It may look like this adorably chubby squirrel is just innocently scampering about, but that's just what it wants you to think. This tree rat is about to commit a crime. » 11/15/14 11:00am 11/15/14 11:00am

Some GameStop stores in the city of Philadelphia have begun to require customers to provide fingerprint scans if they wish to trade-in their used games. The new requirement is intended to serve as a anti-theft measure that can help local authorities track criminals who use GameStop stores as pawn shops. » 8/01/14 1:00pm 8/01/14 1:00pm

NORTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP, Pa.—Whether he was taking advantage of a loading dock mistake or had someone helping on the inside, police here say a trucker from New Jersey drove away with 144 Xbox 360s and then sold them off. He was extradited this week after he was arrested trying to flee the country. » 1/28/14 11:09am 1/28/14 11:09am

Crime is a constant feature of video games writing. Somewhere, someone is doing something illicit with them—sometimes comically stupid, sometimes tragic. Kotaku's Police Blotter is here to round up the latest in games crime. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. » 10/06/13 5:00pm 10/06/13 5:00pm

Crime is a constant feature of video games writing. Somewhere, someone is doing something illicit with them—sometimes comically stupid, sometimes tragic. Kotaku's Police Blotter is here to round up the latest in games crime. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. » 9/23/13 4:30pm 9/23/13 4:30pm

Crime is a constant feature of video games writing. Somewhere, someone is doing something illicit with them—sometimes comically stupid, sometimes tragic. Games and consoles are currency, objects of dispute, sometimes even weapons themselves. Kotaku's Police Blotter is here to round up the latest in games crime. » 8/26/13 4:30pm 8/26/13 4:30pm

Forgetting to lock your house door while at home isn't that heinous a mistake, but to forget to lock your car, now that might be a big mistake; particularly if your wife has an agenda. » 7/31/13 8:00am 7/31/13 8:00am

A sixth grader in China recently stole over $1000 worth of money from his mother to spend on video game currency. After finding out that he had stolen the money, the mother called the police to make a complaint against the net cafe that sold him the currency, gaining her a partial refund. » 6/17/13 5:30am 6/17/13 5:30am

A black Samsonite backpack belonging to Rami Ismail, co-founder of Ridiculous Fishing and Super Crate Box developer Vlambeer, disappeared during Sony's E3 mixer at the Figueroa hotel last night. According to Joystiq the bag contains an Asus laptop, two Vitas, the iPads, power adapters — Ismail says it's "pretty much… » 6/13/13 4:21pm 6/13/13 4:21pm

There's no doubt that China is currently going through an industrial revolution of sorts. Pretty much every city in the country is undergoing a construction boom. Taking advantage of this "boom", two teenagers in east China's Jiangsu province stole over 300 meters of construction grade electrical cable to fund their… » 5/06/13 6:00am 5/06/13 6:00am

In February I speculated that perhaps a sex and name change would be enough to throw Nintendo's legal team off the scent of Era's Adventures, an Android game starring a female dinosaur that bore a striking resemblance to — okay, it was Yoshi. I was being silly. Nothing throws off Nintendo's legal team, and so Era… » 4/24/13 3:45pm 4/24/13 3:45pm

Having been the victim of cellphone theft I've dreamed of catching the thief. Unfortunately, when I lost my phone, technology wasn't as impressive as it is today. Over the weekend a Hong Kong resident had his iPhone 5 stolen, but with the help of social media and the Internet, he was able to get his phone back and… » 3/25/13 6:14am 3/25/13 6:14am

Pickpocketing is a major issue in a lot of places, and China is no different. Crack open any Chinese travel guide and there will be whole sections dedicated to techniques to prevent pickpocketing—however, there doesn't seem to be any guides on what to do when reverse pickpocketing occurs. » 3/04/13 6:00am 3/04/13 6:00am

If you're a Hungarian Android developer looking to cut game design corners by co-opting an existing character, you might want to go a little more obscure than one of Nintendo's most beloved characters. » 2/28/13 9:55am 2/28/13 9:55am

No one ever suspected a child when about $1600 went missing from a cellphone shop until after security cameras caught the little scamp crawling on the floor behind the counter. Now in Quangang, Fujian province, a 10 year-old girl is in hot water after being caught stealing money, quite a lot of money at that, to fund… » 12/10/12 8:00am 12/10/12 8:00am

Rockstar sure knows how to make a good clip—loads of gameplay footage sure helps—but for those after something a little more stylish, check out Russian artist Ilya V. Boykov's custom trailer for Grand Theft Auto V. » 11/15/12 1:30am 11/15/12 1:30am

When authorities searched the home of Rebecca Margaret Johnson following her attempted theft of nearly $2,500 AUD from a Big W department store in Queensland, Australia, they discovered a treasure trove of stolen video games. Over the course of a year the 32-year-old single mother of three had swiped more than 515… » 6/28/12 10:30pm 6/28/12 10:30pm

On Monday employees at a Super CD in Johannesburg, South Africa realized two PlayStation Vita systems were missing from the store's inventory. That was shocking, but not nearly as shocking as what they saw when they reviewed the closed-circuit television footage and discovered the culprit was a five or six-year-old… » 3/28/12 8:30am 3/28/12 8:30am

The friends you make in Max Payne 3 this May can be the same friends you roll with in Grand Theft Auto V thanks to Rockstar's Crew mechanic, a new multiplayer feature that keeps your camaraderie and rivalry alive even after you've moved on to a different game. » 3/23/12 8:30am 3/23/12 8:30am