GameSpy.com Etherlords Developer Diary Volume 9 is penned by Andrey Emelyanenko describing the reaction to the first few weeks of beta testing on this upcoming turn-based strategy game that has its roots in the world of collectable card games. The article also offers a lot of information about how gameplay is conducted, including significant differences between combat in Etherlords and games like Magic: The Gathering. Also found within are updates on how progress on the game is going, saying: "It now seems that we have a good chance to finish all of Etherlords artwork by August 31" (yes today), and: "Fate hasn't, however, been so merciful to our programmers -- there's still the hell of work to do with AI, automatic camera, and (great thanks to our huge Beta-testers team) bug-fixing."