Mists of Pandaria Press tour announced

Thanks to the tip off from MMO-Champion, it seems that we will soon be hearing more about the next WoW expansion Mists of Pandaria. This is exciting for WoW fans, as well as a promise fulfillment from Blizzard that they were going to work on improving the timing of the release of furute WoW content. With Wrath of the Lich King there was definitely a stale period where the endgame content did become routine and not fun for the players who were hardcore raiders. Even for a non-raider for me I slowly started getting bored near the end. I’ll be interested to see what comes out of this press tour and what other details we may get regarding the expansion. You can read about my thoughts on what I got to play of the expansion at Blizzcon last year here.

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2012 Battle.net World Championship Event announced by Blizzard

Today Blizzard announced that they plan to hold a new major eSports event: the 2012 Battle.net World Championship Event. It is slated to take place in late 2012 in Asia and will feature some of the top pro-gamers in the world. eSport enthusiasts and players plus Blizzard gamers will be invited to attend this event and watch some of the top players compete for prizes and glory. “We’re excited to be showcasing Blizzard eSports on a truly global stage this year. We’re also heavily focused on getting Diablo III, Mists of Pandaria, and Heart of the Swarm into players’ hands as soon as possible. In light of our jam-packed schedule, we’ve decided to hold the next BlizzCon in 2013.” Yep you read correctly, the next Blizzcon will not be held this year but will instead happen in 2013. I do think that a major eSports event run by Blizzard is a great step in advancing eSports

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Review – Saints Row: The Third

Rating: M (Mature 17+) Genre: Action-Adventure Publisher: THQ Developer: Volition, Inc. Release Date: November 15, 2011 BUY I will first admit that I have not played the previous Saints Row games. I’ve heard good things, but they just never appealed to me. That is until I saw promos for Saints Row The Third. The game itself just looked so over the top and fun because it wasn’t taking itself seriously. Plus their promo stunt at E3 with the carwash was pretty funny. So not long after it was released my boyfriend and I picked up the game and I’ve been having a blast! To start, character creation is over the top. It was honestly hard to decide if I wanted to first play through as a guy or a girl. I did wind up choosing to play as a girl, and decided to re-create Christina Hendricks to the best of

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Nintendo Holiday Guide

Nintendo has usually had a relatively fun list of games coming out around the holidays and the Gaming Angels are here to help recommend some games to you for that Nintendo fan in your life. Kirby’s Return to Dreamland (E 10+) At a recent event, I was able to play Kirby’s Return to Dreamland. First of all who doesn’t love Kirby? Second, this platformer was created for families to play together. Players can easily join in or leave a game without interrupting play. Best part is no fighting over one player grabbing all the items because the team has one set score for all the items. Kirby’s Return to Dreamland encourages team work. ~ Trina           The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword E10+) Five years ago, gamers were given The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess just in time for the Holidays. Nintendo has finally given us

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Gaming Angels talks Diablo 3 with Wyatt Cheng and Andrew Chambers

At Blizzcon I had the privilege of speaking with Andrew Chambers and Wyatt Cheng about Diablo III. We had some brief discussions about the beta, Diablo possibly coming to consoles and release dates (SPOILER: “when it’s done”). They gave some promising answers to the console question, and some disappointing answers to the others, but I still had a great time interviewing them! Note: I apologize for the poor quality of the interview video. My good camera was in the shop

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Grand Theft Auto V trailer released

Today the trailer for GTA V, which was announced last week by Rockstar, went live. Seems that we are back in San Andreas for this one. Sadly, no real info on who the character is or a full story but it is a nice teaser for the game. Graphically it looks fantastic and I’m hoping that it will have a more robust story like some of their other games. But even if not, I know I’ll have a great time just driving around trying to get as many stars as possible. You can watch the trailer below!

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StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm interview Brian Kindregan

At Blizzcon, I had the chance to do an interview with Brian Kindregan, Lead Writer for StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. We discuss the transitioning story from Wings of Liberty to Heart of the Swarm as well as new units, continuing the story in novels, and some of his favorite characters to write banter for. It was a great time interviewing him and I can’t wait for Heart of the Swarm to be released! (soon….)

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First Look – World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

Yesterday I had the chance to get hands on with World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria and played a Pandaren Monk. The announcement of the the expansion was not surprising to me, but I was not expecting a new class this expansion as well. The buzz around the convention has been mixed with regards to this expansion, but I have to say that so far I’m not worried at all for what is coming. The thing to remember is that what is on display now gameplay wise can very well change come the final release. This was seen with Wrath as well as Cataclysm. I feel that Blizzard has a good base started for what’s to come. You start off in the starting zone and move through quests that follow a very martial arts feel to them. You have to fight training dummies, apprentices, and then a master before being

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New World of Warcraft Talent Trees Details

Yes, talent trees will be getting a new revamp coming in the next expansion that players are already calling MoP. The changes were made in order to help make it easier when building your class and enabling players to make more hybrid builds again. You will be able to choose your primary focus for your spec (for example: Arcane for a mage) and then every few levels you will be able to choose a new talent in any of the specs that you feel would be best for you. Now this was definitely some information overload, but thanks to our partners over at GKick, they put together a detailed list with screencaps of each of the new trees. You can read up in detail over here on Gkick.net! Gkick.net is part of the Gaming Angels network and have been helping with our coverage of Blizzcon 2011.

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World of Warcraft Preview Panel

So much information came out yesterday for WoW fans, the biggest being the news of the next expansion World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. Thanks to our friends over at Gkick.net we have a fantastic breakdown of all of the features that will appear in the next expansion. You can check out the full list of features here! I did have a chance to play as a Pandarian Monk yesterday, and overall I did enjoy the experience. My full write up will be up on Gaming Angels soon! Gkick.net is part of the Gaming Angels network and have been helping with our coverage of Blizzcon 2011.

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