Just weeks to go till Cataclysm

With just weeks to go till Cataclysm is upon us I have sound a new spark of excitement I have stoped playing the Beta and started getting ready for the expansion.
The first thing you want to do is clean out your bank get rid of all the crap and make room for all the new crap! Old food and pots will be junk as soon as the xpac hits so dump it now! keep only what you can use to get you to 85.. The same goes for all the gems! You will be getting blue gems that are better then lvl 80 epic gems!.
If you are looking for a quick xp boost you might want to stack your 25 daily quests up ready to hand in as soon as it goes live! That’s right you can do the quests the day before or even the week before the xpac goes live and hand them in on the 7th of Dec when you can get XP again and you will be close to level 81 in 60 seconds :P.
Know where you want to start! Shop around see what quest lines look the most fun for you!
Have your hearth stone set to a city you can start in remember Dalaran will have no portals!
Plan your time off work! Your going to want to focus on WoW for about 3 days to get it out of your system!
I’ve been raiding ICC for about a year and its been so long since my main (Jeanos) has seen any real new content of had any upgrades, its one thing doing it on the beta or reading about it on line but it’s a hole other thing experiencing it with your real toon getting new gear getting new pets and or achievements with your main toon.
Oww its like the build up to Christmas when you was 5.

Cataclysm Prologue - Elemental Invasions Started

The elemental invasions just started, new quests NPCs are available in capital cities and elementals will randomly spawn in zones!

New quest NPCs are available in capital cities.
Elementals will randomly spawn in questing zones, destroying the rifts in those zones will reward you with Tripping the Rifts.
Elemental Invasion on Wowpedia.org

Tripping the Rifts achievement

Rifts appears everywhere, including Northrend and Outland. (Apparently, this isn't true anymore and you might be able to get your achievement by destroying rifts anywhere, you won't be able to loot lower levels Mysterious Objects)
Rifts seems to spawn at the beginning of each hour (01:00AM, 02:00AM, etc) pretty much everywhere in the zone, however there are confusing reports about this and some people reported them spawning in the middle of the hour. If you arrive in a zone and can't find rifts, you probably just have to wait for a respawn.
You have to kill rifts of your own levels to get the achievements, if you're level 80 look for them in Northrend.
Rifts are destroyed by killing elementals, each elemental death lowers the health of the rift.
The Mysterious Object looted from rifts gives a daily quest with gold/XP reward.

Rifts zones by Type (Source)

Tripping the Rifts achievement map:

Fire
1. Westfall
2. The Barrens (Between Razorfen Downs and Razorfen Kraul)
3. Dustwallow Marsh (Inside Theramore near Armory; North of Witch Hill)
4. The Hinterlands
5. Searing Gorge
6. Blasted Lands
7. Winterspring
8. Hellfire Peninsula
9. Zul'Drak (South of Zeramas; East of the Reliquary of Pain; In the middle of Zeb'Hakkar)
Water
1. Silverpine Forest (East of Shadowfang Keep; South of the fork in the road east of Sepulcher; West of Dead Field towards the shore)
2. Ghostlands
3. Wetlands (On the shore near the Bluegill Murlocs and the two ruined ships; Between the Greenwarden and Dark Iron Dwarf Camps)
4. Thousand Needles (Darkcloud Pinnacle)
5. Stranglethorn Vale
6. Swamp of Sorrows (Stonard)
7. Un'goro Crater
8. Zangarmarsh
9. Shadowmoon Valley
10. Dragonblight (Agmar's Hammer; Wintergarde Keep)
11. Icecrown

Wind
1. Darkshore
2. Hillsbrad Foothills (Southshore; Tarren Mill)
3. Duskwood
4. Arathi Highlands (South of Circle of West Binding; Hammerfall)
5. Eastern Plaguelands
6. Terokkar Forest
7. Netherstorm
8. Borean Tundra (Magmoth)
9. Sholazar Basin
Earth
1. Loch Modan
2. Redridge Mountains
3. Desolace
4. Western Plaguelands
5. Burning Steppes
6. Silithus
7. Nagrand (Laughing Skull Ruins)
8. Blade's Edge Mountains
9. Howling Fjord (Wyrmskull Village near the hut Alliance players witness the visions of the past)
10. Grizzly Hills
11. Storm Peaks (Gnoll Camps west of K3; Maker's Library)

Cataclysm Cinematic Intro

WoW 4.01 is live! will you be ready for Cata?

World of Warcraft Client Patch 4.0.1


The latest patch notes can always be found at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/
The latest test realm patch notes can always be found at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/test-realm-patchnotes.html


Cataclysm Systems Patch


World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will be in stores on December 7, 2010 and the time has come to prep for the official launch by implementing its first major patch. Players can experience many major game and user interface systems updates in the first official patch for the upcoming third expansion, patch 4.0.1.


General


Cataclysm Launcher Update


The new Cataclysm Launcher allows you to stream game data while you play. This will reduce the time you spend downloading, installing, and patching World of Warcraft. We'd like to get your feedback on the toolset and gameplay experience. Please head to the forums here for additional information: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=26726066731


Reforging


Players can now visit special Reforging NPCs in capital cities located near Enchanting trainers. 40% of any one secondary stat on an item can be allocated to add a new secondary stat to the item. The stat being added cannot already exist on the item. An item cannot have more than one reforged stat at a time, though the Reforging of an item can be undone and changed.


Dungeons & Raids


Flexible Raid Lock System


Icecrown Citadel and Ruby Sanctum now use the new Flexible Raid Lock system. This system provides the opportunity for a character to defeat each raid zone’s encounters once a week. A character may now complete the encounters during the week with different raids of either 10 or 25 players.
Learn more about this feature by visiting our official forums here: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=27026324753&sid=1


Icecrown Citadel

Dragon Age Destiny Trailer HD

The Dragon Age Destiny Trailer is out and it is a sweet clip but.. it tells us nothing about the game.. it’s not game footage all it just a cool fight seen. I loved the first game and played it through twice but the expansion was a real letdown I like allot of other people I know never finished the Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening (Expansion pack) let’s hope BioWare never pull a stunt like Awakening again!

Dragon Age 2 The Facts!

1. When will Dragon Age 2 be released?
Dragon Age 2 is set for release in North America on March 8 and March 11 in Europe.

2. Which systems is Dragon Age 2 being released on? Will they be released at the same time?

Dragon Age 2 is being released simultaneously for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

3. Do I have to play Dragon Age: Origins before playing Dragon Age 2?

You do not have to play Dragon Age: Origins to fully experience Dragon Age 2. It is a perfect starting point to enter the series.

4. Will I meet romanceable characters?

Yes. You will be able to engage in romances with certain NPCs in your party and throughout the world.

5. Where does Dragon Age 2 take place?

Dragon Age 2 is set in the Free Marches, with much of the plot focused on the city of Kirkwall, an ancient port city that was once the center of the global slave trade.

6. When does Dragon Age 2 take place?

Dragon Age 2 takes place sometime after the Blight of Ferelden, as the Darkspawn and other threats emerge to endanger the world again. The story unfolds over the course of a decade as you rise to power and change the world.

7. Will I meet familiar characters in Dragon Age 2?

Dragon Age 2 is set in the same world as Dragon Age: Origins, and you will cross paths with many of the same individuals and groups that you encountered before.

8. Will the Dragon Age 2 story react to the decisions I made in Dragon Age: Origins?

Yes. If you import your Origins playthroughs, you will experience the consequences of the choices you made previously. However, this is not necessary to fully experience Dragon Age 2.

9. What will my character be like?

Your character in Dragon Age 2 will be a legendary figure in the history of Thedas. Not only will you hear people respond to your conversations, but your character will also be be fully-voiced. You will play as a human male or female of any class you wish: Warrior, Mage or Rogue.

10. Will there be new spells and abilities in Dragon Age 2?

Yes. We'll reveal more details over time, but there will be many spells, abilities and specializations to choose from and customize your character to your liking.

11. What is the story like?

The Dragon Age 2 story will be a non-linear framed narrative. You will have unprecedented control over the directions your character goes and the sequence in which the story unfolds.

12. What is combat like?
Dragon Age 2 will feature reactive combat, allowing you to take real-time control of your character in melee, ranged or spell combat. You can pause the game to assign tactical actions to each party member, or take direct control of any individual character while the customizable tactical AI directs the others.

SWTOR Space Combat Sneak Peek

Some new info on space combat, has been revealed from the gamer magazine pcgamer.com. After the magazine was scanned and translated, here are some of the new details.

Ships will be customizable with upgrades earned through space combat.
Upgrades probably won’t be entirely new weapons but incremental power increases.
James Ohlen said, that player’s ship will be cosmetically different, but will all use blasters and missiles.
Character abilities and stats will not affect space combat.
Missions are supposed to only take a couple of minutes.
BioWare will implement PvP and co-op in the future.
Quest objectives are given on the fly via character voice-overs.
Terrain collision is very real. Flying into an asteroid will be devastating.
Side quests for each mission will rotate as well to make the missions more repeatable.
Later missions will be more complex and difficult.
All Player ships have roughly the same size and power.
The design’s of the four unknown player ships will draw inspiration from existing ships.

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The Guild Game On Music Video

That's right Felicia Day and Sandeep Parikh get down and boogie again with there new Music video Game on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMrN3Rh55uM


Purchase the "Game On" music video here:
http://bit.ly/gameonVIDEO

and the MP3 here:
http://bit.ly/gameonMP3
http://amzn.to/gameonAMZN

On on iTunes

GAME ON CAST
Codex: Felicia Day
Zaboo: Sandeep Parikh
Vork: Jeff Lewis
Clara: Robin Thorsen
Tinkerballa: Amy Okuda
Bladezz: Vincent Caso
"Real Life": David Mattey
Zaboo Stunt Double: Victor Lopez
Dancers: Adam Ackerman, Charity Baroni, Marissa Cuevas, Gerald Espinosa, Anthony Gonzales, Marcelin Jurbina, Julie Koehler, Ashlee Malyar, Guy Nemer, Kenneth Rivera
Extras: Jamie Kale, Grant Kimura, America Young
Clara's Pool Boy: Stephen Ayers
Surprised Thug: Jason C. Miller
Thugs: Jamison Boaz, Austin Coppock, Jeffrey Damnit, Derek Jones, George Rockwell, Thom Williams

Produced by Felicia Day & Kim Evey
Directed & Edited by Sean Becker & Kim Evey
Line Producer: Gabe Uhr
Director of Photography/Colorist: Chris Darnell
1st AD: Ryan Lacen
2nd AD: Andrew Seely
Key PA: Milana Vayntrub
PA's: Jonathan Higgins, Jase Lindgren, Kris Swain, Ben Terrill
1st AC: Emily Ibarra
B Camera Op: Vahae Papazyan
C Camera Op: Cameron Chaves, Geoff Goodloe, Barry Gribble
Sound: Greg Benson
Audio playback / PA: Andrew Cichowski
DIT: Gabe Uhr
Production Designer: Greg Aronowitz
Art Director: Bryan Fulk
Art Dept: Mazin Dajani, Alina Khanjian, Amber Sinne
Costume Designer: Michele Dunn
Assistant Costume Designer : Kristin Ingram
2nd Assistant Costume: Michelle Fitzsimmons
Wardrobe Assistant: Sinead Mahoney
Choreographer: Chantal Robson
Fight Choreographer/Stunt Coordinator: Thom Williams
Gaffer: Rob Grower
Best Boy Electric : Jeremy Mennel
Dolly Grip Sarah Schulte
Swing G&E: Justin Rettke, Terry Lin, Aaron Fairley, Brian Corral
Makeup: Jennifer Jackson & Ashley Joybeck
Song Produced by: Jason C. Miller
Song Co-Produced by: Jamison Boaz and Russell Ali
Mixed by: Jamison Boaz
Music by: Jason C. Miller, Jamison Boaz and Russell Ali
Lyrics by: Felicia Day and Sandeep Parikh
Live Percussion by: Maulik Zaveri

Mos Eisley Radio Spills the beans on Space Combat in SWTOR!

If you don't listen you need to! The DJ's from MER let the wamp rat out of the bag at Comic-Con with news about Space Combat in SWTOR, to get the full scoop you will need to listen to episode 22.

Continuing with our summer of amazing guests, this week Scott Johnson of The Instance and the FrogPants network of shows joins us to discuss all things SWTOR! We take another step back to discuss what makes a great gaming podcast, whether or not Bioware has the formula in place to make a fantastic game (hint: they do!), parenting and MMOs, and in general completely geek out on our most anticipated game of the next year. We also hit the recent news, including the announcement of ship combat at Comic-Con 2010 and the newest playable planet (which is actually a moon), Nar Shaddaa.

Also, stick around after the show is over to hear us geek out even more on what we’ve been playing (mostly Starcraft II) and some of the games we’re looking forward to in the coming months.

Winner Gamingface.com is now in the WoW Cataclysm Beta

Thanks to this photo I now have a WoW Cataclysm beta key. I checked The Instance just as I went to lunch and found this

" Link  Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to patronize The Instance fan page on Facebook.


On that page, I have just created a new photo album called “WoW In Real Life”. Now it’s time for you to get creative. Post one photo to the photos page that fits the description:


“…your WoW things juxtaposed with real-world things, or just real-world things that remind you of WoW.”


It could be a picture of your collector’s edition of WoW on a snow sled. Perhaps your FigurePrint on vacation in the city. Perhaps you have an actual pet pig named Hellboar. We will select one photo at 8PM PDT today. It will be a photo that is funny/weird/beautiful/catchy. You have four hours.


Good luck!!"

So I posted this photo and I got me a Key!

Don't steep on your own Freezing Trap! Jeanos the Hunter (entity guild on Nagrand)

A big thank's to theinstance.net ,If you don't listen to the podcast you need to!! It rocks!

OMG to I play Cataclysm or SC2!! OMG What will I do!