DF Direct Weekly is back for 2022, with John Linneman, Alex Battaglia and Rich Leadbetter emerging from the holiday break to regale you with almost eighty-seven minutes of the latest tech and gaming news. 00:00:00 Introductions 00:00:34 CES 2022: OLED & QDLED News 00:11:25 CES 2022: AMD & Nvidia Conferences 00:23:48 CES 2022: BMW iX colour changing car & Sony Vision 00:28:08 CES 2022: Intel Conference 00:32:11 Square Enix announces intent to go into NFT and blockchain 00:40:59 Xbox Dev Mode gets...
Jan 11, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep 43•Transcript available on Metacast Rich Leadbetter, John Linneman and Alex Battaglia sit down at the end of 2021 to discuss the first full year of the new console generation. Have PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S lived up to expectations? What to make of the platform comparisons one year in? Does Series S deliver? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 02, 2022•2 hr 31 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Join Alex Battaglia and John Linneman for an extended discussion on the best game graphics of 2021. There've been some amazing visuals this year - remarkable achievements from the first year of the 'next-gen' consoles, and all delivered in the Covid era, no less. Please note: Flight Simulator would definitely have made the list, but remember that it was first released in 2020 - and we talked about it in depth in the Best Game Graphics of 2020! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...
Dec 24, 2021•59 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast Join Alex Battaglia, John Linneman and Tom Morgan for Digital Foundry's last DF Direct of the year! The team share their views on first media assets of Horizon Zero Dawn on the base PS4, there's reaction to the brilliant new Xbox documentary, Nightdive Studios shows off their System Shock remake, plus of course, there's more DF content discussion and Supporter questions! 00:00:00 Introductions 00:01:14 Horizon Forbidden West PS4 version revealed 00:06:24 Colour plates for PS5 00:09:44 Xbox Docum...
Dec 20, 2021•2 hr 34 min•Ep 42•Transcript available on Metacast In the immediate aftermath of The Game Awards, it's John Linneman, Alex Battaglia and Rich Leadbetter at the mics to talk about the new trailers, the continual evolution of Horizon Zero Dawn on PC plus... what's going on with Sony's plans to compete against Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass? 00:00:00 Introductions 00:00:33 The Game Awards reaction 00:21:18 Horizon Zero Dawn gets DLSS 00:32:22 PlayStation rumoured to make new subscription service 00:44:23 Bulk Slash English translation releases 00:46:08...
Dec 14, 2021•2 hr 33 min•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast This week, it's Rich Leadbetter, Alex Battaglia and Will Judd at the mics, talking Halo Infinite coverage plans, GTA Definitive Edition patches, RTX 3080 Ti and Ryzen 6000 mobile laptop tech - and what's up with the RTX 2060 12GB? It should be noted that subsequent to recording, Nvidia did indeed confirm that it is real. Plus: DF content talk and more supporter questions to answer! 00:00:00 Introductions 00:00:56 Halo Infinite coverage incoming 00:03:47 GTA Definitive Edition gets patched 00:13:...
Dec 05, 2021•2 hr 36 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast This week, it's Rich Leadbetter, Audi Sorlie and John Linneman at the mics as they discuss Mark Cerny's latest PS5 video, Hitman 3 in 2022 with RT reflections... and an apparent end to Microsoft's excellent FPS Boost program? 00:00:00 Introductions 00:01:22 Cerny & Sony visits Wired 00:13:03 Hitman 3 gets DXR reflections in 2022 00:19:50 Xbox 20th Anniversary Museum 00:32:20 No More FPS Boost? 00:40:19 Square Enix's "big" remake is supposedly Chrono Cross 00:49:31 Crazy Frog returns 00:50:37 DF ...
Dec 01, 2021•2 hr 46 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast With John hunkering down to complete the latest DF Retro episode, it's Rich, Alex and Tom at the mics for this week's DF Direct Weekly - and this week, there's a strong Xbox focus in the news. #Xbox20 discussion, new FPS Boost, Nvidia gets into spatial upscaling and launches a new visual comparison tool, Age of Empires 4 is patched to great effect - and is the Hellblade RT patch for PC any good? 00:00:00 Introductions 00:00:38 Xbox 20th Anniversary, Backwards compatibility update + more 00:15:50...
Nov 22, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast Not the sort of week we'd care to repeat really, but here we are. Full discussion of our takeover by Russian crypt-currency scammers, PS5 getting hacked not once but twice, the Steam Deck delay, the latest Halo Infinite reveal and... could it be? Will the Windows Store actually get properly fixed? Chapters: 00:00:00 Introductions 00:00:36 We were hacked! 00:08:40 PS5 was also hacked! 00:18:48 Halo Infinite IGN first look impressions 00:26:21 Steam Deck delayed until Feb 2022 00:31:38 Windows Sto...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast While Forza Horizon 5 fills most of the week here at Digital Foundry, there was still a bit of news and happenings to discuss. This week, Audi Sorlie, Alex Battaglia and John Linneman convene to talk about the Battlefield 2042 RTX trailer marking a second week in a row that Alex has some choice words on trailer showcases, Sony listened to the community and provides fixes for the CMOS issue, Netflix enters the gaming space in unexpected ways and a classic adventure game sees its source code made ...
Nov 08, 2021•2 hr 31 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast Halo Infinite's campaign re-reveal, Far Cry 6's email shaming program and the Sony PC and State of Play reveals are discussed along with in-depth chat on the new 12th Gen Intel Core architecture. And what's up with N64 emulation on Switch? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 01, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast The weekly DF Direct returns once again! This time, John, Alex and Rich tackle the recent MacBook Pro reveals and what it means for Apple and gaming, there's discussion on CD Projekt RED's next-gen patches for Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3, while Half-Life 2 gets upgraded for Steam Deck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 25, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast This week, Alex raves about Star Citizen, John has an emotional moment playing Forza Horizon 5 and... what on earth's going on with Metroid Dread performance on some Switch consoles? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 19, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast John, Rich and Alex share their thoughts on Halo Infinite's Big Team Battle mode and their overall opinions on the game's flighting process, the internals of the Switch OLED Model's dock are discussed and Valve's video showing the insides of the Steam Deck proves as frustrating as it is illuminating. All of this and more in the new DF Direct! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 12, 2021•2 hr 33 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast The latest DF Direct Weekly tackles the online bunfight between Nintendo and Bloomberg about the existence of a '4K Switch', goes in-depth on HDR and dashboard changes on Xbox consoles and examines Nvidia DLAA... what is it? Rich Leadbetter, John Linneman and Alex Battaglia perpetrate this one. 00:00:00 Introductions 00:00:39 Nintendo Switch 4K denials 00:06:49 Xbox Dolby Vision support + 4K dashboard 00:18:17 TGS 2021 VR experience 00:27:40 Nvidia DLAA Reaction 00:33:51 DF Content Discussion: U...
Oct 04, 2021•2 hr 31 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast It's all change in the weekly line-up for this episode! John Linneman and Audi Sorlie are joined by Coury Carlson from My Life In Gaming to discuss the latest gaming news, kicking off with a monstrous discussion on this week's Nintendo Direct. 00:00:00 Introductions 00:01:46 Nintendo Direct Reaction 00:35:56 PlayStation 4 CBOMB Fixed! 00:42:36 Is Klonoa coming back? 00:47:37 Is Marvel vs Capcom 2 coming back? 00:53:32 Beavis And Butthead Adventure on PS1 gets English translation! 00:59:44 Mick M...
Sep 27, 2021•2 hr 46 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast Join Rich, John and Alex for discussion of the latest tech and gaming news! This week, the team discuss the PS5 CFI-1100 hook-up with Gamers Nexus, and the system software performance benchmarks hinting at a small boost to PS5 game frame-rates in very select circumstances, perhaps related to RT titles? GT7's online campaign and RT features are discussed and much more - along with tributes paid to an icon of the home computer industry. 00:00:00 Introductions 00:00:22 PlayStation CFI-1100/Gamers N...
Sep 20, 2021•2 hr 30 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast John, Rich and Alex reconvene for this week's DF Direct Weekly, talking about the new PS5 CFI-1100 model, whether Sony's $10 PS4 to PS5 upgrade policy is justified, plus discussing Alan Wake and Quake remasters! 00:00:00 Introductions 00:00:42 New PS5 model 00:11:14 Horizon Forbidden West pricing confusion 00:21:17 Alan Wake Remastered 00:32:18 Quake Remastered 00:42:42 Little Big Adventure returns 00:44:39 DF Content Discussion: Best of all the animals? 00:46:16 DF Content Discussion: DF Retro ...
Sep 13, 2021•2 hr 40 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast Think of it as an E3 conference pushed out a couple of months down the road: we got to see God of Ragnarok and Marvel's Spider-Man 2 for the first time, we saw an extended edit of Gran Turismo 7 and Uncharted 4 and The Lost Legacy are getting remastered - and yes, there's a big, big bunch of cross-gen wares coming our way. 00:00 Introduction + Grand Theft Auto 5 03:39 Gran Turismo 7 09:33 Uncharted 4 + Lost Legacy PS5 and PC Remasters 17:45 Marvel's Spider-Man 2 + Marvel's Wolverine 23:13 God of...
Sep 11, 2021•54 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the 27th DF Direct Weekly! This time it's John Linneman, Audi Sorlie and - of course - Alex Battaglia talking about the biggest gaming and tech topics of the week including the early access footage to Dead Space Remake, taking a look at the WATA grading situation and discussing the number of departure of Japanese talent to join Chinese backed gaming enterprises. All that and so much more! 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:31 Dead Space Remake early showcase 00:11:19 WATA Games Controversy 0...
Sep 06, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast It's Gamescom week, there are tons of new game trailers to discuss, plus Horizon Zero Dawn has a 60fps patch! And what should we make of the RTX 3090 Super rumour doing the roads? Join Rich, Alex and Tom for the week's tech chat. 00:00:00 Introductions 00:00:48 Gamescom 2021: DokeV 00:07:28 Gamescom 2021: Forza Horizon 5 00:14:21 Gamescom 2021: Call of Duty: Vanguard 00:19:52 Gamescom 2021: Dying Light 2 00:25:03 Gamescom 2021: Halo Infinite 00:28:47 Gamescom 2021: Horizon Forbidden West/Horizon...
Aug 30, 2021•2 hr 38 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast John Linneman, Alex Battaglia and Audi Sorlie take point on what may well be the longest and most packed DF Direct to date with all of the latest tech news, behind-the-scene project info and of course, questions from backers of the DF Supporter Program are answered! 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:20 Intel XeSS 00:07:24 New Black Myth Wukong trailer 00:14:03 Pokemon Legends: Arceus reveal 00:21:57 Tales of Arise demo XSX vs PS5 impressions 00:30:53 DuckStation on Series S: 4K overclocked PlayStation...
Aug 23, 2021•2 hr 47 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast Join Rich Leadbetter, John Linneman and Alex Battaglia for the latest DF tech chat - the team tried putting an Xbox SSD in a PS5 to disastrously disappointing results, before moving on to cover Abandoned, its disastrous trailer reveal and the conspiracy theories surrounding it, before moving onto the problematic Radeon RX 6600 XT. There's more GPU talk as Intel's move into the graphics market gets our attention and much, much more. 00:00:00 Introductions 00:01:15 Does the Xbox Series SSD work in...
Aug 16, 2021•2 hr 45 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast Somehow we managed to convince a guest to join us on DF Direct Weekly! Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica shows us around the Playdate handheld and joins in discussing the news of the week, bringing with him a 'special' bonus Q+A for Rich... 00:00:00 Introductions 00:01:55 Playdate hands-on crankin' 00:20:53 Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster impressions 00:34:59 The State of VR 00:51:26 3DFX... what? 00:57:01 Zool ReDimensioned announced 01:00:44 Sam's impressions on Flight Simulator 01:07:09 DF Retro:...
Aug 09, 2021•2 hr 41 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast DF Direct returns, with John, Rich and Alex sharing their thoughts on Flight Simulator, The Ascent, NEW Mortal Shell DLC, the Radeon RX 6600XT and a fantastic new addition to the MiSTer ecosystem! NOTE: The RX 6600XT has an MSRP of $379, not the stated $349. 00:00:00 Introductions 00:00:55 Flight Simulator on Xbox Series, our impressions 00:18:24 The Ascent review and feedback 00:27:06 MORTAL SHELL DLC 00:29:13 AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Revealed 00:36:21 MiSTer console casing 00:41:12 DLSS SDK relea...
Aug 02, 2021•2 hr 38 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast The clue is in the name - DF Direct arrives every week and this week is no exception. GDC 2021 is in full effect, so Rich, Alex and John discuss a couple of the more interesting and relevant presentations before powering on in sharing more about recent DF projects and tackling a big bunch of supporter Q+A. Join the DF Supporter Program to contribute to the show and get it early, every Saturday! 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:45 GDC 2021: UE5 Demo From The Coalition - Intel CPU/GPU Presentations 00:...
Jul 27, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast The specs have been updated, a few hundreds frames have been tested - and we've taken a look at the state of integrated graphics performance on AMD APUs in the PC space. Rich Leadbetter, John Linneman and Alex Battaglia sit down to share all of their thoughts on the Steam Deck in a 75 minute DF Direct Special. 00:00:00 Introductions + Steam Deck First Impressions 00:07:34 Form Factor + Control Discussion 00:12:14 Why Steam Deck Needs Game-Specific Performance Profiles 00:14:22 Specs Update - 88G...
Jul 22, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast DF Direct Weekly is back with a 20th episode milestone - shot before the Steam Deck reveal. We will have a Deck-specific Direct a bit later in the week. In this video, we talk about the lamentable Resident Evil Village DRM situation, Skyward Sword HD on Switch and the 'stealth 120Hz support' in A Plague Tale: Innocence - which is actually a good old PC-style v-sync off, unlocked fps scenario. All this and much, much more. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:03 RE Village DRM situation 00:18:04 A Plague ...
Jul 19, 2021•2 hr 45 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast A week packed full of news, topped by the Switch OLED reveal and the Switch Pro non-reveal, Dark Souls 3 FPS Boost, Assassin's Creed Infinity - the AC live service, TIE Fighter's total conversion - there's a ton to talk about! Joining Rich Leadbetter are Audi Sorlie and John Linneman. 00:00:00 Introductions 00:01:00 Switch OLED Q+A 00:22:21 Dark Souls 3 FPS Boost 00:36:28 Assassin's Creed Infinity 00:51:33 TIE Fighter Total Conversion 00:59:36 SGDQ 2021 recap 01:03:59 GTA6 rumors 01:15:17 DF Con...
Jul 12, 2021•2 hr 47 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast Another week, another DF Direct Weekly and the triumvirate convene to discuss the most important tech and industry news items of the week, talk about their most recent projects and field a range of questions from users on the Digital Foundry Supporter Program. 73 minutes of tech chat - let's do it. 00:00:00 Introductions 00:00:48 Doom Eternal RT releases 00:05:33 Ryzen 4700S - PS5 Processor on a PC board 00:11:43 Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart 120Hz 40fps patch 00:16:26 Sony acquires Nixxes and Hous...
Jul 05, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast 
