Unfortunately due to the hot weather the Annual Usuki Doll Convention had to the pushed back a couple of weeks. After all, we wouldn't want the beautiful makeup of all of the Usuki pets to be running down their faces due to sweat! However fret not as this week the convention is on!!! There's much to see and do, so let's get started!

JubJub gets the spotlight to start off as you can now paint your rotund companions both Usukiboy and Usukigirl!!!

While the convention is in town, you might just get lucky enough to find a Usukicon Y3 Goodie Bag dropped by an unlucky Neopian! What Usuki treasures await inside? There's only one way to find out...

A handful of new Usuki Petpets have also arrived for the festivities!

Collectors get ready as there are some great new items available from Usukiland!!!

NEW GAME! - With her parents screaming at her to leave, Lucie the Cybunny has three minutes to run about her house and pick up all her favourite Usuki sets to dress her Usuki Dolls. Are you up to the challenge? Head over to the Games Room and play Usuki Frenzy to find out!

It appears as though a shadow has been spotted sneaking around the convention... perhaps this is the work of the Mad Lab Ray Scientist? Either way, MSS Usul is now skulking about Neopia!!!

The Petpet Protection League is back for another weekly surprise as we announce our winner for Week 75 - Retro Angelpuss!

Kyrii Day has arrived once again, and there are a few fantastic fuzzy friends joining us this year!

First up, for your daily dose of sparkles and shine, look no further than the new Silver Kyrii!!! Thanks to darkest, all that glitters surely is.. silver!

For the artsy denizens of Neopia, we present the new Sketch Kyrii!!! This hand-drawn buddy can be yours with the use of a Skritchy Sketchy Paint Brush!!

Next, if you're a fan of all things serene and pristine, you may wish to give your Kyrii an etheral new look! One of our moderators, Vika, has been picking up her pencils! With the help of fellow artist jedi, the all new Angel Kyrii is here, ready to be painted at the Rainbow Pool!!!

Finally, the all-new Polycount Kyrii has just arrived on the scene! This dimensionally-transcending pal can be yours if you manage to acquire a Retro Cartridge, or perhaps if you get extremely lucky with the Secret Lab Ray.. If you can find it, that is!

Be sure to stay on the lookout for these great new Kyrii-themed items!

We've made it easier to distinguish between the regular Green Kyrii Plushie and the Magical Green Kyrii Plushie.

It's time for a celebration that's out of this world as Grundo Independence Day is upon us once again!

To start things off on a delicious note, if you've got a sweet tooth then perhaps Custard Grundo will satiate your appetite! If you're lucky enough you can get this creamy colour on your Grundo by hitting it with the Secret Lab Ray. IF you can find it, that is!

Next, to help keep up with the summer heat, you can give your Grundo a new Lost Desert look! Desert Grundo is here and you can give your Grundo this great new design if you happen to get your hands on a Lost Desert Paint Brush.

Descending from the clouds above Neopia comes a new Retro Grundo!!! Retro Faerie Grundo has floated down (and through time) for the celebration! Shooting your Faerie Grundo with a Retro Ray Gun will give it this classic and special sparkled look!

Finally, we have a few Grundo-themed items to help bring this Grundo Independence Day to a close!

The Petpet Protection League is back for another weekly surprise as we announce our winner for Week 74 - Teasqito!

Hold onto your Neggs, for this belated Meerca Day we have some tasty pals joining the world of Neopia!!! You won't need to chase down these Meercas, that's for sure!!

If you've been looking for a scrumptious new friend, look no further than the Chocolate Meerca!!! You can dip your Meerca in the Chocolate Shop's magical Chocolate river, or you can also give your Meerca this new, delicious 'do by zapping them with the Lab Ray!

If you're still looking to satisfy your sweet tooth, or chocolate just isn't your flavour, we also have the new Custard Meerca!!!

This vivacious vanilla friend can be yours if you manage to get a lucky zap with the Secret Lab Ray!

Keep an eye out for some new Meerca-related goodies stocking in Neopian Fresh Foods, The Book Shop, and the Toy Shop!!

Last but not least, grab your magnifying glass and map of Neopia - as there's a new Mystery Picture! Submit your best guess for your chance at a piece of a Neopoints pool and a prize! The answer to the last one was 'Bank Manager Skeith's Belt'.

The Petpet Protection League is back for another weekly surprise as we announce our winner for Week 73 - Valentine Magaral!

Grab your magnifying glass and map of Neopia - there's a new Mystery Picture! Submit your best guess for your chance at a piece of a Neopoints pool and a prize! The answer to the last one was 'Pants of Tyrannian Mini Golf Lupe'.

A fresh batch of 12 games has been added to the Games Room!

• Petpet Rescue
• The Buzzer Game
• Hubrid's Hero Heist
• Chia Bomber II
• Evil Fuzzles from Beyond the Stars
• Feed Florg
• MAGAX: Destroyer II
• Toy Box Escape
• Attack of the Marblemen
• Smug Bug Smite
• Magma Blaster
• Raiders of Maraqua

Can you help the Underwater Chef? He needs your help to find ingredients for his latest recipes. So, what are you waiting for? If you help him in time, he might reward your efforts with an item, a stat increase or a special prize!

With the release of Kitchen Quests we have now limited the combined number of quests (Kitchen, Snow Faerie and Time Machine) that can be completed each day to 20.

Rounding off our chef related news, a new avatar is now available to unlock!

The Petpet Protection League is back for another weekly surprise as we announce our winner for Week 72 - Grey Snowbunny!

It's a lovely day today, no? Oh, that's right! It's Blumaroo Day!!! We've got a few things in store today to celebrate our favourite bouncing buddy Blumaroo! First off is the very lovely Valentine Blumaroo!!! Head over to the Rainbow Pool to get a look at this wonderful new Roo!

We've also got a few new Blumaroo-based items that are now stocking in shops across Neopia! Don't forget, Blumaroos also train for free today at Cap'n Threelegs' Swashbuckling Academy so be sure to stop in for a free training if you've got a Roo or two.

It's been about a day and a half since we unleashed the new Games Room upon you all and after thousands of scores sent we can safely say it's being well used! After a few patches to enhance the gaming experience today we bring you 12 more classic games! You can find these great new additions live now in the Games Room!

• Bouncy Supreme
• Bumper Cars
• Escape from Meridell Castle
• Faerie Cloud Runners
• Igloo Garage Sale - The Game
• Nimmo's Pond
• Rink Runner
• Splat-A-Sloth
• Swarm
• Tug 'O' War
• Tyrannian Mini Golf
• Volcano Run

Don't forget! Applications are still open! So if you or your friends want to get in on the Flash game action be sure to apply before they close until next month!

With the return of Escape from Meridell Castle, we're introducing the Escape from Meridell Castle Spotlight! You can find this and any future spotlights & contests under Pet Central or our new Spotlights & Contests page!

You can submit your level for a chance each week for it to be featured as Level of the Week! If chosen, your level will be accessible directly from the game's menu for a week and be playable for all time from the spotlight page! You'll also win Neopoints, eternal bragging rights, and perhaps a shiny new trophy for your user lookup?

Finally, to continue our fleshing out of the spooky games from the Deserted Fairground, Bagatelle is here! For 250 NP you can try your luck. Simply launch the Mootix ball and see where it lands.

The higher the number the better your prize! The stars will give you an item, and the gold star will win you the JACKPOT!

Grab your magnifying glass and map of Neopia - there's a new Mystery Picture! Submit your best guess for your chance at a piece of a Neopoints pool and a prize! The answer to the last one was 'Neopian Bazaar - Top of Neohome Superstore Smoke & Trees'.

FLASH GAMES ARE HERE!!! Thanks to the magic of Ruffle we're able to bring you a massive update to the Games Room including a whopping 25 classic Flash games - avatars, trophies and all!!! Just as back in the day you'll get 3 score submissions per game, per day. Each day there will be a new featured game that awards double Neopoints for each score you submit!

At this time in order to keep things fair, both Daily Tokens and Rusty Lever Pulls will not reset your daily submissions. Though after 3 scores you can always continue to play for fun! :)

Since we're adding so many games at once, we've also lowered the payouts for being on the HST to 4,500 NP, 3,000 NP, and 1,500 NP for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place standings respectively. As we continue to add more games we'll likely further reduce these payouts in order to keep the games to HST payout ratio about equal!

We have more games tested and ready for release after this initial batch. Assuming no major bugs are found and there are no outstanding issues with the new (old?) games we'll be releasing another batch within a couple days time so be sure to keep your eyes peeled and reflexes sharp. There will be more trophies to win!

Just in case you weren't aware, we've also added in the Trophy Cabinet along with these games so that you've got a place to admire your (and your pet's!) achievements! Not only that but the scores you reach in games will now be kept on record under the My High Scores page! The number of scores you have will also be displayed on your user lookup! And best of all, you can view the scores of your friends, so how about a little competition, eh?

Before heading to the Games Room please do be aware of a few known bugs :

• The 'Restart Game' button after submitting a score does not work. Refresh to restart!
• Destruct-O-Match II's submit score box returns gibberish. The score does submit, however!
• Playing on the 'low' quality will result in the letter I disappearing from some games.

We've put a lot of work into this massive update so we hope you enjoy! A list of all released games can be found below :

• Carnival of Terror
• Destruct-O-Match II
• Faerie Bubbles
• Faerie Caves II (with level saving and loading fully functional!)
• Fashion Fever
• Freaky Factory
• Gadgadsgame
• Hasee Bounce
• Ice Cream Machine
• Jelly Blobs of Doom
• Kass Basher
• Kiko Match II
• Math's Nightmare
• Meepit Juice Break
• Meepit vs Feepit
• Meerca Chase II
• Mynci Beach Volleyball
• Pterattack
• Snowmucher
• Sophie's Stew
• Sutek's Tomb
• Tubular Kiko Racing
• Turmac Roll
• Typing Terror
• Word Pyramid

The Petpet Protection League is back for another weekly surprise as we announce our winner for Week 71 - Potato Jr.!

Applications are now once again open! If you or anyone you know have been waiting to sign up the time is now! Apply Now and ensure you're signed up just in time for our Games Room update that contains over 15 classic Flash games - with avatars and all!