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YES! The weekend officially begins now, with the latest DF Direct Weekly, where Rich, Tom and Alex perpetrate a range of discussions on the Halo Infinite campaign re-reveal, the upcoming GTA remasters, the latest State of Play, Intel 12th Gen and much, much more.

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DF Direct Weekly #35: Halo Infinite, GTA Definitive Edition, State of Play Reaction

Halo Infinite's campaign re-reveal, Far Cry 6's email shaming program and the Sony PC and State of Play reveals are discussed along with in-depth chat on the new 12th Gen Intel Core architecture. And what's up with N64 emulation on Switch? Join the DF Patreon for EARLY ACCESS to every DF Direct Weekly, pristine video downloads, behind the scenes content and much, much more: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe Want some DF-branded tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies or pullovers? Check out our store: https://bit.ly/2BqRTt0 00:00:00 Introductions 00:00:40 Halo Infinite campaign trailer impressions 00:11:41 Far Cry 6's aggressive mail campaign 00:16:24 State of Play impressions 00:22:17 Intel reveals new Intel Core architecture 00:31:07 GTA The Definitive Edition impressions 00:36:42 Sackboy rumoured on PC 00:44:06 Nintendo's new N64 emulation for Switch lags behind 00:48:25 DF Content Discussion: RSS podcast feed is here! 00:49:24 DF Content Discussion: DF Direct Weekly early access available to all supporters 00:50:13 DF Content Discussion: New Patreon exclusive shows 00:51:10 DF Content Discussion: Age of Empires 00:52:38 DF Content Discussion: Guardians of the Galaxy 00:55:10 DF Supporter Q1: What was the last game you bought by literally judging its cover? 00:59:09 DF Supporter Q2: Are there any company that blacklisted DF journalists from press events or reviews? 01:05:47 DF Supporter Q3: Do you think Diablo II will get a 4k60 mode for home consoles? 01:08:28 DF Supporter Q4: When the resolution drops, doesn't the internal TV or monitor upscaler kick-in, to adjust the image to the screen? 01:11:46 DF Supporter Q5: Are there any plans to test Nvidia's claims about Low latency cloud gaming? 01:16:58 DF Supporter Q6: Do you foresee consoles/TVs going beyond 120hz in the foreseeable future? 01:19:57 DF Supporter Q7: Is anyone interested in testing Crysis 3 on Ampere and Navi 2 GPUs to see how they stack up in a title they are likely not optimized for? 01:21:39 DF Supporter Q8: Tom, what shampoo do you use? 01:22:41 DF Supporter Q9: Secret Bonus Question

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iamdeaconfrost

am I the only one having a problem with the download? It's 26.3 mb and it's just a black screen. Something is up.

Anonymous

Same for me, dowloaded the video twice with my 2017 iPad Pro and it’s just 30MB. It freezes after 23 seconds. But according to the files properties it‘s over 84 minutes long. Streaming with the download link („View“ instead of „Download“ on the iPad) works though.

Anonymous

Hi guys, The download link still does not work.

Anonymous

Yet ANOTHER absolute classic.

Anonymous

@Alex: I loved Warcraft (2 was my favourite) and C&C (the original was my favourite) but merely enjoyed Age of Empires (1 & 2; never played 3)... so as a nostalgia play, those remasters rank high for me (I'd guess my age as equivalent to Rich) and although I watched your video on AoE 4 I could not muster great excitement. I'm far from a target market, but strategy games lost their lustre for me around the time they gained the moniker 4X...

Anonymous

Pretty clear why they shift some PS-games to PC, PS5 is already better than majority of PC-gamers has. According to steam, most people are still rocking 10-series cards with some 20-series in top 20 GPU's and PS5 outperforms them. So even if games goes to PC, PS5 will in most cases still have the superior version as someone with for example a 1070ti, will have to play it at lower res and maybe medium settings to achieve 60fps...

Anonymous

The h.264 download still appears to only be 30MB.