DF Direct Weekly #235: Microsoft Re-Confirms Next-Gen Xbox, Red Dead 2 Remaster Heavily Rumoured from Digital Foundry Direct Weekly

DF Direct Weekly #235: Microsoft Re-Confirms Next-Gen Xbox, Red Dead 2 Remaster Heavily Rumoured

1 hour 31 minutes Posted Oct 21, 2025 at 12:59 pm.

Introduction

News 1: Microsoft: future Xbox console hardware re-confirmed

News 2: Yooka-Replaylee lands on current gen systems

News 3: Red Dead Redemption 2 remaster heavily rumoured

News 4: Ominous omens surround next Halo

Supporter Q1: If the next-gen Xbox is cancelled, what will have been lost?

Supporter Q2: Will competing consoles continue to launch at a similar cadence in the future?

Supporter Q3: Will developers focus on more advanced physics or mechanics to differentiate their games during cross-gen?

Supporter Q4: How will PS5 Pro fare in cross-gen software?

Supporter Q5: Should we consider Microsoft’s commercially unsuccessful consoles to be failures?

Supporter Q6: Is the Switch 1 or Switch 2 underclocked more heavily?

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In this week's DF Direct, Microsoft deny rumours that its next-gen console has been cancelled - but to what extent are its statements credible in the wake of the infamous "four games" messaging? The existence of ports of Red Dead Redemption 2 for PS5, Xbox and Switch 2 are confirmed by the most reliable leaker in the business, while John shares his impressions of Yooka-Replaylee. And to what extent did Nintendo underclock the SoC for Switch 2?

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