Reuters - “Grand Theft Auto IV,” the gangster-themed computer game that earned both critical claim and strong criticism, broke first day sales records in Britain, according to an industry body’s initial estimates on Thursday.

Reuters - Players of the popular “Grand Theft Auto” video game series have always reveled in its unique blend of beatings, shootings and vehicular mayhem.

AP - It’s not often that a series installment can stray so little from its past and still make a mark, but “Mario Kart Wii” waves the checkered flag with a 12-player online racing mode that makes the best use of the Wii’s Wi-Fi capabilities to date.

EA had high hopes for The Sims Online when the game was first launched in December 2002. Billed as an experiment into mass-market massively multiplayer online gaming, The Sims Online proved to command nowhere near the attention of its inspiration–The Sims–with EA saying not long after the online game’s launch that initial sales were “disappointing.”

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Chunsoft has announced that it is to port PS3 horror game Imabikisou to the Wii with a \”new episode, revised controls for the Wii remote and speaker noises as Imabikisou Kaimeihen.\” The game will be published in Japan by Sega sometime this year.