feel free to join and participate! It's fun, free, and easy, and is a simple way to get more known around the net. I am still tweaking with the design elements, and some alignment/size issues of tables, however everything should be working correctly.

.hack//Portal has been around for a while now, and still has many plans for the future. Providing fans with detailed information on the .hack project, high quality artwork and images, and keeps you updated on new releases and news from the world of .hack. This of course isn't free, for us that is. We pay hosting for superb additions such as cPanel and Fantastico Deluxe, and we host contests on a monthly basis for our forum members that include .hack merchandise. We would love to provide more space, new additions to the site such as an upgraded vBulletin License, and more. Please take the time to donate even just $1 to .hack//Portal to help fund these amazing additions to the website. There is no limit to your donating, and we will recognize you as a donator on our special donation page for as long as .hack//Portal is alive. Please visit the Donations page for more information.

Tokyopop has been busy! They have released a fantastic Special Edition of the first volumes for .hack//Legend of the Twilight, and .hack//Another Birth. This new title was released December 1st and can be purchased online at amazon for great prices. This Special Edition would be great for existing .hack fans, and anyone who wants to get into the .hack universe. Buy the .hack//Manga and Novel Special Edition!

My apologies for the lack of updates and changes to the website, I am in the middle of re-vamping .hack//Portal, which means making it XHTML Valid, CSS Valid, and converting to a new, more functional look. I anticipate this will all be complete within the next week, give or take. Once the new design is set and in place, I will resume with regular updates, new content, and even a few forum promotions which can win you a prize. So why not get a head start and join up and engage in the awesome discussions we are already having on the forums! Until then, enjoy what we already have to offer, and expect some nice changes around here in the next week!

We are finally back after being offline for 3 weeks. There is a reason for this, of course. My host at the time had billing issues with his server, and as a result it was frozen. I didn't know how long I would have to wait, so I took matters into my own hands and resolved the problem in a matter of hours. I bought my own server, where I have control over my files 100%, and won't have any billing issues. It's good to be back! We also are trying out a brand new news system, called Phpns. It's an open source PHP News System that I have stumbled upon, and since it's new, and is being updated on a regular basis, it's already superior to PHPNews, which hasn't been updated in... forever! Please look forward to a new design, new features, more content, and more goodies.