What’s going on with Call of Duty on PS5 following the Microsoft acquisition of Activision? What actually happened when Alex Battaglia discovered that Crysis 4 is in development? Just how good does the Resident Evil 4 HD mod look? The answers to these questions and many more are to be found in DF Direct Weekly #46 with Rich Leadbetter, Alex Battaglia and John Linneman on mic duties.
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00:00:00 Introductions
00:00:31 Activision/Microsoft + The Future of Call of Duty on PS5
00:08:12 Crysis 4 announcement
00:12:57 DF Bonus Supporter Q: Crysis 4 get its own “parallax sand” moment? If so, what are your predictions on what Crytek will bring to the table?
00:16:13 New Black Myth Wukong dev diary
00:20:27 Resident Evil 4 HD Project will see release Feb 2
00:24:18 Epic Games Incubates New Studio in Poland
00:28:00 DF Content Discussion: Uncharted PS5
00:39:41 DF Supporter Q1: Would Sony be able to shrink the PlayStation 4 into a handheld form and have it play the entire PS4 library?
00:43:23 DF Supporter Q2: If Nvidia released an RTX 40xx series graphics card tomorrow, which games or tech demos in your current library would you want to test first?
00:52:54 DF Supporter Q3: Rich, when can we expect more 4K on a budget?
01:02:23 DF Supporter Q4: I’ve seen rumors that Sony is looking to add backwards compatibility of some sort for PS1, PS2, and PS3 to the PS5. How would you like to see Sony handle this?
01:09:28 DF Supporter Q5: With our move to a post-resolution future, what are some games that you think *do* benefit from a native resolution?
01:12:06 DF Supporter Q6: Do you think another player could (or even should) enter the console market as it is today?