There are lots of people out there who refuse to pay for video games. If you're wondering how many, let's take a…
On November 2, PlayStation Portable game God of War: Ghost of Sparta hit stores. But its developer, Ready at Dawn,…
One might think that Kotaku Tower is a place bereft of computers, or at least gaming on computers, judging by how…

On YouTube, in four parts, there is the tale of a man with military training and a $250 outlay spent on an illicit,…
Having recently blocked the new PlayStation 3 piracy devices via a firmware update, Sony has finally released its…
Nintendo, more than any other publisher on Earth, goes after pirates with its teeth out and its guns blazing. So…
In an interview with Japanese website 4gamer, Street Fighter series producer Yoshinori Ono says that a strong…
Ordinarily, when folks monetize their game piracy, they use Craigslist or some other indirect means of making a…
Earlier this week, Nintendo quietly released a firmware update for its DSi handhelds, the sole purpose of which…
For ¥400 a pop (US$4.75), Japanese capsule toy machine offers folks the chance to win an R4 — a device Nintendo is…
As leaked copies of Halo: Reach hit the torrent sites, Microsoft tells Kotaku that they are aggressively…
The people who made the beautiful adventure game Machinarium estimate that only about 5-15% of the people who played…
A British high court has ruled against R4 companies Playables Limited and Wai Dat Chan. It is now illegal to…
Video game consoles are illegal in China. Ironically, the Wii, the PS3 and the Xbox 360 are Chinese made. And there…
Earlier models of the Nintendo DS are awash in a sea of pirated games. The upcoming 3DS? It might be a tougher nut…
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata addresses video game piracy in a nonchalant manner at a recent talk with investors.
Letters, we get letters. We get lots and lots of letters. Letters! It's time to take a peek into the Kotaku mailbag.
Is the bottom about to fall out of Nintendo's software market? Namco Bandai certainly thinks so, saying the market…
You know it. I know. People pirate Nintendo DS games. It's so bad that Nintendo is spearheading a lawsuit to stop…
Oh yes, this is another post about piracy and video games. These men, photographed this month, are members of the…