A forth Assassin’s Creed Unity patch had been expected to be released today, a patch that it was hoped would fix all the remaining issues with the game that had so many that it even made the mainstream media. Unfortunately seems that said patch will take longer than thought.

In an update Ubisoft announced the delay and provided only a vague window for when it will be coming out.

“As stated last week, we’d expected to release the patch today (and we know that many are anticipating its release), but we are choosing to hold off until we can give you the improvements we’ve promised.” they wrote in the update, stating that the reason they needed to hold off was due to having to update the map of Paris to bring about “major performance improvements” to give players “the high level of quality [they] deserve.” Shame that it didn’t seem to be an issue to release the game with that high level.

Ubisoft have only said that the patch can be expected within a few days. Just another in the long saga of Unity being one massive headache for Ubisoft.

An AMA by Blizzard for Hearthstone took place today on the Hearthstone sub-Reddit. In fact it finished just under an hour ago at time of writing.

AMA in case you’re not aware, stands for Ask Me Anything. It’s a popular way for game developers and other media persons to let their fans ask the questions on their minds, and lets some official information get out there without the hassle of arranging official interviews.

The main piece of information of course is the release of the game on Android tablets today. Community Manager Zeriyah was the one of the three Blizzard staff members involved to link to it stating “You have no idea how bad we wanted to talk about this during the AMA.” The game is already free to download on Google Play in Canada, Australia and New Zealand as the first step on the rollout of the game, with downloads coming to the Android app store and Google Play worldwide in the next few days. There will be a free pack of Classic cards waiting for players who try the game via their Android tablets and of course the collections will be shared across the platforms so if you’ve already built up a small collection you’ll have access on your android tablet too.

Other things that came up during the AMA included that Blizzard are still weighing up the pros and cons of adding new classes to the game (listing one con as making it harder for you to get specific class cards in packs with more classes) and that they’ve recognised that newer players are at a disadvantage with the way Matchmaking is currently working and are working on solutions to that (“We had taken steps to make sure brand new players were not matched against players who had already built massive collections, but we recently found some issues there and have been working to make it better”).

As far as what we can expect in future updates they are considering new types of daily quests to add to the random quest pool as well as trying to think up new ‘fun events’ for the community such as the GvG cards becoming available in Arena mode before the actual expansion’s release; as well as trying to find a good way to add additional deck slots to the game for players who have been with the game for a while.

If you want to read more of what was asked and answered, follow this link to read the entire AMA thread at the Hearthstone sub-Reddit: [x]

Payday 2 has a new update coming soon, and it seems that the six-man crew is about to be joined by another. And this time, it’s a female criminal.

Clover is somewhat of a mystery right now. All we know is that she has her own mask like the others, speaks with an Irish accent and has a love for a particular gemstone – diamonds. Especially a specific one she refers to as ‘the diamond’.

The history of this one gem is quite long and it seems to have travelled a bit. Originally dropping to the surface of our planet in a meteor, it was retrieved from its space rock casing and brought into Europe via the Mongolian armies as they rampaged through the land. It then passed through the hands of many rich and powerful people, including Adolf Hitler. In the present day it resides in a vault and Clover aims to ‘liberate’ it for herself.

The update is appropriately enough known as ‘The Diamond Heist’ update and Overkill have said its going to be the most difficult heist mission so far although finer details about the heist are being kept secret. Besides the fact that it involves ‘the diamond’ of course.

It’ll release on December 16th, so get ready to heist once more.

After a lot of hype from Blizzard in the wake of its reveal at Blizzcon last month, Hearthstone’s first proper expansion has released to players around the world.

Goblins vs Gnomes added over 120 new cards to the mix, including an awful lot of ‘random card’ effects which can do everything from giving you a random ‘Spare Part’ card to making it a 50/50 chance you attack the wrong opponent (thanks to those pesky Ogre cards). They also introduce a new minion type: the ‘Mech’.

The expansion launched first on the North American server but problems saw the release in further territories delayed as a result. Indeed the EU servers didn’t see release until quite late last night and even then it came with some authentication server issues that took an hour or two to clear up. Fortunately, there don’t seem to have been any purchase issues with the new card packs like the ones that plagued some of Naxxramas’ first few weeks. Well, unless you hastily forgot to check which card packs you were buying before you purchased as some unlucky players already have…

Blizzard are giving 3 free packs of the new cards to all players who log in before December 19th for a launch event so log in to claim those if you haven’t already.

And keep an eye on our own Twitch page for a livestream from 2pm BST. I’ve six card packs to open for you and a deck to hopefully construct.

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Well just as I put out the weekly roundup of the latest cards for the new Goblins vs Gnomes expansion coming to Hearthstone soon, Blizzard release the rest of the unknown cards. The remaining 61 cards (yes, sixty-one) are listed below. Further Blizzard have announced that the expansion is due out sometime next week.

Keep an eye on us here at the Sanitarium.FM, as we play with the new cards, possibly livestream it and review it.

Now, here are those sixty-one cards:

  Lightbomb

Spell, 6 mana cost. Deals damage to each Minion equal to its Attack.

  Junkbot

Mech Minion, 5 mana cost, 1 attack and 5 health. Gains +2/+2 whenever a friendly Mech Minion dies.

  Hobgoblin

Minion, 3 mana cost, 2 attack and 3 health. Gives +2/+2 to any Minion played by you that has an Attack of 1.

  Fel Reaver

Mech Minion, 5 mana cost, 8 attack and 8 health. Makes you discard the top 3 cards of your deck whenever your Opponent plays a card.

  Echo of Medivh

Spell, 4 mana cost. Puts a copy of each friendly Minion into your hand.

  Dark Wispers

spell, 6 mana cost. Choice of summoning 5 Wisps OR Giving a Minion +5/+5 and Taunt.

  Crush

Minion, 7 mana cost. Destroys a Minion. If you have a damaged Minion, this card costs (4) less.

  Cogmaster’s Wrench

Weapon, 3 mana cost, 1 attack and 3 durability. Has +2 Attack while you have a Mech Minion.

  Anima Golem

Mech Minion, 6 mana cost, 9 attack and 9 health. At the end of each turn this card is destroyed if it is your only Minion.

  Vol’jin

Legandary Minion, 5 mana cost, 6 attack and 2 health. Battlecry swaps Health with another Minion.

  Troggzor the Earthinator

Legendary Minion, 7 mana cost, 6 attack and 6 health. Summons a Burly Rockjaw Trogg whenever your opponent casts a spell.

  Trade Prince Gallywix

Legendary Minion, 6 mana cost, 5 attack and 8 health. Whenever your opponent casts a spell, you gain a copy of it and give the Opponent a Coin.

  Neptulon

Legendary Minion, 7 mana cost, 7 attack and 7 health. Battlecry adds 4 random Murlocs to your hand. Overload (3).

  Mogor the Ogre

Legendary Minion, 6 mana cost, 7 attack and 6 health. All Minions have a 50% chance of attacking the wrong enemy.

  Malorne

Legendary Beast Minion, 7 mana cost, 9 attack and 7 health. Deathrattle shuffles this Minion into your deck.

  Mal’Ganis

Legendary Demon Minion, 9 mana cost, 9 attack and 7 health. All other friendly Demons have +2/+2. Your Hero is Immune.

  Iron Juggernaut

Legendary Mech Minion, 6 mana cost, 6 attack and 5 health. Battlecry shuffles a Mine into your opponent’s deck. When drawn it explodes for 10 damage.

  Hemet Nesingwary

Legendary Minion, 5 mana cost, 6 attack and 3 health. Battlecry destroys a Beast.

  Gazlowe

Legendary Minion, 6 mana cost, 3 attack and 6 health. whenever you cast a 1-cost spell, add a random Mech Minion to your hand.

  Flame Leviathan

Legendary Mech Minion, 7 mana cost, 7 attack and 7 health. when drawn deals 2 damage to all Characters.

  Warbot

Mech Minion, 1 mana cost, 1 attack and 3 health. Enrage for +1 Attack.

  Tinker’s Sharpsword Oil

Spell, 4 mana cost. Gives your weapon +3 Attack, and Combos to give a random friendly Minion +3 Attack.

  Stonesplinter Trogg

Minion, 2 mana cost, 2 attack and 3 health. Gains +1 Attack whenever your opponent casts a spell.

  Ship’s Cannon

Minion, 2 mana cost, 2 attack and 3 health. Deals 2 damage to a random enemy when you summon a Pirate.

  Shielded Minibot

Mech Minion, 2 mana cost, 2 attack and 2 health. Divine Shield.

  Seal of Light

Spell, 2 mana cost. Restores 4 Health to your Hero and gains you +2 Attack this turn.

  Salty Dog

Pirate Minion, 5 mana cost, 7 attack and 4 health.

  Puddlestomper

Murloc Minion, 2 mana cost, 3 attack and 2 health.

  Ogre Brute

Minion, 3 mana cost, 4 attack and 4 health. Has a 50% chance of attacking wrong enemy.

  Mechanical Yeti

Mech Minion, 4 mana cost, 4 attack and 5 health. Deathrattle gives each player a Spare Part.

  Lost Tallstrider

Beast Minion, 4 mana cost, 5 attack and 4 health.

  Gnomeregan Infantry

Minion, 3 mana cost, 1 attack and 4 health. Charge. Taunt.

  Glaivezooka

Weapon, 2 mana cost, 2 attack and 2 durability. Battlecry gives a random friendly Minion +1 Attack.

  Gilblin Stalker

Minion, 2 mana cost, 2 attack and 3 health. Stealth.

  Force-Tank MAX

Mech Minion, 8 mana cost, 7 attack and 7 health. Divine Shield.

  Windfury

Mech Minion, 3 mana cost, 1 attack and 4 health. Windfury.

  Floating Watcher

Demon Minion, 5 mana cost, 4 attack and 4 health. Gains +2/+2 when your Hero takes damage on your turn.

  Darkbomb

Spell, 2 mana cost. Deals 3 damage.

  Cobra Shot

Spell, 5 mana cost. Deals 3 damage to a Minion and the enemy Hero.

  Vitality Totem

Totem Minion, 2 mana cost, 0 attack and 3 health. At the end of your turn restores 4 Health to your Hero.

  Target Dummy

Mech Minion, 0 mana cost, 0 attack and 2 health. Taunt.

  Soot Spewer

Mech Minion, 3 mana cost, 3 attack and 3 health. Spell Damage +1.

  Siege Engine

Mech Minion, 5 mana cost, 5 attack and 5 health. Gives this Minion +1 Attack every time you gain Armor.

  Shadowboxer

Mech Minion, 2 mana cost, 2 attack and 3 health. Deals 1 damage to a random enemy every time a Character is healed.

  Recycle

Spell, 6 mana cost. Shuffles an enemy Minion into your opponent’s deck.

  Powermace

Weapon, 3 mana cost, 3 attack and 2 durability. Deathrattle gives a random friendly Mech Minion +2/+2.

  One-eyed Cheat

Pirate Minion, 2 mana cost, 4 attack and 1 health. Gains Stealth whenever you summon a Pirate Minion.

  Mistress of Pain

Demon Minion, 2 mana cost, 1 attack and 4 health. Whenever this Minion deals damage, it restores that much Health to your Hero.

  Metaltooth Leaper

Mech Minion, 3 mana cost, 3 attack and 3 health. Battlecry gives your other Mechs +2 Attack.

  Light of the Naaru

Spell, 1 mana cost. Restores 3 Health. If target is still damaged, a Lightwarden is summoned.

  King of Beasts

Beast Minion, 5 mana cost, 2 attack and 6 health. Taunt. Battlecry gains this Minion +1 Attack for each other Beast you have.

  Kezan Mystic

Minion, 4 mana cost, 4 attack and 3 health. Battlecry takes command of a random enemy Secret.

  Imp-losion

Spell, 4 mana cost. Deals 2-4 damage to a Minion. Summons a 1/1 Imp for each damage dealt.

  Grove Tender

Minion, 3 mana cost, 2 attack and 4 health. Choice of either giving each player a Mana Crystal OR each player draws a card.

  Arcane Nullifier X-21

Mech Minion, 4 mana cost, 2 attack and 5 health. Taunt. Can’t be targeted by spells or Hero Powers.

  Wee Spellstopper

Minion, 4 mana cost, 2 attack and 5 health. Adjacent Minions can’t be targeted by spells or Hero Powers.

  Tree of Life

Spell, 9 mana cost. Restores all characters to full Health.

  Siltfin Spiritwalker

Murloc Minion, 4 mana cost, 2 attack and 5 health. Draws a card whenever another friendly Murloc dies. Overload (1).

  Shadowbomber

Minion, 1 mana cost, 2 attack and 1 health. Battlecry deals 3 damage to each Hero.

  Quartermaster

Minion, 5 mana cost, 2 attack and 5 health. Battlecry gives your Silver Recruits +2/+2.

  Mini-Mage

Minion, 4 mana cost, 4 attack and 1 health. Stealth. Spell Damage +1.