The Brutalist Report

PC Gamer

• Arc Raiders studio is returning loot to players who get hosed by cheaters: 'We're committed to building an environment where gameplay is about skill, teamwork, and fun' [118d]
• Post-heist reports reveal the password for the Louvre's video surveillance was 'Louvre,' and suddenly the dumpster-tier opsec of videogame NPCs seems a lot less absurd [118d]
• Here are the Europa Universalis 5 unlock times for your region [118d]
• It sure looks like World of Warcraft is getting its first premium currency after 21 years to monetize player housing in its next expansion [118d]
• Sure, there might as well be a 'World Solitaire Championship' and it might as well be hosted by Stephen A. Smith [118d]
• Pillars of Eternity's 10-year anniversary turn-based mode will sidestep the biggest issues I was worried it would have, and you can try it this week [118d]
• The MMO being led by former WoW designer Greg Street looks to be dead as his studio officially closes after NetEase ends funding: 'While we'd love to make our game, our first priority is to help our developers find employment' [118d]
• Redditors painstakingly measure Battlefield maps to prove BF6's biggest battlefield is only the 26th largest map since Battlefield 3 [118d]
• I'm dying way less in Arc Raiders now that I know how healing actually works [118d]
• Arc Raiders gives free money to everyone to say sorry for the weekend server struggles [118d]
• Samsung and other memory manufacturers reportedly leave DDR5 buyers hanging as prices expected to surge 30–50% every quarter from the end of 2025 through the first half of 2026 [118d]
• Trump says that nobody 'other than the United States' should have Nvidia's Blackwell AI chips [118d]
• Square Enix, Bandai, and other Japanese studios demand OpenAI stop using their content without permission, drop a not-too-subtle hint about legal trouble if it doesn't [118d]