The Brutalist Report - gaming
- Rainbow Six Siege X director says free currency gain has been 'buffed' after complaints: 'The goal wasn't to make it a harder grind for players' [3d]
- Riot decides that allowing sports betting sponsorships in top-tier League of Legends and Valorant esports is a good idea [3d]
- Lost Records developer Don't Nod Montreal lays off an undisclosed number of employees [3d]
- Dune director Denis Villeneuve will direct the next Bond film for Amazon MGM, despite already being attached to four other upcoming films, including Cleopatra [3d]
- Dying Light 2's new Balatro costume may be the most cursed crossover I've ever seen [3d]
- IO Interactive CEO estimates that Hitman 3 only cost a fifth of Hitman 2016's budget because the studio was brave enough to stop making new bathrooms for every game: 'I swore never to do more new toilets' [3d]
- Chris Avellone joins with former Quantic Dream writer to work on a 'dark fantasy' RPG [3d]
- It's not just you—Steam is getting absolutely crushed under the Summer Sale [3d]
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 gets a horde mode, and one class gets a thunder hammer because the devs thought 'it will be very cool' [3d]
- The 2025 Steam Summer Sale is live [3d]
- Intel's next-gen Nova Lake CPUs rumoured to take on AMD's X3D CPUs at last thanks to gaming-friendly cache memory tile [3d]
- Google Earth has historic street view now and just in case you don't feel old enough already, it's to celebrate its 20th birthday [3d]
- Razer Iskur V2 X review [3d]
- Ring is using AI to generate video descriptions of what goes on outside your door—and to keep even more detailed tabs on 'the routines of your residence' [3d]
- This grand strategy autobattler inspired by classics like Heroes of Might and Magic comes to life through 'hundreds of handmade oil painted illustrations' [3d]
- Lenovo Legion Go S SteamOS review [3d]
- Ahead of Marvel Rivals Season 3, NetEase is making it easier for losing teams to end their own suffering [3d]
- AverMedia Live Gamer Ultra S GC553Pro review [3d]
- These are the 5 most ridiculous GPUs of all time (or rather 4 GPUs and one genuine leaf blower) [3d]
- Top-10 Steam game Bongo Cat is 'actually losing us money' says dev, which is fine because it's been great for business: 'Before, we knocked on 50 doors; now, they are coming to us' [3d]
- Microsoft says that 'Windows 11 PCs are up to 2.3X faster than Windows 10 PCs', neglecting to mention that it's comparing apples to bowling balls [3d]
- Outer Worlds 2 writes an enormous cheque it will soon have to cash: It's not just New Vegas-inspired, it's Deus Ex-flavoured too [3d]
- Erenshor is a simulated MMO built for singleplayer by a single person [3d]
- 'Artificial intelligence is going to displace millions and millions of workers' says Bernie Sanders, so might as well take a four-day week [3d]
- Former CEO Pat Gelsinger reveals he was 'not given the opportunity' to finish his job at Intel as he predicts the future of computing will be a 'trinity' of traditional, AI and quantum machines [3d]
- Exclusive deal: Save up to 76% on a NordVPN two-year subscription and get four months extra free, plus an Amazon gift card on selected plans [3d]
- Peak review [3d]
- This month 25 years ago in PC gaming, our biggest concerns were pro gaming, moral panics about violent games… and we still thought Halo was a PC exclusive [3d]
- Exclusive: New god game Demiurgos puts you in control of a famous deity trying to outplay other gods on a cosmic tabletop version of earth [3d]
- Jagex CEO breaks glass, hits PR emergency button by promising an end to a 'tainted RuneScape 3' via microtransaction overhaul [3d]
- Research team shares new method for sucking gold out of old PC hardware, making some progress towards shrinking our mountains of e-waste one day [3d]
- Diablo Immortal's new druid class dragged me back in and convinced me that ignoring all the monetization leaves you with a solid action RPG [3d]
- System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remastered Review [4d]
- Meta wins AI copyright suit before it could go to a jury as the 'plaintiffs made the wrong arguments' [4d]
- Peak has now sold 2 million copies in just 9 days, as the devs reveal what's next for this co-op climbing game: 'Let's talk about what we're cooking' [4d]
- Nvidia marketing goes into overdrive mode with claims that the new RTX 5050 is over 6000% faster than the GTX 1050 thanks to DLSS [4d]
- We've outgrown the need for BioShock, but you can get the whole trilogy plus Mafia 1, 2, and 3 for a mere $18 right now [4d]
- Rematch players are flopping about like schools of flying fish because—and I tested this—it's actually faster [4d]
- How many players can join Peak? [4d]
- Intel commences mass layoffs with over 100 Californian employees, including around 45 engineers in efforts to shed $500 million in operating costs this year [4d]
- Corsair introduces PC case fans with 'reverse rotors' which apparently help those LEDs shine without obstruction [4d]
- Thief VR producer says 'VR is a natural fit for an immersive sim' [4d]
- Netherlands takes Sony to court over digital-only walled garden callegedly costing 1.7m ciitizens 435 million euros since 2013 [4d]
- Today's Wordle answer for Thursday, June 26 [4d]
- Xbox and Meta officially release limited edition black and green Meta Quest 3S bundle [4d]
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