Kotaku: London

Namco Bandai Celebrates UK SoulCalibur V Launch With Fitness Classes

Mike Fahey — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST

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Every Tuesday evening in February London fight game fans can step away from their game console and grab a little fitness with Gymbox's SoulCalibur V: Swordsman Workout class. No, seriously. More »

Wisconsin Steals Video Game Cosplay World Record From England

Mike Fahey — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:40:00 EDT

Oh you Londoners thought you were so hot, with your 376 video game cosplayers in one place. Well you just got served by Wisconsin, as the Guinness Book of World Records recognizes an even larger gathering in the state known for its cheese. More »

Was the Sony Takedown Looting Rioters or Professional Crooks?

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:00:00 EDT

In early August, as riots raged through north London, the Sony Enfield distribution center burned. Three million CDs and tens of thousand DVDs were lost in the fire. At the time, it was said looters made off with game consoles. More »

One of England's Biggest Rock Stars Blames Games for Riots

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 03:00:00 EDT

The reason for a city's youth rioting for days are no doubt complex and many. But, hey, let's blame video games, because that's exactly what rocker Noel Gallagher is doing. More »

London Looting Victim Photo Inspires Outrage, Video Game

Brian Crecente — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:00:00 EDT

Aaron Biber, 89, stand with his hands out, eyes downcast, looking at what remains of the barber shop he's run for 41 years in London. More »

Eyewitness: Looters Are Stealing Sony Stuff, Like the Wii [Update]

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 04:00:00 EDT

As the riots in London rage on and spread to other UK cities, damage is being to buildings, homes, cars and more. More »

London Riots Inspire Fresh Grand Theft Auto Finger Pointing

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:00:00 EDT

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What has spurned hundreds to take to the streets of London to riot, burn and loot? According to the London Evening Standard newspaper, the city's continuing—and spreading—riots have their roots in Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto. More »

Computer Learns to Play Civilization by Reading the Instruction Manual

Owen Good — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:30:00 EDT

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Starting from nothing, a computer taught itself to read the instruction manual for Civilization and saw its rate of victory jump from 46 percent to 79 percent. More »

Alice in Makielab Land

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 04:00:00 EDT

If you are a long, long time Kotaku reader, you'll know that Wonderland's Alice Taylor once graced us with her writing talents, turning out witty and charming posts. More »

Oh How They Danced, The Starter Pokémon Of Stonehenge

Mike Fahey — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:30:00 EST

At last night's Pokémon Black & White premiere party in London the starters batted cleanup for vocal group One Direction, taking the stage to show off the sort of moves no trainer can teach. More »

Lara Croft Shows Off The "World's Largest iPhone"

Mike Fahey — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:40:00 EST

Lara Croft's face adorns the 56 iPads that make up the "world's largest iPhone" at London's St. Pancras International station. Once the installation was completed the devices were given away to celebrate the iPad release of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. More »

A Space Giraffe Meets Its Maker

Mike Fahey — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:20:00 EST

Space Giraffe creator and Llamasoft founder Jeff Minter poses with what we can only assume is some sort of space giraffe at the 2010 R3play retro gaming show in England over the weekend, as seen on Gemz_photography's Flickr stream. More »

Zombies Stalk The Streets Of London

Mike Fahey — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:20:00 EDT

"Bring out your undead!" cried Capcom to London Dead Rising fans, urging them to dress in their zombie finest for an early launch event at HMV on Oxford Street. The fans answered. More »

Halo: Reach Launches Jet Packs In Trafalgar Square

Mike Fahey — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:20:00 EDT

Using jet packs as marketing tools has been done before, but in the case of the Halo: Reach launch event held in London's historic Trafalgar Square this morning the spectacle was quite appropriate. More »

Becoming A Templar In The Secret World

Mike Fahey — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:40:00 EDT

Funcom has released a new trailer and screens showing players what it's like to become a Templar, one of the three factions in the upcoming real-world supernatural massively multiplayer online role-playing game The Secret World. More »

A Big Burner, And I Don't Mean The Cigar

Owen Good — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:00:00 EDT

Graffiti in London promoting Meeting Of Styles 2010, an annual graffiti artists' get-together happening Aug. 21. As seen on World Graffiti Urban Art via Hot Blooded Gaming. More »

Seventy-Three Sega Employees Restructured Out Of Their Jobs

Mike Fahey — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:40:00 EDT

Staff cuts have struck Sega London and San Francisco today, as an email from Corporate Operations Officer Masanao Maeda informs employees of the termination of a combined 73 positions between the two locations. More »

Eyeball-Controlled Pong Could Be Breakthrough for Disabled Gamers

Owen Good — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:00:00 EDT

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Engineering students in London have developed a controller that enables eye-controlled movements in a video game, signaling the possibility someday for people with severe physical disabilities to enjoy video games for the first time. More »

The Sims Turns 10 On our Weekly Podcast

Brian Crecente — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST

This week marks the tenth anniversary of a little game called The Sims. We'll have a couple of guest on our podcast tomorrow to chat about the franchise. More »

CGI Salem And Rios Hit London

Mike Fahey — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:40:00 EST

Creating the CGI versions of Army of Two: The 40th Day co-stars Salem and Rios for this trailer likely cost more than dressing up two guys in Salem and Rios costumes. More »

Capcom Zombies Invade London

Mike Fahey — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST

Celebrating the end of the London Games Festival and the upcoming release of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, Resident Evil fans took to the streets of London on Halloween for an Undead Pride parade. More »

Red Faction Guerrilla's Smashing London Promotion

Mike Fahey — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:40:00 EDT

Promoting the release of Red Faction Guerrilla in London, THQ yesterday packed a car with 100 copies of the game, chained a sledgehammer to it, and let nature take its course. More »

F.E.A.R. 2 Takes The Show To London

Mike Fahey — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:00:00 EST

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is packing up their dramatic F.E.A.R. 2 marketing efforts and shipping them across the ocean for a Project Origin Live event, taking place in London on February 12th. More »

EA BattleDome To Invade Trafalgar Square

Stuart Houghton — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:20:00 EDT

EA are once again bringing their Be The One extravaganza to Trafalgar Square, London as part of the London Games Festival. More »

Authorities Pull Plug On London Mercenaries 2 Gas Giveaway

Mike Fahey — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:40:00 EDT

While EA's free-gas publicity stunt to promote Mercenaries 2: World in Flames may have gone off with relatively few hitches when it hit Los Angeles last week, the company wasn't so lucky when they took the show to London. Introducing the LA promotion to the folks across the pond also had the side effect of introducing LA traffic, causing gridlock conditions during morning rush hour. The giveaway started around 6:30 AM with £20,000 worth of petrol to be had, with authorities shutting them down around 11:00, with £9,000 still on tap. Liberal Democrat MP for Hornsey and Wood Green Lynne Featherstone scolded EA appropriately. More »

Space Invaders Underpants

fdemarco — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:00:00 EST

I think that the Space Invaders icons have to be the most used video game symbols in clothing and accessories. We've seen hats, pants, shoes, shirts, man purses, jewelery and all other manner of accoutrement featuring the little pixelated aliens. And now, to complete the entire ensemble we have Space Invaders boxer briefs. These were snapped at Ted Baker in London as evidenced by the label in the box. Someone please make a note to get these for Crecente so he'll finally have that last piece to his museum collection of decorative video game related underpants. More »

Hellgate London: Now With More Hell

fdemarco — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:00:00 EST

The nether regions of Hellgate: London are expanding. Hellgate creators Flagship Studios announced yesterday that they would be adding new content to the game as of Jan. 21. The expansion is known as The Stonehenge Chronicles and will add outdoor areas to the game's rotting city locales. It contains three new sections entitled The Caste Caves, Moloch's Lair and The Wild that will enable players to earn some new items and unlock new dungeon scenarios. Also included are a PvP area, upgraded UI and the ability to pay for your subscription via PayPal and PaybyCash. More hell is good hell! More »

Spider-Man Visits London HMV

Mike Fahey — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:40:44 EDT

Man, the HMV at Oxford Street in London is going to be jumping this weekend! Not only do they get Ubisoft's Jade Raymond showing off Assassin's Creed on Saturday, but now Spider-Man himself is going to be showing up tomorrow to personally sign copies of Spider-Man: Friend or Foe. This is truly a big deal of course, because as the webhead is busy scrawling out his name for you people (To Dave, My Biggest Fan. Love, ~~Peter P~~ Spider-Man), god knows how many innocents are being mugged, raped, and murdered on the streets of New York City. Like my uncle always used to say, with great power comes great opportunities to travel abroad and write your name on stuff. The only drawback to the whole event? Having to actually buy a copy of Spider-Man: Friend or Foe. More »

Will Wright To Receive BAFTA Fellowship

Mike Fahey — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:40:11 EDT

For the first time in the history of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the Fellowship - the Academy's highest accolade - will be bestowed upon a member of the video game industry. SimCity creator Will Wright is rightly receiving the honor at this year's British Academy Video Game Awards, taking place at London's Battersea Evolution on October 23rd.

Hilary Bevan Jones, Chairman of the Academy said "Will's immense, creative body of work and his continued contribution to the industry make him a most worthy recipient of the Fellowship and being such a pioneer, we are thrilled that he will be the first person to receive this honour".

Past winners of the Fellowship include Alfred Hitchcock, Charlie Chaplin, and Steven Spielberg. Congratulations Mr. Wright. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving bloke. More »

Nintendo Backing Handheld Learning Conference

Maggie Greene — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:00:35 EDT

In a pairing that is totally out of the blue, Nintendo is sponsoring next month's Handheld Learning Conference and Exhibition, taking place next month in London (Oct. 10-12). This is the conference's third year running, and as its name would imply, the focus is on the application of everything from cell phones to the DS in educational settings. It's nothing new, but the use of new-fangled technology is gaining more traction in educational settings: More »

Microsoft's Gala UK H3 Launch Party

Mike Fahey — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:00:26 EDT

Microsoft is doing up London big time next Tuesday for the UK launch of Halo 3. The company has rented out the city's biggest theatre, the BFI IMAX for the exclusive launch party hosted by rapper / skateboarder / Carl Sagan fan Pharrel Williams. Williams will betaking on members of the public in Halo 3 matches as well as various European celebrities via Xbox Live. The red carpet event is not open to the public, unfortunately, as we can't have the common refuse elbow to elbow with VIPs, celebrities, and the few lucky competition winners that will attend, but if you stand outside the IMAX theatre on the 25th long enough you might get to catch a whiff of their scent, a paramount honor for commoners like ourselves. More »

Only Three People Lining Up In London For PS3

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:50 EDT

In America, people lined up days, no weeks, before the PS3 launched. People with eBay stars in their eyes and money to burn. In England, we are hours away from the console's launch. Retailer GAME canned its midnight launch and will be selling the console early Friday morning. The Virgin Megastore has already opened its doors to "campers," turning the ground-floor into a makeshift "campsite." How many people are in line? Hint: You can count them on one hand. Kat from Shiny Media swung by the Virgin on Oxford Street and has this to report: More »

Check Out the Opera, PS3 in London

Brian Crecente — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:00:29 EST

Sony is sponsoring a production of Puccini's La Boheme at the London Coliseum and somehow managed to convince the hall to let them set up the console in the foyer for play testing. Classy! More »

Feature: A Visit to Square Enix UK and FF3 DS

Brian Crecente — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 14:38:56 EST

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UK's Alternative Videogames Awards Night

ataylor — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:14:05 EST

January in Britain. Usually cold, dark and miserably wet (although getting quite scarily balmy these days because of global warming, but that won't stop the tradition of moaning about the weather). What better than a night in the pub with some gaming compadres, total strangers with a shared passion for sticky joysticks and Wii-ing everwhere? More »

Nintendo Takes Wii To The Streets

fdemarco — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:00:27 EST

Limpit over at WiiDs found this outdoor Wii kiosk in his home town of London. Two young gentlemen in white puffy Wii coats and hats demoed Wii Sports outdoors to an adoring crowd of onlookers on a Samsung HD TV. More »

Britons Begin Wii Queue

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:20:45 EST

The Wii may not officially launch until December 8th in most of Europe (Spain, for some reason gets it a day later) but that's not going to stop a few London-based Nintendo fans from lining up now. They're sitting pretty at the Oxford Street HMV location, hoping to be first in line for their new-gen consoles, reports IGN. More »

Sony Exec: A Big Ol' Industry Shift Is Needed

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 07:22:08 EDT

At the keynote for the 2006 London Games Summit, Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios [Europe] V.P. Michael Denny got down to brass tacks on the future of gaming. And it is? In the hands of you and me, the consumers. Game site Gamasutra was on hand, and reports that Denny said, "consumers have more choices, want better things and have louder voices." And we are making our voices being made over the internet—hence, the niche market growth. More »

London Games Festival, Oct 2 - 7

ataylor — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 10:00:00 EDT

More games, more festivals, more more more! More »