Blizzard has laid a bunch of new information about the next World of WarCraft expansion, Mists of Pandaria — and along with it, our first look at the female Pandaren player model. We’ve got a few choice image here to show what players who opt for characters of the female persuasion will be staring at for the next million or so hours.
Click the image above and below to expand them. We’ve also got more Mists of Pandaria stuff comin’ atcha today, including all kinds of new information about the Pandaria patch content’s end game, the Siege of Orgrimmar.
Earlier this week, we got to head to Blizzard’s Irvine, California, campus and learn a whole bunch of new information about Mists of Pandaria, the upcoming expansion to World of WarCraft. We’ve got lots to share with you — including the oft-asked about female Pandaren player character model — and we’ve saddled this post with a whole bunch of new images for your enjoyment below.
Check them out, and get a load of the new stuff we’ve learned, like the fact that the end game of Pandaria’s patch content is going to encompass the Siege of Orgrimmar. Garrosh’s days are numbered, it seems.
Earlier this week, we got to head to Blizzard’s Irvine, California, campus and learn a whole bunch of new information about Mists of Pandaria, the upcoming expansion to World of WarCraft. We’ve got lots to share with you — including the oft-asked about female Pandaren player character model — and we’ve saddled this post with a whole bunch of new images for your enjoyment below.
Check them out, and get a load of the new stuff we’ve learned, like the fact that the end game of Pandaria’s patch content is going to encompass the Siege of Orgrimmar. Garrosh’s days are numbered, it seems.
According to a recent job posting, Microsoft is developing a “AAAA” Xbox game. No, that’s not a typo on our part — quadruple-A is what the software titan is aiming for.
The job posting reads:
Microsoft Studios (Xbox) is looking for a dynamic and seasoned Executive Producer to lead and develop a world-class team who will own the creation and delivery of a AAAA experience that delivers on 1st party goals and, more importantly, creates a fun gaming experience for our audience.
I know what you’re thinking: “Surely, that’s just a typo. They meant AAA, not AAAA.”
The want-ad goes on:
Major Responsibilities:
-The EP will have P&L responsibility for a major Xbox AAAA console title.
-Deliver the end-to-end AAAA title experience (Concept, Prototype, Greenlight, Pre-Production, Production, Release, ongoing revenue streams and a complete franchise plan).
Still think it’s a typo?
While the industry’s use of the term “AAA” originated as marketing jargon, it has colloquially been adapted to represent the quality of the game. What Microsoft probably means by quadruple-A is a series like Call of Duty, which releases titles annually and brings home more bacon than a Danish pig farmer. But that doesn’t prevent the whole idea from sounding ridiculous.
What’s next? Activision developing a AAAAA game? To which Microsoft responds with a AAAAA+ game?
Mass Effect 3‘s multiplayer has more depth than a panel at the “I’m A Reality TV Star And I Have More Twitter Followers Than You” convention (IARTVSAIHMTFTY Con), or at least that’s what we think BioWare developers are trying to get across in the two mulitplayer strategy videos viewable right here.
The above video explains tactics for taking out specific enemies in multiplayer combat, and the one below discusses the strengths and weaknesses of each combat class. Get educated:
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An elated EA has said it’s “number one” with Battlefield 3 after winning the GAME public BAFTA in London on Friday, adding it’s “great” to “get one over” on the Call of Duty series.
EA’s Colin Blackwood told VG247 immediately after picking up the award, the only games BAFTA voted for by the public, that beating Modern Warfare 3 was “great” for EA but noted the category was full of stiff competition.
“Obviously, Call of Duty has defined the size of the shooter market, so to get one over on them? That’s great,” he said.
“Similarly, Skyrim was in there, Valve’s Portal 2 was in there, Batman was in there and the Minecraft stuff’s going on as well. This is just about coming number one. It’s not about who we beat. It’s about being number one.”
Blackwood added that DICE’s fresh take on the modern shooter drove public love for BF3.
“I think people wanted something different. It’s so unique. The different level of depth you get on the multiplayer, with the vehicles, and when you just can’t believe you had a ‘Battlefield moment,’ it just blows you away. It offers something that no other game in the genre – actually no other game – actually does. It’s amazing.”
Absolutely watch the video for EA product boss Kevin Flynn being brought into the interview at 1.27 to say it’s “great to beat Gears of War”. Pure, unadulterated, undiluted BAFTA gold.
New details about the upcoming new Left 4 Dead 2 DLC have been revealed in a somewhat circumspect update on the official Left 4 Dead blog. We know what it’s going to be called, and what it does. We just don’t know when you’ll be able to play. DRAMA!
The new DLC will be called ‘Four Swordsmen of the Apocalypse’. It’s a survival pack in which you and 4 friends fight off wave after wave of zombies using only swords. “Armed with only swords the survivors face near continuous streams of Special Infected ready to be sliced and diced.” That sounds fairly awesome, though we’ll of course have to wait and see when it launches. Which will be… sometime. “Now that we have a solid version of the maps (some minor changes still coming),” the post says, “we are focused on the DLC and getting some pesky bugs out of the shipping version. As soon as we have a release date we will let you know.”
They’re currently also deciding on Mutations for the DLC, taking votes on Twitter. You can tweet your preference, with the most tweets deciding the winner. As of this post, it’s looking like Versus Survival will win out.
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