MMO-Champion Cursed

Boubouille broke the news that MMO-Champion has fallen to the dark side and sold there sole to Curse.. I have seen lots of great sites get chewed up over the years by bigger sights and although it might be a win/win for MMO champ and Curse it might be loss to the loyal readers of MMO-Champion. I do hope Curse are smart and leave MMO-Champ the way it is, I would hate to see all the crap add that plague Curse end up all over one of the best WoW sites in the net!



Press Release
San Francisco, CA – July 19, 2010 – Curse, Inc. announced today the purchase of the #1 World of Warcraft news site, MMO-Champion.com. The site was bought from Major League Gaming for an undisclosed amount.

MMO-Champion is a natural fit for Curse which already possesses the largest repository of add-ons available for MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) games such as World of Warcraft, Warhammer Online and Runes of Magic as well as extremely popular forums for Runescape, Aion and Final Fantasy XIV. The World of Warcraft news site attracts 7 million unique visitors and more than 80 million page views per month (Google Analytics WW, June 2010). The combination makes Curse the #1 MMO destination online.

“The acquisition of MMO-Champion markedly sets Curse apart from the competition,” said Hubert Thieblot, CEO and Founder. “Not only does the addition solidify Curse as the largest MMO destination on the web, but it plays a central role in delivering a complete Curse MMO solution. Curse is now the ultimate resource for MMO news, forums, databases, and add-ons.”

Gamers and advertisers alike will benefit greatly from MMO-Champion’s purchase by Curse. In the next few months, visitors can expect an updated page design and improved user experience. To insure the site’s strong content offering will not be compromised, Fabien Bonte, the site’s founder and administrator, will be joining the Curse staff as a full-time employee. Advertisers can take advantage of Curse’s extended reach into the core MMO market, making MMO gamers easier to connect with than ever. For more information about Curse and MMO-Champion, please visit www.curse.com.

SWTOR Its all about the Music! Video.

A big part of any game is the music, and the music is one of the things I miss most about Star wars Galaxies. Just listning to John Williams music takes me to another world! In SWTOR we will be getting 5 and 1/2 hours of new Star Wars music! OMG for me just that will be enough to get me to buy this game the day it comes out!

The emotional experience of Star Wars™ comes to life in new music created exclusively for The Old Republic™. From soft melodies that ring in the forest of Alderaan to the magnificent booming of a battle scene on Ord Mantell, a talented team of composers, musicians and developers came together to create a magical score for the game.

Watch Developer Dispatch: Music of The Old Republic to see what goes into weaving the familiar Star Wars riffs with a new original score. And learn how music impacts the thrilling moments in video games as well as movies.







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

The Old Republic is going to kick ass! Group play video

Seeing videos like this enforces my conferences in BioWare The old Republic is going to kick ass!

During E3 we gave live demos of multiplayer game play in The Old Republic for the press. Now we want to share the demo with the community! This demo shows how a diverse group of players use their abilities to complement one another in battle.

Commander Narlock readies his troops for an Imperial assault. As he does, all four Republic classes; a Jedi Consular, Jedi Knight, Smuggler, and Trooper join together to assist in fighting off the attack. Watch as each player does his or her part to take on the enemies, and beat the Imperial Troopers and Imperial Breach Droids.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmtkHrmLff0

Site Rebuild www.gamingface.com

In the little spare time I have I am working on gamingface to make it sleeker and easy to read on mobile devices. Please leave feedback on www.gamingface.com and let me know what you do and don’t like about the changes. When I am happy with the changes I will apply them to all 15 RSS sites that we run here at gamingface.

Go out with grace please..

As a GM I have had to gkick lots of people over the years and I also have had people leave because of the ways we did things in the guild. Let’s not bull crap my guild is not the greatest in the world and it’s not for everyone I’m not the best GM in the world and I have a life outside of the game, So I understand if the guild I run is not for everyone. There is 2 ways you can leave a guild that’s get kicked or gquit, but no matter what it is you need to do it with grace. If you have someone leave your guild because it was not working for them of wish them well and move on if the guild you was in removes you because you was not up to scratch? Thank them for having you ask them what you could have done to make it better! Whatever you do, DO NOT DO THIS! VVV

Warning bad language in this Video!



And you know what I think it might be a chick!



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I feel the need the need of driving something!

I got the driving game itch and I found someone selling the Logitech MOMO wheel and pedals. I was thinking about the g27 but at $400+ I just could not justify it. With the Momo at ¼ the price of the g27 and all the crazy prices on steam for racing games I’m in for some fun time! Looks like the Man room is getting a cool gaming upgrade!

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SWTOR Hope Cinematic Trailer

Here's the newest cinematic trailer you have all been waiting for...

In the years before the signing of the Treaty of Coruscant, the Sith Empire sought to crush the Republic's morale by destroying Alderaan. See one of the pivotal battles of this conflict in our second cinematic trailer: Hope.

The Battle of Alderaan. The Republic's gravest hour. Recently promoted to Darth, Malgus launches the first of many surprise attacks that would become his trademark during the Great War, perfectly timing the assault with a feint that pulls the Republic fleet light-years away.

Thousands of assault droids and hundreds of Sith set the heart of the Republic ablaze, and Alderaan's few defenders are swept away with ease.

Unknown to Darth Malgus, small groups of Republic Troopers are stationed on Alderaan, some recovering from wounds, others are awaiting orders. As these brave soldiers take to the forests and mountains to fight a guerilla campaign against Malgus's forces, the Republic fleet rushes back to repel the invasion. With time running out and Alderaan's capitol threatened, it falls to Havoc Squad, the elite Republic Special Forces unit, to coordinate one last desperate stand against Malgus' vastly superior numbers.

Here's the first cinematic trailer in HD released at E3 2009 for those that have not yet seen it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=494v0LLIi0k

Also check out the latest Sith Warrior Trailer available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR2-wvXPSMc

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Lord of the ring online Free To Play!

I must say as a lifetime member of LORO this is a great move by Turbine! I stopped playing due the lack of other players. I’m going to reinstall it for the first time in 2 years just to see what happens. I do hope it works for them! Good luck guys!

Free-to-Play opens up more choices and options so you can play your way. When LOTRO Free-to-Play is available, you can download the game for free and start playing without a subscription or even a credit card.


Anyone can join the game for free as a Free player when LOTRO Free-to-Play is available. You will automatically be upgraded from Free player to Premium player status with your first purchase of Turbine Points in the LOTRO Store.


And for a monthly fee, LOTRO's VIP program offers the best value and the most options for players who like the convenience of having unlimited access to all of LOTRO's game content and features. If you are already a subscriber, just maintain your active subscription to be automatically upgraded to VIP!



The Lord of the Rings Online™: Frequently Asked Questions

1.What is The Lord of the Rings Online™?
The Lord of the Rings Online™ (LOTRO) is the award-winning online role-playing game set in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, the greatest fantasy world of all time. In LOTRO, you can explore the legendary world of The Lord of the Rings™ and create your own unique Middle-earth adventure. Join with the world's largest fellowship of players to fight the ravenous hordes of the Dark Lord Sauron, and forge your own legend.

2.What is Free-to-Play?
Free-to-Play opens up more choices and options so you can play your way. When LOTRO Free-to-Play is available, you can download the game for free and start playing without a subscription or even a credit card. Earn free Turbine Points as you advance your Hero and adventure throughout the massive world of Middle-earth. You can spend these points in the LOTRO Store to access hundreds of convenience items as well as expansion packs, premium content, potions, character-customization options, and more. If you choose to, you may also purchase Turbine Points in the LOTRO Store.

Torchlight fun

If you’re like me and dyeing to get your hands on Diablo 3 you will be pleased to know the is relief ! I went to the extent of reinstalling Diablo 2 in hope of scratching that Itch…. But playing a 800X600 locked game on a 1680x1050 LCD sux balls.
Torchlight is sooo much like Diablo it’s amazing blizzard don’t rip them a new one or try to, But I guess it’s just like all the FPS’s out there a lot’s feel the same but are different enough not to cause trademark issues.

About Torchlight

Word of Ember blazed across the land, and the town of Torchlight flared to life.

Ember is the essence of magic and the keystone of alchemy; it lures the restless with promises of power and riches. Miners burrowed deep beneath the dirt streets of Torchlight, discovering veins of the ore richer than any found in living memory- but they were not the first to covet these mines. The miners broke through into the buried past, a dangerous labyrinth of caverns and ruined civilizations, twisted creatures and the bones of those who came before. Evil bubbles up from the depths and threatens to overrun this town as it has so many others. The heart of a villain has infused the Ember, and his darkness seeps through the veins. To survive, the townspeople must break the cycle of destruction; they need a champion who can destroy the evil at its root. Removing the source of the rot may purify the Ember, but it is a long and perilous journey. The champion must battle through rock and fire, through lost cities and ancient tombs, into the palace of the villain himself.

The adventure is set in the mining settlement of Torchlight, a boomtown founded on the discovery of rich veins of Ember – a rare and mysterious ore with the power to enchant or corrupt all that it contacts. This corruptive power may have dire consequences however, and players set out into the nearby mountains and depths below to discover the full extent of Ember’s influence on the civilizations that have come before.

Players will choose from among three character classes, and venture from the safety of the town of Torchlight into randomly generated dungeon levels, with a huge variety of creepy monsters, endless variations of loot to find, and quests to complete. The endless randomization ensures a long-lived gameplay experience.

This game is a crap load of fun!! You can download the 3 hour demo for free and if you want to keep playing pay $19.99 to unlock the full game. So its time to give that Logitech G9 a workout and get clicking!

Be a Jedi! view this video you will.

This is the best Star wars recap I have ever seen. Enjoy.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0z_TU4Gw5o&