DF Direct Weekly #18: Sony Studio Acquisitions, PS5 Chip on PC Board, Ratchet 40fps Mode + More!

Another week, another DF Direct Weekly and the triumvirate convene to discuss the most important tech and industry news items of the week, talk about their most recent projects and field a range of questions from users on the Digital Foundry Supporter Program. 73 minutes of tech chat - let's do it.

00:00:00 Introductions

00:00:48 Doom Eternal RT releases

00:05:33 Ryzen 4700S - PS5 Processor on a PC board

00:11:43 Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart 120Hz 40fps patch

00:16:26 Sony acquires Nixxes and Housemarque

00:27:04 Bloober Team + Konami enter STRATEGIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT

00:32:19 Final Fantasy PIXEL REMASTER UI troubles

00:38:58 DF Content discussion of the week

00:46:50 Supporter Q1: CRT RGB question and DF Retro request

00:50:29 Supporter Q2: Does the popularly held distinction between “gameplay” and “graphics” ever bother you?

00:57:59 Supporter Q3: Do you think ray tracing will get left behind as too specialized a technology once we get into the later half of this generation?

01:03:31 Supporter Q4: What title do you guys anticipate being the next milestone in bleeding edge video game graphics in the near future, and why?

01:06:41 Supporter Q5: How is it like to film these Direct Weekly segments?

01:10:39 Supporter Q6: Lichdom: Battlemage?

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