I'm pleased to announced that the Forgotten Isles have been unlocked! The entire single player campaign is now open. Huzzah!

These 4 new levels feature a new story line, as well as the Tanuki monk and gameplay progression - meaning you'll build up your forces as you go and take them with you to the next level. The forgotten Isles are a weird, dangerous place!

Also, we've added a notification tray to help you multitask but still keep on top of your Skulls games. Notifications appear in two cases:
- when it's your turn in a Skulls Anywhere match
- when you've searched for an online match and found a game in the background (to use background searches, anytime you fail to find a game, click "keep searching" to search in the background)

Tray notifications only appear if Skulls is minimized or not the active application. So if you're waiting for your turn or other online players, just minimize Skulls and click on the notification when it pops up.

Full details on the update below. Enjoy!

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beta 1.009 - 7/23/13 - changelist 7604
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Unlock the Forgotten Isles (4 levels), with developer commentary.
Add Notification Tray which will popup if the game is minimized and the player receives a turn notification, or when an online background search is successful
Fix join sometimes failing when joining an online match via background search while in the campaign (or a local multiplayer match)
Add back option to steam leaderboard choice dlg
Fix random crash in ricepaddyoutliner b/c of paddy w/no layer yet
Fix mp2fall_4 potion setup
Tune all multiplayer Forgotten Isles maps
Clarify some dialog messages that were displaying “sign in” when actually offline or disconnected
Make sure achievements won outside of end-of level are awarded immediately (like emblem crafting related achievements).
award progress achievements for completing each world on normal after any level, in case the player goes back to an earlier level on normal difficulty