Word has it that come 2013, we could be seeing next-gen consoles from both Sony and Microsoft. Of course given that these are rumors, taking them with a grain of salt for now would be the best course of action. However speaking of next-gen consoles, could the next-gen consoles be the last of their kind? Well it seems that with the focus of gaming starting to shift towards mobile devices like our smartphones and tablets, especially given that some of the higher-end smartphones and tablets have the ability to handle superb graphics, it wouldn’t exactly be a stretch of the imagination, would it?
That’s apparently what Blizzard’s Rob Pardo thinks as well which he affirms in an interview with Games Industry. When asked about his thoughts on gaming in the next five or ten years, Pardo was quoted as saying, “Are people going to go out and pay $300 plus for a gaming system that plugs into their TV the way the last generation did? I personally think the answer is yes for one more generation. […] I wouldn’t be surprised if this is the last traditional console generation and it evolves into something new after that.” However he also stated that consoles at the moment still have an advantage in their ability to deliver content that cannot be experienced yet on mobile devices. This is not the first time that the next-gen consoles have been suggested to be the last of their kind, but what do you guys think?
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Despite Blizzard’s World of Warcraft subscriptions slowly facing a decline, it’s still a pretty popular game and while players across all servers might have fallen a bit, there are still servers whose population is still brimming and with the launch of the Mists of Pandaria expansion that could have lured both new and old players into the fold, we expect that some servers might have found themselves at maximum capacity. This has caused players to wait in sometimes very lengthy queues in order to get into their server, and while it might not be an issue for new players who can easily switch to a new server, it can be frustrating for some who have had their characters in there for years.
One of the features that Blizzard announced for Diablo 3 back then was PvP. Granted Diablo 2 had PvP, but for Diablo 3, Blizzard would be introducing a style of PvP that would be akin to World of Warcraft’s PvP Arena. Well it seems that Diablo 3 gamers have datamined the game’s client following the 1.0.5 patch and in it they have discovered some pretty interesting PvP tidbits. 
I’ve never really fancied the free-to-play model as it usually leads gamers to spend more than they would have if they had bought the game outright. However it seems that the F2P model is catching on and it seems that Blizzard might be interested in it as well. If you thought that this might have something to do with their MMORPG, World of Warcraft, you’d be mistaken as apparently Blizzard is currently looking at perhaps turning the Starcraft 2 multiplayer experience into a F2P one. This was revealed (via 
Good news World of Warcraft players, in case you did not already know, the Mists of Pandaria expansion has been released! For those who pre-purchased the game, you guys should have no trouble playing the new expansion, barring any server issues of course. Given that there will probably be a rush to get into servers and roll the new Pandaren characters, we expect that some server hiccups, lag and disconnections might be a common problem until things start to balance out. For those who are hearing this for the first time, the Mists of Pandaria expansion is the fourth World of Warcraft expansion and it will introduce the new neutral Pandaren race, a new Monk class along with a host of new features while raising the level cap to 90. If this sounds like the expansion you’ve been waiting for, you can head on over to Blizzard’s 
Normally, one would associate the “Appear Offline” status to be confined to the realm of instant messengers, but here we are with word that Battle.net gamers on World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, and Diablo III will soon be able to have the choice of selecting “Appear Offline” as part of one’s Battle.net social-status options, keeping Available, Busy, and Away company. It does make us pause and wonder for a moment – why didn’t Blizzard think of this right from the very beginning? Perhaps they did but haven’t figured it out, or it was totally overlooked – no matter, “Appear Offline” will soon arrive, where you can go ahead and do your own thing on one of the above mentioned games in complete radio silence without having your Real ID friends, BattleTag friends, and character-level friends to interrupt your personal quiet time.
If you guys can recall, or for those who might be hearing this for the first time, well, the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion, Mists of Pandaria, will be launching on the 25th of September. If that is a date you’re looking forward to, then every passing day is probably an agonizing one. Well the good news is that Blizzard has launched a Twelve-Day Journey Into the Mists of Pandaria program where they will be updating their World of Warcraft Facebook Timeline with exclusive content, cover photos (like the image pictured above) and what not, keeping gamers entertained with content related to the game. So if you’d like to check out the content that will be awaiting you in a little over a week’s time, head on over to the 
Earlier this month, we read about how patch 1.0.5 for Diablo 3 will help 
When Blizzard released patch 5.0.4 for World of Warcraft, there were a couple of bugs with the release and a quick search will bring up multiple forum threads where users have noticed a sharp decline in their FPS despite running pretty good hardware. This was an issue that affected my game as well and the good news is that Blizzard has since released patch 5.0.5 which has brought about some bug fixes to the game. While it was not mentioned in the patch notes, I can attest to the fact that my FPS issues in the game have since been resolved and I have no problems running on Ultra settings (I had to turn it down to “Good” after 5.0.4). Either way if you want to see the changes that were introduced in 5.0.5, head on over to the World of Warcraft blog in the source link below for the details. In the meantime has patch 5.0.5 resolved the FPS issues that players had with 5.0.4?