The Brutalist Report

PC Gamer

• April's top 5 robots: they fail, they flail, they play ping pong and poop NFTs [36d]
• The new 'Xbox mode' for Windows 11 has arrived, but don't get your hopes up for performance improvements: it's just a new UI [36d]
• I played the MindsEye mission about the alleged game saboteurs, and it sucks so bad [36d]
• Fortnite's new partnered Star Wars games are a bad look for both Fortnite and Star Wars [36d]
• Cyberpunk bartending sim VA-11 Hall-A devs' first game in 10 years finally launches this summer [36d]
• EVE Online dev pays out $80,000 to mod contest winners for its experimental survival MMO [36d]
• Invincible Vs may pack a punch for fans of the show, but I wish it had more going on outside its tight versus mode [36d]
• Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, who took the job less than 3 months ago, says 'player and revenue growth has not yet met our ambition' as Microsoft gaming continues to slide [36d]
• Gabe Newell was an enthusiastic supporter of OpenAI in 2018, donating $20 million and even acting as the sole member of an 'informal advisory board' [36d]
• I'm having to completely retrain my muscle memory in Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor after 150 hours, because the new class they've added is just a dwarf in a car [36d]
• Finally, someone is making a TV show based on a videogame that I actually want to watch [36d]
• How to get Water Filters in Arc Raiders [36d]
• How to get Agave in Arc Raiders [36d]
• Don't do this to me Zach Cregger, don't get me excited for a Resident Evil movie—I can't get hurt again [36d]
• So, 47% of PC Gamer readers say they don't use AI at all, but I wonder... [36d]
• Glorious GHS Eternal review [36d]
• Raspberry Pi-based homebrew dongle enables full wireless Sony DualSense controller functionality on the PC including haptics [36d]
• A gaming CEO just said 'We’ve been a little bit too romantic about the idea that we should have employees and give people long-term job security', and doesn't that sum up everything wrong with the industry right now [36d]
• 'Our demand fulfillment rate is now at a record low' says Samsung as it makes its DRAM 90% more expensive than the previous quarter [36d]
• After a glitch accidentally gave away a beloved RPG for free, the developer is letting you keep it [36d]
• Subnautica 2 devs say it's 'an exploration game first,' expanding on the first game's 'masterclass' in designing player-driven discovery [36d]
• Subnautica 2's lead game designer says it helped cure his sea terror—only for its new apex ocean predator to give him all-new phobias: 'This is going to make many people sad and scared' [36d]
• Subnautica 2 now has a firm early access launch date, and it's really soon [36d]
• I just watched someone try to explain Deadlock to Joe Rogan for 6 minutes, and surprisingly, they kinda nailed it [36d]
• How to get Red Coral Jewelry in Arc Raiders [36d]
• After 3 hours with 007 First Light, IO's weaknesses are on display in a way they haven't been since Hitman: Absolution [36d]
• 'Motivated by jealousy...' OpenAI lashes out at Elon in blog post claiming the billionaire 'spent years harassing OpenAI through baseless lawsuits and public attacks' [36d]
• Microsoft's latest PowerToys tool brings control of your monitor into Windows: a must-have for anyone with lots of big monitors and too little time [36d]
• Former ESO boss Matt Firor talks about the death of unrealised MMO Project Blackbird: 'Microsoft is Microsoft' [36d]
• Samsung says there are 'no supply chain issues to date' from war in the Middle East but the company is making logistical changes [36d]
• You don't actually have to fight Arc Raiders deadly new robot to get its parts [36d]
• 'Where the goblins came from': OpenAI's strange but not entirely surprising story of little critters infesting ChatGPT's output [36d]
• MMO vet Matt Firor was going to make Fallout Online in 2007, but Interplay 'went totally dark on me' and he went to Bethesda to make ESO instead [36d]
• Power supplies might not be as exciting as CPUs or GPUs but when you can get a top-rated 1000 W unit for just $130, you really can't ignore it [36d]
• 'Why didn't anyone think of this before?': Former Elder Scrolls Online boss loves Crimson Desert, but making 'a singleplayer MMO is almost like cheating' to him [36d]
• Arc Raiders' weapon durability changes are mystifying—especially when repairing guns is one of the least enjoyable parts of the game [36d]
• How to get Fertilizer in Arc Raiders [36d]
• Microsoft predicts memory crisis will affect its revenue as struggling OEMs won't be as liberal with Windows spending [36d]
• First test of new ROG Equalizer cable intended to be overkill for your GPU isn't as clear cut as one might expect [36d]
• Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era isn't a reimagining or a divisive reinterpretation, it's just a brilliant strategy game [36d]
• How to get Moss in Arc Raiders [36d]
• Take-Two CEO wants to ensure GTA 6's price 'feels very reasonable' but also says that games aren't expensive as they could be right now [36d]
• 'This is the first time where I'm seeing no light at the end of the tunnel': How the memory crisis is hitting PC builders [36d]
• Apple has reportedly 'given up' on the Vision Pro headset and that doesn't seem like a good thing for VR, generally [36d]
• Microsoft CEO says the company is focused on 'fundamentals' to 'win back fans and strengthen engagement' in Windows 11 [36d]
• The next Tales Of remaster has leaked, and it's probably not what you're expecting [37d]
• Thanks to Musk v. Altman lawsuit, it's now public record that Gabe Newell emailed Elon Musk to get his pal Hideo Kojima a tour of SpaceX and OpenAI [37d]
• Neverness to Everness tier list and best characters [37d]