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Wednesday21st May 2025

Feature Creating Doom: The Dark Ages - ray tracing, load times and optimisation in id Tech 8

The DF tech interview with director of engine technology Billy Khan

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- Wed 21st May 2025
- Features
- Interviews

Tuesday20th May 2025

Feature Stalker: Legends of the Zone Trilogy is now enhanced for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series consoles - so what's new?

Enhanced visuals and several performance modes are available, but which is best?

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- Tue 20th May 2025
- Features
- Face-Off
- PS5
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X

Monday19th May 2025

News In Theory: will next-gen Xbox run on a Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM processor?

And could it really deliver the "largest technological leap ever in a generation"

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- Mon 19th May 2025
- Blog

Thursday15th May 2025

Feature Doom: The Dark Ages is an expertly-crafted PC release - and flies even on modest hardware

How it runs on 8GB GPUs, plus DF optimised settings

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- Thu 15th May 2025
- Features
- PC

Wednesday14th May 2025

Feature Nintendo Switch 2: final tech specs and system reservations confirmed

The hardware inside the new console - and some of the limitations developers need to work with

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- Wed 14th May 2025
- Features

Tuesday13th May 2025

Feature Doom: The Dark Ages - id Software's latest is a defining moment for current generation technology

A deep dive into the new id Tech 8 engine

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- Tue 13th May 2025
- Features
- PS5
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- PC
Feature Was the rumoured Switch Pro actually Switch 2 all along?

Processor analysis of the new console confirms the T239 chip was finalised in 2021

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- Tue 13th May 2025
- Features
- Nintendo Switch 2

Saturday10th May 2025

Feature Oblivion Remastered revisited: profound problems have yet to be addressed

Stuttering, progressively worse performance, crashing... and all consoles are impacted

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- Sat 10th May 2025
- Features
- Face-Off
- PS5
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S

Friday9th May 2025

Feature Doom: The Dark Ages - Xbox Series X delivers the smoothest experience, PS5 Pro the crispest image

Can Series S still deliver a worthwhile take on this brilliant game?

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- Fri 9th May 2025
- Features
- Face-Off
- PS5
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S

Thursday8th May 2025

Feature Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 PC tech review: a patch or two away from greatness

Presentation issues and classic UE5 problems rear their ugly heads

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- Thu 8th May 2025
- Features
- PS5
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- PC
Feature GTA 6 Trailer 2 tech breakdown: incredible realism, impressive RT, astonishing detail

The level of visual accomplishment is exceptional for a current-gen game captured on PS5

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- Thu 8th May 2025
- Features
- PS5
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Open World

Tuesday6th May 2025

Feature Days Gone Remastered's overhauled lighting and improved performance makes it a solid upgrade on PS5, PS5 Pro

Yet the PS4 code arguably provides better image quality on PS5

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- Tue 6th May 2025
- Features
- Face-Off
- PS4
- PS5

Sunday4th May 2025

Feature Returnal's PS5 Pro upgrade delivers a huge resolution boost and improved performance

A good excuse to revisit an all-time great shooter

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- Sun 4th May 2025
- Features
- Face-Off
- PS5
- PC

Friday2nd May 2025

Feature Wreckfest 2: a robust overhaul that showcases phenomenal soft-body physics

Hands-on with the early access build

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- Fri 2nd May 2025
- Features
- PC

Wednesday30th Apr 2025

Feature Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 delivers high-end UE5 visuals with solid performance

60fps recommended on PS5, PS5 Pro and Series X - but S is locked to 30fps

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- Wed 30th Apr 2025
- Features
- Face-Off
- PS5
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S

Monday28th Apr 2025

News Sony's PS5 Pro teardown delivers some wonderfully meticulous design trivia

Louvers, grooves, emissions-suppressing screws, enhanced power delivery lines!

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- Mon 28th Apr 2025
- Blog
- PS5

Sunday27th Apr 2025

Feature Oblivion Remastered: a crucial patch improves Series X performance - but it's still not good enough

Meanwhile, PS5 users await the latest update

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- Sun 27th Apr 2025
- Features
- Face-Off
- PS5
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S

Saturday26th Apr 2025

Feature Oblivion Remastered PC: impressive modernisation blighted by dire performance problems

UE5 delivers a big visual revamp - but this game hammers system resources

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- Sat 26th Apr 2025
- Features
- PS5
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- PC

Wednesday23rd Apr 2025

Feature Forza Horizon 5 on PS5 Pro delivers the best console experience

PS5 mirrors Series X, while Pro delivers a visually enhanced 60fps performance mode

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- Wed 23rd Apr 2025
- Features
- PS5
- PS5 Pro

Monday21st Apr 2025

Feature Hands-on with Switch 2: the Digital Foundry experience

Future-looking hardware, impressive Nintendo games, solid third party support - this looks like a winner

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- Mon 21st Apr 2025
- Features
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo Switch 2

Sunday20th Apr 2025

News Cyberpunk 2077 on Switch 2 uses DLSS confirms CD Projekt RED

Nvidia's machine learning upscaler is used in both docked and handheld modes

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- Sun 20th Apr 2025
- PS4
- PS5
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S

Saturday19th Apr 2025

Feature Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on PS5: excellent game, solid port

But PS5 Pro only gets a resolution upgrade

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- Sat 19th Apr 2025
- Features
- Face-Off
- PS5
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S

Thursday17th Apr 2025

Feature Tempest Rising tech review: a modern classic RTS built on Unreal Engine 5

Polished and performant with a fully-fledged single-player campaign

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- Thu 17th Apr 2025
- Features
- PC

Wednesday16th Apr 2025

Feature Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB review: decent gen-on-gen uplifts, but RTX 5070 offers better value

Great efficiency, reasonable performance, but 16GB shouldn't cost this much

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- Wed 16th Apr 2025
- Reviews
- Hardware
- PC
- Nvidia
- Hardware Reviews

Tuesday15th Apr 2025

Feature Is Assassin's Creed Shadows with PSSR on PS5 Pro a game changer? We tested it across all display modes

Plus: new improvements to the balanced mode too

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- Tue 15th Apr 2025
- Features
- PS5
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- PC

Monday14th Apr 2025

Feature Hands-on with Cyberpunk 2077 on Switch 2: can the new Nintendo console handle it?

It certainly looks the part - but an optimisation push is required before launch

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- Mon 14th Apr 2025
- Features
- PS4
- PS5
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X

Sunday13th Apr 2025

Feature Stress-testing DLSS 4's super resolution transformer technology

Can Nvidia's superb new upscaler overcome all of our historical issues?

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- Sun 13th Apr 2025
- Features
- PC

Friday11th Apr 2025

Feature Mario Kart World tech breakdown: what have we learned from the opening media salvo?

11 years after the last mainline entry, expectations are high

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- Fri 11th Apr 2025
- Features
- Nintendo Switch 2

Wednesday9th Apr 2025

Feature Switch 2 delivers GameCube emulation - but Nintendo has had a great Wii/GC emulator since 2017

Nvidia Shield's emulator ran more demanding games on less powerful Tegra X1 hardware - at higher resolutions

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- Wed 9th Apr 2025
- Features
- Nintendo GameCube
- Wii
- Nintendo Switch 2

Monday7th Apr 2025

Feature Switch 2: the tech specs that Nintendo and Nvidia are not sharing

How powerful is the custom T239 processor in the new console?

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- Mon 7th Apr 2025
- Features
- Nintendo Switch 2

Saturday5th Apr 2025

Feature The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered: how the PlayStation game was ported to PC

DF speaks with key figures from Nixxes and Naughty Dog

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- Sat 5th Apr 2025
- Features
- Interviews
- PS4
- PC

Friday4th Apr 2025

Feature South of Midnight: a well-crafted 60fps experience on Xbox Series consoles

An accomplished presentation on both consoles - and PC

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- Fri 4th Apr 2025
- Features
- Face-Off

Thursday3rd Apr 2025

Feature The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered: a better PC port, but systemic issues remain

Plus: optimised settings, along with PS4 and PS5 equivalents

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- Thu 3rd Apr 2025
- Features
- PS4
- PC
Feature Switch 2's full reveal analysed: how powerful is Nintendo's new hardware and is DLSS being used?

Pixel throughput on Switch 2 Special Edition games suggests it's over five times faster than its predecessor

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- Thu 3rd Apr 2025
- Features

Tuesday1st Apr 2025

Feature Doom: The Dark Ages hands-on tech preview - idTech 8 impresses hugely on PC

This looks like the best modern Doom yet

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- Tue 1st Apr 2025
- Features

Monday31st Mar 2025

DF Direct Do Switch and Switch 2 Virtual Game Cards point towards an "adorably all digital" future?

We think not - because Nintendo has the most to lose from abandoning physical sales

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- Mon 31st Mar 2025
- Blog
- DF Direct
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo Switch 2

Sunday30th Mar 2025

Feature Assassin's Creed Shadows PC: the best settings for smooth performance and ray traced visuals

Even mainstream GPUs can handle the game's cutting-edge effects

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- Sun 30th Mar 2025
- Features
- Face-Off
- PS5
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S

Saturday29th Mar 2025

Feature Confirmed: PlayStation 5 and PS5 Pro have VRR stuttering problems

Sony and third-party games affected, Xbox works fine

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- Sat 29th Mar 2025
- Features

Friday28th Mar 2025

Feature Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition brings one of the most visually impressive Wii U titles to Switch

A bittersweet moment and an extraordinary game

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- Fri 28th Mar 2025
- Features
- Face-Off
- Nintendo Switch

Wednesday26th Mar 2025

Feature Atomfall is a potential cult classic, but its tech remains distractingly last-gen

Rebellion's latest tested on PS5, PS5 Pro, Series X/S and PC

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- Wed 26th Mar 2025
- Features
- Face-Off
- PS4
- PS5
- Xbox One

Saturday22nd Mar 2025

Feature Assassin's Creed Shadows: inside the technologically revamped Anvil Engine

The developers explain key decisions behind Shadows' technical makeup

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- Sat 22nd Mar 2025
- Features
- Interviews
- PS5
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S

Friday21st Mar 2025

Feature Too big for Steam Deck? Many triple-A games are unplayable on Valve's handheld

But what about the Asus ROG Ally?

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- Fri 21st Mar 2025
- Features
- PC

Wednesday19th Mar 2025

Feature Assassin's Creed Shadows delivers one of the most substantial PS5 Pro upgrades we've seen

Ray-traced lighting at 60fps? Yes please

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- Wed 19th Mar 2025
- Features
- Face-Off
- PS5
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S

Tuesday18th Mar 2025

Feature Assassin's Creed Shadows' new Anvil engine features impress on PS5 and Series X

An evolutionary step for the series, but Series S cutbacks bear mention

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- Tue 18th Mar 2025
- Features
- Face-Off
- PS5
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S

Monday17th Mar 2025

DF Weekly if the Xbox handheld is years away, what's the point of Project Kennan?

A crucial first step in bringing Windows and Xbox together

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- Mon 17th Mar 2025
- Blog
- DF Direct
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S

Saturday15th Mar 2025

Feature Grand Theft Auto 5's PC RT enhancements hint at GTA 6 features

Ray traced global illumination in the upgrade has much in common with GTA 6 tech

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- Sat 15th Mar 2025
- Features
- Face-Off
- PS4
- PS5
- Xbox One

Friday14th Mar 2025

Feature Intel Arc B570 review: a budget GPU that's too good to be true?

Excellent hardware, but performance issues in combination with less powerful CPUs

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- Fri 14th Mar 2025
- Reviews
- Hardware
- PC
- Nvidia
- Hardware Reviews

Monday10th Mar 2025

Feature Mark Cerny: FSR 4 for PS5 Pro is the "next evolution of PSSR"

The RDNA 4 upscaler is the first result of AMD/Sony's Project Amethyst collaboration

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- Mon 10th Mar 2025
- Features

Saturday8th Mar 2025

Feature Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 1 revisited: improved but key problems remain

The PC version with mods remains the best way to play

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- Sat 8th Mar 2025
- Features
- Face-Off
- PS5
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S

Thursday6th Mar 2025

Feature Split Fiction is simply brilliant: PS5, PS5 Pro, PC and Xbox Series X/S tested

Inventive co-op gameplay with slick visuals and great performance on all platforms

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- Thu 6th Mar 2025
- Features
- Face-Off
- PC
- Hazelight Studios
- PS5 Pro