The Brutalist Report - gaming
- I hate boss fights and you'll never convince me they're good (because they're not) [5d]
- Anthem's former executive producer says BioWare was so good at telling stories that its original Anthem pitch convinced EA to greenlight a game it couldn't deliver: 'Maybe there wasn't anything behind the very evocative statement' [5d]
- Battlefield 6 producer insists the game's 'cool' and 'relatable' PMC villain and its quest to destroy the US has no deeper meaning: 'We needed two factions' [5d]
- Elden Ring Nightreign dataminers have uncovered plans for a new endless mode with Armored Core 6's rank system and skill-based matchmaking [5d]
- Games that try to sneak bots into multiplayer matches are automatically trash [5d]
- Humble Bundle's new Warner Bros. collection has 15 really good games, plus Suicide Squad, for just $12 [5d]
- Think you can guess the PC game just from its crates? Try to smash our latest quiz! [5d]
- Finally, a game that makes Marvel superheroes exciting again [5d]
- I'm sick to death of PC gaming's endless launchers [5d]
- I build a PC every month: these are my 5 worst PC building gripes [5d]
- The next Everdark Sovereign for Elden Ring Nightreign has been announced, and players are already placing bets on what its third phase will be [5d]
- Razer is the latest gaming brand to jump on the 'AI gaming' bandwagon as it opens up the 'first of three global AI hubs' [5d]
- Up to 700% faster than any interface in your gaming PC: PCI-SIG announces the specification goals for PCIe 8.0 [5d]
- Audeze MM-100 headphone review [5d]
- You probably have like $100 in Steam trading cards on all those games you've never played, and you can get it without ever actually launching them [5d]
- OpenAI now says ChatGPT 'shouldn't give you an answer' when asked: 'Should I break up with my boyfriend?' [5d]
- Google DeepMind's new AI is nearly here, finally giving us an interactive world that runs at 720p, 24fps, and only remembers what you did for 1 minute [6d]
- Kiss goodbye to your keyboard and mouse, in Microsoft's vision for the Windows OS in 2030 they'll both 'feel as alien as it does for Gen Z to use DOS' [6d]
- PowerWash Simulator 2 doesn't seem like much of a sequel, but it does clean up nicely with more tools, maps, and level types [6d]
- RTS sequel Ashes of the Singularity 2 promises to let you gleefully watch hundreds of thousands of units blow each other up in 2026 [6d]
- Where to find milkweed tufts and chunks in Grounded 2 [6d]
- 'There is no such thing as a good secret backdoor,' says Nvidia, reiterating that there are no kill switches, spyware, or secret ways to access its GPUs [6d]
- All Grounded 2 missing optical disk locations [6d]
- Demand has been 'very strong' and 'outpaced supply' for AMD's RX 9000-series cards according to CEO Dr. Lisa Su, as anyone who's tried to buy one can attest [6d]
- Microsoft's anniversary edition Windows XP-themed Crocs are definitely a look, but I'm not entirely sure I could carry them off [6d]
- UK politician unveils dead-eyed, Pixar-looking AI doppelganger, telling constituents to 'give AI Mark a try'—unsurisingly, it's rubbish [6d]
- 'I won't show those illustrations to anyone as long as I live': Nintendo of America suggested giving Pikachu 'huge breasts' when Pokémon first came to the US, and no, it wasn't a mistranslation [6d]
- Security researcher quips maybe it's time to get 'a real job' after being paid meagre $1,000 bug bounty by Apple [6d]
- Ryzens and Radeons revitalise AMD's revenues but export restrictions delete data center profits, causing share prices to slip [6d]
- German phone repair and insurance firm goes bankrupt after paying €200,000 to ransomware hackers despite reported revenue of 70 million [6d]
- It's only taken six months but at long last, AMD's Adrenaline driver has FSR 4 support for Cyberpunk 2077 [6d]
- The next videogame getting its own tabletop RPG is Diablo, an RPG that doesn't have any RP in it [6d]
- PSA: Persona 5 Royale is cheaper than it's ever been on PC right now, and you get 7 other games thrown in [6d]
- Today's Wordle clues, hints and answer for August 6 (#1509) [6d]
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