The Brutalist Report - gaming
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
        
    
    
    
    
        
        
            
            
            
            - The best version of Sayonara Wild Hearts just hit PS5 [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - Amid NetEase unease, devs funded by company speak up to say ‘We’re OK’ [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - Oligarch’s son got Twitch fined more ‘than all the money in the world’ in Russian courts [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - Logitech announces a sequel to its Powerplay mouse pad [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - Tiny Garden is what you get when you stuff a gardening sim into your Polly Pocket [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - How to get Lucky Trinkets in Pokémon Go [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - D&D’s next Magic crossover isn’t cards, it’s a TTRPG setting [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - D&D’s next Magic crossover isn’t cards, it’s a TTRPG setting [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - In Keep Driving, drunk-driving is a terrible idea, but driving while high is… fine? [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - Outlaw Midas skin release date in Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 2 [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - An actual play holds the secrets to the new sci-fi RPG from former BioWare devs [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - What time does Infinity Nikki version 1.3 release? [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - Dragon Ball Daima’s finale, the Oscars, and more new TV this week [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - This desktop cat game is the best part of my Monday [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - Pokémon Go ‘Road to Unova’ event guide [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - Balatro loses 18+ classification in Europe following successful appeal [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - Disney Lorcana’s new Archazia Island starter decks have good mechanics, weird themes [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - Pokémon Go Tour Pass rewards and how points work [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - Big Helmet Heroes is the co-op Castle Crashers clone you’ve been waiting for [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - Where to buy The Art of Destiny Vol. 3 [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - Someone is playing Assassin’s Creed Shadows early and posting all about it [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - Everything announced at the Annapurna Interactive 2025 showcase [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - Twilight anniversary editions are up for pre-order, and I have feelings about these covers [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - The Andor season 2 trailer looks like a blast, even for Star Wars’ darkest show [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - Stephen King to write new material for Mike Flanagan’s Dark Tower series [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - ‘Let’s just live here awhile’: The Sherman-Palladinos on Gilmore Girls’ Twin Peaks reference [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - Watch the kids in Netflix’s Avatar goof off in the official blooper reel [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - Monster Hunter Wilds and the other new games out this week [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - Xbox expansion cards are rarely cheaper than this 30% off deal [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - Monster Hunter Wilds is so streamlined, it may have lost its soul [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - What time does Honkai Star Rail 3.1 release? [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - The best version of Sam Wilson still hasn’t shown up in the MCU [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - A Destiny 2 bug broke some class rules — but Bungie isn’t fixing it [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            - Pokémon Go ‘A Dazzling Aria’ Masterwork Research tasks and rewards so far [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            
        
     
    
    
    
    
    
    
        
        
            
            
            
            -  The mad lads at New Blood have remastered Ultrakill before actually releasing Ultrakill in the first place  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Mecha Break could be the big multiplayer mech game you've been waiting for—if you can stomach the monetization    [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Sea of Thieves in space? Not quite, but Jump Ship replicates a lot of the things that make Rare's pirate sandbox so fun  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Balatro finally escapes its silly 18+ age rating, PEGI promises 'a more granular set of classification criteria' for gambling-themed games in the future  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Dauntless, the monster hunting game we had before Monster Hunter came to PC, will shut down in May  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Bad news for portable Monster Hunter Wilds hopefuls: the Steam Deck can't manage 30 fps, even in maximum potato mode  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Monster Hunter Wilds reviews roundup: Either 'a new peak for the series,' or 'may have lost its soul,' depending on who you talk to   [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Physical copies of Assassin's Creed Shadows leak nearly a month ahead of its release date  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk considered taking over EA 'from the inside', but he was thwarted by an MMO  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  This cheat mod makes The Sims 2 feel like a god game and it turns out I am a cruel, cruel god  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  The Unpacking developer's next game finally has a release date, but if you can't wait until then, you can check out the free demo now   [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Bossa says 'disruption' in the game industry 'is not a phase, it's a fundamental transformation' of how games will be made in the future as it lays off more employees  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  With remake rumours swirling, Persona 4 fans are ecstatic while P1 and 2 fans have crossed the horizon of despair  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  The Katamari Damacy designer is releasing a game about a kid stuck in a T-pose  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Immersive sci-fi FPS Skin Deep feels like Prey by way of Looney Tunes  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  'It's like Die Hard but with more comedy': Immersive FPS Skin Deep has talking cats, banana traps, and enemies you can disable by making them sneeze  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  This open world bicycling game from the developer of Nidhogg is so chill that 'you don't really have to do any of the challenges if you don't want to'  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  'I think it kind of wouldn't make sense anymore': Monster Hunter Wilds is breaking my heart by doing away with its bespoke language voice option, but that doesn't mean it's vanished entirely  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  All Totem of Revelations locations in Avowed  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  The RTX 50-series might make 'high-end pricing' seem like an understatement but at least there are still reasonably priced entry-level builds out there like this one  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Life isn't easy if your last name is 'Null' as it still breaks database entries the world over  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Twitch is changing its suspension policy so that violations have an expiry date because the system 'didn’t acknowledge community members who had learned from their past mistakes'  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  WoW promising 3 expansions with a bunch of roadmap deadlines has, paradoxically, helped its devs slow down and take their time: 'The team is really energized'  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  One eager beaver PC builder has decided it can't wait any longer and has spilt the beans on AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D mega chip, two weeks before all the reviews  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  So long and thanks for all the space junk: China-based Starlink competitor SpaceSail plans to have 15,000 satellites deployed by 2030, and it's not the only one with its eyes on the skies  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Razer Barracuda X Chroma review  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Monster Hunter Wilds review  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Fan remake of Oblivion in Skyrim has a new video, looks amazing, is set for release 'this year,' and I struggle to imagine the rumoured official Oblivion remake doing much better  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Lemokey L5 HE 8K keyboard review  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  FF14 streamer yields to the MMO's bounciest catgirl, after inspiring them to beat his new speedrunning record 3 times before he could finish making a video about it  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  AMD's 'official' performance figures for RDNA 4 leak out early, with the RX 9070 XT claimed to be 42% faster than the RX 7900 GRE at 4K  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  After only 31 days, the breakout WarioWare-like game Mindwave has raised over $440,000 thanks to a brilliant demo, which you can still play now   [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Ex-Intel exec, Raja Koduri, blames the bureaucratic 'Powerpoint snakes' within the company for its current issues: 'These processes multiply and coil around engineers'  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  The curious tale of the missing eight: Some Nvidia RTX 50-series cards are shipping with missing ROPs in the GPU, Nvidia says only 0.5% of all cards are affected  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  There's hunger at Obsidian for a Pillars of Eternity Tactics game after Avowed, says studio design director Josh Sawyer, but it doesn't sound like it'd get that Baldur's Gate 3-size budget he was fantasizing about  [252d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Today's Wordle answer for Monday, February 24  [253d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Asus' new 'Fragrance Mouse' can be filled with oil to make your desk less stinky, but there has to be a better way  [253d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Five new Steam games you probably missed (February 24, 2025)   [253d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            -  Cubicle 7 explains why its fantasy RPG based on Warhammer: The Old World will be a separate game and not a line of supplements for its existing Warhammer fantasy RPG, which is called Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play  [253d] 
                 
                
            
 
            
            
        
     
    
 
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