KingsIsle Entertainment has announced that the beta launch of Wizard101, a virtual world designed for tween and teen audiences, is now live and available at www.wizard101.com .

Wizard101 was designed to fill the void between online play sites for the very young and massively multiplayer online games with mature ratings. Over the coming weeks, beta testers will be invited to play the game and provide feedback to KingsIsle in advance of Wizard101's expected release in the Fall of 2008.

As part of the character creation process, players will take a quiz to determine which of Ravenwood's seven schools of magic best suits their personality before they begin to collect and cast spells summoning imaginary and frequently silly cinematic creatures. As the player adventures through 3D environments encountering scenarios and characters based on history, mythology, pop culture and pure fantasy they will be able to upgrade their costume and magical accessories, adopt bizarre pets, solve puzzles, make friends and more.