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Digital Foundry | Marvel Rivals pushes Unreal Engine 5 hard - and Series S can't quite hack it
A promising, boundary-pushing hero shooter with work to do before it emerges from beta status.
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Digital Foundry | The First Descendant tech review: broken frame-gen, an unstable RT mode, and performance issues on top
Despite a huge number of graphical options and modes, few combinations work well.
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Digital Foundry | From CD-ROM to Unreal Engine 5: Riven returns in spectacular style
Real-time 3D and VR deliver the immersion we could only dream of in the 1990s.
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Digital Foundry | Beyond Good and Evil's 20th Anniversary Edition: a near perfect way to revisit a classic
PS5, Xbox and Switch performance hiccups mar an otherwise well-crafted remaster.
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Digital Foundry | Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree - long-standing tech issues remain unaddressed
Over two years later, performance problems still impact all platforms.
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Digital Foundry | Ark: Survival Ascended is the worst optimised Unreal Engine 5 game we've seen on console
Can customisable graphics options save the day?
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Digital Foundry | F1 24 is slick and polished on all platforms - but feels like more of the same
Technical innovation is more limited in this year's series entry.
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Digital Foundry | Cross-gen face-off 2024: Xbox Series S comprehensively bests Xbox One X
The latest games run faster, play better and load more quickly on the junior Xbox.
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Digital Foundry | Can Xbox Series S handle Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2?
And what about Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally?
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Digital Foundry | The System Shock remake arrives on consoles with its retro modern magic intact
An on-point cross-gen release that's highly recommended.
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Digital Foundry | Fallout 4's revised next-gen upgrade tested: fixed on Xbox, new options on PS5
But key issues still need addressing.
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Digital Foundry | Final Fantasy 14's long-awaited Xbox version has black screens and an overactive chat filter
An otherwise a solid release tested, and how it matches up to PS5.
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Digital Foundry | Fallout 4's next-gen upgrade: bugged on Series X/S, disappointing on PS5 and PC
Weirdly undercooked, despite resolution and frame-rate improvements on console.
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Digital Foundry | Grounded comes to PS5 and Switch - but performance is a problem
The new releases stacked up against Xbox Series consoles.
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Digital Foundry | PC image quality enhanced: the new DLSS and XeSS tested
Machine learning-based upscaling has evolved.
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Digital Foundry | Alone in the Dark's 2024 remake is compelling but rough around the edges
The PS5 and Xbox Series console tech analysis.
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Digital Foundry | Dragon's Dogma 2 patch analysis: more options are nice - but key issues remain
Toggling RT off boosts frame-rates - but the 30fps cap has frame-pacing problems.
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Digital Foundry | Hi-Fi Rush on PS5 and the Xbox multi-platform story so far
Great games get a wider audience - but bugs and Xbox tech issues need closer attention.
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Digital Foundry | Dragon's Dogma 2: a brilliant game in need of technical improvements
All consoles and PC put through their paces.
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Digital Foundry | Horizon Forbidden West: hands-on with the eagerly anticipated PC port
Is this a scalable, performant version of one of PS5's most demanding games?
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Digital Foundry | Kingdom Come: Deliverance is one of the most ambitious Switch ports we've seen
The compromises are obvious - but the end result is still impressive.
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Digital Foundry | Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons remake - UE5 Nanite and Lumen come at a heavy cost
The DF tech review.
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Digital Foundry | Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster is another Nightdive triumph
Tested on PC, Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and last-gen consoles.
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Digital Foundry | Skull and Bones: the good, the bad, the ugly - and the utterly bizarre
We've got a range of issues with Ubisoft's 'quadruple-A' game.
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Digital Foundry | AMD's Radeon RX 6700 is a ringer for the PS5 GPU - but which is faster?
And how do mainstream Nvidia graphics cards compare?