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Digital Foundry Direct Weekly

Digital Foundry Direct Weekly

The Digital Foundry team combines forces each and every week to talk about the latest gaming and technology news.

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600 episodesEN

Show overview

Digital Foundry Direct Weekly has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 600 episodes, alongside 6 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 960 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 11th season.

Episodes typically run over ninety minutes — most land between 1h 18m and 1h 57m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Leisure show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 110 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Digital Foundry.

Episodes
600
Running
2021–2026 · 5y
Median length
1h 35m
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

When it comes to video games and the hardware and tech we play them on, the team at Digital Foundry are unparalleled experts. Each week, DF Direct breaks down the latest breakthroughs in video game visuals, sound, and performance happening on PlayStation, Xbox, the most powerful PC setups, and more. If you’re a geek for graphics, GPUs, or just video games in general, DF Direct will help you get the most out of your gaming setup.

Latest Episodes

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DF Direct Q+A: Is PS5 QSSR Really A Game-Changer? Will Xbox Series X|S Get ML Upscaling?

Oct 7, 202641 min

DF Direct Weekly #284: Ghost of Yōtei QSSR Tested, Star Wars Galactic Racer, Gears E-Day PC

Oct 5, 20261h 15m

DF Direct Special: PlayStation QSSR - AI Upscaling For Standard PS5 - A Current-Gen Gamechanger?

Oct 3, 202632 min

DF Direct Q+A: PS5 Emulation on PC, Will Halo Move To COD Tech, Will PCs Replace Consoles?

Sep 30, 202649 min

DF Direct Weekly #283: Halo Moves To Activision, Next-Gen TFLOPs, Silent Hill Townfall Tested!

Sep 28, 20261h 0m

DF Direct Q+A: Switch 2 60FPS Frame-Gen - How Good/Bad Is It? Should Next-Gen Be Delayed?

Sep 23, 202650 min

DF Direct Weekly #282: 007 First Light Path Tracing, Kingmakers Gameplay, New GPUs Delayed To 2028?

Sep 21, 202659 min

DF Direct Q+A: Hands-On With Steam Frame, Half-Life Alyx Standalone + More

Sep 16, 202651 min

DF Direct Weekly #281: Kojima's Psyint Canned By Sony, Coming To Xbox, Switch 2 VRR, Ocarina of Time

Sep 14, 20261h 34m

DF Direct Q+A: Will AMD Deliver Its Own DLSS 5? Will CD Projekt RED Bring Back The RED Engine?

Sep 11, 202642 min

DF Direct Weekly #280: John on GTA 6, State of Play Disappoints, Helix "Family of Devices"

Sep 9, 20261h 16m

DLSS 5 Tested: NBA 2K27 Image Quality + Benchmarks, Mods And More

Sep 6, 20261h 17m

DF Direct Weekly #279: The Witcher 3 Remaster Reaction, Xbox Disc To Digital, Best of Gamescom 2026!

Aug 31, 20261h 17m

Grand Theft Auto 6 Extended Look: The Most Impressive Real-Time Game Graphics Yet?

Aug 29, 20261h 16m

DF Direct Q+A: What If PlayStation 6 Is Actually The New PS Portable/Handheld?

Aug 27, 202645 min

DF Direct Weekly #278: Sony Undecided On PS6 Price/Launch Date, Black Myth Zhong Kui Gameplay

Aug 24, 20261h 15m

DF Direct Q+A: Oblivion Remastered - Can Switch 2 Optimisations Fix PS5/PC/Xbox Versions?

Aug 19, 202652 min

DF Direct Weekly #277: Crimson Desert Switch 2 Confirmed, Gears E-Day PC Tested, Viture XR Glasses!

Aug 17, 20261h 24m

DF Direct Q+A: Celebrating DF Independence - One Year Since Leaving IGN!

Aug 12, 202659 min

DF Direct Weekly #276: GTA 6 An Extended Look Reveal Reaction, Quakecon 2026, Xbox 360 On PC

Aug 10, 20261h 27m
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