DF Direct Weekly #201: State of Play Verdict, Crysis 4 "On Hold", Astro Bot PS5 Pro Tested!

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It's a gigantor-scale DF Direct Weekly as Oliver, Alex and Tom deliver a 155-minute show kicking off with the verdict to Sony's latest State of Play, followed up by the sad news of layoffs at Crytek and a highly uncertain future for Crysis 4. Beyond that, Alex shares his thoughts on Assassin's Creed Shadows PC specs, while Oliver tests out the PS5 Pro patch for Astro Bot. And in the background, a flu-stricken Rich does nothing much except to write this description.

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0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:11 News 1: State of Play: Tides of Annihilation
0:09:37 MindsEye
0:16:38 Days Gone Remastered
0:22:28 Saros
0:29:12 Dreams of Another
0:36:59 Lost Soul Aside
0:41:39 Other games: Borderlands 4, Sonic Racing Crossworlds, Onimusha, Midnight Walk
0:59:34 State of Play - The Verdict
1:06:43 News 2: Crysis 4 put "on hold" as Crytek lays off employees
1:16:24 News 3: Assassin’s Creed Shadows PC specs revealed
1:36:32 News 4: Astro Bot gets PS5 Pro upgrade
1:42:59 Supporter Q1: After three months, what do you think of the PS5 Pro and PSSR?
1:52:53 Supporter Q2: Why don’t more developers use CryEngine?
1:59:40 Supporter Q3: Will Nvidia "gate" new AI features to their most recent hardware?
2:09:17 Supporter Q4: Does RTX Mega Geometry eliminate the need for proxy geometry for RT?
2:15:17 Supporter Q5: Could Oliver address some of the recent state of the art AI tech?
2:26:52 Supporter Q6: How much do you need to spend on a GPU to have a good experience?




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