DF Direct Weekly #140: Arkham Knight Switch Disaster, Baldur's Gate 3 Perf Boost, Half-Life 2 4K60!

Digital Foundry Direct Weekly

Batman: Arkham Trilogy arrived on Nintendo Switch just before we started filming - but let's just say that it hardly requires a deep dive analysis to see that Arkham Knight is a complete disaster. There's better news from Alex as we look at the optimisation efforts in Baldur's Gate 3, while Rich gets to grips with Half-Life 2 - and the entirety of The Orange Box - running at 4K 60fps on Xbox Series X. There's Dragon's Dogma 2 tech talk, John's VR odyssey continues apace, while the team discuss the fascinating story behind Gran Turismo PSP cheat codes finally being discovered 14 years since the game launched!

0:00:00 Introduction

0:01:03 News 01: Arkham Knight on Switch is a disaster

0:15:46 News 02: Larian boosts Baldur’s Gate 3 performance

0:26:06 News 03: Half-Life 2, Portal unlocked to run at 60fps on Xbox Series consoles

0:37:56 News 04: Dragon’s Dogma 2 trailer released

0:49:05 News 05: Cheat codes discovered for Gran Turismo PSP

0:58:39 News 06: John’s VR odyssey continues!

1:09:25 News 07: Duke Nukem games released for Evercade

1:17:17 Supporter Q1: To play an older 360 game, is the best option original hardware plus a RetroTINK, or a Series X?

1:22:38 Supporter Q2: Have PC GPUs fallen behind in performance scaling relative to consoles over this generation?

1:28:28 Supporter Q3: Why do some UE5 titles skip over hardware Lumen, even on PC?

1:32:30 Supporter Q4: Could Sony improve the PS Portal with software updates?

1:41:29 Supporter Q5: Could frame generation be used to improve motion blur?

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