… Not an existential crisis but the latest phase of Microsoft's big transition And there are "no red lines" on its multi-platform roll-out Mon 18th Nov 2024 Blog DF Direct Xbox Series X Xbox Series S DF Weekly Death Stranding's surprise Xbox port impresses on both Series X and S hardware Plus: God of… …
… In fact, the Switch 2 actually looks much better equipped to remain relevant for the full cross-gen period, even into the 2030s, thanks to some big hardware upgrades and software features that diminish the distance between the Nintendo handheld and any next-gen competitors. …
… Fri 1st May 2026 News PC Hardware Thursday 30th Apr 2026 News ROG Xbox Ally X Finally Gets Auto SR Support, Plus New Docked Mode Features Microsoft's screen-space AI upscaler finally breaches containment. …
… Next-gen hardware designs are ready, so what options are available? …
… The AI network powering DLSS is aware of the semantics of the scenes it processes. It "recognises" and processes elements like skin, hair, water and metal differently to apply photo-realistic lighting effects. …
… And gamers may not wish to use it, even if they do have the available hardware as there will inevitably be a performance penalty. But we're fairly sure that the die is cast and the direction of travel is clear. …
… Fri 1st May 2026 News PC Hardware Thursday 30th Apr 2026 News ROG Xbox Ally X Finally Gets Auto SR Support, Plus New Docked Mode Features Microsoft's screen-space AI upscaler finally breaches containment. …
… We asked how Sony would determine which machine learning-based innovations would come to PlayStation 5 Pro and which may be targeted at next generation hardware instead. …
… Ultimately, this is the strength of PC gaming - there's a huge variety of hardware and software available, and playing the newest games on the fastest GPUs is just one small part of the greater whole. …
… Finally, Xbox has a discernable difference against PlayStation. The NPU? Well, the jury's still out on that. The world's biggest AI hardware company does not make NPUs at all, after all. Beyond that, to what extent are developers likely to use it if it's not available on PlayStation? …