The Brutalist Report

PC Gamer

• Over half of Arc Raiders players on Steam have barely engaged with PvP, and 19% have never even killed another player [108d]
• Can you guess the dog? Sink your teeth into our canine quiz! [108d]
• Rockstar faces legal action from UK union after firing more than 30 employees last week: 'We are confident that what we’ve seen here is plain and simple union busting' [108d]
• 'If I see this skin, I shoot first': Arc Raiders players insist anyone wearing this 'sweaty' outfit cannot be trusted [108d]
• Mark your calendars: World of Warcraft will finally have player housing after 21 years when The War Within's final patch arrives next month [108d]
• Steam Machine will start shipping to Australia on the same day as the rest of the world, marking a brave new era for Valve [108d]
• Valve on viral marketing and leaks: 'Everybody assumes we have some sort of like grand plan... and it's literally just somebody fat fingering something' [108d]
• RuneScape fans have spoken: 'Treasure Hunter' microtransactions will be scrapped in January as 'part of a wider transformation across Jagex' [108d]
• Foveated streaming is the genius tech behind Valve's Steam Frame and its seamless wireless gaming performance [108d]
• Phil Spencer reminds everyone that Xbox is 'one of the largest publishers on Steam' as he congratulates Valve on its new hardware with all the enthusiasm of a man paying his taxes [108d]
• Valve is all over Arm: SteamOS launching for Arm alongside the Steam Frame, new FEX translation layer for x86 and Arm, and Arm games are coming to Steam [108d]
• Rue Valley review [108d]
• How gyro support was added to the new Steam Controller is a 'typical Valve story' involving a passionate employee moving desks [108d]
• Valve believes its new Steam Machine could open up a whole new world of SteamOS desktops: 'Put it on, say, something that's running an RX 9070 XT, you would be good to go' [108d]
• Valve wants you to know that the Steam Frame is not the Index 2: 'we're trying to do something new with this' [108d]
• Valve just quietly redefined what PC gaming can be all while an increasingly delusional Microsoft desperately tries to tell everyone their PC is an Xbox now [108d]
• Sorry PC gamers, Valve isn't announcing Half-Life 3 today [108d]
• Responding to problems in a live-service game is like having a 'big clock,' says Battlefield 6 director: 'You measure and value your time to the player' so they know you're paying attention [108d]
• I've tried the Steam Frame and I'm now ready to ditch cables from my virtual reality set-up forever [108d]
• Valve's new Steam Machine is a SteamOS-powered mini PC over six times faster than a Steam Deck [108d]
• Valve announces three new products: the Steam Frame, Steam Machine and Steam Controller [108d]
• Valve announces the Steam Controller and it's genuinely good: 'we knew we needed to make this controller' [108d]
• Valve announces the Steam Frame: 'a new way to play your entire Steam library' [108d]
• How to complete Power Out in Arc Raiders [108d]
• Amazon's own-brand condenser microphone blew us away this year, and it's now just $20 in the early Black Friday sales [108d]
• CD Projekt Red was considered the 'ugly child' of CD Projekt as a whole before the first Witcher became a hit: 'They will never earn any money here' [108d]
• Secretlab's Black Friday sale is now live, and it's one of the best ways to get a gaming chair or desk upgrade for cheap this year [108d]
• SanDisk has launched the world's teeny-tiniest 1 TB USB-C drive, which looks to be one sneeze away from total oblivion [108d]
• I thought this roguelike was just about playing a coin pusher machine, but now I'm breeding herds of rabbits and turning wolf poo into tree fertiliser [108d]
• Orbital Pathfinder review [108d]
• Today I learned that the curvy lithography masks used by TSMC to make next-gen GPUs are 'alien', 'psychedelic' and look nothing like chip circuits [108d]
• Anno 117: Pax Romana launch times and release date [108d]
• How to complete A Warm Place to Rest in Arc Raiders [108d]
• SoftBank just sold its entire $5.83 billion stake in Nvidia but I'm sure it'll all feed back into Team Green's pockets before long [108d]
• 'We would rather cut off our own arms': Demonschool developers dispute Nexon CEO's claim that 'every game company is now using AI' in response to Arc Raiders backlash [108d]
• Bloodlines 2 just got a new roadmap with Christmas-themed goodies, as well things that probably should have been there from the start like an FOV slider and motion blur toggle [108d]
• Someone's finally making a spiritual successor to Bully, but I wish it wasn't inspired by some of the worst comedies ever made [108d]
• I've never been so happy to be wrong: Marvel Rivals has turned Gambit into a Strategist that's focused on utility rather than just healing [108d]
• How to complete Armored Transports in Arc Raiders [108d]
• WhatsApp is reportedly becoming a dreaded web app again on Windows 11, with RAM usage increasing to a claimed 2 GB under the weight of all your spicy group chats [108d]
• Framework 16 (RTX 5070 upgrade) review [108d]
• I've never been as excited by a social media website as much as I am by this solo dev's 'cyber-vibe text-only' site that is 'how the internet was supposed to be' [108d]
• The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is 'weeks away from completing animation' as the Italian plumber prepares to shoot into space next April [108d]
• A multiplayer wuxia RPG releasing this week has a whopping 10 million pre-registrations, and it might just fill that hole in your heart where a new MMO ought to be [108d]
• This new Mac Pro-inspired motherboard standard banishes all power cables for a single connector rated at over 2,000 W [108d]
• Far-right Polish politician tries to score points by addressing GTA 6's delay in parliament: 'This is a huge scandal' [108d]
• Arc Raiders has been testing duo matchmaking, cosmetics are getting their prices slashed, refunds are being doled out and more free raider decks are on their way [108d]
• AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D review [108d]
• Embark is about to drop a new Arc Raiders map, but first we have to unlock it together in a Helldivers 2-style community event [108d]
• You can slot a Switch 2 into this CRT-equipped retro console like a games cartridge, which sounds like the most satisfying use of a Nintendo product ever [108d]
• Former Bungie director thinks the term extraction shooter is 'so dumb' that he wanted to work with Marathon's marketing team to 'create a different genre name' [108d]
• This Minecraft mod lets you command Steve to do whatever you want, which means no more strip mining or wood gathering ever again [108d]
• InKonbini, the first-person Japanese convenience store sim, changed my perspective on customer service, and you can join me stacking shelves in the free demo [108d]
• An Arc Raiders player crawled for 15 minutes to an extraction while downed, all thanks to the best game-clutching MK3 augment [108d]
• AMD confirms next-gen Zen 6 CPUs to launch in 2026 and 'Medusa' APUs to launch in 2027 [108d]
• Monster Hunter Wilds' first Elder Dragon is finally landing in December along with some much-needed optimisation focused on reducing the game's ridiculous load on our poor CPUs [108d]