Oliver Mackenzie

Maybe a bit above PS5, 70 ish perf mode and 50 ish balanced mode.

Avowed on PS5 is mostly fine, but certain frame-rate and pacing issues remain, and PS5 Pro is underserved. By Unreal Engine 5 standards, it’s a reasonable enough effort.

The new High on Life has a lot to like, with engaging combat and good-looking visuals. It’s a clear step up over the first game, though new image quality and performance issues annoy.

The milestone 250th edition of DF Direct Weekly has landed - talking Steam Machine pricing delays, AMD pledging to source Xbox SoCs for 2027, Resident Evil 4 PC DRM disappointments, FF7R Rebirth Switch 2 and much, much more: youtu.be/Lax5ENFxwgk

It's much cleaner conceptually to just say that technology leads to productivity enhancements and the benefits of those enhancements tend to flow upwards. From that point perhaps the more salient organizing is not against AI itself but in favour of economic change more structurally.

There’s this contradiction that you are trying to manage between “workers are using AI” and “AI is fake” and so here we get the thesis that capitalism is about overloading workers with new technologies that don’t work in order to extract more surplus value.

Apple’s M5 iPad Pro remains a top quality tablet with superb gaming performance. Their forays into advanced multitasking and professional apps show more mixed results however.

GRID is another strong Switch 2 port, packing solid visuals and a litany of modes to sift through. For racing fans, it’s an easy buy.

Check out DF Direct 248, which contains early thoughts on Forza Horizon 6 and other Developer_Direct titles. Plus, tests on some good (and not so good) Switch 2 updates - and the Xbox port of FF7 Remake.

Quite remarkable!

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3's Title Has Finally Been Decided Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy game director Naoki Hamaguchi confirmed that the studio has finally settled on a subtitle for part three.

Interesting: since I published this video, it’s been formally confirmed that FF7 Remake part 3 is sticking with UE4. I hope they can figure out some kind of solution to improve diffuse indirect lighting quality, though I’m not optimistic.

www.gamespot.com/articles/fin...

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3's Title Has Finally Been Decided Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy game director Naoki Hamaguchi confirmed that the studio has finally settled on a subtitle for part three.

Interesting: since I published this video, it’s been formally confirmed that FF7 Remake part 3 is sticking with UE4. I hope they can figure out some kind of solution to improve diffuse indirect lighting quality, though I’m not optimistic.

www.gamespot.com/articles/fin...

YouTube video by Digital Foundry Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade Switch 2 Review: A PS5/PS4 Hybrid Boosted By DLSS

FF 7 Remake is a great-looking RPG that’s been smoothly ported to Switch 2. If you’re looking to play Square’s 2020 epic, this is a great option.

youtu.be/yUjYGy7cqog?...

If Ubisoft developers’ comments are anything to go by, we’re going to see many more demanding Switch 2 ports this generation.

We punished Intel's new Panther Lake processor with demanding ray-traced gaming benchmarks. How does it stack up against Strix Halo/Strix Point - and what about desktop GPUs like the RTX 3050 and RX 6600? Spoilers: we were impressed.
youtu.be/xPkofuH_bak

Join Alex and I for an on-site CES 2026 roundup! We saw the very best of consumer electronics: new chips, PCs, displays - and the flashiest AI and robotics tech.

Today on Digital Foundry, our big CES interview with Intel's Tom Petersen with a range of big topics discussed: Panther Lake, Arc, XeSS multi-frame gen and looking forward to a time where FPS alone no longer defines PC performance: youtu.be/8ydfKE1dffo

Hot off the presses, our first CES 2026 video! We took a stop by Nvidia’s booth yesterday for a preview of DLSS 4.5 and other goodies.

If you see Alex and I at CES feel free to say hi! We should have CES content on the channel over the next week. @dachsjaeger.bsky.social

Mainly portable. The screen is bothersome but I have gotten used to it to an extent.

My game of the year list ended up being a bit of a Switch 2 Edition, driven by an excellent lineup of exclusives for Nintendo's new console.

Welcome to 2026! We kick off the New Year with a mini DF Direct, looking back at the best hardware of 2025 and what we expect to see from 2026. Oh... and our first hands-on of the remarkable GPD Win 5 Strix Halo handheld: youtu.be/kDtgP4KltrU

P3R Graphical Enhancement Mod (no more flat lighting) Adds SSGI And Doubles Shadow Resolution (fully customizable)

www.nexusmods.com/persona3relo...

They are from this UUU tweak. I got this running a couple years ago but didn’t have time for this video, so I just grabbed his screencaps.

P3R's latest Switch 2 patch greatly improves on a problematic port. But the T239 silicon is still underutilized, with odd visual settings choices and no DLSS.

Yes looks like it!

Either is fine! My discord username is olivermackenzie

Bloober Team drops a Switch 2 holiday bombshell - 60fps ray tracing with UE5. But core tech enhancements are likely needed before other UE5 titles make the Switch 2 jump.

Stunning!

FF7 Remake on Switch 2 looks like a high quality port. Stable performance, solid image quality, and pleasing visual settings make this one of the most impressive Switch 2 games to date.

Yes I heard!