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Commander Shepard has Finally Played a Mass Effect
Jennifer Hale, celebrated voice actor for the female version of Mass Effect lead Commander Shepard doesn’t play video games. Writer Tom Bissell, who profiled Hale in this week’s New Yorker magazine does and cajoled her to play Mass Effect 2 with him, just for a bit. She decided to play “middle-of-the-road Shepard,” as she defines…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 9, 2011 -
Now You Can Trade Team Fortress 2 Hats for Actual Video Games
Does your Team Fortress 2 backpack runneth over? With the newly launched Steam Trading Beta, you can turn your excess in-game TF2 items into other in-game items or, more importantly, a gifted copy of Left 4 Dead How does it work? Well, first, Steam users must first opt-in to the Steam Trading Beta. Then, should…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 9, 2011 -
The Stanley Parable Turns Video Game Storytelling On Its Head
Is it a game? Is it a manifesto? An artsy-fartsy waste of time? A story-within-a-story, an exercise in branching plotlines, meta-humor, and video game commentary? The provocative new Half-Life 2 mod The Stanley Parable is perhaps all of those things. Or maybe none of them. The game and its designer hope only that you’ll draw…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 9, 2011 -
Mario & Luigi Totally Killed It At the 2011 National Jitterbug Championships
In the unlikely scenario that you missed this year’s National Jitterbug Championships, the good people at Camp Hollywood have you covered. Specifically, they have you covered on the Super Mario Bros./ Super Mario Bros. Super Show! showcase that dazzled the jitterbugging crowds during the 2011 showcase. Seen here getting down to chippy Mario tunes are…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 9, 2011 -
Samus Gets A Deep Brain Kiss for Metroid‘s 25th Anniversary
Samus gets a loving / mind numbing Metroid kiss in this 25 year anniversary illustration by artist Drew Green. Check out more of his work here on Tumblr Death of the Bounty Hunter by Drew Green (Tumblr) (deviantART) (Twitter) Via: drew-green Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 9, 2011 -
Kotaku TV
SPIKE TV – Spike TV’s Geoff Keighley and crew hung out at the offices all day today shooting a future show about Kotaku. Kinda fun. GameFly Sweetens the Pot with PC Game Downloads For nearly a decade GameFly has been the Netflix of video games, delivering console and handheld titles to eager gamers across the…
By Brian Crecente Published August 9, 2011 -
Battlefield 3 and Theme Park(!) Coming to iOS
Electronic Arts has two potentially very exciting additions to its iPhone and iPad line-up in the form of DICE’s Battlefield 3 and (perhaps more importantly) Bullfrog’s classic sim Theme Park Pocket Gamer reports that the two iOS games are “likely” to make an appearance at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany next week. Kotaku will be in…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 9, 2011 -
Tommy’s Looking Mighty Fine in His Prey 2 Jeans
Dawasi “Tommy” Tawodi might not be repeating his gig as Prey‘s leading man in the upcoming sequel, but that doesn’t mean he won’t be playing a part. even if that part involves doing his best impression of Journey front man Steve Perry. Fresh from the Prey 2 Facebook page, this is the first look we’re…
By Mike Fahey Published August 9, 2011 -
The Sims Facebook Game I Wanted isn’t the Sims Facebook Game I’m Getting
I’m not much for Facebook games; I’ve played FarmVille a bit, but it’s never quite gotten its hooks into me. Part of the reason for is that most of my friends don’t play either, and so I’ve never felt the social pressure that contributes to the game’s addictiveness. You know: “Dang, David’s barn is so…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 9, 2011 -
The Best of Portal 2‘s Forlorn, Fan-Made Music Videos
Portal 2 developer Valve challenged the video making masses to turn the first-person puzzler’s original song by The National (“Exile Vilify”) into an equally original music video. Valve announced the winner of that contest, which was dominated by one very sad looking sock puppet. Valve also revealed the many runners up who competed in the…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 9, 2011 -
This Would Have Been The Perfect Final Wii Game
I know that this fall’s The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword won’t be the final video game for the Wii, but it is likely to be remembered as the last big game for Nintendo’s mighty system. That’s cool, I guess, but I believe that Jerry Rice & Nitus Dog Football—announced today as shipping on August…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 9, 2011 -
PlayStation Store Update: A Nightmare in North America
The arrival of Freddy Krueger in Mortal Kombat might take headline precedence, but Madden NFL 12‘s demo gets the lead image glory. Sorry, Mr. Krueger, but you’re simply lacking in screen shots. The fourth (and final?) downloadable fighter for NetherRealm’s Mortal Kombat arrives today on the PlayStation 3, which you can buy solo or as…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 9, 2011 -
Don’t Miss Your Chance to Impersonate a Gotham City Impostors Beta Tester
Slip on some blue tights, smear on the grease paint, and fill out a form forthe chance to beta test the upcoming Batman-themed online multiplayer shooter Gotham City Impostors, now seeking eager players across all three platforms. Sign up already!
By Mike Fahey Published August 9, 2011 -
They’re Already Up To Might & Magic Heroes VI, and This is What it’s All About
The series formerly known as Heroes of Might & Magic returns, with a confusingly rearranged name, to a post-King’s Bounty landscape. Without access to publishers’ long and tedious spreadsheets, I of course couldn’t begin to guess whether 1C’s good-natured, wilfully silly turn-based strategy/semi-roleplaying game presents any kind of financial threat to HoMM. KB‘s certainly made…
Alec Meer | Rock Paper Shotgun Published August 9, 2011 -
Anarchy Reigns‘ New Robot Driller Killer Channels Antoine Dodson
“Hide your wife. Hide your husband. They are drillin’ everybody out here.” So warns the latest character trailer starring Garuda, the one-ton Transformer armed with a pair of high velocity drills. Clearly, anything goes in the next game from Bayonetta, Vanquish and Madworld creators Platinum Games. Two thousand pound androids who can transform into jets…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 9, 2011 -
Meet a Dog That’s Blissfully Unaware He’s Cosplaying Amaterasu
If only more cosplayers could be like Dante. Dante the Samoyed doesn’t care that he’s dressed up as one of Capcom’s most beloved characters. He’s just pleased to smell all the nice people at Otakon. And occasionally lick his own privates. Kotaku reader Volkodav has a very beautiful dog that just so happens to resemble…
By Mike Fahey Published August 9, 2011 -
But, Ken Levine, Will BioShock Infinite Be Worth Playing a Second Time?
I expected the official PlayStation Blog to quiz BioShock mastermind Ken Levine on PlayStation topics like 3D and the Move. I expected him to drop intriguing comments like one about how sniper rifles will “become very meaningful” in the expanse of BioShock Infinite I didn’t expect the PlayStation blog to ask if next year’s BioShock…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 9, 2011 -
A Deep Look at Modern Warfare 3‘s Spec Ops Survival Mode
We’ve written quite a bit about Modern Warfare 3‘s Spec Ops survival mode. Think of it as a sort of Horde mode but with the ability to call in riot shield -wielding soldiers and attack dogs. Here’s an official look at the game. You can contact Brian Crecente, the author of this post, at [email protected].…
By Brian Crecente Published August 9, 2011 -
What Games Have Changed
As a game maker and the co-president of Games for Change, I was thrilled to be invited by Kotaku to discuss some of the recent developments in the field of games for learning, health and social impact. Games for Change, founded in 2004, is a non-profit and a global advocate for games that have positive…
Asi Burak, Games for Change Published August 9, 2011 -
This Resistance 3 Multiplayer Map Comes From a Land Down Under
While Resistance 3‘s single-player story sees players traipsing across the U.S., multiplayer is a trip around the Chimeran-infested world, with stops in Bogota, Colombia, Glamorgan, Wales, Africa’s Republic of Chad, and this latest map, which takes the battle to the second largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. That would be Alice Springs, lovingly…
By Mike Fahey Published August 9, 2011