Riley MacLeod

Half-Life 2‘s Characters Can Finally Blink Again

In one of the weirder Steam updates, non-player characters in Half-Life 2 and related episodes can now blink, after an update from Valve. Valve put out a small update yesterday for Steam builds of the Half-Life games that includes the note “Fixed NPCs not blinking.” As explained by Rockpapershotgun, NPCs lost the ability to blink…

Say Goodbye To Fortnite‘s Mechs

Fortnite’s Season 10 is in its last weeks, which means the game’s ever-evolving plot is coming to the fore. The latest development seems to be causing the game’s powerful, much-hated mechs to explode, finally removing them from the game. Following yesterday’s 10.40 patch, players have been noticing that the mechs are exploding when they hit…

Here’s October 2019’s Xbox Games With Gold Lineup

October’s Xbox Live Games with Gold are a mix of horror, action, and family-friendly. As always, they’re only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Gold subscription. October’s Games with Gold are: Xbox One Tembo the Badass Elephant (October 1-31) Friday the 13th: The Game (October 16-November 15) Xbox 360 (compatible with Xbox One)…

Hitman 2‘s Luxury Resort Is The Perfect Setting For Murder

Hitman 2’s latest DLC takes Agent 47 to a tropical resort called Haven in the Maldives where the rich and powerful relax as their criminal pasts are wiped off the record. The mission, “The Last Resort,” is full of luxurious environments to explore and sneering elite to take down—all the things that make a Hitman…

Fortnite’s 10.40 patch brings a new Rift Zone, Starry Suburbs, as well as previously-announced changes to matchmaking. There are also tweaks to controller sensitivity and aim assist, as well as a playlist called The Combine that lets players practice their aiming and reflexes.

Noita Is A Delightful Game Where You Can Destroy Every Pixel You See

Noita, out today via Early Access on Steam, comes from some of the creators of the excellent indie games The Swapper and Baba is You. Both are puzzle games focusing on taking rules to their extremes, using the lenses of body-swapping and computer programming, respectively. Noita does the same, but without the puzzle aspect. Everything…

Fortnite Is Getting Skill-Based Matchmaking And Bots

Fortnite’s Season 11 is around the corner, and many players are looking for the dust to settle after a contentious Season 10. Today, developer Epic announced some changes coming to the main battle royale mode, including alterations to matchmaking in the upcoming 10.40 patch and the addition of bots in Season 11. In a blog…

The Long Dark’s third story episode, “Crossroads Elegy,” will release October 22. The announcement coincides with the five-year anniversary of the game’s early access release, which the developers reflect on in a blog post

Fortnite‘s Batman Event Turns Tilted Town Into Gotham City

Today is “Batman Day,” which explains why banks are closed and your town is hosting its annual Batman Day Parade. Fortnite has gotten in on this most solemn of occasions by adding new Batman-themed items and turning part of its map into Gotham City. A livestream announcing the Fortnite/Batman crossover took place on YouTube at…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for having finally gotten certified to belay people in rock climbing, so skulking around the gym looking for people to belay. It’s also for playing video games. I’m looking forward to playing more Overland, as well as more Untitled Goose Game. They’ve both been fun to have on my Switch: easy to…

Afterparty, the latest game from the developers of Oxenfree, releases October 29. You can learn more about the game on the PlayStation blog

Turn-Based Survival Game Overland Is Like An Indie Rock XCOM

In my couple of hours with turn-based survival game Overland, I’ve lived multiple short, doomed lives in the post-apocalypse. These lives unfolded in in gas stations and on street corners, and they were filled with the pursuit of gas cans and pieces of garbage, like potted plants and lighters. Overland’s art is minimalist, but the…

Gwent’s next expansion, Iron Judgment, arrives October 2. It brings back the armor mechanic and will add over 80 new cards

Soccer Management Sim Is Surprisingly Artsy

I don’t know much about soccer, but I love how seriously its fans take it. I can’t count the number of Saturday mornings when I’ve been woken up by shouts coming from the English pub a block from my house when there’s a Premier League game. Football Drama, coming out Wednesday for PC and phones…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for going to my neighborhood block party, which will hopefully be full of sweet neighborhood gossip. It’s also for playing video games! It has been way too long since I checked in on Subnautica Below Zero. Hopefully you can pet the penguins by now. Stealth game The Light Keeps Us Safe also…

Witcher card game Gwent is coming to iOS on October 29. You’ll be able to share your progress across mobile and PC, but not consoles.

Fortnite’s 10.30 patch adds two new areas: Moisty Palms, which is now a prop hunt, and Greasy Grove, where falling tacos make players dance and restore health. It also vaults the burst SMG and unvaults the Tactical SMG. Players can also vote on an item to bring back to the item shop.

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for baking a peach cobbler, telling myself I’ll share it because that’s too much dessert for one person, and then eating the whole thing myself. You know what goes well with too much dessert: video games. I’m still working my way through the early stages of Control, which I am finding needlessly…

Popular Streamer Tfue’s Use Of A Racial Slur Could Be His Last Strike On Twitch

Popular Twitch streamer Turner “Tfue” Tenney seemingly used a racial slur while streaming Minecraft earlier this week. Twitch has yet to take action, but if it does, this will be Tfue’s third violation of Twitch’s policies, which is grounds for being permanently banned from the service. As reported by The Verge, the Minecraft clip isn’t…

Wilmot’s Warehouse Is A Great Puzzle Game

When I first saw people on Twitter praising Wilmot’s Warehouse, a new puzzle game for computers and Switch, I didn’t get it. It looked like a game about moving blocks around, and I figured it was just about grabbing things from one place and bringing them to another. After spending some time with it, I’ve…