World-Wide Monopoly Game Launched on Google Maps

"A massive multi-player version of the popular property game Monopoly has been launched online.

"Monopoly City Streets, developed by toymaker Hasbro, will go live on 9 September for four months.

"The free game uses Google Maps or the open source Open Street Map as the playing board.

"The toymaker claims it will be 'the biggest game of Monopoly of all time' and will allow players to purchase almost 'any street in the world.'"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8245700.stm

I've been trying to log onto the site, http://www.monopolycitystreets.com/, this morning, but the servers are apparently overwhelmed. It loaded once, but conked out when I clicked the play button.

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Edit:

The creators have a blog for the game: http://blog.monopolycitystreets.com/.

As of this writing (10:30 AM), they state:

"We ANTICIPATED an opening rush when we launched the Monopoly City Streets online game, but the first few hours have surpassed even our greatest EXPECTATIONS.

"We are in the process of increasing our firepower and expect to be running more smoothly within the next several hours.

"Thanks for your patience as we work as fast as we can to resolve this and get everyone playing and trading on Monopoly City Streets."