The Brutalist Report

PC Gamer

• Despite Battlefield 6's server browser utterly failing at its one job, good things are happening in Portal [24d]
• The circle is closed as Clair Obscur mocap actor Maxence Cazorla thanks Charlie Cox for his kind words: 'Bringing Gustave to life was a team effort, and I’m honored to have played my part in it' [24d]
• The Battlefield 6 free trial is live, and if you're new to the scene EA has a detailed guide to get you started [24d]
• Enormous mod Elden Ring Reforged refreshes and rebalances every inch of the game, works with Seamless Co-op, and even throws in a Crackdown orb-style scavenger hunt [24d]
• Nvidia RTX 5070 or AMD RX 9070: Which graphics card is the perfect Black Friday GPU on a $500 upgrade budget? [24d]
• Best X9 Maverick loadout in Black Ops 7 [24d]
• Despite Krafton ownership, Last Epoch dev won't charge for its first expansion and isn't pivoting to AI: 'To be clear, our development approach is not changing' [24d]
• After its 'make FPS great again' controversy, Splitgate 2 is relaunching with a humbler tone: 'The goal is to grow over time, not aim for a massive splash on day 1' [24d]
• Former Ghost of Yotei artist says she wasn't fired because of a Charlie Kirk joke, but 'because of a harassment campaign' that nobody at Sony or Sucker Punch bothered investigating [24d]
• The first thing Bungie asked LucasFilm about its Star Wars-themed Destiny 2 expansion was: "What is the bad version of this?" [24d]
• The PC Gamer handheld gaming PC gift guide [24d]
• Moonlighter 2 made me reckon with how 'cozy' a shopkeeping roguelite with a heavy helping of Hades can get [24d]
• Finally some good buyout news: A writer just bought back the game she co-created from a blockchain company so it 'doesn’t end up being turned into AI slop' [24d]
• The best MMO gaming mouse is almost half price this Black Friday and even cheaper than in the last Prime Day [24d]
• You can forget battery anxiety because the best wired Hall effect controller is down around its lowest ever price in the Black Friday sales [24d]
• After splurging on EA, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund is reportedly tightening its pursestrings, due to 'financial distress' caused by numerous troubled projects [24d]
• I'm not just tapping the sign, I'm banging it with a sledgehammer: The RTX 5070 Ti MSI Vector 16 HX is still just $1,299 this Black Friday [24d]
• Hero modder who started the Thomas the Tank Engine meme with Skyrim thumbs his nose at 'legal threats' and 'black vans with the Mattel logo' by modding Thomas into Morrowind: 'I have issues with authority' [24d]
• This fishing game awards bonus XP for no-scoping an airborne mackerel, and I think that's beautiful [24d]
• Lenovo takes the fight to the Steam Deck with this Black Friday deal dropping the Legion Go S to $450 [24d]
• Horror game maker accuses Valve of 'censorship' after its game about nude human 'Horses' is rejected by Steam: 'Lawful works should not be made unreachable by a monopolistic storefront's opaque decisions' [24d]
• Thanks to a $40 Black Friday discount, AverMedia's best value 4K capture card makes everything else look overpriced in comparison [24d]
• Quantic Dream's upcoming MOBA is opening its doors for a closed beta weekend in just a couple of weeks, but only a few players will make the cut [24d]
• If you're in search of a budget gaming mouse, none will take the crown off this Black Friday deal at just $30 [24d]
• Another Fallout 4 update fixes performance issues while leaving modders angry, but it doesn't have to be this way [24d]
• In a relatable bout of impostor syndrome, Clair Obscur actor Charlie Cox says please give all the credit to mocap actor Maxence Cazorla after he nabs a Game Awards nom [24d]
• This laptop is for PC gamers with MacBook envy and it's just got a $630 discount, putting it at $1,200 for Black Friday [24d]
• This sneaky malware variant has been caught using fake Windows Update screens to trick users into installing info-stealing software themselves [24d]
• Spellcasters Chronicles is my kind of MOBA, where I can summon skyscraper-sized titans, create an army of lizards, and just live happily in the chaos [24d]
• This Black Friday deal offering an ultrawide 180 Hz gaming monitor for only $250 is worth more than a double-take [24d]
• Arc Raiders' streamer war is finally over, and it ended in the most underwhelming way possible via a Discord call: 'I declare sweeping victory for the Bungulators' [24d]
• All Arc Raiders quests and how to beat them [24d]
• Black Friday gaming laptop deals: I've used each of these ace 14-inch machines, and would be a very happy gamer with any of them [24d]
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 dev admits some damage buff combinations are 'already insane', but its latest patch deliberately opens 'a huge can of worms' by increasing the netcode cap anyway: 'for now, have fun' [24d]
• Proton helped me ditch Google for emails, calendar, cloud storage and more and you can get its excellent VPN for $2.49/month this Black Friday [24d]
• Google needs to double its AI serving capacity 'every six months' and scale 'the next 1000x in 4-5 years' according to an internal presentation [24d]
• At $3,700, you'd really struggle to build a gaming PC as good as this RTX 5090 rig, even with the best Black Friday deals [24d]
• Please stop scooting around while you're downed in Arc Raiders: it's making you die faster [24d]
• Now down to $750, the MSI 321URX isn't just the best OLED gaming monitor, it's also the cheapest it's ever been [24d]
• This Balatro-inspired stock-trading roguelike marks the first time I've ever screwed up in a deckbuilder by making my deck too good [24d]
• Disappeared survival horror Cold Fear magically returns in GOG's immortal games lineup, with 4K, crash fixes, and support for modern controllers [24d]
• Can't wait to share your game library between your Steam Deck, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame? Grab a spacious and speedy MicroSD card this Black Friday [24d]
• Magic: The Gathering's original art director says one of its most famous expansions was a protest against the Satanic Panic: 'I was getting really tired of the judgmental, holier-than-thou attitude coming from a lot of conservative so-called Christians' [24d]
• This is absolutely the best gaming keyboard today and it's just dropped to its lowest ever price [24d]
• Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 review [24d]
• Of all the Black Friday GPU deals, there are only two graphics cards I'd pick up before prices get ruined by yet another tech crisis [24d]
• This Black Friday, you can get a wireless rapid trigger 8 KHz gaming keyboard for just $40 [24d]
• Now it's down to $1,300, I'd be sorely tempted to save some cash on this Asus 14-inch OLED gaming laptop over the more expensive Razer Blade 14 this Black Friday [24d]
• The best thing about this gaming chair is that it doesn't look like one: it's also down to $500 for Black Friday [24d]
• Microsoft spits in God's face with Xbox-style Crocs that cost $80 and the sum total of your dignity [24d]
• Demonschool's credits go one step further than names and job titles, adding full descriptions for designer roles: 'We wanted to give people proper, actual credit' [24d]
• iCame, iSaw, iConquered: With its new M5 chip, the Apple MacBook Pro is now a gaming PC. Just, y'know, without the games [24d]
• Live-action Far Cry TV series starring It's Always Sunny's Rob Mac will mimic the games' standalone format, with each season given 'a new setting following a new cast of characters' [25d]