The Brutalist Report - gaming
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
        
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
        
        
            
            
            
            -  Cops called as A Minecraft Movie sends kids into chicken jockey frenzies  [210d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  I never actually looked up what Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is about, and there's some bonkers RPG lore behind the title  [210d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  How a hardcore survival game morphed into an open world town-builder where you play as a corgi mech pilot  [210d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  The Netflix bump is working its magic once again, sending Devil May Cry rocketing up the Steam top sellers in a $20 franchise bundle  [210d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Schedule I gets Bleuballs in its first 'proper patch,' now live in Steam beta  [210d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Assassin's Creed Shadows' first major update arrives tomorrow with very good news for your horse  [210d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Drug Dealer Simulator is getting review bombed for suing Schedule I, even though it hasn't actually sued Schedule I yet  [210d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Path of Exile 2's nerf-happy update has the playerbase revolting, review-bombing their baby, and scorning the developer's promises: 'Like reading a Blizzard post on fixing Diablo 4'  [210d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  How to complete the Black Ops 6 Shattered Veil Easter egg  [210d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Path of Exile 2's disastrous new update reveals the core tension at the heart of its design: How do you make a game with meaningful combat when everyone just wants to blast monsters?  [210d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  La Quimera, the new shooter from former 4A Games Ukraine studio Reburn, will be out later this month  [210d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  The turf wars begin: Schedule I is being investigated for possible copyright infringement by the publisher of Drug Dealer Simulator  [210d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Microsoft's 100% AI-generated Quake 2 made us nauseous but John Carmack, the game's OG coder, is into it: 'What? This is impressive research work!'  [210d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  AMD is reportedly plotting an NPU-enabled 'Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme' chip for handhelds and we still can't figure out what it'll do for us aside from drain more the battery juice  [210d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  G.Skill's 128 GB golden RAM kit is the first high-capacity set to hit DDR5-8000 speeds and it's making me reconsider my views on PC hardware bling  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  The Death Stranding movie is being written and directed by the guy behind Pig  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  How to use the management clipboard in Schedule 1  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  How to get Zoh Shia to spawn in Monster Hunter Wilds  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Major Japanese studios and publishers were having a great time in 2025, right up until the weekend because of the (you guessed it) 'insultingly dumb' US tariffs  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Patent document shows AMD started researching the use of neural networks in ray-traced rendering at least two years ago  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  You can create plinking, plonking renditions of classic game theme tunes with a sweep of your finger using these 3D-printed fidget toys  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Finally, a news outlet explains the US tariffs in a way even I can understand: with a map covered in Warhammer models  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  'They chewed me up pretty good': A US plaintiff attempted to use an AI avatar to argue their court case and the judges were far from amused  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Preppered: an existential platformer is a game that'll make you pay not just for your choices, but your sucky platforming skills, too  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  How to complete That's Not Where Eggs Come From in Disney Dreamlight Valley  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  So, it's the mirrors. Freakishly accurate-to-an-atom-width mirrors are one big reason your modern GPU is so damned expensive  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  How to unlock thermite in Warzone  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Former Awesomenauts developers finish the game they were working on when the studio went bankrupt in 2023, and it'll be free for the first 24 hours after release  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Blue Prince review  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Promise Mascot Agency review  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Nvidia hasn't announced them yet but laptop vendors confirm that RTX 5050 and 5060 GPUs are almost here, and they'll both have 8 GB of VRAM  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  AMD RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti: This is 2025's graphics card battle royale  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  How to make Ghostly Fish Steak in Disney Dreamlight Valley  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Dawn of Hunt is Path of Exile 2's most contentious update, but it's also the most fun I've had with ARPG necromancy, well… ever  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  One cable to rule them all: China's 8K-ready HDMI and DisplayPort competitor supports up to 192 Gbps bandwidth and 480 W power delivery in a single connection  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Doom modder puts the Slayer in true hell: A minimum-wage fast food job that's 'psychological warfare only rivalled by the likes of Desert Bus or that one mission from Dying Light 2'  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  With a quick BIOS flash and a spot of overclocking, one modder has got his RX 9070 to outperform the normally faster RX 9070 XT  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  A Minecraft Movie has earned $157 million, the most successful domestic opening weekend for a videogame adaptation ever  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Arkane was 'devastated' by its cancelled Half-Life 2 Ravenholm game, but the masterclass it got from late visionary artist Viktor Antonov 'was pivotal to what would become Arkane later'  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  How to make Biryani in Disney Dreamlight Valley   [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Bungie is finally ready for a Marathon 'gameplay reveal'  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Today's Wordle answer for Monday, April 7  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  The mechs of BattleTech will finally fight some proper kaiju in its first-ever spinoff alternate universe  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Microsoft unveils AI-generated demo 'inspired' by Quake 2 that runs worse than Doom on a calculator, made me nauseous, and demanded untold dollars, energy, and research to make  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  You really should play Sultan's Game, a beautiful, cruel card shuffler which launched on Steam recently  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Five new Steam games you probably missed (April 7, 2025)  [211d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            
        
     
    
 
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