DF Direct Weekly #244: The Game Awards Reaction, First PS3 Emu on PS5, FSR Redstone First Look! from Digital Foundry Direct Weekly

DF Direct Weekly #244: The Game Awards Reaction, First PS3 Emu on PS5, FSR Redstone First Look!

2 hour 6 minutes Posted Dec 15, 2025 at 4:00 pm.

Introduction

News 1: The Game Awards: Control Resonant

Tomb Raider: Catalyst and Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis

Total War: Warhammer 40,000

Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, Exodus, Divinity

Ontos, Star Wars: Galactic Racer, No Law, Pragmata, AUDIOMECH, TankRat

News 2: Devs ship PS3 emulator in PS5 game

News 3 Skyrim disappoints on Switch 2

News 4: AMD FSR Redstone launches

Supporter Q1: Will The Witchers 4, 5, and 6 be constrained by cross-gen limits?

Supporter Q2: Will Unified Memory Architecture appear on PCs?

Supporter Q3: Could Microsoft port their backwards compatibility solution to PS5?

Supporter Q4: Is there a way to install a streamlined Windows 11 cleansed of Microsoft services?

Supporter Q5: Is Star Wars Outlaws more ‘bespoke’ on Switch 2 than Assassin’s Creed Shadows?

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It's that time of the year! The Digital Foundry team discuss the big reveals and the games that caught their eye at The Game Awards, with the traditional complaints about the volume of CG trailers. Beyond that, Rich shares his impressions on the first PS3 emulator for PlayStation 5, Alex gets to grips with the wobbly performance of FSR Redstone frame generation and Oliver shares some eyebrow-raising results from Skyrim on Switch 2. And as usual, questions are answered. Questions like: "Is Star Wars Outlaws more ‘bespoke’ on Switch 2 than Assassin’s Creed Shadows?"

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