Epic seems to have made some massive changes to the Fortnite map in the newly launched Season 6, giving everything a midnight feel to it, but those aren’t the only changes the developers are bringing to the game this season. Alongside the new creepier map, Epic has also made a few big changes to which weapons are in the game, even going so far as to vault some fan favorites like Impulse Grenades, and adding a new item that allows players to turn invisible and phase through solid objects. Not everything about this patch is dark and scary though. Epic has also added pets to the game as loyal companions that will accompany players through each game to balance things out. For a breakdown of all of the most important things in this season’s massive list of changes, you can check out our top five things to know. We also have a few details on this season’s new Halloween Battle Pass. Weapons and Items Shadow Stones Consumable typically found around corrupted areas of the … [Read more...] about Fortnite Season 6 patch v6.0 change list
90s music list
Fortnite patch v5.10 change list
Fortnite’s latest update has arrived, and this is going to be a fun one. The first thing you might have noticed is the versioning is slightly different for this release; it’s listed as v5.10 instead of just v5.1. That change is deliberate. “Our versioning strategy changed very recently so 5.10 is correct, then the next biweekly patch afterward would be 5.20, and so on,” Epic Games’ Neuronbasher explained in the subreddit yesterday. “A minor patch between 5.10 and 5.20 could be either 5.10.1 or 5.11, depending on things like whether a new client patch was necessary and other boring internal tooling details.” The latest update celebrates Fortnite’s first birthday with a fun event and brings back the popular Playground mode that made such a splash the first time around, and this time it has some interesting new features. But that’s not all that’s coming to the game in this patch. Let’s take a look at the full list of … [Read more...] about Fortnite patch v5.10 change list
Spotify to launch new version of free music streaming service this month
SPOTIFY is set to launch a new free music streaming service within weeks that will be more like its premium tier. The upgrade will give users more controls over tracks and quick access to playlists on mobile, according to sources cited by Bloomberg. Currently, Spotify is split in two: there's an ad-free option that costs £9.99 per month, which helps the firm rake in over 90% percent of its £3.56 billion yearly revenue, and a free version that's used by the majority of listeners. Unlike paid users, those on the free service can't listen to every song in Spotify's library on-demand, but they can access its popular playlists and songs on shuffle. This model has worked a charm, helping Spotify become the biggest streaming service in the world, with 157 million users (71 million of who fork out for its premium tier). And the company expects to reach 200 million users by the end of the year. But it's also locked in a heated battle for ear drums against rivals Apple Music, Google's … [Read more...] about Spotify to launch new version of free music streaming service this month
Crash Bandicoot: An oral history
The first time Taylor Kurosaki and Bob Rafei saw a running PlayStation, they were in a Las Vegas hotel room. It was the 1995 Consumer Electronics Show. They, along with the company they worked for, Naughty Dog, were being given a behind-closed-doors look at Sony's first foray into the game console industry. When they describe the event now, they use words like "inspiring" and "enthralled" and phrases like "blown away." They didn't know it at the time, but the members of Naughty Dog in that room — Kurosaki, Rafei and co-founders Jason Rubin and Andy Gavin — were looking at the system that would host the team's next game: Crash Bandicoot. They were seeing the console their company would eventually create the unofficial mascot for — the console they would develop Naughty Dog's first smash hit for. It was Kurosaki and Rafei's second day with the company. Naughty Dog released Crash Bandicoot for Sony's original PlayStation in September 1996. In it, the team took an old … [Read more...] about Crash Bandicoot: An oral history
Indies In Development: This week’s most promising picks from #ScreenshotSaturday
Subscribe to PCGamesN on YouTube This is a golden age of videogames. More than ever before, people from all backgrounds are making games using freely accessible tools that industry pioneers of the '80s and '90s could only dream of. The only problem now is information overload; with more games than anyone could ever process, what are you to do? It's that time of the week again, and PCGamesN returns to help you cut through the noise, and tune your signal into some of the most intriguing experiments in the indie scene this week, one enticing image at a time. Check out the latest crop below, and check back next week for more. Plus check our our lineup from last week, January 14th, if you missed it! As with last week, these games are picked from the most recent roundup on the #ScreenshotSaturday tag, but if there's a better trailer available than the latest animated GIF shown, we may use that. Any or all of these games could be the next big thing. Here's some of the … [Read more...] about Indies In Development: This week’s most promising picks from #ScreenshotSaturday