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EA-Land (formerly The Sims Online) Closes For Good August 1st

After three weeks of painful silence from the development team, diehard EA-Land fans were horrified to learn today that the revamp of 2002’s The Sims Online will be shut down permanently August 1st.

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God of War III Online? I Think Not.

Sony Computer Entertainment America is looking for a new Online Gameplay Programmer for their Santa Monica studio. Might you fit the bill? A Kotaku reader discovered the job posting at the official SCEA website, and now the internet is abuzz with the rumor that God of War III will feature online play.

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Obama Touches on Video Games and GTA in Speech

Let’s all get really really upset about this. Barack Obama, in a campaign speech in Indiana, briefly touched on the matter of GTA IV and video games in general. And, as gamers are a touchy breed of people, I’m sure there will be many who might be offended by what he said or what he [...]

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IGN Removes Controversial ‘Ladies of Liberty City’ Video

Yesterday, we pointed out that the controversial “Ladies of Liberty City” video hosted at IGN, while quite unflattering, did perhaps reflect Grand Theft Auto IV’s subject material fairly — and could thereby stimulate mature discussion of the title. But we may have overestimated our country’s maturity level once again, as MTV Multiplayer soon got word [...]

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Social Game Portal Kongregate Receives $3 Million

Kongregate, the Flash game website home to such illuminaries as Desktop Tower Defense, has just announced an influx of $3 million from Bezos Expeditions. In the same breath, the company also disclosed the hiring of Lee Uniacke, formerly of Viacom, as chief revenue officer.

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GTA IV Breaks UK Sales Record, Sells 609K on Day One

Your forecast for U.S. sales of Grand Theft Auto IV is sunny with a chance of massive ownage, if initial UK results are any indication — MCV is reporting that in the United Kingdom, the game sold 609,000 copies on day one, breaking sales records along the way.

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Wii Online Sucks, Nintendo PR Spin Suggests No Upcoming Fixes

Lag. Connection failures. No in-game communication between players. An address book full of friend codes, not just per friend, but per game as well. The inclusion of bots that seamlessly take over from dropped players, so you never know if you’re playing a human or not. There’s no shortage of reasons that Nintendo’s Wi-Fi Connection sucks [...]

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MADD is Designated Driver on GTA4 Controversy Bandwagon

Sigh. From Mothers Against Drunk Driving, in a press release:

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Canada Gets Cheaper PSN Content

O Canada, we give our games to thee. Reflecting the fact that America’s economy is in a persistent vegetative state, our Northern neighbors are getting an overall price adjustment to their purchases on the PlayStation Store.

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Molyneux on Rockstar, Rock Stars

The Guardian has certainly stepped up their games coverage as of late, including a devoted “games week” which, today, features an interview with Peter Molyneux, conducted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun’sown Kieron Gillen. The interveux focuses on the topic of big names in gaming, and why we don’t see more Miyamotos, Meiers, or Molyneuxs rising to [...]

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