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Rift: Planes of Telara Collector’s Edition and pre-order details
Dec 29th
We’ve got some new update on Trion World and Ubisoft’s new MMO title, Rift: Planes of Telara. After their invitation for you to join the beta, they’ve now announced plans for the Collector’s Edition, as well as the pre-order deals attached to it.
The Collector’s Edition will bing you an 8GB Flash drive with the Rift logo, the game’s official soundtrack, SteelSeries-made mouse pad, and The Telara Chronicles, the hardcover collection of the game’s comic book mini-series. On top of all that, there will also be three exclusive in-game items: Ancient Tartagon Mount, the Collector’s Satchel and the Bogling Wastrel.
As for the pre-oder deal, those who get it – whether it be the standalone copy or the CE – can choose one among three in-game pets: Cockatrice Chick, Deep One Spawnling or Hellhound Pup.
Of course, individual retailers like GameStop, Amazon and Best Buy are throwing in their own freebies. Feel free to check out what they have in store for you listed below:
- Blazing Sourcestone Rune (Steam): Fire touches your weapon, causing it to burst into flame (+10 Fire Resist)
- Crystalline Sourcestone Rune (Amazon): Earth touches you weapon, encasing it in crystal (+10 Earth Resist)Frozen Sourcestone Rune (Best Buy): Water touches your weapon, encasing More >
GameTrailers Most Disappointing Game of the Year goes to…
Dec 29th
It’s easy to get all excited about an upcoming game, only to find out later on that it’s all hype with no substance. This year is no exception, bringing some incredibly hyped titles with little or less rewards. As compiled by the folks at GameTrailers, this years award for the Most Disappointing Game of the Year goes to…
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Now You can Play WoW with Kinect and Make Some Cool Movements
Dec 28th
Feel hard to make quick reaction and click the right button in time when playing WoW? Dream of playing WoW with Kinect? You may like to try Flexible Action and Articulated Skeleton Toolkit (FAAST), the newly developed software that combines PC game with Microsoft Kinect and allows you to control your characters’ move and fight with your body. You can bind your body movements to the keys in game that can trigger certain events, say, attack, run, jump, etc. Just check out the video below to see the WoW gameplay with Kinect.
FAAST was developed by researchers at the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies, and currently, the software can identify simple moves and gestures like lean, push, swipe, etc. According to the developers, their future plan is to enable it to support more poses and “high-level” gestures and make it more user friendly. Now FAAST is opened to the public and available to download on its website. You can try it out.
About FAAST
FAAST is middleware to facilitate integration of full-body control with games and VR applications using OpenNI-compliant depth sensors (currently the PrimeSensor and the Microsoft Kinect). The toolkit incorporates a custom VRPN server to stream the user’s skeleton over a More >
The Best of WoW Insider: September 2010
Dec 28th
While drafting this outing of The Best of WoW Insider 2010, I realized that Chase’s The Light and How to Swing it: Why is the mana gone? was accidentally slapped into the May 2010 edition. Whoops. It’s really supposed to be here, so I’ve engaged in a little cut-and-paste.
Otherwise, the march of Cataclysm news continued in September, and with it came a few startling announcements that didn’t go over too well with players. Who knew portals would be such a hot-button topic?
Continue reading The Best of WoW Insider: September 2010
World of Warcraft gets Kinected
Dec 28th
Researchers at the University of Southern California have come up with nifty way to play World of Warcraft using Microsoft’s ultra flexible device, the Kinect. Using a middleware software called FAAST or Flexible Action and Articulated Skeleton Toolkit (FAAST), which facilitates integration of full-body control with games and VR applications, the researchers was able to develop and control off-the-shelf video games such as World of Warcraft using the Kinect. According to the team, “since these games would not normally support motion sensing devices, FAAST emulates keyboard input triggered by body posture and specific gestures. These controls can be dynamically configured for different applications and games.” Check out the demo down below.
FAAST currently supports the PrimeSensor and the Microsoft Kinect using the OpenNI framework. You can download FAAST at the source link below.
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Kungfu Legend: PvP Anytime, Anywhere
Dec 28th
Kungfu Legend, developed by BL interactive and co-published by COG and CilyGame has reached the shores of Singapore, Malaysia and Philipines. The first closed beta has also started on the 24th December 2010, 12pm +8GMT. Other than just leveling basic levels, PvP System in Kungfu Legend allows players to gain PvP experience and fame. These martial rank enable players to purchase unique PvP equipments. Here, come with MMOsite, we will give you an exhaustive introduction about PvP System.
Within Kungfu Legend, players are given a fair balance of PvE and PvP. Take a break from the exhausting PvE and switch to level PvP rank in the PvP zone. PvP zones contain categories which range from Free, Expert, Master zone and Match Arena. All zones are designed with thrilling challenges.
Kungfu Legend’s PvP system enable players to level their PvP rank, which unlocks more content.
There are different zones for players to join. Each zone comes with restrictions except Free Zone.
- Free Zone: No Restriction. Players of ALL PvP Rank is allowed to enter. However, they earn lesser PvP experience in this zone.
- Expert Zone: Only PvP Rank 2 and below are allowed to enter this zone. A zone specially designed for new PvP entrants to level faster.
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12 Days of Winter Veil Giveaway Day 7: Stormrage novels
Dec 28th
12 Days of Winter Veil is under way here at WoW Insider. That means 12 days of giveaways, from loot codes to literature and gaming mice to graphics cards. Even if you’ve been a good goblin or a naughty night elf, there’s a chance that WoW Insider has a holiday gift for you this season.
For more reading pleasure for this holiday season, we have three copies of Richard Knaack’s World of Warcraft novel Stormrage to give away. You can also read our interview with the author and our Know Your Lore series on the legendary night elf. Or you can get to entering!
To enter for a chance to win, leave a comment on this post before 11:59 p.m. ET, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010. You must be 18 years of age or older and a legal resident of the United States or Canada (excluding Quebec). You can only enter once. Make sure your email address is up to date, because that’s how we’ll get hold of you. We will pick three winners randomly. Official rules here.
Don’t forget to check back every day through Jan. 2, 2011, for new contests celebrating the 12 Days of Winter Veil! More >
Blood Sport: The 2010 arena recap
Dec 28th
Every week, WoW Insider brings you Blood Sport for arena enthusiasts and The Art of War(craft) for fans of battlegrounds and world PvP. Want to crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentation of their women? C. Christian Moore, multiple rank 1 Gladiator, examines the latest arena strategy, trends, compositions and more.
I’ve been with WoW Insider for a year and a few months. I consider myself exceptionally blessed to write about something I love. This past year’s Blood Sport has been a wonderful undertaking for me, and hopefully for you as well.
Beginner’s guide to arena
Blood Sport featured a Beginner’s Guide to Arena that quickly became a seven-part series.
Part 1: How to gear up for arena Part 2: FAQ and best arena specs Part 3: Basic class strategy Part 4: Survivability, conservation, utility, and the differences between each Part 5: Pressure, burst, crowd control, and the differences between each Part 6: A glossary of arena terms Part 7: How to find and keep a solid arena team
Although technically only parts 4, 5, 6, and 7 were written in 2010, it’s worth mentioning the other three for the sake of clarity and unity.
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12 Days of Winter Veil Giveaway Day 7: Goblin Weather Machine loot code
Dec 28th
12 Days of Winter Veil is under way here at WoW Insider. That means 12 days of giveaways, from loot codes to literature and gaming mice to graphics cards. Even if you’ve been a good goblin or a naughty night elf, there’s a chance that WoW Insider has a holiday gift for you this season.
For those of you who couldn’t enter our other giveaways due to your age or location, here’s your chance. WoWTCGLoot.com has donated a Goblin Weather Machine loot code for us to give away. Clicking the weather machine in your inventory creates a random weather effect will appear over your head: sunny, blue skies, thunder, rain or snow.
To enter for a chance to win, leave a comment on this post before 11:59 p.m. ET, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010. You can only enter once. Make sure your email address is up to date, because that’s how we’ll get hold of you. We will pick one winner randomly.
Don’t forget to check back every day through Jan. 2, 2011, for new contests celebrating the 12 Days of Winter Veil!
Shifting Perspectives: Gearing a restoration druid at 85
Dec 28th
Every week, WoW Insider brings you Shifting Perspectives for cat, bear, restoration and balance druids. This week, we find ourselves rolling against a legion of hybrid casters (“It’s for my off spec!”) in PUGs.
The above is yet another snippet of beta video that never made it into a Shifting article, mostly because I thought it was just a funny little clip. I don’t know about other games, young lady, but in this expansion, we obey the laws of gravity.
Of interest is the almost complete lack of Omen of Clarity procs despite Malfurion’s Gift (I’m not sure how much I like RNG’s impact on our efficiency these days) and the healing done by the death knight’s bloodworms. The amount of “free” healing that adds up from tank and DPS specs was (and perhaps remains) a real concern, as Paragon observed after testing tier 11 raid content back in November. We’ll see how that plays out as more players approach raid content.
This column originally started out as a guide on the road to 85, similar to Shifting Perspectives: Patch 4.0.3a and the road to 85 for bears and cats. However, the more I worked on it, the more I felt I was just rewriting information already published More >