We Dare, the Wii party game whose marketing suggests it's much naughtier than it really is, won't be released in the United Kingdom. Publisher Ubisoft is pulling the game back after a rating found it suitable for kids 12 and up.

The idea that Rockstar Games was making "Grand Theft Auto: Rothbury" - whether or not a ghastly crime was committed there - was so sensationally ridiculous that when The Daily Star alleged such a plan, I ignored it. Rockstar didn't.

A British programmer said to have reaped some £600,000 selling modchips that bypassed copy protection on four consoles avoided jail at his sentencing today, but only because the father of two was bankrupted by his conviction.

The south side of 386 Claremont Road, Manchester England, as imaged by Google Maps. Seen via Reddit. Note that Mario's sign is red, Luigi's green.

A 38-year-old British woman, once so large she was afraid to have sex with her husband, now parades about her home in sexy lingerie after losing 112 pounds, a dramatic change in physique she credits to a Wii Fit regimen.

This splash page on Xbox Live's U.K. portal says its Twitter and Facebook service will launch on Nov. 17. We assume that includes the Last.FM update as well.

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power is offering a proposition bet on what will be the United Kingdom's top-selling game, giving Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 most-favored billing at 11/8 odds.

Last weekend, the UK network Bravo - unrelated to the U.S. channel, BTW - launched something called "Game Face," tilted toward casual gamers, presumably ones with wads of disposable income.

Derby, the city in the United Kingdom, is said to be considering naming a road after Lara Croft, who was created at Derby-based Core Design in 1996.

Scribblenauts hits the U.S. on Sept. 15 - we'll cut to the chase, it's releasing 10 days later in the U.K., which is Sept. 25 or 25/09/09 for those with whom we have special relations.

Who says UK lawmakers are hostile to video games? Tom Watson, the government's Cabinet Office Minister wants kids to play more. And not just edutainment or shovelware — violent ones are OK.

On this site you can read a lot of lecturing about how others should do their jobs. Well, when an elected official shows that he can take games seriously, instead of personally, he should get credit for that. Unfortunately for Americans, this guy is a member of the UK Parliament. But here's what struck me about Don…

Bad luck, old chap. Microsoft is refusing to pass on the Xbox 360 price cut to the UK market. As if the British economy wasn't looking dark enough - now we face another Christmas of not-that-cheap Xboxes. "Pricing is handled on a region-by-region basis," said a killjoy Microsoft spokesperson, "We do not have a price…