Just a year ago, Tibia turned 15, and we enjoyed one month full of festivities to celebrate this milestone. This year, we want to mark Tibia's birthday with a small "Caption This!" contest. We have set up a jolly Tibia scene, and your task is to provide a funny, witty, or just a lovely caption for this screenshot. Your submission may contain up to 3 sentences and can be speech or thought bubbles, or a short description of the picture. Of course, it should be related to Tibia's birthday somehow. There are some sweet prizes up for grabs so give it a try!

Submit your captions by posting them in the designated thread until Monday, January 14, 12:00 CET. Please make sure to read the contest rules before posting.

We community managers will then choose our top 16 submissions, and announce them in a news article. The winners will be rewarded with 30 days of premium time, and a CM token each. Also, we have filled 16 backpacks from Tibia's 15th anniversary with some nice stuff, and will raffle them off among our top 16.

Get creative, we are already looking forward to your submissions!

Happy Birthday, Tibia!

Ever wonder what Tibia would look like in another game? Well, Sef has brought that mystery to reality. Working hard on creating not just a picture like we've seen in the past, but a whole video of Thais (including Mintwallin) together, he has shown his dedication and passion for Tibia. This has been a project six months in the making. Check out the video below! (note: TibiaNews does not endorse, nor encourage, the downloading of any files other than listed on the official "Tibia" site at www.tibia.com).

Happy Birthday, Guildstats.eu! This weekend, the fansite is celebrating its third anniversary and we would like to send our best wishes! Congratulations, and here's to many more!

The TibiaNews staff are back in action, and we wish all readers a happy, healthy and prosperous 2013! Stay tuned for what's to come!

Recently, many players experienced connection problems such as mass kicks which were caused by heavy DDoS attacks. Because of this Cipsoft has reinstated a free-blessings season once again. In order to alleviate the negative impact these attacks obviously have on your gameplay experience, all temple NPCs will hand out all blessings which are available in Tibia for free and for all players. You can get the blessings repeatedly so just ask a temple NPC for "blessing" in order to get protected. This option will be kept ingame until further notice.

On the auditorium a discussion has started as some players seem to think this temporary solution to the DDoS attacks has a negative impact on pvp combat, while other players seem to simply adore the free blessings and see them as a true aid in keeping character levels up and costs at death down. Although Cipsoft employees are working hard to find a stabile solution, there is none in sight yet. For more information and to join in the discussing, visit the thread here!

For our twelfth and final day, of the giveaways, we are asking our players to tweet "merry Christmas" in their own language @TibiaNews. Only messages submitted directly to @tibianews will count. The winner will receive a golden newspaper + 90 days premium!