Digital Foundry Direct Weekly11 Jun 2023

DF Direct Weekly #115: Summer Game Fest 2023 - Hit or Miss? An Unreal Extravaganza

Geoffcon aka Keigh3 aka Summer Games Fest is back, kicking off with a mammoth show crammed with new games of varying quality, Nicolas Cage and a big bunch of obvious ads. In this DF Direct special, John, Rich and Alex mull over the various reveals and wurld prm'ears, debate the inclusion of the letter 'i' in 'mobile', dive deeply into Spider-Man's symbiote lore, get excited about the new Sonic game and ponder the big question - how many of the games in the show were running on Unreal Engine?

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:08 News 01: Summer Games Fest 2023 reaction! Prince of Persia, Mortal Kombat 1

00:10:48 Path of Exile 2, Exoprimal, Dead by Daylight, Witchfire, Crossfire: Sierra Squad, Remnant 2

00:18:22 Sonic Superstars, Lies of P, Sand Land

00:27:27 Throne and Liberty, Party Animals, Crash Team Rumble,

00:31:51 Alan Wake 2, Space Marine 2, Yes Your Grace, Toxic Commando

00:42:42 Baldur’s Gate 3, Palworld, Black Desert Online, LOTR: Return to Moria

00:51:44 Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden

00:55:51 Like a Dragon Gaiden, Under the Water, Fae Farm

01:04:18 King Arthur, Stellaris Nexus, Star Trek Infinite, Lysfanga

01:09:47 Immortals of Aveum, Fortnite, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

01:24:19 Supporter Q1: Will DLSS 3 evolve in the same way DLSS 2 did?

01:28:14 Supporter Q2: What’s up with DF getting Diablo 4 code late?

01:29:22 Supporter Q3: Is there an ideal frame-rate target for games?

01:32:41 Supporter Q4: Do recent PC gaming woes stem from the relative strength of console hardware this generation?

01:41:09 Supporter Q5: What old console or graphics technology would you like to see get a few years of active development?

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