OMG ITS TGIF @ HQ!!and you know what that means, EVERY Friday we celebrate the First of September or as 100% of american households know it best... NATIONAL CHERRY POPOVER DAY! that's right every Friday we celebrate one of the nations most enduring holidays, NATIONAL CHERRY POPOVER DAY... be sure to check out these fun ways to celebrate ( 5 BEST CHERRY DAY BANG UPS! We like to keep it simple here at the office, 'gather round the Cherry Tree and exchange gifts as we sip cherry cordials, I had Jared this year in the Secret Washington gift swap (oh as if you didn't know... George Washington is the official mascot of Cherry Popover day), anyway I got Jared this sweet AA...Jared seemed to like it, but I can tell he is still a bit upset... he thought is was NATIONAL CHERRY POP DAY, he missed the over part and had some VERY different expectations... oh well maybe next yearOH BOY! that was a great Friday update!!!!first up, we have the new ladder! that's right its time to start climbing again! I will say that sleeve is fucking gross... I love it! and the AA guidance is amazing so super cool, I really love AA common and uncommon stuff, when I can swap in a little extra cool card it just feels great (although extending the art on those is PRICEY!)THE BIG NEWS...the thing I kept alluding to, the launch of HEX: CARD CLASH on PS4first up... why the different name?couple of reasons, first and foremost the game has a different set of features, secondarily I wanted new players to be able to see the name and have some idea of what its about, clearly CARD CLASH gives you a bit more than SHARDS OF FATE, and really this is move to PS4 is 100% about finding NEW players.jumping back to the different features comments, I want to make sure everyone is clear about what it takes to put HEX on PS4, its not just about the technical challenge its ALSO about living inside of Sony's very tightly controlled garden, they are very careful about what can and cannot be done on the PS4 (rightfully so), the features in Card Clash are specifically tuned around what being a free to play game means on console means.Lets get to the questions:No, we have built a new player experience around the Dueling Pits! Players will have the chance to pilot five different pre-con decks and play against a combination of AI opponents and other players. Dueling Pit matches will reward players with gold and unlock one of the five pre-con decks.we will be adding a commons only pack to the PS4 store (not on the PC, although we could add it if players want it) its 1000G and gives you 10 random standard legal commons.Players on the PS4 can also use gold to buy items from the auction house. We are considering launching campaign on console as a completely separate stand alone product, a single player experience that rewards cards and really manages the flow of leveling in a way we cannot do in standard HEX. Just something we are considering, but I like the idea...YES! you will have access to the "Quick-Buy" and "Quick-Sell" feature as a PS4 player, all PS4 transactions will all be integrated into one large economy with the PC players, its not a separate economy in any form. And we hope to have the "Quick-Buy" and "Quick-Sell" feature (along side the normal AH) in the PC client relatively quickly.YES! full cross platform play on ALL platforms is the #1 goal and frankly the only reason for doing other platforms, we want to grow the player base so tournaments fire off faster and you ALWAYS have someone to play with day or night. We are actively translating into Japanese and putting out HEX in Japan on the PS4 would be AMAZING... playing at 3AM with my friends in Tokyo is something I want to make happen.I know this will likely be the fly in the soup for our current players, but sadly no. Living within the rules of the Sony ecosystem made this impossible. I am very sorry and we are cooking up a process by which you can send stuff from your account for a one way trip to your PS4 account (if you want to peel off a play set of stuff and put it on console we will work to make that happen.) I would just ask that you keep in mind the benefit to our current players isn't the ability to play HEX on the couch instead of the PC (and admittedly that's cool) its about getting you a BUNCH of new people to play and trade with, increasing your collections value and making it easier to find games. I am super sorry and in the end the choice was do it this way or don't do console, and I think I made the right choice.I know... I hate me alsoAccording to Chris Woods YES, it will be added to the PC client with the other features from the PS4 version (I recommend using a Guitar Hero controller for added difficulty)and to be clear ALL the cool features from the PS4 version should be added to the PC in the near futureAll of the current formats and tournaments will be available on the PS4, again sort of the point of doing this...And I think new players will be really blown away by how much we have going on as a community, heck playing for real money every weekend is pretty amazing!nope we are working on "other" consoles... and we are working VERY hard on Tablet! One of the reasons we did console (beyond the access to new players) is the reality that much of the work would be the same stuff we need for tablet. Now that we are over this hurdle I think tablet can come pretty quickly, we are targeting year end. I know by saying that I just signed a virtual contract with you to be angry with me later when it takes longer, but fuck it... I like being honest with our plans. That said, the 19th is looking good for PS4 but keep in mind we are in submission now, and its not a process we are terribly familiar with, so far so good but please keep in mind that date could slip by a week or so.......deep breath, OK that was a LOT...there is an ocean board, you should get itthere is a BASH with a cash prize, you should get itthere is a CLASH with a cash prize, you should get it...as I mentioned in the last Friday Update... Update, I always felt both happy and miserable giving out the Exalted reward, yes I LOVE recognizing our amazing community members, but always felt terrible that so many went unrecognized. So this year and for the next few years at least we will do three per year!This first one was close! We have two people that are a lock for Technical Exalted, this year is Bogycoins! I can absolutely say with 100% confidence that Hex.Tcgbrowser is the number one external tool I use for HEX. I have loved it from the first moment it existed and it really made me feel (as someone here making the game) that we had honest to god partners in the community, helping make the vision of HEX come to life. Bogy you deserve this honor and we hope to have you as part of the HEX family for a long time to come...so I mentioned some fun stuff around exalted, and I meant it! coming on Thursday we will have an interview with Bogycoins, AND we will have his EXALTED GIFT decision...yes a new exalted feature is the "Gift of the Exalted" , each of this years exalted will pick from this list and everyone with an account (as of 8/31) will get the "Gift of the Exalted"so here is the list:- 4 Promo Stardust (bound to account)- 1 Shards of Fate Pack (bound to account)- 2 Frost Heart Primal Chests (bound to account)- "The Moon Will Avenge us!" Sleeve (see below)- 1 AA Pippit Hustler (see below)- Mercenary G24A-19 (see below)the goodies:There you have it, Bogycoins will pick ONE of these rewards and EVERYONE will get it! And the two Exalted left to be named will ALSO pick a reward for everyone... heck it could be the same reward 3 times!well there it is, the Friday Update... UpdateI love you all and look forward to a bright future for HEX-cory