News Roundup: Bleach Barbie SmackDown

• A coming-of-age story.  Except with wizards.  Avencast: Rise of the Mage.
• Well, well.  It's about time.  The TimeShift demo is ready to stop the presses.  (Or you language majors can snag the UK/French/Italian/Spanish or German demo.)
• Fragland has the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare demo stored locally.  And 3D Downloads mirrored it, too.

• Trailer:  Bleach: The Blade of Fate Gameplay Video 1, 2, 3, and 4; Bleach: Shattered Blade Ichigo vs Uryu and Orihime vs. Mayuri Videos; Empire Earth 3 Behind the Scenes Trailer QT/HD, QT/High, WMV/High, QT/Low; WMV/Low; Overdose Trailer; Beowulf Authenticity Trailer; Conflict: Denied Ops Trailer; WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 DS Trailer; and OhEmGee it's the Barbie as the Island Princess Trailer;

• Screenshots:  Pirates of the Burning Sea (WarCry exclusives).

• MPOGD travels along the Silk Road to interview June Son.
• An interview with Chris Sherland proves him to be a Warmonger.
• Level 35: Middle-Earth's version of the Driver's License in Lord of the Rings Online.
• AtomicGamer steps through the Orange Box's Portal for this prompt review.
• The only question I have is, What the heck kind of thermal paste should I use?  How's about AI Technology Cool Silver Thermal Interface Material!
• ActionTrip reviews Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer expansion.  What the heck's not to like?
• Killer Betties pockets their DS for a review of Digimon World: Dusk.
• WarCry had questions, Warhammer Online had answers.
• Digit-Life looks at drivers released from Aug. 15 to Sep. 15 in their 3Digest feature.