If cute could kill, these two little girls would strike you dead. » 4/09/14 7:00am 4/09/14 7:00am

An image that's been circulating since early last month when Square Enix's Bravely Default came out for European 3DS demonstrates how Japan's nearly naked 15-year-olds become Europe's slightly more sensibly dressed 18-year-olds. » 1/03/14 11:17am 1/03/14 11:17am

That's not my opinion, mind you. That's what people online in Japan are saying. » 12/03/13 5:00am 12/03/13 5:00am

Some people - who you'd think should know better - got excited last week when they learned that Sega had filed a trademark in Europe for "Shenmue III". The only problem: it wasn't actually Sega who filed it. » 12/01/13 8:00pm 12/01/13 8:00pm

Friday saw the launch of the PlayStation 4 in the U.K., and The Sun's notorious Page 3 treated blokes there to a new model—one much less curvy than usual. » 11/30/13 11:10am 11/30/13 11:10am

The PS4 just went on sale in Italy, and the launch event Sony put on in Rome - at the historic Castel Sant'Angelo - looked bananas. » 11/28/13 5:46pm 11/28/13 5:46pm

Those in North America got to do this days ago, but for a lot of other people, the PS4 is something they haven't been able to get their hands on. Until today. » 11/28/13 5:29pm 11/28/13 5:29pm

Wii Karaoke U is a service that's been available in Japan for a while, a built-in app for Nintendo's console that lets users play a basic singing game using their Miis. The game - developed by Joysound - went and hit Europe last month, converted to a downloadable title, and the song selection is...interesting. » 11/03/13 11:00pm 11/03/13 11:00pm

Time for another tale—albeit unconfirmed—of the inside workings of Nintendo, though this one's a little saucier than the last. Because of Europeans and sex shops. Read it here via a 2011 translation of an account that originally appeared on fan site Classic-Zone. A fascinating read about what it might be like to be in… » 9/30/13 11:00pm 9/30/13 11:00pm

A journalist says she was "completely dehumanised" on stage during an Xbox One Event at Eurogamer Expo 2013, by a comedian who made degrading jokes about her gender. Eurogamer Expo says it is investigating the matter. » 9/29/13 11:30am 9/29/13 11:30am

The heir to a €50 million fortune has confessed to killing his father with a spiked bat he said was inspired by the weapon in Dead Rising 2. Other ties to video gaming, to say nothing of the wealth involved, have helped in riveting Spain's attention to the June 30 slaying of Andreu Bennasar Coll. » 7/15/13 11:00am 7/15/13 11:00am

Microsoft is saying some pricing changes seen by U.K. Xbox Live customers trying out the new Xbox Live beta—in which Microsoft Points are converted to local currency—are an error, and these users will be compensated for the difference. » 7/10/13 5:30pm 7/10/13 5:30pm

Somewhere between comics, cartoons, and real life, PaperChildren exist. These are 2D drawings, thrown into 3D space. And they're often adorable. » 2/27/13 6:00am 2/27/13 6:00am

The Wii Mini—aka the "most pointless console upgrade of all time"—goes on sale in Europe next month. » 2/26/13 9:13am 2/26/13 9:13am

So, remember that at the end of last month, European (and Australian) Wii U gamers were hopping mad because their Virtual Console re-release of Balloon Fight ran slower—at 50 frames per second—and smaller, reflecting the lower refresh rate of PAL tubes from the 1980s. NTSC TVs had faster refreshes, meaning gamers in… » 2/20/13 10:00am 2/20/13 10:00am