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Taiwan market: Soft-World to launch third online game developed by China-based Perfect World

Soft-World International, the largest developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, at a June 30 press conference announced the launch of Zhuxian Online, developed by China-based Beijing Perfect World, in the Taiwan market. This is the third Beijing Perfect World game Soft-World will operate, the latter indicated.

PREVIEW: World of WarCraft: Wrath of the Lich King online game

10 million gamers have immersed themselves in World of WarCraft, which has consumed almost the entire PC gaming audience since its release three-and-a-half years ago. Part video game, part sociological experiment, part alternative lifestyle and part pure crack, nothing before World of WarCraft has captured the imaginations of gamers on such a massive scale - and its hungry fans have been salivating for more since the release of the first expansion, World of WarCraft: The Burning Crusade, early last year. With the world waiting to see what Blizzard will do next, the curtains have been raised on several stunning aspects of the second expansion, World of WarCraft: Wrath of the Lich King.

Guitar Hero World Tour revealed! (Guitar Hero World Tour)

Hot on the heels of Konami’s Rock Revolution reveal last week, we have the first video and screenshots for Guitar Hero: World Tour. Guitar Hero: World Tour is being developed for Activision by Neversoft, the crew most famous for the Tony Hawk games and Guitar Hero III. World Tour will be the third game on the market to feature singer, guitar, bass and drums - apparently music is the new FPS.

Minnows start journey on road to Cricket World Cup 2011

JERSEY: It may be three long years away, but the road to the 2011 World Cup begins this week in the unlikely setting of Jersey. More famed for its cattle and potatoes than a venue for cricket tournaments, Jersey plays host to 12 of the world's lesser-known teams in Division 5 of the World Cricket League (WCL), as they battle to climb the ladder to the fourth division and dream of a World Cup place in Asia.

ActionCOACH, the World's Number One Business Coaching Firm, Launches the World's Largest Business Coaching Blog

ActionCOACH, the World's Number One Business Coaching Firm, Launches the World's Largest Business Coaching Blog

The Natural World Museum Brings an International Art Exhibit to Te Papa in New Zealand for UN World Environment Day 2008

The Natural World Museum Brings an International Art Exhibit to Te Papa in New Zealand for UN World Environment Day 2008

ActionCOACH, the World's Number One Business Coaching Firm, Launches the World's Largest Business Coaching Blog

LAS VEGAS, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- ActionCOACH, the world's number one business coaching firm, today launched ActionBLOG, the world's largest business coaching blog.

ActionCOACH, the World's Number One Business Coaching Firm, Launches the World's Largest Business Coaching Blog

LAS VEGAS, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- ActionCOACH, the world's number one business coaching firm, today launched ActionBLOG, the world's largest business coaching blog.

ActionCOACH, the World's Number One Business Coaching Firm, Launches the World's Largest Business Coaching Blog

LAS VEGAS, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- ActionCOACH, the world's number one business coaching firm, today launched ActionBLOG, the world's largest business coaching blog.

The Natural World Museum Brings an International Art Exhibit to Te Papa in New Zealand for UN World Environment Day 2008

SAN FRANCISCO and WELLINGTON, New Zealand, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The Natural World Museum (NWM), in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), revealed today plans for a 2008-2009 traveling exhibit entitled Moving Towards a Balanced Earth: Kick the Carbon Habit. The exhibit will debut at the Te Papa Tongarewa Museum in Wellington to commemorate the celebration of UN World Environment Day (WED) on 5 June 2008. For the past 30 years a different country has hosted the WED celebration; this is the first year Wellington, New Zealand has been the official host city. As the host of WED 2008, on the theme of "Kick the Carbon Habit," New Zealand is one of the first countries to pledge a carbon-neutral future.

VIP Gala Awards Ceremony of the 'Sony World Photography Awards'; World Largest Photographic Awards Sponsored by Sony

VIP Gala Awards Ceremony of the 'Sony World Photography Awards'; World Largest Photographic Awards Sponsored by Sony

Online survey reveals Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour info (Guitar Hero World Tour)

A new survey sent to users of the invitation-only survey site u.talk.back asks the question: which would you rather get, Guitar Hero World Tour, or Rock Band 2? Along with the question, each game is described with various new features. Things such as Rock Band DLC working in RB2, new online modes, and more are described for Rock Band 2, while World Tour is given some new instrument information, as well as a peak at the names and bands involved.

World Cyber Games USA 2008 National Final Video Game Tournament To Be Held at the E For All Expo in Los Angeles

NEW YORK & FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 2008--The road to elite video gaming’s TEAM USA 2008 is now confirmed: The World Cyber Games (WCG) USA 2008 National Final will be held in at this year’s E for All Expo in Los Angeles, October 3 – 5, International Cyber Marketing (ICM) and IDG World Expo announced today. The WCG USA 2008 National Final at the E for All Expo will feature 200 of America’s very best players, all competing for the rare chance to make TEAM USA and represent the United States at the WCG 2008 Grand Final, to be held in Cologne, Germany, this November 5 th – 9 th. The WCG’s Grand Final is the culmination of the world’s largest video game tournament.

eMusic introduces world's first audiobooks catalogue in mp3

eMusic introduces world's first audiobooks catalogue in mp3 - eMusic the world's largest retailer of independent music and the world's second-largest digital music service after iTunes, announces the availability of more than a thousand downloadable audiobook titles in the universally compatible MP3 format starting tomorrow, September 18. Consumers, who have long wondered why they can't simply use audiobooks with their existing MP3 players, can now enjoy them without restrictions. eMusic's expansion into audiobooks, its first retail product beyond music, brings the company's award-winning combination of universal compatibility, great value, and expert editorial to a market that is poised for growth. Worldwide digital audiobooks sales are expected to reach $201 million this year and nearly half of eMusic subscribers recently polled have ex

Video: World Press Photo Exhibition

Photographers, judges and diplomats mingled Thursday night at the United Nations, where the traveling World Press Photo exhibition opened. The annual show tours several venues around the world, showing prints of the work that won the World Press Photo contest.

"Intrepid" Supercomputer Fastest In the World

Stony Stevenson writes "The US Department of Energy's (DoE) high performance computing system is now the fastest supercomputer in the world for open science, according to the Top 500 list of the world's fastest computers. The list was announced this week during the International Supercomputing Conference in Dresden, Germany. IBM's Blue Gene/P, known as 'Intrepid,' is located at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility and is also ranked third fastest overall. The supercomputer has a peak performance of 557 teraflops and achieved a speed of 450.3 teraflops on the Linpack application used to measure speed for the Top 500 rankings. According to the list, 74.8 percent of the world's supercomputers (some 374 systems) use Intel processors, a rise of 4 percent in six months.

World Cup win revolutionised cricket in India: Yashpal Sharma (Revisiting 1983 World Cup)

India's World Cup winning team member Yashpal Sharma feels that the 1983 triumph triggered an unprecedented wave of popularity among the masses that revolutionised cricket in the country.

WHO bridges rich-poor intellectual property split

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan of China addresses the 61st World Health Assembly at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva May 19, 2008. The World Health Assembly is the annual meeting of the World Health Organization's (WHO) 192 member states. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Wonder World Amusement Park coming to DS (Wonder World Amusement Park)

Majesco has revealed that a companion game to upcoming Wii title Wonder World Amusement Park will be released next year on DS.

FIFA World Cup 2010 - Warner keen to strike World Cup deal for 2018

FIFA vice-president Jack Warner will try to persuade the USA to leave the field open for England's attempt to host the 2018 World Cup by bidding for the 2022 tournament instead.

ActionCOACH, the World's Number One Business Coaching Firm, Launches the World's Largest Business Coaching Blog

ActionBLOG is newest - and biggest - initiative from the world's leading business coaching firm LAS VEGAS, May 27

Pedophile Uses World of WarCraft to Meet Girls (World of Warcraft)

An Australian man was arrested recently after he convinced a 15-year-old girl he met while playing World of WarCraft to run away from home to be with him. He even paid for the trip. How sweet.

The Natural World Museum Brings an International Art Exhibit to Te Papa in New Zealand for UN World Environment Day 2008

Moving Towards a Balanced Earth: Kick the Carbon Habit FEATURES WORLD RENOWNED ARTISTS INCLUDING ANTONIO BRICENO, SUSAN NORRIE, KEN RINALDO AND AMY YOUNGS

Call of Duty: World at War - first details in OXM (Call Of Duty: World at War)

The first details of Call of Duty: World at War have been revealed, plucked straight from the pages of Xbox 360: The Official Magazine (#35), which is dropping through subscribers' letterboxes in the UK right now.

Firefox 3 makes up world record to set world record

The Mozilla Foundation has officially set a previously non-existent Guinness World Record for the largest number of software downloads in a day.


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