Very Early Access to DF Direct Weekly #96 Now Available (Patreon)

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2023-01-27 14:00:07

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2023-01

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Hi everyone, it's Rich here with the latest DF Direct Weekly - delivered a day early! - plus a quick update on what's going on. I mentioned in the update earlier this week that scheduling is a bit all-over-the-place at the moment, which 'in the here and now' has translated to our Dead Space coverage being late.

Truth is, we were supplied with code last Friday. However, it turned out to be a retail preorder key and we had no actual access to the game until Tuesday. And then we discovered that PS5 and Xbox Series X quality modes (and Series S which has no choice of modes) had an unlocked frame-rate and no 30fps cap. We duly reported this to the developer because it was not a good experience - but it turned out that this is unique to the gold master code and not the day one experience. As we're committed to putting out analysis accurate to the game you'll actually be playing, we had to put certain elements of the work on hold.

That's one reason why this Direct comes to you a day early - Oliver is handling the multiplatform comparison and until the day one patch arrived (on day one, funnily enough), he could only push production of that video so far. Re-prioritising, you get the Direct earlier instead. Enjoy!

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And here are your downloads: https://www.digitalfoundry.net/df-direct-weekly-96-xbox-developer_direct-is-a-hit-forspokendead-space-reaction

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DF Direct Weekly #96: Xbox Developer_Direct Is A Hit, Forspoken/Dead Space Reaction

At Digital Foundry, we've been complaining about gaming events - and the way games are shown - for years... but you know what? Microsoft's Developer_Direct cracks it, with only one more aspect required to make the format almost perfect. But what's not perfect? The release of Forspoken, especially on PC. John, Rich and Alex are at the mics to discuss all of this - and more. 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 Podcast RSS Feed: https://digitalfoundry.podbean.com/ Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:44 News 01: Microsoft "Developer_Direct" reactions! 00:41:50 News 02: Forspoken released- and there are issues 00:58:12 News 03: Dead Space: our early impressions 01:06:03 DF Supporter Q1: Will you be covering the RTX 4050 at launch? What are your pricing expectations? 01:08:55 DF Supporter Q2: Could generative AI power an “auto-remaster” feature to upgrade game graphics in real time? 01:14:08 DF Supporter Q3: What kind of performance leap should we expect from a Switch sequel? 01:20:10 DF Supporter Q4: When will DirectStorage support become the norm for PC developers?