Happy New Year, 2012 Is Going to Rock!

[KatieHal]

We've said it many times before, but it always bears saying again: thank you. Thank you for the last nine years, thank you for 2011, thank you for The Silver Lining, and now thank you for Cognition. This has truly been a banner year for Phoenix Online! Your generosity, your support, your belief, it is constantly blowing us away and making us smile. A Kickstarter total of $34,247! Hot damn!

Speaking of, sometime in January, we'll do another mini-fundraising campaign for about a week through PayPal. We had a lot of fans saying they'd like to donate to the Kickstarter but for various reasons were unable to use Amazon Payments. Stay tuned for more information on this in the new year; and yes, the same list of rewards as we had for Kickstarter will be available for anyone donating through PayPal!

But really, the best part of all this? 2012 is going to be even better! Adventure-treff has ranked Cognition among their most-anticipated adventure titles for 2012, and Jane Jensen (I still think OMG! every time I realize we're working with her!) has four titles on their Best 100 Adventure Games list! (#32: Gabriel Knight 3, #16: Gabriel Knight 1, #13: King's Quest VI, and #3: Gabriel Knight 2)

We're more excited every day as we're working on Cognition, which is shaping up wonderfully, and even more excited about launching our company. On our blog, you'll see a new screenshot from the game, a truly beautiful background worked on by Romano Molenaar and Elisa Pavinato. I wonder who's grave(s) Erica will be visiting? Or is it her own? You'll find out eventually!

Plus, who can forget the upcoming exciting conclusion to The Silver Lining! Episode 5 will be full of some great stuff, and it'll be a little bittersweet to say goodbye to the game we've spent a decade working on. But a great accomplishment for all of us here at Phoenix at the same time.

So Happy New Year to all of you, and here's to a great 2012 to come!