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Dead Island Special Edition Includes The Headless Bikini Statue Anyway
Just because Deep Silver apologised profusely for Dead Island: Riptide‘s rather tasteless “Zombie Bait Edition” premium — a severed, bloodied, big-boobed bikini-clad torso — doesn’t mean they actually pulled it from distribution. The statuette is still included in special editions sold in Europe and Australia.
Call Of Duty Flack Stole From Activision To Pay For Engagement Party
An Activision PR manager who stole nearly $US30,000 from the launch budget for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2‘s UK release and used it to finance her engagement party avoided active jail time in a sentencing hearing today. Kathryn Kirton, 35, stayed out of prison because a judge noted her prosecution has already threatened her marriage, and the stress of the experience caused her to deliver her now two-year-old son prematurely.
Wii U Commercial Pulled Because One Person Complained
In Britain, the Advertising Standards Authority operates under a fairly simple rule. If even a single person complains about a commercial, they take a look at it, and if they agree, they can pull the ad from the airwaves. And that is exactly what happened recently with a Wii U commercial.
British Developers Get Tax Breaks For Including British Characters In Their Games
Say you’re a game developer in the UK. You’re working on a new game about, I don’t know, aliens planning a casino heist. You’re thinking about setting it in Las Vegas, or maybe Dubai. But wait… wouldn’t it be cool if you set the game in jolly ol’ England? It would be! And best of all, the British government would give you tax breaks if you did.
This Kiddy Smack Talk Song Will Make Your Day
UK comedian Adam Buxton (one half of Adam and Joe) recently uploaded this song to YouTube. As Kotaku reader Sam pointed out, it was for a section called Song Wars in which both Adam and Joe have to make a song on a theme and listeners vote on the winner. This is the result.
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