With our new Server Rental program now out in the wild for Australian gamers to enjoy, we've decided to give you a sneak peek at our first major update. This update is currently in development and implements a number of features that our community has requested.

While we don't yet have an exact date on when this first patch will be rolled out, you can check out the patch notes below and let us know what you think of the new changes. All feedback is welcome, and you can expect further improvements on our service including new games to rent (Minecraft, Counter-Strike: Source and Team Fortress 2 to name a few) and more features to play with as time goes by.

Server Rentals:

The interface for ordering a server has been updated

You can now purchase multiple Server Rental Subscriptions at the same time

Billing Cycles are now available for 1 Month, 3 Months, 6 Months and 12 Months

Billing:

Three Payment Methods are now available: AusGamers Credit, Credit Card and PayPal

You can set up a PayPal Billing Agreement with AusGamers for Server Rentals Subscriptions

You can have multiple Credit Cards & PayPal Billing Agreements associated with your account

You can have your Subscription automatically draw from your Credit Pool before your regular Payment Method and this can be set on a per Server Subscription basis

Credit:

You can have a Credit pool associated with your account

You can purchase with a Credit Card or PayPal (minimum AU$5.00)

You can receive Credit from other users through ClanPay

You can set your Server Subscription(s) to automatically draw from your credit pool

You can set your Server Subscriptions to only charge from your credit pool

Your credit cannot be transferred to an external financial source such as a Bank Account or PayPal account.

ClanPay:

Users can enable ClanPay on their account to receive AusGamers Credit

You can donate to someone using your Credit Card or PayPal (min AU$5.00)

You can donate anonymously

You can leave a public message next to your donation

You can make a private request to users donating, for example - asking for a community name or identifier to be used to give donation privileges

We are working towards getting the update out this week, however with the timing of holidays we may have to delay until end of April to ensure we have the most amount of time available for bug responses.

We are doing some internal testing with the new features, including a brand-new ticketing system thanks to all the feedback we've received. We are hoping to get it out before end of this month however as I stated before the national holidays haven't helped.

At this time the only thing we are waiting for is PayPal ticking us off and then its just a matter of hitting the green "GO" button.