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

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

2 hour 12 minutes Posted May 5, 2025 at 3:00 pm.

Introduction

News 1: Microsoft hiking Xbox prices

News 2: Doom: The Dark Ages screenshot shows off path tracing

News 3: Oblivion anti-stutter mods tested!

News 4: Switch update strips some online game sharing

News 5: 60 FPS update released for Far Cry 4 on PS5

News 6: RTX 5070 Super, 5080 Super reportedly pack VRAM boost

Supporter Q1: Why are prominent games journalism sites being hollowed out?

Supporter Q2: Will we see a lot of fully-featured UE5 games on Switch 2?

Supporter Q3: Why does Switch 2 have RT cores?

Supporter Q4: Is 8K TV tech pointless?

Supporter Q5: Are high end CPUs necessary for 4K60 PC gaming?

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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.

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