The Brutalist Report

PC Gamer

• Valve really isn't budging: Steam Machine and Steam Frame are still 'shipping this summer,' it insists [5d]
• Remember when Star Wars and Command & Conquer ruled PC gaming? June in PC Gamer 10, 20, and 30 years ago [5d]
• I regret to inform you that you almost certainly overlooked a sick as hell shrimp game on Steam last month [5d]
• 'There is no world where it makes sense,' Warframe creative director says of Destiny 2's demise: 'It's unthinkable' [5d]
• A Persona 6 announcement may be incoming [5d]
• Everyone in Rust is getting a new face [5d]
• 'We have a great relationship with IO Interactive,' Amazon says, but it won't commit to bringing the studio back for future Bond games [5d]
• 'What was unravelling is suddenly stabilizing': Destiny 2's last update is getting an absurd 71 pages of patch notes, but its story is closing with a shrug [5d]
• One mad lad has spent the past 3 years remixing hundreds of classic metal songs in the Doom midi soundfont [5d]
• Guy who swatted Grand Theft Auto 5 star is going to prison for 4 years: 'Won't be swatting anyone anytime soon... and they're coming for the ones he ratted out' [5d]
• Elden Ring's promised update with new classes and armor will finally be ours in August⁠—but we still don't know if its paid or free [5d]
• Path of Exile 2 raises the bar for all other action RPGs, and it's not even finished yet [5d]
• Gothic Remake launch times and release date in your region [5d]
• Summer Game Fest 2026 preview: What to expect from this year's showcases [5d]
• We could get a Resident Evil game set in Japan someday as producer Masato Kumazawa reveals the development team 'has given it some thought' [5d]
• Montech's new shuttered PC case is so odd, I can't decide whether I'm missing the sheer brilliance of it or if it really is totally pointless [5d]
• MSI somehow has both the ugliest and prettiest laptop designs this Computex [5d]
• New report claims Intel is 'struggling' to supply laptop CPUs based on its latest 18A node after speaking to Computex sources [5d]
• Subnautica 2 promises to add 'one of the most requested' features, but sorry, it's not a knife you can stab fish with [5d]
• Corsair's slightly-outrageous Warthog PC case is the thing I'd most like to take home from Computex 2026, and I'm not ashamed to say it [5d]
• I thought I was over 2.5D, but make it look like Marvel vs. Capcom plus Berserk and I'm back, baby [5d]
• The best quiet gaming keyboard we've tried is getting a smaller TKL version this year [5d]
• Corsair's range-topping AX1600i power supply gets some much-needed upgrades, including pin monitoring, proper GPU power sockets, and a reduction in size [5d]
• This year's Computex has highlighted just how big an impact Apple can have on the wider computing industry [5d]
• This skyscraper-shaped custom PC at Computex has a food stall out the front selling 'Taiwanese sausage with sticky rice' and a rock climber free soloing up the side [5d]
• Ace Combat's director has been saying 'hey, we want to ride in one of these jets' for 30 years, but he's still never gotten the chance [5d]
• Where to find the Pitcher Perfect photo challenge location in Forza Horizon 6 [5d]
• The excess of Computex feels a little more tone deaf than usual this year, as the pricing elephant in the room becomes harder to ignore [5d]
• The follow-up to one of my favorite RPGs of the 2020s finally has a demo, and it does not disappoint: Bat people, a mushroom hellscape, and funky JRPG combat from bizarro world 2005 [5d]
• I never change weapons in RPGs, which means I've made Obsidian director Josh Sawyer's life a living hell when it comes to making cool armour systems [5d]
• Forget about overpriced PC upgrades: this $649 OLED ultrawide isn't just the cheapest it's ever been, it's also way better value than any DRAM or SSD upgrade [5d]
• Ace Combat director says 'I've been doing this for 30 years, so I know exactly how hard we're going'—and after playing it, I can confirm Ace Combat 8 goes extremely hard [5d]
• Here's how to catch the Future Games Show's 40 games and 10 world premieres this June 6 [5d]
• Shut the front door!: Alienware's new 5K2K RGB-stripe OLED could be the gaming monitor, er, endgame [5d]
• Gigabyte has shown off a microATX PC case with a 16-inch built-in LCD screen, which I assume would give you the most unique rig at the next LAN party [5d]
• New data predicts PC sales will tank in 2026 but Apple is doubling MacBook Neo production according to reports [5d]
• This gaming monitor has a feature that I've never seen before in a display: a slot that you can jam a full graphics card into [5d]
• Dominos Pizza UK has joined the gamer culture slapfight over God of War: Laufey, and I'd really like to just skip this part, please [5d]
• Keychron told us its new gaming mouse switches will have haptics like the Superstrike, but I'll still have to feel them for myself to be convinced [5d]
• Galax shows off 'next generation' GPU concept with actual Swarovski crystals in it, and I fear it may not have got the memo on the state of the market in 2026 [5d]
• Corsair's fighter jet-inspired case comes with a switch to toggle a light above the rear IO panel [5d]
• How to unlock Hercules and Phil in Disney Dreamlight Valley [5d]
• Panther Lake has another powerful iGPU in its lineup but you'll probably never see it [5d]
• The overclocking headroom in AMD's Radeon 7000-series GPUs 'was certainly not accidental... the core of Radeon has to be all about value to the end user' [6d]
• Choosing to bring back the 5800X3D was a tough conversation for AMD... 'very hard, actually, very, very hard!' [6d]
• I got my hands on Framework's 'MacBook Pro for Linux users' and its tagline isn't just marketing hyperbole [6d]
• The blower is back: Cooler Master has made a GPU accessory that pushes hot air outside your case rather than onto your CPU [6d]
• Cooler Master is playing around with a 2000 W CPU and GPU cooling solution with four huge 180 mm fans [6d]
• Final Fantasy 14 seasonal events schedule: what to expect and when to expect them [6d]