After hearing the story of the Swede teen collapsing after 24 hours of playing Wrath of the Lich King, this news comes to no surprise for me. World of Warcraft's second expansion pack has sliced its way to second place in the UK charts, topped only by fellow newcomer, Call of Duty: World at War. In other news, LittleBigPlanet shot down form fourth place to 19th place. Ouch.

The rest of the top UK games after the link!

Guitar Hero got Aerosmith, and SingStar got ABBA, but Rock Band studio Harmonix got the cream of the crop. According to their press release, the studio got the rights to make a Beatles music game, with the blessings of Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Star, Yoko Ono, and Olivia Harrison. Details after the link.

Is there an AC/DC expansion pack for MTV Games and Harmonix' Rock Band 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2)? A memo from Wal-Mart, leaked by an employee himself, appears to say so. See what it's got to say over at the full article.

We have good news for the readers among us today. If you've been reading "The Sword of Oz" interactive ebook by author Darren Reid, then you'll be happy to know that in light of the publication's success, "The Sword of Oz: The Emerald Ring" expansion pack will be released this February 19, and will also be free for download.

"The Sword of Oz" - the first  "Dark Witches of Oz" trilogy novels - predate the original Wizard of Oz story by L. Frank Baum, and allows readers to make decision for story protagonist Arthur Gale.

The ebook launched back on January 19 was met with considerable success - "Sword of Oz" was noted to have picked up 10,000 downloads, with a little more than 50 % of console users accessing the free download.

The original novel and its expansion pack are currently available at the NextGenBooks website (accesible on the read link), with the novels readable on the PC, Wii, DS, PS3, and PSP. Also expect to see a possible novelized version of "The Sword of Oz" in the near future.