Coming This Week to Digital Foundry (Week 5 2026) (Patreon)

Hello there - sorry about the late post! Truth is, I spent the weekend mostly feeling quite sorry for myself as I experienced a viral stomach infection, so I come to this post having just set up a few DF clips for the next couple of days and having written a new article for the site. I was suitably recovered to host the Monday morning #content meeting, however, and I do retain key memories of the event, which I shall now impart to you.

But... interesting times in the image above right? I've just received a Panther Lake sample and all the signs are that even at 30W, Intel can deliver ballpark (if not better) Xbox Series S performance - but obviously with access to a lot more RAM. Nice! The inevitable handheld can't come quickly enough.

Still, that's that and this is this - a complete read-out of what the DF staff are up to this week. Let's get going:

Rich (ie me) will be producing an experience-based Panther Lake review. Yes, there will be some benches, power measurements and such but really it's all about taking those PS5 experiences and scaling them down for mobile play. Something the PlayStation Handheld will be doing too, of course. And yes, still thinking about PC latency.

John is on the tail-end of the mammoth Xbox 360 Launch Game project. We should be on track for completion this week. He may also be helping out on a Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined video with Oliver. We're also in the early stages of working out what may be a simply incredible PS3-based video.

Speaking of Oliver, he's also coming to a conclusion on his iPad Pro review featuring the new Apple M5. Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined may also be on his radar too, as I mentioned. Ray tracing on Mac? It's another project he's considering as the library there is expanding...

But what of Alex you ask? His DLSS Preset L analysis should be coming soon. He's also considering some Nioh 3 coverage.

Tom is also going to take a look at Nioh 3, but he's "on point", as they say, for our Steam Machine simulation #content. All the tests are devised, we just need to work through them!

And I bring you more John-related news. I've acquired a modified OG Xbox that has both an HDMI output and 128MB of RAM, which means that - yes - we do have the means to produce the best look possible at the actual OG Xbox Halo 2 demo! Now the fun and games of sending it to Germany! Gotta love dat Brexit.

Something else I'd like to talk about. Probably with the release of DF Direct Weekly #251, we will be adjusting the format. Based on the shock revelation from the YT dashboard that only 15 percent of the YouTube audience actually watch Supporter Q+A (!!), we've decided to split off Q+A into a separate show. Truth is, DF Clips has proven that people love the content and the views often match or exceed the news topics (when we're not talking about Alex "raw-dogging") so it's time to invest a bit more into Q+A and give it the attention it deserves. We will be ending the standard Weekly with one or two brand-new recurring segments.

I think that's all for now, except to say that owing to Tom's absence and Alex's bad back, we fell short of the amount of #content we wanted to put out last week. Apologies for that, but we're aiming to bounce back this week - oh, and it's time for the next episode of the DF Retro Super Show this Sunday, right?

For now though, thanks for your continued support and as usual, feel free to post your feedback, suggestions and questions!