British regulators have ruled that an advertisement calling EA's controversial mobile reboot of Dungeon Keeper "free" is misleading and must be pulled. » 7/02/14 10:00am 7/02/14 10:00am

A 13-year-old in the U.K. admitted to raping his 8-year-old sister, telling police he had been watching porn on his Xbox 360 when he "decided to try it out." The gut-wrenching case adds fuel to the controversy there over whether and how access to online pornography should be controlled. » 2/05/14 1:03pm 2/05/14 1:03pm

The thinner, non-OLED version of PlayStation's latest portable makes its way from Japan to the UK next week. As we ponder a North American release, PlayStation Access celebrates with a Vita model comparison music video. » 1/30/14 9:00am 1/30/14 9:00am

The strict "anti-porn" filtering taking full effect in the U.K. this month might cause problems for some League of Legends users who haven't called their ISPs to opt out of the screening. It seems the patcher is trying to access a couple of URLs with the letters S and E followed by X in them, and that's enough to get… » 1/20/14 11:00am 1/20/14 11:00am

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

You are looking at, wait for it, crab and mango sushi. It's from U.K. based chain Yo! Sushi, which claims to offer "authentic Japanese food." A Japanese sushi chef begs to differ. » 10/22/13 6:00am 10/22/13 6:00am

Badmouthing the British video games retailer ShopTo on Twitter might just get your order canceled. The company today apologized for canceling the order of a customer who used profanity in complaining to a friend—not to ShopTo—about the pricing of a PlayStation 4 bundle. » 10/13/13 4:30pm 10/13/13 4:30pm

Crime is a constant feature of video games writing. Somewhere, someone is doing something illicit with them—sometimes comically stupid, sometimes tragic. 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

You probably shouldn't watch this. » 9/12/13 2:30pm 9/12/13 2:30pm

Sony has abandoned its appeal of the fine assessed by the U.K.'s Information Commissioner's Office for negligence in the infamous 2011 breach of users' information that brought down all of PlayStation Network for more than a month. » 7/13/13 3:30pm 7/13/13 3:30pm

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

British police in York, England are on the lookout for a suspect that they believe is a white woman. Or a green woman. Or a white woman in green paint. Whatever. » 5/08/13 3:50am 5/08/13 3:50am

Just because Deep Silver apologized profusely for Dead Island: Riptide's rather tasteless "Zombie Bait Edition" premium—a severed, bloodied, big-boobed bikini-clad torso—doesn't mean they actually pulled it from distribution. » 4/23/13 10:00am 4/23/13 10:00am

An Activision PR manager who stole nearly $30,000 from the launch budget for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's UK release and used it to finance her engagement party avoided active jail time in a sentencing hearing today, reports The Daily Mail. » 4/22/13 3:28pm 4/22/13 3:28pm

According to MCVUK and Eurogamer, SimCity's UK launch seems "fine" and working "for now". Wait until this weekend... » 3/08/13 6:15am 3/08/13 6:15am

Prince Harry isn't first in line for the U.K. throne. But he could be one of royalty's biggest gamers. » 1/22/13 8:01am 1/22/13 8:01am

Say you're a game developer in the UK. You're working on a new game about, I don't know, aliens planning a casino heist. You're thinking about setting it in Las Vegas, or maybe Dubai. But wait… wouldn't it be cool if you set the game in jolly ol' England? It would be! And best of all, the British government would give… » 12/11/12 4:30pm 12/11/12 4:30pm

If you've ever wondered what all 795 Japanese Game Boy Advance cartridges would look like lined up, wonder no more. And if you've ever wondered how much all those carts would cost, then do likewise! » 12/01/12 2:00am 12/01/12 2:00am

A counterfeiter who made about £600,000 selling cartridges and discs loaded with pirated Nintendo games will do at least a year of hard time in the U.K. after being sentenced last Friday. » 11/14/12 10:00pm 11/14/12 10:00pm