EVE Online is Building a Monument in Iceland for All of Its Players

One week after declaring they will build an in-game memorial to the ships lost at the colossal Battle of B-R5RB, Eve Online publisher has decided to go whole hog and erect a monument, in real life, to all EVE Online players. Anyone who is an active player on March 1 will get his or her…

Here’s the latest from Kotaku‘s official reader-written blog, Talk Amongst Yourselves: The Cathartic Sportsmanship Of A Fencing Simulator • DayZ Survivor Stories • The Complete Skyrim Vs. Dragon Age Retrospective TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

On April 4, Namco Bandai Games America becomes Bandai Namco Games America, part of the combined company’s continuing efforts to consolidate its brand image. I like my name better.

You Can Cosplay As Lara Croft In Lightning Returns

Tomb Raider DLC for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII? Sure.

Signs That You Have An Unhealthy Obsession With A Game

BestGameShowEver is a brand new series on YouTube from one of our favorite DayZ-obsessed YouTubers. In today’s launch of said series, they invite several other hosts and producers of various other YouTube shows to discuss what it means to be obsessed with a game. We’re talking interrupt-your-lifestyle levels of obsession. They may not always be…

Flappy Bird Won’t Get Any Easier In Minecraft

As if the original mobile version wasn’t frustrating enough, now there’s a remake in Minecraft by CodeCrafted. The gameplay is in 3D, so it’s a bit different, but if you set the difficulty level to the hardest, you’ll probably end up ragequitting after a couple of minutes. Head over to Planet Minecraft for more details.…

Drakengard 3 Comes To North America In May. Preorder Now Or Else.

All the dragon-riding and hack-and-slashing a growing action role-playing fan needs arrives with Square Enix’s Drakengard 3 for the PlayStation 3 on May 20. Want to see what comes in the collector’s edition? Maybe you should preorder first. Before we worry about expensive collector’s editions, let’s talk about tiered timed preorders. Doesn’t that sound like…

Borderlands 2 is getting another dose of DLC on Tuesday. “Mad Moxxi and the Wedding Day Massacre.” Then, in April, the game gets “Sir Hammerlock and the Son of Crawmerax,” the fifth and final installment in the Headhunter series. 2K Games has more screens and all of the information here.

The second, concluding episode of BioShock Infinite’s Burial at Sea expansion arrives on March 25. That’s one more visit to the underwater city of Rapture on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. New crossbow-tastic screenshot for you above.

Kpop Groups Called “Too Sexy” for South Korea

Several of Korea’s hottest musical acts are coming under fire for sexually charged performances. And they’re essentially being told, hey, knock off the sexy! In particular, the groups Girl’s Day, AOA, and Rainbow Blaxxx (a sub-unit of the group Rainbow) are being singled out by the Korean media and commenters online for being “too sexy.”…

How Much Gaming History Does $50,000 Get?

This much. Actually, a bit more. They couldn’t fit everything on one photo. Over at Ebay, Grithiffth’s Games Megamart is selling what they call the “Ultimate Nintendo World Championships 1990 Collection.” This includes: NWC 1990 Grey Cart #305 NWC 1990 Denver 11 & Under Trophy NWC 1990 Denver 11 & Under Nameplate/Plaque Certificate of Authenticity…

The Cutest, Coolest, and Coldest Snow Sculptures in Japan

Just in case you were worried the country had lost its ability to sculpt amazing snow art, rest easy. It hasn’t. The 65th annual Sapporo Snow Festival recently went underway in Hokkaido, Japan. As in the past, there is a “Snow Miku,” featuring the character Hatsune Miku. There’s also a “Miku Dayoo” (“It’s Miku”) snow…

Middle School Flag Team Twirls it to Assassin’s Creed Liberation

Video games often have epic music. The Encounter music from Metal Gear Solid will always be burned into my mind as something that instills urgency. Music from the Assassin’s Creed series is the same, so no wonder that students from Taipei’s Dongshi Middle School used the music for their flag-twirling performance. Dongshi Middle School’s Flag…

Resident Evil Composer Admits to Being a Fraud

Mamoru Samuragoch* has been called “Japan’s Beethoven.” Even as he went deaf, Samuragoch continued to compose scores for video games like Resident Evil and Onimusha. This week, he revealed that he used a ghost composer. A gifted musician, Samuragoch had a degenerative hearing condition that left him completely deaf by age 35. However, as AFP…