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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. DF Direct is a part of the Geek Media Podcast Network, an IGN Entertainment Brand. Visit Geek.com for more information.

Recent Episodes
  • DF Direct Weekly #211: Days Gone Remastered Hands-On, Ghost of Yōtei Reaction, Switch 2 Game Keys!
    Apr 28, 2025 – 01:53:36
  • DF Direct Special: Hands On With Switch 2 - The Hardware, The Games & The Experience
    Apr 21, 2025 – 01:25:36
  • DF Direct Weekly #210: Next-Gen Sony Handheld , Cyberpunk DLSS on Switch 2, Docked VRR In Question
    Apr 20, 2025 – 01:40:38
  • DF Direct Weekly #209: Cyberpunk 2077 Switch 2 Hands-On, Quake 2 AI, RTX 5060 Ti Price Leak!
    Apr 14, 2025 – 01:57:58
  • DF Direct Weekly #208: Switch 2 Specs Breakdown, DLSS Info, Switch 2 vs Steam Deck + More!
    Apr 7, 2025 – 01:49:53
  • Switch 2 Unveiled - Games, Hardware, Specs + More - A DF Direct Special
    Apr 4, 2025 – 01:16:34
  • DF Direct Weekly #207: Nintendo Direct Reaction, Switch 2 C Button, Witcher 4/Intergalactic Next-Gen
    Mar 31, 2025 – 02:08:34
  • DF Direct Weekly #206: Xbox/Steam Leak, The Last of Us Part 2 PC Specs, DXR 1.2 Announcement
    Mar 24, 2025 – 01:47:06
  • DF Direct Weekly #205: Xbox 'Kennan' Handheld, Death Stranding 2, Oblivion UE5, Ryzen 9 9950X3D!
    Mar 17, 2025 – 01:58:05
  • DF Direct Weekly #204: Cerny - FSR4 for PS5 Pro, RDNA 4 Review Reaction, Dynamic Frame-Gen
    Mar 10, 2025 – 02:07:19
  • DF Direct Weekly #203: AMD RDNA 4 Reveal, Fable Delayed To 2026, Forza Horizon PS5, Pokémon Legends
    Mar 3, 2025 – 01:51:20
  • DF Direct Weekly #202: GTA5 PC Gets RT Enhancements, Cyberpunk 2 News, Nvidia 5070 Ti Launch Chaos
    Feb 23, 2025 – 01:55:32
  • DF Direct Weekly #201: State of Play Verdict, Crysis 4 "On Hold", Astro Bot PS5 Pro Tested!
    Feb 17, 2025 – 02:37:38
  • DF Direct Weekly #200! Switch 2 Pricing, The NEW Battlefield, Monster Hunter Wilds Perf Concerns!
    Feb 10, 2025 – 02:12:18
  • DF Direct Weekly #199: Forza Horizon PS5, Next-Gen Xbox Hints, Spider-Man 2 PC, Nvidia Smooth Motion
    Feb 3, 2025 – 02:06:05
  • DF Direct Weekly #198: Doom The Dark Ages Reaction, Xbox Developer_Direct, RTX 5090 Reaction!
    Jan 27, 2025 – 02:04:49
  • DF Direct Weekly #197 - Nintendo Switch 2 Reaction - New Hardware, Mario Kart 9, Back Compat + More!
    Jan 21, 2025 – 01:05:53
  • DF Direct Special: Inside Nvidia RTX 50-Series: Tech Deep Dive, AI, Features, Specs + More
    Jan 15, 2025 – 01:30:05
  • DF Direct Weekly #196 - CES 2025 Special! - Nvidia, AMD, Intel Highlights - DLSS 4 + More!
    Jan 13, 2025 – 02:00:15
  • DF Direct Weekly #195: Switch 2 Motherboard Leak, Nintendo Upscaling Patent, HQ GTA6 Trailer!
    Jan 6, 2025 – 01:46:15
  • DF Direct Special: Digital Foundry's Best Game Graphics of 2024 - PC/PS5/Xbox - Another Phenomenal Year!
    Dec 28, 2024 – 01:48:45
  • DF Direct Weekly #194: Switch 2 Leak Overload, Alan Wake 2 Pro Patched, Indiana Jones Xbox Improved!
    Dec 23, 2024 – 02:07:17
  • DF Direct Special: Mark Cerny's PlayStation 5 Pro Deep Dive - Tomorrow's Tech Today?
    Dec 18, 2024 – 41:00
  • DF Direct Weekly #193: The Witcher 4, Intergalactic, Elden Ring Nightreign, Mafia Old Country!
    Dec 16, 2024 – 02:13:04
  • DF Direct Weekly #192: PlayStation 30th, New Steam Machines? Indy PC Reaction, Intel Returns!
    Dec 9, 2024 – 02:28:26
  • DF Direct Weekly #191: PlayStation Handheld Reaction, Avatar PS5 Pro Issues, Half-Life 2 20th!
    Dec 2, 2024 – 02:25:29
  • DF Direct Weekly #190: PSSR Issues, Silent Hill 2 Pro Fixed? AC Syndicate 60FPS, STALKER 2 Reviews!
    Nov 25, 2024 – 02:23:11
  • DF Direct Weekly #189: Xbox Ports: "No Red Lines", Lego Horizon reaction, Stellar Blade 2 PC
    Nov 18, 2024 – 02:06:23
  • DF Direct Weekly #188: God of War Ragnarök PS5 Pro, Death Stranding Xbox, Switch 2 Back Compat!
    Nov 11, 2024 – 01:46:17
  • DF Direct Special - Sony PlayStation 5 Pro Review - The Digital Foundry Verdict
    Nov 6, 2024 – 01:20:00
  • DF Direct Weekly #187: Concord DEAD, Indiana Jones Hands-On, Horizon PC Tested, 'Disaster Remasters'
    Nov 5, 2024 – 01:59:05
  • DF Direct Weekly #186: Teraflop War OVER, Killzone Dead, Alan Wake 2 PS5 Pro, Silent Hill 2 Patched!
    Oct 28, 2024 – 02:01:10
  • DF Direct Weekly #185: Xbox Series 6nm Upgrade, Halo Battle Royale Cancellation, Analogue 3D Reveal!
    Oct 21, 2024 – 02:10:28
  • DF Direct Weekly #184: Red Dead PC! Nintendo Mystery Tests, Alien Isolation 2, John vs PS5 Pro!
    Oct 14, 2024 – 02:08:12
  • DF Direct - Inside GeForce 256 - The First GPU - 25th Anniversary Retrospective
    Oct 12, 2024 – 48:28
  • DF Direct Weekly #183: Nintendo Ryujinx Takedown, Until Dawn PS5 Tested, UE5 MegaLights, FF16 Xbox?
    Oct 7, 2024 – 01:51:06
  • DF Direct Weekly #182: Ghost of Yotei, Horizon Zero Dawn Remaster, New PS5 Pro Titles Revealed
    Sep 30, 2024 – 02:06:04
  • DF Direct Special: PlayStation 5 Pro Hands-On: 11 Games Tested, PSSR and RT Upgrades Revealed, Developers Interviewed!
    Sep 26, 2024 – 01:07:54
  • DF Direct Weekly #181: Major Switch 2 Leak, Intel vs AMD for PS6, FSR 4 Using AI, Days Gone Remaster
    Sep 23, 2024 – 02:07:57
  • DF Direct Weekly #180: The PS5 Pro Breakdown: GT7, TLOUp2, Ratchet, Horizon, Alan Wake 2 + More!
    Sep 16, 2024 – 02:01:24
  • DF Direct Special: PS5 Pro Reveal Reaction - Tech, Specs, Games, Price
    Sep 11, 2024 – 01:11:00
  • DF Direct Weekly #179: Sony's PS5 Pro Tease, Concord Servers Close, RTX 5080 Perf Leak, Astro Bot!
    Sep 9, 2024 – 02:11:44
  • DF Direct Weekly #178: PS5 Pro Incoming? Black Myth: Wukong Xbox Drama, MGS Delta/Silent Hill 2!
    Sep 2, 2024 – 02:21:50
  • DF Direct Weekly #177: Indiana Jones on PS5, STALKER 2 Xbox Hands-On, FF16 PC Demo, Black State!
    Aug 26, 2024 – 02:12:28
  • DF Direct Weekly #176: Black Myth Wukong PS5 No-Show, Switch 2 Delay? More Zen 5 Issues
    Aug 18, 2024 – 02:13:45
  • DF Direct Weekly #175: PSVR 2 PC Issues, Zen 5 Controversy, Half-Life 3?! Jedi Survivor Last-Gen!
    Aug 12, 2024 – 02:05:11
  • DF Direct Weekly #174: Star Wars Outlaws, EA Sports RT, AMD AFMF 2 Tested, PSVR 2 Discounted!
    Aug 5, 2024 – 02:10:06
  • DF Direct Weekly #173: PS5 Pro RT Features, PS5 Pro No Man's Sky Settings, Fallout London Launches!
    Jul 29, 2024 – 02:00:35
  • DF Direct Weekly #172: PS5 Pro Still Coming in 2024? No Man's Sky Mega Update, Intel CPU Instability
    Jul 22, 2024 – 02:16:22
  • DF Direct Special: The Best Graphics On Nintendo Switch: The First Party Exclusives Selection
    Jul 21, 2024 – 01:10:07
Recent Reviews
  • BigGoudaLTC
    5 Stars
    As a tech newb, this has been an amazing listen and I’ve learned so much! One small nitpick: please stop describing things as interesting. It’s the least interesting thing to say about a subject.
  • Rainb0wDash13
    Great Podcast
    Great podcast, also love the new cover image!
  • Treefinngers
    Best in Gaming media
    There's none better in videogame media! Performance deep dives, gaming news coverage/discussion including Graphics, FPS, rendering tech, business, occasional rumor mill/prediction fun!! Couldn't ask for more! One of my all-time favorite YouTube channels. The DF Patreon engagement and the community are excellent
  • Iconcur2
    Best podcast!
    Love listening to every episode
  • Fiddle Buckets Jr.
    Reasonable takes about half the time
    The digital foundry crew is a smart bunch. So it’s wildly frustrating when they miss obvious points and evidence in front of them in lieu of going into pointless weeds and the weirdest hot takes you’ve heard this side of Twitter. Most of the analysis of this podcast is reasonable, well considered, and articulated well. Sometimes even funny. I love the DF videos. But the podcast is, in the parlance of the DF world, an unsteady 30fps with bad frame pacing. Even years later, the podcast remains awkward, silted, and a lot of the considerations seem just so narrow minded, it feels like we are listening to a totally different set of people. This is most evident with the second half of every episode, where the DF crew takes on listener questions and spends about twenty minutes telling someone they’re wrong. It’s tedious at best and dreadfully boring at worst. I keep listening for the great insight that you can’t get anywhere else in the industry.
  • CanIChangeThis
    A good weekly staple
    Great podcast to throw on while getting ready in the morning, eating lunch, or driving to get some groceries. It's fun to hear the crews thoughts on the newest gaming news or trends as it gives me the illusion I still have time to enjoy this hobby ◔̯◔
  • bert-cam
    It’s good when…
    When these guys aren’t doing their Beavis and B-head laugh for everything they have good takes on things and speak very informative about the way games work and look. Unfortunately it’s also fuel for console fanboys and I think this show knows it and plays with that a bit. Also anyone that will only play games on 1 platform and won’t even play first party games on other platforms ever is not a true fan of video games.
  • AlamiSalami
    What a treat
    I can’t get enough of this crew. They are masters of their craft, and we are lucky to have them.
  • Zach_Aaaaaaa
    Great podcast
    Definitely one of my favorite podcasts. Doesn’t waste too much of my time and it almost always provides informative information. Plus we get to see deeper into the personalities of everyone from Digital Foundry.
  • Fasterthansonic
    Glad to see this on apple podcasts
    Fire 🔥
  • bobbyd384838
    Yay
    So glad they started posting these here. Great guys!
  • Joe Squid
    Best Friends and Colleagues on a Podcast!
    Shout out to Rich, John, Alex, Tom, Audi and the rest do the DF team! DF Direct is my favorite gaming related Podcast.
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