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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...
Proof That Recent Windows Update Harms Gaming Performance
AC Shadows frame-rate drops by 33 to 50 percent.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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
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...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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.
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
YouTube processing is running at a tiny fraction of its normal speed, so DF Direct Weekly #241 will be delayed for a while.
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...
Buy Now: GPU Prices May Soon Explode
Our recommended graphics cards, available at MSRP or below - for now.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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...
This image of John Linneman's turn-of-the-century PC gaming setup is well on its way to becoming a gaming cultural icon: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/joh...
John Linneman's Retro PC Corner: From Meme to Cultural Icon
An image that may even outlive Digital Foundry itself.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This image of John Linneman's turn-of-the-century PC gaming setup is well on its way to becoming a gaming cultural icon: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/joh...
Happy 20th birthday, Xbox 360: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...
Xbox 360 20th Anniversary: Unboxing An Untouched Launch Console!
Happy birthday, Xbox.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Happy 20th birthday, Xbox 360: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...
It's the 20th anniversary of Xbox 360's arrival and today we're reliving the launch day experience by unboxing an original two-decade-old, untouched Xbox 360 Core System. And yes, you'll get to see the day one 'Blades' experience... on a CRT, of course: youtu.be/Bf3jMl1kwXY
DF Retro: Xbox 360 20th Anniversary - Unboxing An Untouched Launch Console!
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November 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It's the 20th anniversary of Xbox 360's arrival and today we're reliving the launch day experience by unboxing an original two-decade-old, untouched Xbox 360 Core System. And yes, you'll get to see the day one 'Blades' experience... on a CRT, of course: youtu.be/Bf3jMl1kwXY
STALKER 2's patch 1.7 features a vast array of optimisations. If you've not played for a while, we highly recommend revisiting the game: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...
Analysis: STALKER 2 Patch 1.7 Delivers Dramatic Perf Boosts on PC and Xbox
With the promise of further refinements to come.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
STALKER 2's patch 1.7 features a vast array of optimisations. If you've not played for a while, we highly recommend revisiting the game: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...
Refined over time on other systems, STALKER 2 lands in great shape on PS5 and PS5 Pro. Our web review: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...
Review: STALKER 2 on PS5 Benefits From Year Of Other Platforms' Patches
Smoothness on base PS5, visual updates on the Professional.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Refined over time on other systems, STALKER 2 lands in great shape on PS5 and PS5 Pro. Our web review: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...
Today on Digital Foundry, it's time to take a look at STALKER 2 on PS5 and PS5 Pro. It's a great port which benefits from the past year of updates, including the excellent patch 1.7. We also retest PC and Xbox Series X: youtu.be/aA7Q7Duh5S0
November 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Today on Digital Foundry, it's time to take a look at STALKER 2 on PS5 and PS5 Pro. It's a great port which benefits from the past year of updates, including the excellent patch 1.7. We also retest PC and Xbox Series X: youtu.be/aA7Q7Duh5S0
FSR Redstone's PC ray regeneration technology - as found in Black Ops 7 - is the focus of today's video. Image quality tests vs ray reconstruction (though it turns out they are very different), performance tests and... a whole bunch of oddities. youtu.be/RuASMLRGFus
November 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
FSR Redstone's PC ray regeneration technology - as found in Black Ops 7 - is the focus of today's video. Image quality tests vs ray reconstruction (though it turns out they are very different), performance tests and... a whole bunch of oddities. youtu.be/RuASMLRGFus
Video coverage in the future, but today on embargo, check out our extensive web review of the phenomenal Analogue 3D: www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/anal...
Review: Analogue 3D overclocks the N64 in stellar fashion
The most impressive Analogue "FPGA" console yet.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Video coverage in the future, but today on embargo, check out our extensive web review of the phenomenal Analogue 3D: www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/anal...
On the Digital Foundry website today, can Valve deliver a $499 - or cheaper - Steam Machine? www.digitalfoundry.net/features/ana...
Analysis: How Steam Machine can aim for PS5's $499 price
Lead topic in this week's DF Direct episode.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
On the Digital Foundry website today, can Valve deliver a $499 - or cheaper - Steam Machine? www.digitalfoundry.net/features/ana...
DF Direct Weekly #240 is out now, focusing on last week's big Valve news. We discuss potential Steam Machine prices and positioning and we go into more depth on specs, while answering a wide range of Supporter questions: youtu.be/K0jaDAG_jc8
November 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
DF Direct Weekly #240 is out now, focusing on last week's big Valve news. We discuss potential Steam Machine prices and positioning and we go into more depth on specs, while answering a wide range of Supporter questions: youtu.be/K0jaDAG_jc8
Discover the wealth of great stuff in the latest episode of the DF Retro Super Show: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...
DF Retro Super Show: The History of Killer Graphics
Plus, MK Legacy Kollection and other news.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Discover the wealth of great stuff in the latest episode of the DF Retro Super Show: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...
DF Retro Super Show's second episode is now live, with the latest retro news followed by an in-depth discussion on the retro games whose graphics and visual effects still look great today: youtu.be/SQGJKuldZcA
DF Retro Super Show #2: Retro Graphics/Visual Effects That Still Impress Today
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November 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
DF Retro Super Show's second episode is now live, with the latest retro news followed by an in-depth discussion on the retro games whose graphics and visual effects still look great today: youtu.be/SQGJKuldZcA
DF Direct Weekly #240 is now on early access to backers of our Supporter Program. It's a Valve special, discussing Steam Machine potential pricing, specs, positioning, the challenge to Microsoft and much, much more: patreon.com/digitalfoundry
November 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
DF Direct Weekly #240 is now on early access to backers of our Supporter Program. It's a Valve special, discussing Steam Machine potential pricing, specs, positioning, the challenge to Microsoft and much, much more: patreon.com/digitalfoundry
A fascinating story: uncompressed textures drastically improve Monster Hunter Wilds PC performance on 8GB graphics cards. youtu.be/AOxLV2US4Ac
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A fascinating story: uncompressed textures drastically improve Monster Hunter Wilds PC performance on 8GB graphics cards. youtu.be/AOxLV2US4Ac
DLSS, I choose you! If you're looking to play Pokémon: Legends Z-A, Switch 2 offers a far superior experience. Our web review: www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/poke...
Review: Pokémon Legends Z-A Has A Massive Cross-Gen Gap
DLSS, I choose you!
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November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
DLSS, I choose you! If you're looking to play Pokémon: Legends Z-A, Switch 2 offers a far superior experience. Our web review: www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/poke...
Pokémon: Legends Z-A has a great concept, let down once again by disappointing tech - but at least Switch 2 offers a substantial upgrade over prior hardware. Here's the DF review: youtu.be/XMgZIiSUztw
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Pokémon: Legends Z-A has a great concept, let down once again by disappointing tech - but at least Switch 2 offers a substantial upgrade over prior hardware. Here's the DF review: youtu.be/XMgZIiSUztw
Valve recommends PC streaming for playing Half-Life: Alyx on Steam Frame, but is looking into a fully standalone experience. It's a daunting challenge, as we explain here: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...
Valve "Looking Into" a Steam Frame Half-Life Alyx Standalone Experience
PC streaming recommended for now.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Valve recommends PC streaming for playing Half-Life: Alyx on Steam Frame, but is looking into a fully standalone experience. It's a daunting challenge, as we explain here: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...
A quick PSA here: the DF Retro Super Show is now available across all major podcasting platforms, like this one for example: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
DF Retro Super Show
Hobbies Podcast · Updated Weekly · The DF Retro Super Show sees Digital Foundry's John Linneman teaming up with friends and colleagues Audi Sorlie, Coury Carlson and Marc 'Try4ce' Duddelson to discuss...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
A quick PSA here: the DF Retro Super Show is now available across all major podcasting platforms, like this one for example: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Today's Valve coverage continues with a new video covering hands-on impressions of Steam Frame. Lots to discuss here: the headset, the technology, the x86 to ARM translation layer and much, much more: youtu.be/TmTvmKxl20U
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Today's Valve coverage continues with a new video covering hands-on impressions of Steam Frame. Lots to discuss here: the headset, the technology, the x86 to ARM translation layer and much, much more: youtu.be/TmTvmKxl20U
Our Steam Frame video will run later, but if you're looking for in-depth information right now, we have this article for you: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/ste...
Steam Frame VR Hands-On: Quest 3's Biggest Competition Yet
Native 2D game support, ARM64 translation layer, more.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Our Steam Frame video will run later, but if you're looking for in-depth information right now, we have this article for you: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/ste...