The Brutalist Report

Today's Wordle answer for Wednesday, May 15 [247d]
Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert's next game is 'classic Zelda meets Diablo meets Thimbleweed Park' [248d]
Diablo 4 is finally the phenomenal action RPG I wanted it to be [248d]
For the first time in 10 years, this brutal survival game will let you avoid permadeath [248d]
The Sims 4's new roadmap details the 'Season of Love' with two build kits and a romantic expansion [248d]
One of D&D's most infamous villains is Dead by Daylight's next killer [248d]
The GameStop memelord returns, stonks spike, market panics—and all he's done so far is post a bunch of mid memes [248d]
Tomb Raider is the next videogame-based series coming to Prime [248d]
Modding and warfare peak with mod that imposes 1% chance of a Five Nights at Freddy's jumpscare in WW2 strategy sim Hearts of Iron 4 [248d]
PSA: Murmuring Obols are now Diablo 4's most valuable currency [248d]
Valheim's fiery Ashlands update leaps from public test to live servers, adding a new biome, over 30 new weapons, and lots of new and inventive ways to burn to death [248d]
Final Fantasy 14's spin on D&D has proven so popular it's already sold out before a single dice has been rolled, though a second wave of reprints is on its way [248d]
Abiotic Factor's first major update adds alien cheese and corpse bags, as the Half-Life inspired survival sim sells 250,000 copies [248d]
This year's Warhammer Skulls event, presented by actor Rahul Kohli, will have new reveals for Space Marine 2, Boltgun, and more—plus an up to 90% off sale on Warhammer games [248d]
Haunted Chocolatier characters: everyone we know about so far [248d]
Destiny 2 The Recluse god roll guide: Best perks, barrels, and magazines [248d]
V Rising's teleporting castles are an ingenious solve for one of my biggest survival crafting bugbears [248d]
Meta is reportedly back on its wearables bit: this time it wants to stick cameras on earbuds for AI [248d]
Hades 2 will be getting the first of many patches later this month, as Supergiant starts brewing quality-of-life changes to resource gathering and movement in its cauldron [248d]
Helldivers 2 has more players than the population of Sweden, making it PlayStation's fastest-selling game of all time [248d]
This chocolate factory-building game asks the question 'What if Willy Wonka had a gun?' [248d]
Helldivers 2's Polar Patriots Warbond gets an icy reception, as over 70% of 21,000 Discord voters declare they'd prefer more patches or simply don't like it [248d]
Dread Delusion review [248d]
This just in: Phil Spencer may be storing weapons of mass destruction—in Fallout 76 [248d]
Prison Architect 2 developer Double Eleven has been replaced by publisher Paradox Interactive after working on the series for nearly a decade [248d]
'If Silksong shadow drops … I'm burning the whole thing down': Dead Cells devs announce second release date and gameplay trailer for upcoming roguelike, after Hades 2 shattered original plans [248d]
OpenAI unveils GPT-4o with a video of a man making small talk with his phone and I cannot pretend it's not really weird [248d]
XCOM designer Jake Solomon is done with turn-based strategy and is now making a life sim inspired by the small town drama of Gilmore Girls [248d]
Helldivers 2 and Star Wars collide in this amazing mod, due for release "later this week" [248d]
My penchant for yapping keeps getting me into trouble when the words I type could accidentally kill me [248d]
You should absolutely play the Homeworld Remastered Collection before jumping into Homeworld 3 [248d]
The first patch for Bethesda's busted Fallout 4 next gen update leaves its biggest problems intact, and you're still better off downgrading the game [248d]
Helldivers 2 is a fantastic game—but something has to change, because it'll only get harder to balance, maintain, and fix while Arrowhead burns the candle at both ends [248d]
Clackeys, a big name in artisan keycaps, is closing down: 'I am sorry I could not keep this boat afloat' [248d]
Arrowhead Games is feeling the pressure from Helldivers 2's successes—and its blunders, community manager reveals: 'many of us at AH more or less lost a week' due to the PSN controversy [248d]
ZeniMax files a trademark for a Doom cheat code that unlocks everything, raising hopes of a new entry in the series [248d]
Land of dragons and jank: I took a trip to Wales in the metaverse [248d]

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