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Hitman’s season finale arrives October 31st. Episode 6: Hokkaido takes place in a private hospital and features two targets.

Hitman’s 11th Elusive Target, The Fixer, will be in Marrakesh for 7 days starting October 14th. I’m going to get that Blood Money suit one day, man.

Metal Gear Solid V: The Definitive Experience is out today for PS4, Xbox One, and PC (EDIT 4:50pm— The PC version releases Thursday, October 13). The Definitive Experience includes The Phantom Pain, Ground Zeroes, and all the DLC. Here’s what we thought of MGSV when it first came out

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Sometimes, when Saturday morning rolls around, I think, “Oh boy—two whole days to do all the work I didn’t get to during the week!” I’m like that, readers. But, since I work at Kotaku, sometimes that work is playing video games! I’m just going to admit that I’ll be playing some Overwatch, because I have…

Slayer Shock Is A Stealth Game For Buffy Fans

Do you ever wish you could play a Buffy The Vampire Slayer video game that didn’t feature whichever cast member you like the least (such as all the men Buffy dates because they are terrible models for young people’s relationships)? Slayer Shock might have you covered. Slayer Shock is the latest from Minor Key Games,…

Watch Us Play The First Hour Of Mafia III

We’re playing the first hour of Mafia III over on Facebook. You can watch it here too:

The Latest Hitman Episode Is The Good Kind Of Difficult

Hitman’s latest episode, “Freedom Fighters,” is very serious. Agent 47 infiltrates a militia compound in Colorado in pursuit of four targets. There’s not a lot of room for fun on the compound, for Rube Goldberg-esque murder traps that make Hitman memorable, but this fifth episode is great in another way. It’s hard Colorado’s targets are…

Our Favorite Games From September

Happy fall, readers! The weather’s getting colder, which means it’s the perfect time to curl up inside and play video games. Here’s all the new games the Kotaku staff enjoyed in September. Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander We enjoyed our time with this indie game, which is a mix of FTL andXCOM You can get the…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

It’s the weekend! I have so many chores to do: laundry, grocery shopping, cleaning the bathroom—which means I’m going to think about doing those things and then just play some video games instead. I’m excited to finally check out the latest episode of Hitman, which many of Kotaku’s staff has been enjoying. I’ve also been playing…

Kotaku UK wrapped up their Star Citizen investigation today with two new pieces. There’s a look at what happened to Star Marine, the game’s missing module, as well as a good summary of Kotaku UK’s entire series

Burly Men at Sea Is A Small Game About Shipwrecks

I have a thing for shipwrecks. Readers might remember that I lived on a boat, which sank. I have a tattoo of Shackleton’s Endurance sinking. Boats sink a lot in Burly Men at Sea. But unlike in real life, in the game I actually wanted my boat to sink, just so I could see what…

Kotaku UK continues their Star Citizen series with two new pieces. The first looks at Star Citizen’s superbackers, and the second is about a 24-year feud that’s dogged the game

Mankind Divided‘s System Rift DLC Is Surprisingly Full Of Character

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’s latest DLC, System Rift, has shady corporate dealings, Illuminati conspiracies (and characters saying “Illuminati” with a straight face), and Adam Jensen answering video calls shirtless. But unlike the campaign, where characters have all the affect of conveniently-placed crates, System Rift is full of moments of unexpected personality. The DLC is a…

XCOM 2 is out on PS4 and Xbox One today. While we can’t vouch for how it handles on consoles, we enjoyed it a lot on PC

Over at Kotaku UK, Julian Benson went inside the troubled development of Star Citizen. He interviewed numerous people involved in the project, including Chris Roberts.

Xbox has released October’s Games With Gold lineup: Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings, The Escapists, MX vs ATV Reflex, and I Am Alive. Remember: they’re “free” if you’ve paid for an Xbox Live Gold subscription.

The Dear Esther: Landmark Edition launched today, bringing the game to PS4 and Xbox One along with commentary and some tweaks. People who own the game on PC will receive the added content as a future free update.

Hitman’s 10th Elusive Target, The Pharmacist, will be available September 16th. They’ll be in Paris for a week, which is plenty of time to plan an awesome approach and then forget one minor detail and bungle the whole thing (not that I would do that, obviously).

Hitman Episode 5, “Freedom Fighters,” will be released on September 27th The episode takes place in Colorado and features four targets.

Sunday Comics: Environmentalists

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published September 2 as part of an arc. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published August 29. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny…