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!

The Instance WoW Cataclysm Beta Key give away!

I spend a lot of Time listing to pod casts on the way to and from work, and for almost 2 years now I have listened to the Instance with Scot Johnson and Randy (I am fine thanks for asking) Deluxe. If you’re in to WoW the Instance is a must! I have tried lots of WoW podcasts but the instance is the only one I can recommend It’s clean well presented witty and informative, All they need is to get the very hot Felicia Day on more frequently! And big new this week over at the instance is that they are giving away WoW Cataclysm Beta Keys!!

We’re happy to announce that every day for the next 25 days, The Instance will give away two keys to the World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm beta test, courtesy of Blizzard Entertainment! As we build up to our landmark 200th episode, we want to give you the chance to beta-test and be among the first to experience the coming cataclysm.

Every day, starting tomorrow – Friday, July 23rd – Scott and Randy will each give away one of two unique codes that unlock your access to Cataclysm. To win,......Read on

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.