Every year in DOFUS players get to celebrate Kwismas. Coincidentally, it happens right around Christmas. If you’re a fan of the free-to-play Windows, Mac and Linux game, you already knew that though as the Kwismas festivities started yesterday and will run until January 3, 2011. That means Kwismas Island is now within reach of Frigost and DOFUS subscribers can explore the three regions. If your character is at level 20 or higher, you’ll even be able to go through all the Kwismas 2011 quests.

A lot of new stuff has been added with this update….

Ankama has been doing pretty well lately and its DOFUS series of games continues to please people worldwide. In fact, it’ll now reach a whole new audience. The company has just released an entirely new DOFUS-inspired game and, for the first time, it’s portable! It’s an iOS app called DOFUS: Battles that involves, you guessed it, lots of battling.

In DOFUS: Battles, Jeff Stobbs and Naz T. Peasawerk are trying to conquer the World of Twelve, and it’s up to the player to manage an army of 12 heroes and a dragon named Animakhal…

Ankama game fans will find a little more variety in two of their favorite games soon. DOFUS and Wakfu are being invaded by Rogues and Masqueraiders! Those are new classes for the new games. If you play DOFUS or are part of the Wakfu beta, the new options are immediately available for your characters and ready to be tested out. People who aren’t in the Wakfu beta have to wait until April 27, 2011, to play the game and test out the classes there…

Ankama and Square Enix have big news for Windows, Mac and Linux owners who like to play MMORPGs for free today! You’ll be able to play Wakfu in a month! On April 27, 2011, the anticipated followup to Dofus will finally enter the open beta phase. So it won’t be completely finished yet, but anyone who wants to will be able to register and play…

It’s been quite a long time coming, but Ankama’s first console game finally has an confirmed release date. So if you’ve been craving Wakfu, make sure you’ve got at 1,200 Microsoft Points ($15) before March 30, 2011. That’s when every Xbox 360 owners will finally be able to discover and explore Islands of Wakfu. As you can probably guess, it’s related to that other Ankama game, Wakfu…

Ankama fans better start making plans. The sixth annual Ankama Convention has been announced. If you want to go, you better make sure you’re at the Lille Grand Palais in Lille, France on March 5 and 6, 2011. The convention will run from 9am to 7pm both days, and there’ll be lots for DOFUS and Wakfu fans to see and enjoy.

The convention will mostly focus on the games, which is good because that’s why people are going to be there…

Ankama’s popular free-to-play strategic MMORPG Wakfu is coming to North America with the help of a powerhouse. Square Enix has stepped up to help bring this game, from the creators of the already popular turn-based, strategic MMORPG DOFUS to a larger audience. I wonder if this means the animated Wakfu series will be released outside of Europe too…

The next Ankama Convention has just been announced. The fifth annual Ankama Convention, a place for fans of DOFUS and Wakfu to celebrate the games, meet and talk with Ankama employees and try out the newest Ankama games, will take place April 17-18, 2010. The event will be held in Paris at Hall 5 of the Porte de Versailles. It’s only a two day event, but the convention will run from 9am to 7pm both days.

There are three kinds of passes available, a two day premium pass that costs €35 ($48), a day pass that costs €12 ($16.50) and an accompanying pass that costs €12 ($16.50). In case you’re wondering, the accompanying pass is for parents of children under 12, and is a two day pass. It lets you into the Ankama Convention both days, but doesn’t let you get a gift pack or participate in events.

The are multiple incentives for DOFUS fans to take the plunge and splurge on a trip to Paris and attend the Ankama Convention…

Ankama, the force behind DOFUS, Wakfu and Dofus-Arena have decided to fully support GamesCom 2009 by attending the August 19-23, 2009 convention in Cologne, Germany. And when I say fully support, I mean fully support. There will be giveaways, playable games, Wakfu episodes in English and a special press conference at 6pm on August 19. The company has even set up a webpage to advertise and announce the fact that it will be gladly appearing at the event, and direct attendees to stand B40 in Hall 6, where Ankama will be waiting.

The press conference will probably be of most interest, as it is going to discuss the company’s newest games. For example, DOFUS 2.0 and Islands of Wakfu are on the schedule…

Ankama’s shaking things up a bit for DOFUS subscribers. It turns out that there are going to be a new clan of character in the game called the Magik Riktus Clan. If you happen to be a subscriber, you’re in luck! You get a gift, a free bandit weapon that will allow your level 30 or higher character to become a Magik Riktus Bandit when he or she equips it. Free players – sorry.

There are four kinds of Riktus Bandit, Archer, Sorcerer, Swashbuckling and Wandering, and each one has 20 unique spells/skills to use. On top of that, the weapon that the bandits wield deal air, earth fire and water damage all at once, so you’ll have a good chance of being constantly super effective. When your character’s a bandit, they’ll only have access to bandit weapons and abilities, so its a good thing they’re so unique.

When your character’s in the Magik Riktus Bandit mode…