PopCap Games has officially launched Bejewelled Twist, the latest installment in its Bejewelled series of casual games. But this is no casual launch—the company has pulled out all the guns, launching the game simultaneously on leading online game portals (like Steam, MSN Games, RealArcade, Yahoo Games, WildTangent, Zylom, Orb, and more) along with major retailers like Wal-mart, Best Buy, Target, and Amazon.com.

Besides the mammoth launch, Bejeweled Twist pushes the boundaries of casual gaming by offering high production values, eye-catching visuals, and a widescreen presentation. The game also re-

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National Geographic&mdashlworld-renowned, more than a century old, and one of the largest non-profit educational and scientific organizations on the planet—has announced it’s diving into the 21st century by forming National Geographic Games, a new division that, in conjunction with Bandai and Sony Computer Entertainment, will release family-friendly gaming titles based on National Geographic’s primary themes and media content. The titles will span consoles, mobile devices, portable game units, and online properties, and the first title—He

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New video game sales figures from the NPD Group show that sales of video games and gear during October 2008 were 18 percent higher than they were during the same month a year ago, giving game developers and publishers reason to hope the 2008 holiday season might be lucrative for them despite the current dour economic climate.

Amongst gaming consoles, Microsoft sold 371,000 Xbox 360 systems during the month, a figure substantially aided by a price cut announced in early September. In comparison, Sony only managed to move 190,000 units of its PlayStation 3 console. However, Nintendo is still

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Mega video game publisher Electronic Arts has announced it will launch EA Sports Active for the Wii in spring 2009 (we presume they’re referring to the northern hemisphere) as the first is what the company is claiming will be a new line of fitness products. On the Wii, EA Sports Active will compete with Nintendo’s own Wii Fit, launched earlier this year, and will join a growing number of titles (including one from Jillian Michaels) designed to get normally sedentary video gamers up and moving around.

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Blizzard Entertainment has officially launched World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion pack for its popular World of Warcraft massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). And if you couldn’t get ahold of your nearest and dearest WoW-playing friends last night, it’s probably because they were in line waiting for the first copies to go on sale at midnight local time…then rushing home to install the software, download required updated, and dive into WoW’s latest and greatest.

“Wrath of the Lich King contains some of the best content we’ve created for World of Warcraft,” said

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Extremely realistic transformers costumes.

A pack of Corgi puppies play with a kitty.

A very hot, sexy, and confused Sarah Palin look-a-like strip tease.

Kids parents get fined $20,000 when their son throws a party at their house and invites 500 people.

Cop dressed as a Leprechaun busts speeders.