It's finally here!! :D Today, we've released Asynchronous Play! This means that you can play a game even when your opponent is not online (and vice-versa). So it'll be a lot easier to find players and to finish games. Here's some things you need to know!

• All online games now support Async... instead of Quitting, you can now "Leave" the game. This is perfectly safe, you will be able to come back at any time.
• All online games now have a "turn timeout" setting which controls how long you have to make a move. The default is 7 days, so this is typically just to prevent users from abandoning a game when they're losing. If a turn-timeout passes without the active player moving, then that player forfeits the game.
• To avoid the problem of two people having to be online at exactly the same time to start a game, you can now "Start Alone". Basically: if you "Create Game" online, then you hit "Ready" in the lobby, but nobody else is in the lobby yet, you'll have the option to "Start Alone". At that point, you'll go into the game (and you can even move, if it's your turn) even though there is no opponent. You can safely leave the game and it will still sit around waiting for someone to join it. NOTE: You can not start a Private Game alone... because you can't invite Steam players who aren't online (we're working on another way to do this eventually).
• The first time you play, you will get prompted to connect to "BlueLine Cloud". This is not a 3rd party service (we're BlueLine.. it's just the name of our game-servers). If you connect, then your data will be available to you outside of Steam (sort of anti-DRM). If you choose "No Thanks" you can connect later, but it's recommended that you do connect.

• Our entire graphics library has been updated to use the latest version of FNA. This increases performance (better frame-rate on really old computers) and should make the game more compatible to graphics cards that have often had problems.
• GamePad support on Linux is back (it had broken).
• The list of games scrolls better
• ?? Probably a lot! We've been holding back releases since January to make sure that Async was super-stable before releasing it on Hive. We released it first on Reversi, then improved it, then released it on Khet 2.0 and improved it more.... then tested more, polished a few things, and only NOW is Hive getting it! Much has happened in the meantime. Keep an eye out for any bugs!

• Play locally or online.
  
• Play against the Computer - AI with five difficulty levels.
  
• Includes "hot-seat"/"pass-n-play" mode for players with who want to share one mouse/keyboard or gamepad.
  
• Full 3D with camera-control
  
• Switch seamlessly between playing with mouse/keyboard and gamepad.
  
• Dozens of Steam Stats & Achievements.
  
• Same expansions as table-top version: the Pillbug, the Ladybug, and the Mosquito expansions are available as DLC.
  
• Each expansion can be turned on/off for any individual game. Play with these pieces online even if your opponent does not own the expansions! (they will also get to use the expansions during the game)
  
• Asynchronous play - you can play even when your opponent is offline.
  
• The Hive board game is a winner of many awards including "Mensa Select", "Dr. Toy: Product of Excellence", "Spiele Hits", "International Gamers Awards", and "Juego del año".

• OS: glibc 2.15+. 32/64-bit
• Processor: 1 gHzMemory: 512 MB RAM
• Memory: 512 MB RAM
• Graphics: OpenGL 2.1+ w/ GL_ARB_framebuffer_object
• Storage: 300 MB available space

• OS: glibc 2.15+. 32/64-bit. S3TC texture support
• Processor: 2 gHzMemory: 1 GB RAM
• Memory: 1 GB RAM
• Graphics: OpenGL 3+Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Storage: 300 MB available space