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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  EA Sports Pioneers the In-Game Hair Transplant

  While it might be too late to shoot a new box cover for the UK version of FIFA 12, Electronic Arts managed to give Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney’s in-game model a quick makeover to reflect his recently transplanted hairline. As one of the most skilled footballers in the world, Wayne Rooney’s skills stem from…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 9, 2011
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  See the Minimal Human, Haptic Gaming Chair and Robot Moles in Action

  A floating avatar head that can look, listen and speak in the real world, a desk-embedded robot mole, high-tech tops, express-changing “minimal humans”, phantom haptic gaming chairs. The 38th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques sounds like a place of wild dreams and nightmares. Kinda wish I went. You can contact…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 9, 2011