WASHINGTON, DC -- NOVEMBER 4, 2011 -- MAGFest, The Music And Gaming Festival, is proud to announce Nobuo Uematsu and EARTHBOUND PAPAS as guests at the next upcoming MAGFest, January 5-8, 2012, in National Harbor, MD. Nobuo Uematsu is best known for being the primary composer for the Final Fantasy series of video games. Uematsu's band, EARTHBOUND PAPAS, will be performing new originals as well as arrangements of Uematsu classics in their second American performance to date. EARTHBOUND PAPAS features a line up of talented musicians, many of which are former members of Uematsu’s previous band, The Black Mages.

In addition to Nobuo Uematsu and EARTHBOUND PAPAS, MAGFest attendees can expect to see a huge lineup of guests and bands.

Musical performer lineup:
Earthbound Papas
ARMCANNON
Bit Brigade
Descendants of Erdrick
The Megas
Metroid Metal
The OneUps
Random Encounter
Temp Sound Solutions
This Place Is Haunted
X-Hunters
Year 200X
(DJs and chiptune artists to be announced later)

Notable guests:
Nobuo Uematsu (Composer, Final Fantasy series)
Grant Kirkhope (Composer, Goldeneye 64, Perfect Dark and Banjo series)
Ellen McLain (Voice of GLaDOS, Portal)
John Lowrie (Voice of sniper, Team Fortress 2)
Jon St. John (Voice of Duke Nukem)
Hey Ash Whatcha Playin? (Web video series)
Loading Ready Run (Web video series)
Extra Credits (Web video series)
Angry Video Game Nerd (Web video series)
Arin "Egoraptor" Hanson (Web video creator)
(Many more listed on the website)