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The ambitious New Vegas mod Fallout: Nuevo México finally gets a full reveal trailer, and like Fallout: London, it looks like a whole new game

It’s been a long while since the modding team behind Fallout: Nuevo México had anything to show off, but the New Vegas mod finally has an official reveal trailer. Fallout 4 is nine years old next month, and even though Bethesda did put out Fallout 76 in the years since then, there hasn’t been a single-player sequel, and there won’t be one until after Elder Scrolls 6, which is still a while away itself...

Epic is continuing its free games gamble with its mobile store, alongside a promise to have up to 50 apps available this “holiday season”

Epic Games is still working on its own mobile storefront, and whenever it does launch, it’ll be continuing its free games program there too. Since 2018, Fortnite developer Epic Games has run its own digital storefront for PC games, though there’s definitely been some bumps on the way. It arrived without some key features, including what you’d think are simple things like wishlisting, but it’s generally in a functional state these days. Over the...

It makes me uncomfortable to look at, but Halo Infinite is adding in a third person mode

Three years on and a few bumps in the road later, Halo Infinite is looking to mix things up with… uh, a third person mode! Everyone has their preference over first and third-person shooters (when’s someone gonna make a second-person shooter?), but no one can deny that the defining way to experience Halo is in first-person. It’s never been possible to do so otherwise, sans mods anyway, but it just doesn’t look like...

No, you’re not losing it, Silent Hill 2 Remake’s Wikipedia page’s review scores have been altered, and the site has had to lock it to stop people messing with it

If you’ve been on the Silent Hill 2 Remake Wikipedia page recently and noticed the review scores seem a bit low, that’s because someone’s been tampering with them. Against all odds, the Silent Hill 2 Remake has been reviewing quite well. There are plenty who feel surprised by that fact, some reviewers included, but look, if the game’s good the game’s good. I’ve not had a chance to go hands-on with it myself...

Starfield DLC Fail, Astro Bot Devs Speak, And More Gaming News

Image: Wizards of the Coast A week ago, the independent Rules Committee for Magic: The Gathering Commander, the collectible card game’s most popular format in recent years, announced a surprise ban of three of its most popular and expensive cards. The reaction from some fans was swift, loud, and in some cases escalated to violent threats against the people involved. The company that makes the game, Wizards of the Coast, has now responded with more...

Today’s NYT Connections Groups And Answers, Sunday, October 6

Illustration: Kotaku / Vicky Leta Happy Sunday, gang! The weekend’s half-gone (or half-full, depending on how much you’re dreading Monday). We’ve got our Sunday mental workout ready for you, and then you can head off and get your gaming grind on. (We’ve got the new Assassin’s Creed teed up this weekend.) Yes, your daily sweet 16 words are back and ready for your best grouping efforts. The popular Connections brainbuster from The New York Times...

Everyone’s favourite speedrunning event Games Done Quick is hosting a show next week to raise funds for Hurricane Helene relief

Following the damage caused by Hurricane Helene in the US, Games Done Quick is rounding up some speedrunners to raise some money to help out. At the end of September, Hurricane Helene hit the east coast of the US and in particular caused serious damage across the southern Appalachians, with the National Weather Service explaining that “widespread severe and unprecedented flooding occurred with hundreds of fatalities and billions in property damage.” The death...

Are mods popular with the Baldur’s Gate 3 community? You can ask the 40% of players that are “embracing utter chaos” with them

Larian recently introduced official mod support to Baldur’s Gate 3, and it turns out a huge number of players are using them. Mods being popular with Baldur’s Gate 3 players was always a bit of an inevitability, considering its inherently playful nature as a game, and that was quickly evidenced by the fact that more than three million mods had been downloaded after Patch 7 dropped on PC last month. Now, the official Baldur’s...

Starfield’s design director thinks the sci-fi RPG sits “right next to Fallout and Elder Scrolls” as part of Bethesda’s “big three”, but that’s not really for him to decide, is it?

Starfield design director Emil Pagliarulo has put the sci-fi RPG up there with the Elder Scrolls and Fallout, though I’m not sure he gets to make that call. I think we all know that there’s just something… missing, from Starfield. Even the most ardent of Bethesda fans haven’t quite clicked with it in the ways they have previously with games like Skyrim and Fallout 4, and a year on the game’s first expansion is...