Two big news today for Anarchy Online players. The first and most important one is that Lost Eden is finally available for preorder. If you want to be one of the first people to put hand on this long awaited expansion head over here!
The second big news is that the 16.4.4 update has been put on the game servers, and as usual we have the full patch notes.

The Anarchy Online client has been updated to version 16.4.3 resolving the performance issue that some players were experiencing since 16.4 went live.
The Lost Eden expansion is getting closer than ever. Some players were invited to test the beta version and more invites should be sent in the next two weeks.

The awaited AO engine improvements and optimization have finally arrived. Anarchy Online should now run smoothly on all machines with the most important improvements for low end PCs. Even more engine updates are expected to come with the next patches.

The AO team is currently testing a character transfer service. Players are for the moment only allowed to execute a character copy on the test server.
By doing so and then playing a bit on the test server, you will help the testing process of the 16.4 patch.

The Anarchy Online team updates its players on the status of the 16.4 update which they hope to release by the end of this month. Read on for the complete AO community update.

In the meantime the Anarchy Online client has been updated to version 16.3.3. Patch notes for this update also follows.

The 16.4 Update for Anarchy Online will consist in a "major revamping of how the game renders textures, graphics and animations". It will be released in small branches during the next two months, at the end of which the result will be a serious improvement in the game graphics.

One of the many new features that the Lost Eden expansion will bring to Anarchy online are the Battlestations. More informations on what Battlestations are and how they work in this seventh lost Eden Questions and Answer.

Funcom released a small update to adress some of the problems that came out with the 16.3 patch.

The blog Kill Ten Rats has an interesting post about the Anarchy Online patch 16.3 which went online today. "Funcom has done something I’ve seen very few other MMOs do. (Feel free to enlighten me here.) And that is to go back and edit and add quests, items, and change older content. Several places in AO that have been in the game for a long time have been modified in order to keep up with the changing game. They offer new quests, new rewards, and a new experience to the zones that were often bypassed just so people could get the items they wanted. And I feel that Funcom has done the community a service by doing it."

With the Anarchy Online 16.3 patch almost ready for release, we have an updated version of the preliminary patch notes. The final list shouldn't differ too much from this version, so relax and enjoy it!