Wizards sponsoring D&D Day… Ubisoft to publish Paradise… Missing makes million mark… MTV to broadcast CPL World Tour Finals…

November 5^th has been declared Dungeons & Dragons day by brand owner, Wizards of the Coast. The promotion is aimed at bringing thousands of role players into toy and hobby stores to "flex their imaginations". Last year, the event had more than 25,000 gamers "flexing". Wizards is predicting even greater turnout this year.

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Developed by Benoit Sokal (of Syberia fame) and White Bird Productions, a new point and click adventure called Paradise will be published by Ubisoft on PC. The game will arrive at retail in February 2006.

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More than 1 million kids have now downloaded the Missing game, helping to fight against online predators. "With over 200,000 predators on the Internet searching for their next victim, it's critically important to reach our children with safety messages that can keep them away from danger," said Judi Westberg Warren, president of Web Wise Kids, the game's distributor. The FBI estimates that there are 77 million children online in the U.S. and fully 20% of those have been sexually solicited on the Internet.

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The million world tour finals will happen at the Nokia theatre in Times Square on November 22^nd (the same day as the Xbox 360 launch coincidentally). MTV will air the finals on MTV Overdrive, a broadband video channel on MTV.com. "Videogames have become a key driver behind today's pop culture and we are excited to embrace the new frontier of professional competition in bringing the head-to-head action to our audience," said Salli Frattini, Senior Vice President for MTV Networks. Not quite the same as having it on the "real" MTV though, is it? Still, it's a start.

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