Remember 
the ugly launch of SimCity back in March? ‘Disastrous’ would be a kind way to describe it. You’d think EA would have learned a few lessons there.
Not so much, it turns out.
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Game legend’s NYC home is a geek’s dream
You 
wouldn’t expect a man who calls himself ‘Lord British’ to live somewhere mundane — and game design guru Richard Garriott’s homes certainly defy that description.
His Austin castle — yes, castle — is a thing of legend, complete with secret passages, a waterfall, a carousel and an observatory. But it turns out his New York pad is just as cool.
Here, kitty kitty: Monopoly rolls out its new token
Monopoly 
fans, make room for your new house pet.
Nearly seven months after winning a worldwide vote, the cat token is finally making its debut in the classic board game. Hasbro has officially begun rolling out the new gamepiece, which will permanently replace the iron token.
Nintendo drops Wii U price, unveils new handheld
Faced 
with miserable sales and looming competition, Nintendo has finally lowered the price of its next-generation console.
Effective September 20, the Wii U Deluxe Set will see its retail price drop $50 to $299.99. Nintendo also plans to include The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD with the system in a limited edition bundle.
Critics: Madden 25 stumbles, but scores
EA’s 
Madden franchise has been a fixture in the gaming world for over two decades, boasting a fan base and lifetime sales that any publisher would envy.
The 25th anniversary edition of the flagship sports title hits shelves today, and while the franchise faithful have likely once again come down with a case of the Madden flu to spend time with the game, critics have had a bit more time to dissect it.
League of Legends championships sell out Staples Center in an hour
Still 
need proof that eSports are the Next Big Thing? League of Legends has just made a pretty convincing argument.
The online game’s October world championships sold out LA’s Staples Center — the home of the Lakers, Clippers and Kings — in roughly one hour this weekend.
Five things you didn’t know about Madden
EA’s 
Madden Football franchise has been a fixture in the video game world for 25 years. It’s earned billions of dollars for its publisher (and a few million for its original creator). Its annual August arrival marks the unofficial start of the fall gaming rush. And it has legions of fans who have been known to skip work just to get their hands on each new version when it hits store shelves.
The latest, Madden NFL 25, arrives August 27 and brings with it new moves, new modes, and one old-school cover star in Barry Sanders, the only man to grace a Madden cover twice.
But while the game may be well known, its history is a bit murkier. Did you know:
EA sells the same FIFA game two years in a row — again
A 
little over a year ago, Electronic Arts found itself in hot water after it admitted selling Wii owners a recycled version of FIFA 12 in FIFA 13.
Apparently, the company didn’t learn from that misstep.
The gaming habits of The Supreme Court
The 
Justices of the Supreme Court may not e-mail each other, but that doesn’t mean they don’t know their way around technology.
In a new story on Talking Points Memo, Justice Elena Kagan says the Court studied up for the famous Brown v. EMA case, which resulted in the gaming industry’s First Amendment protections being made crystal clear, by sitting down and trying out these games everyone was talking about.
It went about as you’d expect.
Blizzard announces Diablo III expansion
Diablo 
III is about to get darker.
The clicktastic action role-playing game, which set a record as the fastest-selling PC game of all timewhen it launched in May of 2012, will see its first add-on with the newly announced Reaper of Souls expansion. In true Blizzard style, though, the developer didn’t give a time frame to the expansion’s release.
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