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In attempting to bring Batman: Arkham Knight from PS4 and Xbox One to Nintendo Switch, the technical limitations of the hardware are laid bare - but fundamentally, the port just …

One of the most contentious Call of Duty releases of recent times, Modern Warfare 3 - allegedly developed in just 18 months - still manages to deliver the complete package …

Hogwarts Legacy was quite the showcase on PC and current-gen consoles and managed a reasonable enough transition to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, but Nintendo Switch...? That's the game's biggest …

A surprise to be sure - but a welcome one! RoboCop Rogue City isn't just an excellent shooter, it's one of the most accomplished uses of Unreal Engine 5 we've …

The development heritage is there, but does Sonic Superstars have what it takes to stand proudly alongside side-scrolling classics like Sonic Mania? In an extended Digital Foundry tech review, John …

Even a month on from its release, the 2023 reboot of Lords of the Fallen still has clear issues on console and PC. The use of Unreal Engine 5 allows …

Resident Evil Village comes to iOS and in this video, we concentrate on how this triple-A PC port looks and runs on Apple's recently release iPhone 15 Pro. The truth …

As the series' third outing The Crew Motorfest hands in a solid 60fps experience on PS5 and Series X consoles. The open world design is in the same mould as …

Ubisoft delivers a more tightly focused Assassin's Creed title with Mirage - and while technological innovation this time around is somewhat limited, we're looking at a polished release that looks …

Despite a heavy borrowing of ideas from Dark Souls there's much to love about Lies of P - a new Unreal Engine 4 effort from developers Neowiz Games and Round8 …

What happens when you unlock the frame-rate on PS4 classic, DriveClub? And what happens after that when you compare it running across three different PlayStation consoles. In the first collaboration …

We review a bunch of games on Nintendo Switch and sometimes they don't launch in a great state... but then they get massively improved further on down the line. Oliver …

We're starting to look at the possibilities of a low performance GPU based on Nvidia's Ampere architecture, with a view in getting some kind of ballpark expectation level from what …

The new 2.0 edition of Cyberpunk 2077 features the latest and most advanced DLSS ray reconstruction technology - but what is it and how does it work? Alex explains what …

A welcome hit when released on PC and PlayStation consoles in July 2022, Stray is a unique, fun experience - and it was recently released on all Xbox consoles from …

A surprise package for some, Armored Core 6 is a simply excellent game - but what's the best way to experience it on consoles? Tom Morgan checks out all graphics …

Rockstar's wild west classic comes to Nintendo Switch in what's a surprisingly robust release all round. We get a native 1080p rendition of the game at 30 frames per second …

The id software classic is masterfully updated for the modern era thanks to the brilliant Nightdive Studios - with an assist from Machine Games, who've brought a brand new mission …

A highly contentious release, Rockstar's new release for Red Dead Redemption didn't suggest we'd get anything new at all except resolution increases over the seventh-gen console originals. The truth is …

A bona fide hit on Xbox and PC thanks to a Game Pass debut eight months ago, High on Life has finally arrived for PlayStation consoles: PS4, PS4 Pro and …

Released in February 2015, The Order: 1886 was a stunning PlayStation 4 game at the cutting-edge of rendering technology, with visuals that still hold up today. The game's release pre-dated …

In this bonus material, we take the 60fps footage of The Order 1886 running under back-compat on an exploited PlayStation 5 and we then run it through a 4K AI …

Video sponsored by Exoprimal. In this video breakdown, Tom Morgan gets to grips with Capcom's Exoprimal, how the firm's bespoke, proprietary RE Engine evolves to cope with onslaughts of up …

Capcom takes the RE Engine in new directions with Exoprimal - a squad-based team shooter that sees players gang up to collectively massacre a vast array of mysteriously time-displaced dinosaurs. …

F1 23 is the most complete version of the series to date and features new ray tracing features - but how much of an impact do they make, and how …

Blizzard's Diablo 4 on PC is an excellent effort overall, with exceptional scalability and great performance. The only real issue concerns texture quality and VRAM requirements. Remarkably, only a 16GB …

The final release of Street Fighter 6 blows open all modes for testing - including the World Tour adventure and Battle Hub. Every machine sticks the landing with a perfect …

Blizzard's latest triple-A release has finally landed... and it's looking to be in great shape on PlayStation 5 and both Xbox Series consoles. Oliver Mackenzie runs the rule over image …

When cross-gen wasn't a thing, last-gen ports of current-gen games could prove disastrous... and nothing in our testing was worse than the PS3 conversion of Shadow of Mordor. Captures originally …

Nightdive Studios produces some of its most ambitious work yet as it finally delivers its long-awaited remake of the classic immersive sim, System Shock. In this DF Retro EX episode, …

Is Lord of the Rings: Gollum really the technical disaster everyone says it is? We wanted until the game was launched and patched to deliver our verdict... but actually, there …

Capcom transitions the Street Fighter franchise onto its excellent in-house RE Engine, so how does it look across consoles old and new? Tom checks out the recently released demo running …

Like-for-like benchmark tests stacking up the Asus ROG Ally against PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in a couple of one-off benchmark scenarios. Thanks for backing the DF Supporter Program!

Video mastered in HDR. Watch on an HDR screen/device for the best experience. Fatigued by the crisis state of PC gaming? Here's a genuine pick-me-up. Remedy's Control was always a …

Hogwarts Legacy is a demanding title across all current-gen systems - and even high-powered PCs. So did the last-gen consoles ever stand a chance of getting a decent rendition of …

Horizon Forbidden West returns and looks better than ever in its Burning Shores expansion. Freed from the constraints imposed by having to deliver a last-gen version, Guerrilla Games adds extra …

The state of PC ports in 2023 is hardly impressive - and we're particularly edgy when a new PC game based on Unreal Engine 4 arrives for testing. But the …

How far we've come! Path tracing is the ultimate form of ray tracing and somehow, in just a few years, we've gone from a path-traced Quake 2 to a path-traced …

In this video, Tom Morgan gets to grips with every single console version of Dead Island 2 available, from the lowliest of the low with Xbox One, right up to …

Ghostwire: Tokyo is an attractive game with plenty going for it, marred by poor controller response and sub-par performance. This was the state of the game on PlayStation 5 when …

Ubisoft has done it again with another patch for one of its last-gen classics. Far Cry 5 is a seriously worthy series entry and Ubisoft has revisited the old code …

Resident Evil 4 Remake: we've tested the demo, we've reviewed the game - and now we're returning to the good old fashioned platform comparisons. Which version runs best? Which version …

Here's a Bonus for Patreon supporters - the original edit of our The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice tech review. Our capture completed just before a patch arrived for PS5, necessitating …

Alex Battaglia and John Linneman have been let loose in the Resident Evil 4 Chainsaw Demo, providing an early look at the game on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X and …

A comprehensive tech review of all every console to receive a Wo Long release. The PS5 and Xbox Series X versions get the premium treatment here: running at up to …

Can the latest - and most powerful - AMD mobile APU deliver performance in line with the PlayStation 4? Here's a preview look at some material from our upcoming AyaNeo …

Xbox Series S vs PlayStation 4 Pro is a fascinating comparison - both machines possess GPUs with compute power rated at four teraflops (Pro is actually 4.2!) so how do …

Everything you need to know about The Witcher 3 Complete Edition running on Series S. Ray tracing features are removed here next to the Series X and PS5 versions - …

Everything you need to know about the last-gen versions of Warzone 2 - a game in which the increasing scale and ambition of Infinity Ward's tech is starting to overstretch …

The Callisto Protocol is a properly current-gen game and yet... it's available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles! To what extent have the visuals and performance been pared back …