A student in Milton Keynes, England, paid a full bus fare for Marcus Fenix. No, really. Carrying home a life-size cardboard display of the Gears of War protagonist, Liam Sheridan was told by the driver his monthly bus pass didn’t cover his companion.
Earlier this week, British tabloid The Sun ran a story, pointing to a series of “phishing” con jobs that were putting Xbox 360 owners at risk.
Wrapping up work on their epic Batman: Arkham City, the developers at UK-based Rocksteady Studios set out to party hardy. First up was a 250-lap go-kart race. Then they went to Wayne Manor’s real-life stand-in and turned on the Bat-Signal.
Someone forgot to tell Grainger Games that the Games Media Awards are not the David Hasselhoff Roast. The games seller showed up at the UK gala with bikini-clad models, midgets, a giant orange Hummer and branded condoms and are henceforth retailer non grata, say organisers.
During a round of Call of Duty, 46-year-old Mark Bradford (pictured) was snuffed out during an online match by a 13-year-old player. Instead of respawning and trying to avenge himself in-game, Bradford went to the boy’s house and choked him.