Riley MacLeod

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for having foolishly signed up for a rock-climbing competition even though I’m a total noob, because climbing people are overly supportive and encouraged me to enter. The weekend is also for soothing what is sure to be my overwhelming embarrassment with video games. Supergiant’s early access game Hades got a big updatethis…

Hitman Documentary Explores The Developers’ Struggles, Triumphs, And Design Tricks

YouTube channel NoClip’s multi-part documentary series on Hitman wrapped up this week. Over the course of four videos, series creator Danny O’Dwyer looked into how Hitman returned to its gameplay roots after 2012’s Absolution, how the breakup with Square Enix affected series developer Io Interactive, and the ins and outs of how a Hitman level…

Apex Legends will get a temporary solo mode from August 13-27. This will be part of the “Iron Crown Collection Event.”

Fortnite’s 10.0 update turns Neo Tilted into Wild West-themed Tilted Town and adds an automatic sniper rifle. Weapons that only spawn in Tilted Town have been unvaulted, such as Uncommon and Rare variants of the hunting rifle.

A Stealth Game Where You Infiltrate A 1970s Cult

The Church in the Darkness is an indie stealth game out today for Xbox, PS4, PC, and Nintendo Switch. In the game, you infiltrate a 1970s cult compound in South America, searching for your nephew. Your objectives, as well as the nature of the cult itself, change every time you play. I found the premise…

The Wig Joke In Ninja’s Mixer Announcement Sucked

Superstar streamer Ninja is leaving Twitch for Mixer. This afternoon, he’s been serving up his first Mixer stream, broadcasting in front of a live crowd at Lollapalooza and also garnering tens of thousands of online viewers. The move to Mixer was announced yesterday in a short ad full of light-hearted jokes aimed at the hype…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for getting a personal training consultation at my rock climbing gym. I am excited to get answers to all my rock climbing questions, like “Could I really climb that?” and “How?” Oxygen Not Included left early access this week, and I’m excited to tool around with Klei’s latest survival crafting game. Last…

Mechs Are The Latest Shiny Toy Shaking Up Fortnite‘s Players

Fortnite’s Season 10 launched this morning. Besides bringing back past location Dusty Depot and changing up the battle pass, the new season added mechs to the game. The mechs require two players to pilot, and they look big and dangerous. They’re probably a lot of fun to play, though I wouldn’t know—they keep wrecking me…

Sniper Elite 4 And Wipeout Omega Collection Are August’s PlayStation Plus Games

August’s PlayStation Plus games are pretty different. As always, they’re only “free” if you have an active PlayStation Plus subscription. August’s PS Plus games are: Wipeout Omega Collection Sniper Elite 4 They’ll be available August 6 through September 2.

Gears Of War 4 Headlines August’s Xbox Live Games With Gold

August’s Xbox Live Games with Gold are a nice mix of action and racing. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Gold subscription. August’s Games With Gold are: Xbox One Gears of War 4 (August 1-31) Forza Motorsport 6 (August 16-September 15) Xbox 360 (compatible with Xbox One)…

Fortnite player and streamer Soleil “Ewok” Wheeler joined team Faze Clan this weekend, making her the team’s first Deaf and first female member. Ewok played in this weekend’s Fortnite World Cup Pro-Am, as well as at the recent Fortnite Summer Block Party

The Fortnite World Cup Was A Kids’ Paradise

The people who filled Queens, New York’s Arthur Ashe tennis stadium for this weekend’s Fortnite World Cup were people who love Fortnite, or at least those people and their parents. The bulk of the attendees I saw were young kids, swimming in soccer shorts and baggy Fortnite t-shirts. They performed the game’s emote dances. They…

Fortnite World Cup Players Who Didn’t Score Have A Sense Of Humor About It

The point spread at today’s Fortnite World Cup Solo finals was massive, with winner Bugha scoring 26 points more than second place finisher Psalm. But not everyone can win: Four players came away with zero points, but—at least on Twitter—they were good sports about it. All of today’s 100 Solo finals competitors are immensely skilled…

Bugha Wins Fortnite World Cup Solo Finals

Fortnite player Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf won the World Cup Solo finals today. The 16-year-old North America East player finished with 59 points and takes home a prize of $3 million. The Solo finals kicked off with a concert by electronic music DJ Marshmello, which drew fans into New York’s Arthur Ashe Stadium hours before the…

Fortnite’s season 10 will have a “championship series,” as announced today during the World Cup Solo finals. The series will feature leaderboards and “millions of dollars at stake.”

Fortnite fans have been lined up for two hours to be among the first to get swag for Marshmello’s World Cup concert. Event staff told me they stopped several people trying to run in before the stadium opened.

Fortnite World Cup Crowd Cheers Defeat Of Notorious Cheater

Fortnite fans have had mixed opinions of North American East duo XXiF and Ronaldo since they qualified for this weekend’s World Cup Finals after serving a 14-day ban for cheating. At today’s Duos finals, the crowd booed XXiF when he appeared on the feed, then cheered when he was eliminated. In May, XXiF and his…

Nyhrox and Aqua Win Fortnite World Cup Duos Finals

Fortnite duo Nyhrox and Aqua won today’s World Cup Duos finals. The European pair scored 51 points and splits a prize pool of $3 million. The competition took place today in New York City’s Arthur Ashe Stadium, with 50 teams from across North America East, West, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and Brazil facing off. NA East…

Airwaks and RL GRIME won the Fortnite World Cup Pro-Am, taking home $1,000,000 for the American Civil Liberties Union and the World Wildlife Fund

Team Fish Fam won the Creative championships at the Fortnite World Cup. The team of four takes home $1,345,000.