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Early Access to DF Direct Weekly #212 Now Available (Patreon)

Published:

2025-05-03 17:48:14

Edited:

2025-05-05 15:05:43

Imported:

2026-06

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DF Direct Weekly #212: Big Xbox Price Hikes, Doom The Dark Ages Path Tracing, Far Cry 4 60FPS!

Microsoft's astonishing price hikes for Xbox Series consoles dominate the discussion this week, before Rich, John and Alex move on to discussing topics as diverse as Doom: The Dark Age's path tracing, Far Cry 4's 60FPS update, along with RTX 5070 Super and 5080 Super rumours. Meanwhile, Alex gets to grips with Oblivion Remastered PC anti-stutter "mods", trying to figure out if any of them work. Meanwhile, John is not particularly happy with Nintendo's virtual game cards stripping out a key game sharing feature. Join the DF Supporter Program for pristine video downloads, behind the scenes content, early access to new videos, early access to DF Direct Weekly and much, much more: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx Go here to check out DF merch! https://store.digitalfoundry.net Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe 0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:54 News 1: Microsoft hiking Xbox prices 0:21:55 News 2: Doom: The Dark Ages screenshot shows off path tracing 0:35:40 News 3: Oblivion anti-stutter mods tested! 0:54:24 News 4: Switch update strips some online game sharing 1:03:49 News 5: 60 FPS update released for Far Cry 4 on PS5 1:16:27 News 6: RTX 5070 Super, 5080 Super reportedly pack VRAM boost 1:30:48 Supporter Q1: Why are prominent games journalism sites being hollowed out? 1:44:02 Supporter Q2: Will we see a lot of fully-featured UE5 games on Switch 2? 1:49:32 Supporter Q3: Why does Switch 2 have RT cores? 1:55:16 Supporter Q4: Is 8K TV tech pointless? 2:00:32 Supporter Q5: Are high end CPUs necessary for 4K60 PC gaming?