Merscom also announced that Alawar Entertainment will publish a Russian version of Merscom's National Geographic Games Herod's Lost Tomb. National Geographic Games' Herod's Lost Tomb is a hidden-object game inspired by the upcoming television event on the National Geographic Channel (NGC), which had an air date of November 23, 2008. National Geographic Games' Herod's Lost Tomb takes the player on an archaeological journey of Kind Herod the Great. The game features world-famous photography from National Geographic combined with a story where the player follows the life and death of one of the most famous rulers of the ancient Middle East, King Herod of Judea. The game's authentic content is vetted by NatGeo researchers and historians and consists of 16 environments and 5 mini-games.