In Real Life

Bored Soldier Recreates Modern Warfare Box Art

Note the “bored” was the words of Reddit user Travissimo, not me. I can’t picture soldiers serving overseas having enough spare time to approach being bored, let alone bored enough to engage in box art cosplay. Of sorts.


December 24, 2011
PC

The Week In Unbelievably Gorgeous Screenshots

A couple weeks back I ran an enjoyable feature on Duncan Harris, the video game photographer behind the website DeadEndThrills. Harris takes some of the most evocative, beautiful video game screenshots I’ve ever seen, and we’ve been sharing some of his work each week here.


November 30, 2011
News

Norway Mass Killer May Be Declared Insane

Confessed mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik was legally insane when he killed nearly 80 people, many children, during a bombing and shooting rampage in Norway in July, according to a psychiatric evaluation ordered by the court, the Associated Press reports.


November 9, 2011
News

Is The Recession The Next Big Video Game Bad Guy?

Would you shoot someone responsible for America’s horrible housing market? Would you like to? What if you met his wife and kid first?


July 26, 2011
In Real Life

Today On Sunrise: Seamus And Jim Wallace Of The ACL Discuss Oslo And Modern Warfare 2

Kotaku AU

Earlier this morning Kotaku’s very own Seamus Byrne discussed Modern Warfare 2 and the Oslo attacks with Jim Wallace from the ACL. Just in case you missed it, we thought we’d post the video here.


June 30, 2011
In Real Life

Teen Who Called Modern Warfare Mum A ‘Dumb Whore’ Says He’s ‘Usually Not Disrespectful Towards Adults’

Earlier today, a 90-second clip of yelling by people who totally deserve each other was removed from YouTube on grounds it was a “depiction of harmful activities”. That would be a 17-year-old getting into it with an irate mum, evidently after he had a dispute with her minor son during a match in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.


June 13, 2011
News

Battlefield 3 Reaches Out To 4chan With… Dinosaurs

When Activision stuck its head in the hornets nest to find out what the online community at 4chan thought about Modern Warfare 2 on the PC, it got what anyone else would have told them they’d get: stupid answers.


April 27, 2011
Xbox

Now Microsoft Is Issuing Security Warnings

What a week! First Sony has a little trouble with its online security, and now Microsoft is issuing warnings about people running “phishing” scams over Xbox Live.


April 14, 2011
News

Modern Warfare Actor Arrested, Charged With Hitting His Wife

British TV star Billy Murray – who many of you will recognise as the voice of Captain Price in the Modern Warfare series – has been arrested in the UK and charged with assault after allegedly attacking both his wife and daughter.


April 2, 2011
In Real Life

This Is A Live-Action Modern Warfare Killstreak, Set In The ‘Burbs

What would Call of Duty killstreaks look like in real life? Maybe like this. This was created by a crew called The First Film Rejects, who also made a video featuring Solid Snake facing off against his greatest foe: Sam Fisher. Good job, rejects!