User blog comment:Luperza/Server Downtime for Game Update 12 July 10, 2013 6AM PDT (3PM CEST)/@comment-39.223.54.121-20130713121754/@comment-6034641-20130713203840

A long time? It hasn't been officially announced for that long. Have some patience man, these things take time.

They've said theyre releasing battle islands after Hossin comes in and will possibly play a part in continent locking/continental lattice.