The Brutalist Report

PC Gamer

• One of the internet's top experts on Skyrim minutiae hosted a $10,000 charity competition to guess how many trees there are in the Bethesda classic [6d]
• Nobody can agree what an 'immersive sim' is, but OG Fallout lead Tim Cain has his own definition: 'The very elements that make something an immsim are the ones that I also think make good RPGs' [6d]
• Final Fantasy 14's latest patch has me hopeful for the MMO's story again—even though Square Enix still has a lot of good will to recover [6d]
• This Microsoft Excel Easter egg led to a wild conspiracy theory that Bill Gates was the Antichrist [6d]
• Valve has quietly discontinued the last LCD Steam Deck model [6d]
• Test your knowledge of all 14 games we celebrated in the PC Gamer GOTY awards 2025 with our latest quiz [6d]
• Abiotic Factor's 1.2 update invites you to explore the 'Holiday Cryosphere', a festive interdimensional snowglobe where everything's on fire for some reason [6d]
• Co-op smash hit RV There Yet? gets an 'unplanned content update for an unplanned game' as the comedy vehicle sim surpasses 4.5 million copies sold [6d]
• I play new games about once every never, but Killing Floor 3 reeled me in this year because it's basically not a new game [6d]
• Painkiller's creator isn't a fan of its recent co-op reboot: 'I disagreed with every single thing they've done in it' [6d]
• Stalker 2 gets a new zoning permit in its 'Stories Untold' update, adding 8 missions and 7 locations as you explore what's giving Stalkers 'headaches, nosebleeds, and even hallucinations' [6d]