Hearthstone’s next adventure was announced as One Night in Karazhan, a party themed romp through the titular tower. As with every new adventure there’ll be special winnable cards available through it, and some of those cards have been revealed alongside information about what we can expect.

The adventure sees you arrive at the party only to find that things are going wrong. Naturally, you decide to get to the centre of it all through Hearthstone card battles. The wings are set out as follows:

• Firstly, the prologue missions that is free for all to play. It will explain where Medivh has gone and what exactly happened to him as well as being where you’ll face Prince Malchezaar.
• Then you will advance to the Parlor, where you’ll take on a Silverware Golem, the Karazhan chess board from the encounter in WoW and a Magic Mirror that’s begun spitting insults at everyone.
• Then the Opera Wing will open and showmaster Barnes will ask you to run plays for him, where you’ll face Romeo & Juliet, the Big Bad Wolf and others taken from fairy stories and tales alike.
• The Menagerie where Medivh’s Curator has decided that the wizard’s various monsters would be much better outside their cages for some reason. Get ready to face the Curator, Nightbane and Illhoof.
• Finally reaching Medivh’s private quarters will probably be where you’ll face Medivh if he is an opponent, as well as Netherspite and the Shade of Aran.

Buying during the first week of release will also net you an exclusive cardback. As for those cards, they are as follows:

And the cardback looks like this:

Even when a game is presented on a show, it doesn’t mean that it’s reaching the end of its creation journey. Sometimes when you’ll see is an earlier, still in development stage and that can mean that it’ll be a time before that game you hear about on a show is playable. However, that does leave time for a lot more things to happen during that journey of development.

BFF or Die is one of many games that we’ve had onto our Indie Game Show in the past, and since its appearance it has gone through much and reached many eyes through the attention gathered from various media outlets. Although it still hasn’t set a release date, the friendly co-operative game that emphasizes teamwork will be available on many platforms including PC, Mac, Linux and the two main consoles (PS4 and Xbox One) and has accomplished quite a lot.

Started back in Feb 2015, the game is still in alpha, a version of which is available as a free download from multiple places to try out. Although you can play with just one player, the game is suited more for multiple players and goes all the way up to 4. The point of the game sees you guiding your alien characters through mazes to enable to to keep time travelling forward. While one player will hold the torch light, others will enter the maze to collect what they need while avoiding enemies and being able to make use of decoys, teleportation and more to enable them to escape forward in time. When a friend falls, the level won’t end and you will have to go pick them up – in this game no one must get left behind! So far at events over 800 people have played this game, and their feedback has been used to help shape the game’s development.

BFF or Die has been chosen for inclusion in many displays of video gaming and technology; including within a 9 month long exhibition on the history of video games, showcased as part of the Square Enix Collective and most recently the developers have been invited to the next PAX in Seattle, USA to show off the game as part of the Intel booth at the event. The game has also won Best Multiplayer Game at the UK leg of Game On 2.0.

Having already cleared Steam Greenlight in 6 days, the developers of Honey Tribe Studio recently started up a Kickstarter for the game. Rewards for this include special 3D printed figures, access to an online multiplayer mode before it launches publicly and even tickets to the launch party!

If you’re interested, the game will also be shown a bit nearer to home soon at Multiplay’s Insomnia 58 event. I’ll be there again, and if you fancy giving this game a go come along. Having tried it in the past I’d say it’s certainly worth a go. Otherwise, check out the downloadable alpha in one of the links below.

Alpha Demo: [Itch.io] [Indie DB] [GameJolt]

Kickstarter: [x]

After all the trouble No Man’s Sky has gone through, it’s nice to know that some people are getting to finally play the massive game of planets and space. And as generally happens, someone’s already posted the intro although Hello Games did manage to get it down quickly.

The guy who was responsible for the taken down video posted more than one though, with his first video being his popping open a bottle as the game installed on his Playstation 4 in the background. He then proceeded to upload two more videos, one of the game’s opening moments and then one of his exploration of the initial planet and it these last two that Hello Games have gotten taken down. Fortunately not quickly enough to stop people seeing though.

Those who did see the videos say the game starts with a scene of a thousand stars zipping by before the camera zooms down to the starting planet and throws you straight into the game. There doesn’t seem to be any sign of a tutorial so you’re obviously meant to figure it out for yourself, although your spacecraft is nearby and its state makes it clear that getting it fixed is a first priority for you.

Obviously when the game actually releases we’ll get some videos that are allowed to stay up, but it’s exciting to get a little unofficial sneak peek at the game so many have been waiting for. Let’s hope it’s worth it.

It’s been a little while since the Old Gods graced the game of Hearthstone with their presence, and so in the pattern of new Hearthstone content releases, it’s about time for a new adventure which Blizzard have announced they intend to provide.

The next adventure is entitled “One Night in Karazhan” and was announced with one hell of a colourful trailer which is quite… musical as well. Just watch it, it’ll do a much better job of explaining the tone that I ever could in written word:

The prologue mission will apparently be free to play for all, and everyone who tries it will gain copies of two new cards – Enchanted Raven (a 1-cost 2/2 Beast Minion) and Firelands Portal (a 7-cost spell that does 5 damage and summons a 5-Cost Minion).

Of course, paying out for the rest of the adventure will mean more cards with the blog announcement saying that 43 new cards can be gained through the adventure expansion.

Look out for it, releasing August 11th.

Blizzard Blog “The Party Begins August 11!”: [x]

One Night in Karazhan site: [x]

HiRez have released another new god for Smite. This time it’s the Roman Guardian Terra. So lets see how she plays!