Posts tagged north-korea

Kim Jong-il has hackers farming MMOs for in-game coin (and, we assume, Aviators)

by Jessica Conditt (Aug 7th 2011 6:00PM)

It all makes sense now -- North Korea's infamously deluded dictator, Kim Jong-il, wants to be king of the castle in NCsoft's MMO Lineage, completely explaining his fetishes for extravagance and naked discos. Kim has hired a team of hackers to farm Asian MMOs for in-game coin, which they sell ...

THQ planning North Korean protest to promote Homefront

by Ben Gilbert (Mar 1st 2011 12:00AM)

Surprised? Yeah, we're not either. Turns out that THQ is once again planning a North Korean-themed event , though this time it's GDC that the publisher is invading. As reported by the SF Weekly, anti-North Korean protesters (read: hired actors) will be marching across the Golden Gate bridge, ...

Homefront intro cuts Kim Jong-il images for Japanese market

by Ben Gilbert (Feb 4th 2011 8:00PM)

After bringing Metro 2033 and Red Faction: Guerrilla to Japanese retailers, Spike has been tasked with adapting THQ's Homefront as well. Unlike the previous titles, however, Homefront's main themes clash with acceptable game content standards in the country, according to Japan's CERO game rating ...