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Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered Rides In November

2010’s Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is one of the finest non-Burnout racers made by the speed demons at Criterion Games. It’s making a comeback next month as Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered, bringing enhanced visuals and cross-platform play to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on November 6 and Switch on November 13.…

Facebook Accidently Bans Fake Fallout 76 Militia Group

The Fallout 76 role-playing group Free States Militia was temporarily banned from Facebook late last week, seemingly after getting caught up in one of the social media platform’s routine moderation sweeps. “So Facebook just banned our page and banned all admins from our Gaming group,” the Free States Militia—Fallout 76 players who role-play as the…

Ghost of Tsushima Gets Online Co-op, New Game+ & More On October 16

First announced back in August, Ghost of Tsushima’s online co-op mode is being added to the game on October 16 via patch 1.1. This free update also adds some other requested features and changes, including the ability to create and equip various load-outs and New Game+ mode. Ghost of Tsushima Legends is the new online…

Every Game Needs A Dedicated Pass-And-Play Mode

Every video game supports pass-and-play multiplayer. Just find a stopping point, hit pause, and hand the controller to a friend. Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time’s pass-and-play is the same sort of thing, only the game’s got built-in prompts and per-player summaries at the end. I appreciate the hell out of that. Welcome to Kotaku’s…

The Week In Games: FIFA 21 Scores Later This Week

Let’s get on the pitch and do a header into a goal or something like that… Anyway, FIFA 21 is out this week. I don’t have a lot to say about FIFA 21 or soccer really, so instead, I’ll use this space to point out how many Switch games are released EVERY week. Look at…

Behold, My Three Favorite Resident Evil Tracks

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today, maybe because Zack’s already reminded me several times that his favorite spooky holiday’s comin’ up, I wanna share some standout Resident Evil music. At this point in my life I’ve spent a lot more hours…

Teaser For Monster Hunter Live-Action Movie Is Filled With Guns

When you think of Monster Hunter, you probably think of giant monsters and giant swords. The teaser for the Hollywood adaptation gets the giant monsters part right, but adds huge guns. Watch said teaser below: Why guns?! The film’s official description might provide insight: When an unexpected sandstorm transports Captain Artemis (Milla Jovovich) and her…

Track: The Colour Of Love | Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins | Album: CYR

‘Shop Contest: Minecraft Kirby

Yesterday, we got a long and detailed video from Nintendo going over Steve, the new character coming Smash Bros. Ultimate later this month. But who cares about that!? Instead, the internet quickly became obsessed with what happens to Kirby when he eats Minecraft’s very blocky Steve. Your challenge this week: Add Minecraft Kirby to more…

Sunday Comics: Important Things

Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Oct. 1. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Sep. 28. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: Mario Action Figure, Winners!

Last week, we had some fun with an oddly large Mario action figure that Nintendo was advertising on Twitter. As usual, you all created some wild, funny, strange, and disturbing images. Our winning image this week comes from sciteach who pulls off the obvious joke wonderfully. What is it about this Mario doll that made…

You’re One Ugly…

This week on Snapshots we get some artsy screenshots from a few different games, check out a scary monster from Fallout, relax in the snow, punch the sky and meet a very ugly spider-thing in Star Wars. “You don’t look like your online profile picture at all!” Kotaku Snapshots is a weekly look at some…

Sandygast Is A Sand Monster Who Mind Controls Kids

Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Sandygast! Sandygast Details Type: Ghost/Ground Average Height: 1′ 08” Average Weight: 154.3 lbs First Added In Generation VII BOO!…

Oblivion’s Soundtrack Is Perfect For Adventuring

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we return to the adventurous world and epic soundtrack of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (playlist / longplay / VGMdb) was a big deal when it came out in March…

Steve From Minecraft Coming To Smash Bros. Ultimate On October 13

Steve and Alex from Minecraft are coming to Smash Bros. Ulitmate on October 13. The news was announced today during a video presentation going into great detail about Smash’s newest upcoming character. The new character is part of the Smash Bros. Fighters Pass Vol. 2, but players can also buy him separately for $5.99. I…

Vampire Kermit Is Here To Wish You All A Happy October

This week we learn more about what’s been going at Ubisoft, meet a demon version of Baby Yoda, expose a Spelunky 2 scammer, question why Comic-Con is still going to happen, find out what free games Xbox Live and PS Plus users are getting and say hello to October and Vampire Kermit. Great Kotaku Content…

Among Us Has A Cheating Problem

The past few years have made us all pretty numb to the depths of human depravity, but large swathes of people still remain shocked that anyone would dare cheat at a party game. First, it was Fall Guys. Now it’s the even less win/lose-focused Among Us Among Us is a game about players teaming up…

Spelunky 2’s Turkey Man Doesn’t Respect My Labor

Most everything in Spelunky 2 is out to kill you, so it’s always nice to come across Yang, a random NPC who mostly just chills in a little hut and talks about turkeys. But as my explorations continue to improve, so too has my knowledge of Yang’s racket, and I’m disappointed by what I’ve discovered.…

PSA: Bloodborne Is Currently Free On PS Plus [UPDATE: No Longer Free]

Update, 4:20 p.m.: Bloodborne was quickly re-listed at its MSRP, $20. We’ve reached out to Sony for clarification. Original story follows: Starting next week, members of PS Plus will be able to get free copies of Need for Speed: Payback and Vampyr through the end of October. But members can snag a terrific game for…

EVE Online Gets An Actual ‘Spreadsheets In Space’ Mode

The idea that EVE Online is just spreadsheets in space is one I’ve heard hundreds of times since I started playing EVE five years ago. I always try my best to explain the breadth and depth of the EVE experience as being much more than that. Today however, a new update to the game has…