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Hearthstone players will be pleased to hear that the Blackrock Mountain expansion to Blizzard’s trading card game will be launching on Thursday, April 2nd. Blackrock Mountain brings thirty-one new cards into the game to further challenge players to create the perfect deck.
The City-State Entertainment team has sent word that it will be co-hosting a special live stream event this Saturday, March 28th at 1:00 pm Eastern / 10:00 am Pacific. Co-hosting with the development team will be CohhCarnage whose Twitch.tv channel will be used for the special event. Cohh is a former Dark Age of Camelot player and fan.
Several of the Sword Coast Legends developers will be on hand tomorrow, Thursday, March 26th for the second game play live stream event. Hosted by Game Director Dan Tudge, the Twitch event will reveal the first information about both the Dungeon Crawl and Dungeon Master systems that will ship with the game.
The latest Shards Online newsletter has been published. In it, the team asks all current testers to check the dashboard to find out more about the "break our shard" event. The dev team is looking to cram as many players as possible onto a single shard to stress test the system.
The Gloria Victus team has let us know that the non-disclosure agreement for the game has officially lifted. Testers and streamers can now post their thoughts about the game that the developers say is stable enough to warrant firsthand accounts being published. The hope is that by lifting the NDA, the game will attract more players and that the development team can expand.
Now that Steven Spielberg has been announced as the director for "Ready Player One", is he the right man for the job?? Personally, I am going to go with a big resounding YES. I know a lot of people talk about how he hasn’t had very many great movies these days. If you think about the era of video games and pop culture that the book is about, Steven Spielberg is one of only a few people at the forefront of entertainment during that era.
The right pilot is crucial to any star ship’s success in space and Star Trek Online expands on that idea with a new blog post about how players can trail the perfect pilot for whatever ship they choose.
ESTSoft has announced that players interested in working with the development team for Cabal 2 can head to the official site to sign up for closed beta testing. The closed beta is expected to begin towards the end of April.
Blizzard and ESPN have partnered up to bring the Heroes of the Storm college championships to viewers around the world. Called "Heroes of the Dorm", the tournament will be held in Los Angeles at the end of April.
Calling the new update a "hugely upgraded gameplay experience", the Orcs Must Die! Unchained team has let us know that beta phase two is ready to begin. The update includes some significant changes, additions and more that should bring a whole new game to testers.