User blog comment:Captaingoldvane2/New islands release date./@comment-3122926-20100710152824

But they stalled alot for releasing these islands... which means that they have been working on it for a long time. Back before the Caves and Notoriety update they asked us which update would we want... and one of them were new islands. Then with the Expedition Fleets update they talked alot about Raven Cove, and I think that new island models appeared some time before that. They planned to release the Islands after the mini games update (they wanted to release ALL the mini games in one go) but changed that plan. They started stalling for 2 months of mini game updates, and now they want to release it after Fishing. See the thread by Sasank5678 on New islands.