UPDATED ON 2/9/2016 - This problem should be resolved now. You don't have to go into beta channel anymore. Game should start well as usual. Dear players, we have new reported problem with BLACKHOLE and Intel HD Graphics / AMD chipsets. The newest Intel drivers unfortunately causing the problem with DirectX 9.0C and BLACKHOLE stop responding or doesn't working correctly. The same problem also often triggers the message that the DRIVER has crashed and was restored. Please, let me really apologize for this trouble. But on the other hand it's nothing we could prevent from. We have to update our code, and bring support for more laptop players. That said, we are working really hard for 2 months now to release brand new version of BLACKHOLE, which will solve like almost 300 bugs and adds new locations & puzzles for free. But, here comes the sad part: we are not still ready to release stable version yet. For that reason, we created public beta branch for those, whose experiencing problems with starting the game. This public beta contains everything what we'd planned to release next week.

How to activate Public Beta of Blackhole:

• Go into your Library in Steam
• Find Blackhole
• Open Blackhole Properties
• There is section "Betas"
• Select "beta - Public Beta Branch"
• No need enter password
• Download the update
• Try to play game now! :)