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The AI Tech Crunch: Are We Looking At A "Dark Age" For Gaming Hardware? The end of Crucial memory could be the start of years of pain.

The AI tech crunch: memory shortages, higher prices, reduced process node availability - to what extent will gaming hardware innovations slow down in the next couple of years? www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/12...

Interview: Sektori's sole dev on Housemarque past, tuning Unity to 60fps From Pascal to N-Gage, and from Resogun to solo success.

Today on Digital Foundry, interviewing Kimmo Lahtinen on the brilliant Sektori, his storied history at Housemarque and the move to indie development: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/int...

Hands-on: Helldivers 2's "Slim" PC Beta Does Wonders - Even on HDD 85 percent smaller install, with only slight issues.

Helldivers 2: a new "slim" PC beta drops the game's storage requirement from 152GB to 22GB! Are there any downsides? We put it to the test: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/12...

Silent Hill 2 on Xbox: Series S' 30fps Comes at Quite the Cost Series X reaches parity with base PS5.

And here's the website review: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/sil...

Today's video: Silent Hill 2 Remake reviewed on Xbox Series consoles. Parity with PS5 and a performance lead for Series X - but as expected, Series S is serviceable enough at 30fps, albeit with a range of compromises: youtu.be/QT8Xd521-oo

Review: Assassin's Creed Shadows Switch 2 impresses in handheld play But docked mode needs improvement.

And of course, our companion review on our new website: www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/assa...

Assassin's Creed Shadows on Switch 2 reviewed! It's quite remarkable to see this playing out so well in handheld mode, but major frame-pacing problems really need to be addressed in the docked experience: youtu.be/2U5h4_MqXaU

Review: Metroid Prime 4 Proves Retro Studios' Prowess On Switch 2 Performance, HDR are highlights - but what about Switch 1?

Metroid Prime 4: Retro Studios delivers another excellent game - here's our web review: www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/metr...

Metroid Prime 4 is Switch 2's first true 120Hz 3D showcase Testing reveals a nearly 100 percent locked frame-rate.

Metroid Prime 4 is the first true 120Hz 3D gaming showcase for Nintendo Switch 2: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/12...

Metroid Prime 4 on Nintendo Switch 2 - the Digital Foundry video review. Simply superb: youtu.be/uhVJ_P6dzFg

Review: Marvel Cosmic Invasion Successfully Reboots Shredder's Revenge This time, Tribute's beat-'em-up engine reimagines X-Men Arcade.

There's more than a hint of TMNT: Shredder's Revenge in Marvel Cosmic Invasion - and that can only be a good thing. Here's the DF review: www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/marv...

DF Direct Weekly #242 is live, discussing unlocked performance and balanced modes in Ghost of Yōtei, AC Shadows Switch 2 disclosures, Death Stranding 2 PC and much, much more: youtu.be/skm3wkvmc68

Ghost of Yōtei's 1.1 Update: Frame-Rate Unlocks, Impressive Results Our unlocked tests confirm as much as a 33 percent jump.

Ghost of Yōtei's new balanced mode and unlocked VRR support for all quality modes is a game-changer for PS5 and PS5 Pro users: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/12...

Review: Analogue 3D overclocks the N64 in stellar fashion The most impressive Analogue "FPGA" console yet.

And a quick reminder of our existing, expansive Analogue 3D review! www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/anal...

The DF Retro Super Show Takes On The Brilliant Analogue 3D Plus, Everdrive updates - and original N64 quirks are missing.

And a companion post on digitalfoundry.net, going into depth on the Analogue 3D's latest updates: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...

YouTube video by Digital Foundry DF Retro Super Show EX1 - Analogue 3D Review - Overclocking, Image Quality Boosts + Much More

A new episode of the DF Retro Super Show is now live, discussing and testing the remarkable Analogue 3D. Just far much smoother is game performance with overclocking enabled? youtu.be/TGGlJHYSk38

DF Direct Weekly #242 is available on early access to backers of our Supporter Program, talking Ghost of Yōtei balanced mode and unlocked VRR performance, AC Shadows Switch 2 tech disclosures, eXoWin9x and an incoming PC port for Death Stranding 2: patreon.com/digitalfoundry

Beyond Steam Machine: Why Valve's New ARM Support Shouldn't Be Overlooked Taking Steam beyond Windows and x86.

Steam Machines was the major focus for Valve's recent hardware reveal - but perhaps we've overlooked how much of a game-changer the FEX translation layer for ARM devices could be: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/bey...

Is Switch 2's "Tiny" DLSS better than FSR 3? Nintendo's lower quality AI upscaling option vs AMD's compute alternative.

Switch 2: is AMD FSR 3 a good potential alternative up against Nintendo's pared back "Tiny" DLSS AI upscaler? www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...

Today on Digital Foundry, a look at the technology of Where Winds Meet, focusing predominantly on PC - but with a taste of the console RT experience, running on PS5 Pro #sponsored: youtu.be/eWD8IBepV8k

Review: Kirby Air Riders Surprises With Forward-Thinking Rendering A fascinating new engine with great performance.

And here's the web review: www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/kirb...

Today on Digital Foundry, Kirby Air Riders on Switch 2 gets an extended review - an excellent game with new engine tech we had to take a closer look at. Oliver and John compare notes: youtu.be/EAp4jrKkp9w

YouTube video by Hardware Unboxed Is AMD Cheating in Call of Duty Benchmarks?

Kudos to Hardware Unboxed for looking into the visual disparity issues in Black Ops 7 when running on AMD and Nvidia GPUs. Particularly enjoyed the idea of using Intel Arc as an arbiter to discern what the game is supposed to look like: youtu.be/Ynb4raivIpM

Review: Tomb Raider Definitive Edition: painful downgrades on Switch 2 The cost of 60fps: compromised visuals vs PS4 - and even PS3.

And here's the Digital Foundry web review: www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/tomb...

The surprise release of Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on Switch and Switch 2 brings with it deep disappointment. While 60fps is welcome on Switch 2, both PS3 and PS4 have visual features that are missing from the port: youtu.be/2_9EQ02fVA8

Proof That Recent Windows Update Harms Gaming Performance AC Shadows frame-rate drops by 33 to 50 percent.

We found that a recent Windows Update hit Assassin's Creed Shadows performance by up to 50 percent, necessitating GPU vendor hotfix driver updates to fix the issue: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...

DF Direct Weekly #241 is now available, discussing Steam Machine's PC-adjacent pricing news, Proton FSR 4, the return of Red Dead Redemption, the brilliant Sektori, Windows perf issues, Horizon Steel Frontiers and much more: youtu.be/NOEGamg6nf8

Annual Memberships Are Now Available! | Digital Foundry Get more from Digital Foundry on Patreon

Thinking of supporting our work via Patreon? We've just enabled Annual Billing with a 15 percent discount. Here are the details and the benefits: www.patreon.com/posts/144307...

YouTube processing is running at a tiny fraction of its normal speed, so DF Direct Weekly #241 will be delayed for a while.

Buy Now: GPU Prices May Soon Explode Our recommended graphics cards, available at MSRP or below - for now.

GPU prices have stabilised at MSRP or sometimes lower - but for how long until the RAM pricing crisis changes everything? Here are the cards we recommend: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...