Nintendo Switch
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Another 'impossible port' arrives on Switch, once again engineered by the tech wizards at Saber Interactive. This time, CryEngine 3 gets another run-around on Switch with Kingdom Come Deliverance - …
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Moving from Unreal Engine 3 to Unreal Engine 5, the latest remake of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons deploys the new engine's Nanite and Lumen technologies to good effect. …
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Nightdive Studios returns with yet another classic remaster of superlative quality. Join John Linneman for a deep dive into what made Dark Forces such an important release back in 1995 …
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Tom and John check out the latest Switch remake of a Game Boy Advance classic - Mario vs Donkey Kong. Each level is recreated 1:1 to the original 2004 release, …
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The original trilogy has returned! Revisit Lara Croft's origins with developer Aspyr's carefully measured remasters, which offer a combination of OG visuals along with brand new visuals, hot-swappable with the …
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Some of the best narrative in videogames now arrives on the most modern console platforms. In the DF Tech Review, Oliver Mackenzie checks out how the Ace Attorney trilogy looks …
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Ys X Nordics had its own pride of place in John Linneman's Best Games of 2023, based on his PlayStation 5 experience, and having now taken a look at the …
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Locked to older firmwares, PlayStation 5 has been hacked, opening the door to a range of 60fps mods that transform some of PlayStation 4's best games when played under backwards …
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Not every game needs to push the absolute state of the art in cutting edge visuals. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is a spectacular example of a brilliant executed, …
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Nightdive Studios is BACK with another excellent remaster, finally completing the Turok trilogy! In this Retro x Modern Let's Play, the Switch and maxed PC renditions of Turok 3: Shadow …
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Already available on current-gen and last-gen consoles, the controversial GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition is now available for mobile devices. In this video, Oliver Mackenzie examines the trilogy running on iPhone …
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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 …
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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 …
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Nintendo's 1996 collaboration with Squaresoft yielded the excellent Super Mario RPG for the Super NES and now, decades later, the game has been remastered into full 3D for Nintendo Switch. …
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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 …
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For several years now, Nvidia has been working on a new gaming processor codenamed T239. Derived from a Tegra chip designed for the automotive and robotics industry, T239 combines a …
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Konami's collection of the Metal Gear series' early greats is an easy idea to get behind - but the execution leaves much to be desired. Between Metal Gear Solid 1, …
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Super Mario Bros Wonder is the best 2D Mario title since 1995's Yoshi's Island, dripping in creativity, joy and polish. John Linneman goes deep on this milestone Switch game, shares …
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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 …
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Every console version of Mortal Kombat 1 tested, including the much-maligned Nintendo Switch port. Top-end machines like PS5, Xbox Series X and S hand in a solid 60fps here with …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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A tech overhaul is afoot at Nintendo with Pikmin 4 making the jump to Unreal Engine - doing away with its in-house engine. The results impress: it moves to a …
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The complete tech breakdown of the HD Pikmin 1+2 re-releases on Nintendo Switch. Over 20 years on from the first game's appearance on GameCube, this HD collection gives us a …
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The Last Hope on Nintendo Switch gained notoriety for a trailer that revealed a sub-standard iterative take on The Last of Us... but what if we told you that none …
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AEW Fight Forever - DF Review - PS5 vs Xbox Series X/S vs Switch vs PC - Feat. The PC Police Officer
Yuke's returns to the wrestling game genre with AEW Fight Forever and you shall learn all about it and the whole wrestling game in general in this astonishing content, featuring …
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A network stress test for Mortal Kombat 1 gave us our first opportunity to get to grips with the game running on Xbox Series consoles - and it's looking very …
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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 …
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In a collaboration video featuring MVG, John Linneman returns to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to concentrate on a range of performance tests. How well does the …
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It's finally here - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom sees Nintendo at the very top of its game, delivering a game that builds and expands upon the …
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Another classic Nintendo series returns to Switch - and this time it's the Game Boy Advance classics, Advance Wars 1+2. The gameplay truly shines on this one, but unfortunately the …
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The recent release of Metroid Prime Remastered on Nintendo Switch is a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. The quality of the remastering work could well be described …
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John Linneman tests out the new versions of Goldeneye 007 that arrived recently on Xbox Series X/S and Switch in the latest episode of DF Retro EX. Are any of …
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An excellent Nintendo Switch game transitioned beautifully to PC and now - finally - we have versions for the rest of the consoles. In this video, we're taking a look …
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The creators of Blazing Chrome return with Vengeful Guardian Moonrider - a brilliant modern retro pixel art game that brings the magic of the precision action game to modern hardware. …
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An indie-based Souls-like game running on Unreal Engine 4, we rather liked Mortal Shell on PC, PlayStation and Xbox consoles - and now there's a Switch version to consider. Tom …
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One of the most impressive strategy franchises for Nintendo Switch is back - and developer Intelligent Systems continues to deliver highly impressive gameplay, this time backed by big improvements to …
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Our last piece of holiday content before we power on into 2023 sees Oliver Mackenzie deliver his personal take on the best games of 2022, along with reflections on notable …
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We weren't able to go hands-on with Pokémon Scarlet/Pokémon Violet until the game launched, but having compared it to Pokémon Arceus and a bunch of Switch open world titles, it's …
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A proper redemption story here as the new Ark Ultimate Survivor Edition for Nintendo Switch turns out to be a completely new version of the game, producing one of the …
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Disadvantaged due to poor marketing, it turns out that Sonic Frontiers is actually a fantastic game! In this extended video, John Linneman explains how the game works and where it …
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Finally available outside of the PlayStation ecosytem, here we're covering every single version of Persona 5 Royal available - all of the last-gen consoles, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S and …
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In gameplay terms and in its wealth of ideas, Bayonetta 3 is another great release from Platinum Games - but this time the consistency in visual quality varies too dramatically, …
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The new Mario+Rabbids is a brand-new sequel to one of the most visually impressive games to ever hit Nintendo Switch... so how does the new release stack up? It turns …
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Across the generation, Switch has suprised us with a range of last-gen conversions that hold up really well on Nintendo's console hybrid - and there's a fine line between cutting …
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Every mode tested in this major refresh to Overwatch - including a brand new 120Hz mode added on PS5 via the Overwatch 2 app. Are you visuals upgraded in any …
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Although it's hardly state-of-the-art in terms of its rendering, Nier Automata pushed the last-gen base consoles hard - so we approached a Nintendo Switch port with some trepidation. Has conversion …
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Nintendo improves, refines and increases the scope of the Splatoon formula for its latest first-party Switch game. John Linneman stacks it up against prior Splatoon offerings, lauds the big improvements …
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We're nearing the end of the Nintendo Switch's lifecycle and a successor is hotly anticipated to arrive in 2023 - but the catalogue of games on the existing system is …