“Harry Potter” fans won’t have to cast magic spells to let friends and family know what they want for the holidays this year. Warner Bros. Consumer Products and Warner Bros. Online are today announcing the launch of the “`Harry Potter’ Wish List” on http://www.harrypotter.com, the official “Harry Potter” movie site, and on its international counterparts.

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World’s Fastest RUBIK’s CUBE Puzzle Solvers to Race in Championship; Event at Walt Disney World Resort Helping Celebrate the RUBIK’S CUBE’s 25th Year in the United States

WHO: Approximately 200 of the world’s best RUBIK’S CUBE puzzle solvers from 24 countries vie for the title of “RUBIK’S CUBE World Champion.”
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Midway Games Inc. A leading interactive entertainment industry publisher and developer, today announced that it has shipped Ed, Edd n Eddy™: The Mis-Edventures for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Xbox® video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube™ and Game Boy® Advance. Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures is scheduled to ship for PC in November. Based on the long-running, top-rated Cartoon Network show, Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures is a unique tag-team adventure game in which players are able to switch Eds on the fly to take advantage of their special abilities.

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NCsoft® North America announces the release of Issue 6: “Along Came a Spider,” the latest expansion to City of Heroes®. The expansion, provided by the game’s developer, Cryptic Studiosâ„¢, will offer exciting new content, graphics and technology upgrades. It will also pit heroes and villains into direct conflict as it opens the doors to new player-versus-player (PvP) zones that will be shared with characters from the soon to be released City of Villainsâ„¢. Issue 6 is free to all current City of Heroes subscribers.

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Zi Corporation, a leading provider of intelligent interface solutions, announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with Nintendo Co., Ltd. Under the agreement, Nintendo DS developers can employ Zi’s Decuma® handwriting recognition technology while creating software for the Nintendo DS handheld video game system.

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PUMA® announced today the next installation of their partnership with Activision, Inc. which builds on the success of the best-selling videogame True Crime®: Streets of L.A. The two companies extend their relationship with the highly anticipated release of True Crime®: New York City, which delivers the ultimate urban cop drama experience. As part of the relationship, PUMA brings an edge to the game with a special sneaker collector mission. To commemorate the partnership, PUMA has designed a special edition True Crime shoe drawing inspiration from the city of New York.

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Entertainment software developer and global publisher NovaLogic, Inc. and its best-selling title Delta Force® Black Hawk Down® will be the title sponsor of World Wrestling Entertainment®’s Survivor Series pay-per-view, scheduled to take place at the Joe Louis arena in Detroit, Mich., on Sunday, November 27, 2005. Read the rest of this entry

Midway Arcade Treasures has been a popular series. The last two versions offered gamers a ton of classic games to enjoy and brought back memories. Being a fan of the classic games myself, I have enjoyed the series as well. Let’s face it for $19.99 the last two editions offered players some great tiles that played very well. Midway always seems to sneak in a few gems in their collection and offers plenty of replay value.

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I love football and by now anyone who has read my sports reviews should know this. Now when the NFL inked the deal that took the rights away from other game companies, I was the first to rant and rave about it. I was afraid that this would leave the other games out their stale and basically boring. Midway took the sports genre to a new level with their first Blitz football game and it was an instant hit in the arcade. The over-the-top playing style and commentary was unlike anything fans have ever seen before.

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Racing games are big business; the right one can put a company on the map and a bad one can bankrupt a game company. At this time of year there is a ton of racing titles waiting to be released. Racing fans like either a real sim style or an arcade style. Throw in a mix and it has to be right to appeal to die hard fans. There is just something about a racing game that makes you either really get into the game or make you bored if it’s not good. In fact, companies have been trying for the right mix for years so they would have a hit racer on their hands.

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