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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 »

BBC Leaks Doctor Who Teaser for PS3, Vita, PC

Owen Good — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:30:00 EST

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A Doctor Who video game is being developed for PS3 and PlayStation Vita, according to a teaser trailer that the BCC evidently published prematurely, then removed, on Thursday. More »

Games Linked to—but Not Officially Blamed for—Man's Sudden Seizure Death

Owen Good — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:00:00 EST

Back in June in Birmingham, England, a rather large man died suddenly, a death the coroner has said was caused by an epileptic fit. Given the victim's love of video games, they were linked to the death during a hearing, although the deputy coroner investigating the matter stopped short of citing them as a cause. More »

A Cardboard Marcus Fenix Must Pay for a Seat on the Bus

Owen Good — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:20:00 EST

A student in Milton Keynes, England paid a full bus fare for Marcus Fenix. No, really. Carrying home a life-size cardboard display of the Gears of War protagonist, Liam Sheridan was told by the driver his monthly bus pass didn't cover his companion. More »

Xbox Live Hacked? Microsoft Still Says "No." Tabloid Still Says...

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST

Earlier this week, British tabloid The Sun ran a story, pointing to a series of "phishing" con jobs that were putting Xbox 360 owners at risk. More »

Forget Cocaine, This Rocker Splurged on Game Consoles

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:00:00 EST

Former Oasis singer Liam Gallagher (above, cardboard) spent much of the 1990s under a blizzard of cocaine. Now, he's older. And apparently buying toys. More »

After Wrapping Arkham City Rocksteady Went to Stately Wayne Manor and Played With the Bat-Signal

Owen Good — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:00:00 EST

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Wrapping up work on their epic Batman: Arkham City, the developers at U.K.-based Rocksteady Studios set out to party hardy. First up was a 250-lap go-kart race. Then they went to Wayne Manor's real-life stand-in and turned on the Bat-Signal. More »

Halo Pizza is Here, Fortunately Restricted to the U.K.

Owen Good — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:30:00 EDT

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Never renowned for fine cuisine, the U.K. is probably the perfect market in which to launch an official Halo pizza from Pizza Hut. More »

Non-Gamers Pick the Winner of the GameCity Prize, and They Picked Minecraft

Mike Fahey — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:20:00 EDT

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None of the members of the GameCity Prize jury are gamers, but the odd collection of actors, musicians, politicians, and journalists recruited to judge seven of the most entertaining video games of the year sure picked a winner. More »

Jesus H. Christ, Someone's Building a My Little Pony MMO

Owen Good — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:00:00 EDT

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This was bound to happen, I suppose. A team of brony coders in the UK is hard at work on a My Little Pony free-to-play MMO you're going to tolerate and love the shit out of. More »

Midgets, Bikini Babes and Condoms Get a British Retailer Disinvited to Game Awards Show

Owen Good — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:30:00 EDT

Someone forgot to tell Grainger Games that the Games Media Awards are not the David Hasselhoff Roast. The games seller showed up at the U.K. gala with bikini-clad models, midgets, a giant orange Hummer, and branded condoms and are henceforth retailer non grata, say organizers. More »

Burglary Delivers Huge Setback to Indie Game Project Zomboid [Updated]

Owen Good — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:00:00 EDT

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The Indie Stone, the U.K.-based team behind the survival-horror game Project Zomboid might have the worst and hardest luck in independent games development. They've battled piracy—the kind that actually does cost a developer money—and had preorders cut off when PayPal suddenly shut down their account for bogus reasons. Still like the undead, they always managed to shamble back from adversity. It will be a lot tougher to rally this time. More »

Grown Man Hunts, Chokes Boy Over Call of Duty Game

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:00:00 EDT

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During a round of Call of Duty: Black Ops, 46-year-old Mark Bradford (pictured) was snuffed out during an online match by a 13-year-old player. Instead of respawning and trying to avenge himself in-game, Bradford went to the boy's house and choked him. More »

U.K. Culture Minister Wants a Games Room in Parliament

Owen Good — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:00:00 EDT

The Houses of the British Parliament are known to have bars. One MP, the minister for culture in fact, wishes to put in a video game room. Ed Vaizey thinks it would do some good in educating his fellow MPs on the industry that he has forcefully supported in the past. More »

Man Shitting on Dead Hedgehog is Not Necessarily a Video Game Metaphor

Owen Good — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 23:30:00 EDT

Hi there, smart guy. Yes, this is not germane to video games. That said, a dude pulling down his pants and squatting in the middle of the road over a deceased hedgehog, maybe spreading his butt cheeks a little and squeezing out a fudge dragon on its carcass, is something we can argumentatively link to the lamented state of a certain game franchise for purposes of a humorous poop-joke post to close out the evening. More »

It's a Sin Only Europe Gets This Persona 2 Collector's Edition

Mike Fahey — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:20:00 EDT

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Are you seeing red, North American Persona fans? That's because this European collector's edition of the PSP redux of Persona 2: Innocent Sin comes with so much more than the skimpy mini-soundtrack we're getting over here. 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 »

The Wii Gets a Redesign. Wii Kisses GameCube Goodbye.

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:40:00 EDT

This Christmas, the Nintendo Wii is a getting a slight, wait for it, Wii-design. I mean redesign! 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 »

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 »

UK Retail Cuts PlayStation Phone Prices

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:00:00 EDT

Late last month, Nintendo slashed the price of the 3DS. As website The Register asked, is this impacting other hardware, like the PlayStation Phone? More »

Sitting on Your Ass Playing Halo for 12 Hours: The Silent Killer

Owen Good — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:00:00 EDT

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Chris Staniforth was standing outside of a jobs center, awaiting an interview, when he dropped a pack of chewing gum. When he reached to pick it up, he began to spasm. In moments, he was dead. More »

Rooney Again Anchors FIFA Cover in UK, Australia

Owen Good — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:30:00 EDT

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Wayne Rooney is again on the cover of EA Sports' FIFA series, joining Arsenal's Jack Wilshere on FIFA 12 for release in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia and the Middle East. In Australia, he will be partnered with Tim Cahill, the Australian star who plays for Everton in the English Premier League. 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 »

Modern Warfare Actor Won't Go to Court for Assault Charge

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:00:00 EDT

Earlier, British TV star Billy Murray, who voices Captain Price in Modern Warfare, was charged with assaulting his wife and 27-year-old daughter. Charges were dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service, reports the Mirror, ceasing any further actions. [Mirror Thanks, Tom!] More »

A Closer Look at Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed and Might & Magic Figures

Brian Crecente — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:00:00 EDT

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Ubisoft's "limited-edition premium" UbiCollectibles are still only available to European customers, but that doesn't mean the rest of us can't have a close look at the Ezio and Michael figurines. More »

Two Lara Crofts. Both Pole Dancers.

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:30:00 EDT

There will be no more official Lara Croft girls. After having flesh-and-blood Tomb Raider spokesmodels, Eidos is ditching the fan service and focusing on creating a realistic in-game Lara Croft. More »

Judge Tricks Child Burglar Into Surrendering Xbox 360

Owen Good — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:30:00 EDT

In Northern Ireland, a 13-year-old boy was hauled before a judge to answer for a string of burglaries. The judge asked to know what among the boy's possessions matter most to him. The Xbox 360, the lad replied. Dumbass. 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 »

The Rarest (and Most Touching) NES Game in the World

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:00:00 EDT

Twenty years ago on Christmas Day, Andrzej Zamoyski and his brother Adam spent the day playing with their new toy: a Nintendo Entertainment System. Andrzej was Mario, and he let his little brother play as Luigi. More »

Teenager Arrested on Suspicion of Hacking. Possible LulzSec Connection?

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:00:00 EDT

According to the BBC, a 19-year-old male was arrested in Essex. Scotland Yard wouldn't confirm if the arrest was connected to a LulzSec attack on a police website, but did confirm it was followed a string of denial of service attacks. This suspect is apparently believed to be LulzSec's leader. [BBC] More »

The Total Defeat of the Man Who Said He Owned the Word 'Edge'

Owen Good — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:40:00 EDT

We've given Tim Langdell a wide berth (like, for nearly two years) rather than assault you with incremental developments in the legal proceedings involving his ridiculous, all-encompassing trademark claims to the word "Edge." But we'll check in now, as a court ruling in the U.K. affirms what many have long suspected: His entire operation is a sham. More »

The Horrible Family Secret of Japan's Anime Envoy

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 26 May 2011 02:00:00 EDT

Taro Aso was a shit prime minister, but in incidental things that count—shooting guns, collecting comics, and booze— Taro Aso excels. This week, he was named Japan's official anime envoy to China. More »

Kinectimals Creator Sets His Sights on Building the $25 PC

Owen Good — Thu, 05 May 2011 23:30:00 EDT

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David Braben, whose Frontier Developments studio has delivered Elite, Rollercoaster Tycoon 3, LostWinds and, yes, Kinectimals, has now created Raspberry Pi. It's not a game, it's a working, Linux-based PC on something not much larger than a standard USB memory stick. More »

Gamers More Agitated by Playing Sports Games than Shooters, Says UK Study

Owen Good — Wed, 04 May 2011 19:30:00 EDT

There's a couple of ways to look at this latest video game study out of the U.K. Either there is no meaningful link between playing violent video games and aggressive behavior, or FIFA 11 is deadlier than Modern Warfare. More »

Report: British Children Are Getting Soft

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 04 May 2011 08:00:00 EDT

In the dark times, before the internet and video games, British children played outside. Now? They don't! More »

Is Let Them Eat Cake the Most Authentic Royalty Simulator of All Time?

Joel Johnson — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:20:00 EDT

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Oh, perchance for but a moment to be an inbred simp amidst a pageant to celebrate the sublimation of fresh genetic material into our state-supported carnival sideshow. I would look out from Buckingham Palace and I would think Wot I think is that I'm quite a proper fellar and...ooh thar's cake I'm'a gonna throw it at the peasants! More »

PSN Security Breach Is Stealing Game Developer Money

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:00:00 EDT

In some crazy fantasy world, the PlayStation Network breach could carry a US$24 million price tag. In the real world, inhabited by real game developers, the price tag is lower, but that doesn't mean its impact is diminished. More »

UK Gets To Play Duke Nukem Forever Pre-Release

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:15:00 EDT

For those in the UK waiting forever to check out Duke Nukem Forever, the game will be playable at this year's Gadget Show Live in Birmingham. Show runs April 12 to the 17. More »