DF Direct Weekly #97: Halo Switching to Unreal Engine 5? PS5 1440p VRR Beta Firmware

It’s time for another round of Digital Foundry Direct Weekly, on this occasion featuring the technical stylings of Sam Machkovech, John Linneman and Alex Battaglia. On the docket this week: layoffs at Halo developer 343 Industries amid a rumoured switch to Unreal Engine 5, a new PS5 beta firmware and is it ‘safe’ to move to Windows 11 on a gaming rig?

00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:53 News 01: Halo developer suffers layoffs, switching to UE5?
00:17:37 News 02: Major live service games canceled
00:27:11 News 03: DLSS 3 added to Cyberpunk 2077, Dying Light 2
00:36:21 News 04: The Witcher 3 gets RT performance boosts
00:43:11 News 05: GoldenEye launches on Xbox, Switch
00:53:56 News 06: PS5 beta firmware adds 1440p VRR support
01:05:04 DF Supporter Q1: Sam, you called the RTX 4090 a bargain. What other bargains do you recommend?
01:09:04 DF Supporter Q2: Have you tested copying the shader cache from one PC to another to eliminate shader stutter?
01:10:08 DF Supporter Q3: Could Square Enix be in financial trouble after Forspoken’s poor reception?
01:13:51 DF Supporter Q4: With PSVR2 pre-orders reportedly lower than expected, could the VR2 go the way of the Vita?
01:18:58 DF Supporter Q5: Do you think that it is safe to move to Windows 11 on a gaming rig?

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