{"id":31731,"date":"2023-02-07T05:55:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T20:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tex-is.net\/?p=31731"},"modified":"2023-02-07T05:55:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T20:55:24","slug":"df-direct-weekly-97-halo-switching-to-unreal-engine-5-ps5-1440p-vrr-beta-firmware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tex-is.net\/?p=31731","title":{"rendered":"DF Direct Weekly #97: Halo Switching to Unreal Engine 5? PS5 1440p VRR Beta Firmware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WNRIwyHg4Ak?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen title=\"DF Direct Weekly #97: Halo Switching to Unreal Engine 5? PS5 1440p VRR Beta Firmware\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;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 &#8216;safe&#8217; to move to Windows 11 on a gaming rig?<\/p>\n<p>00:00:00 Introduction<br \/>\n00:01:53 News 01: Halo developer suffers layoffs, switching to UE5?<br \/>\n00:17:37 News 02: Major live service games canceled<br \/>\n00:27:11 News 03: DLSS 3 added to Cyberpunk 2077, Dying Light 2<br \/>\n00:36:21 News 04: The Witcher 3 gets RT performance boosts<br \/>\n00:43:11 News 05: GoldenEye launches on Xbox, Switch<br \/>\n00:53:56 News 06: PS5 beta firmware adds 1440p VRR support<br \/>\n01:05:04 DF Supporter Q1: Sam, you called the RTX 4090 a bargain. What other bargains do you recommend?<br \/>\n01:09:04 DF Supporter Q2: Have you tested copying the shader cache from one PC to another to eliminate shader stutter?<br \/>\n01:10:08 DF Supporter Q3: Could Square Enix be in financial trouble after Forspoken\u2019s poor reception?<br \/>\n01:13:51 DF Supporter Q4: With PSVR2 pre-orders reportedly lower than expected, could the VR2 go the way of the Vita?<br \/>\n01:18:58 DF Supporter Q5: Do you think that it is safe to move to Windows 11 on a gaming rig?<\/p>\n<p>Join the DF Supporter Program for pristine video downloads, behind the scenes content, early access to DF Retro, early access to DF Direct Weekly and much, much more: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3jEGjvx<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http:\/\/bit.ly\/DFSubscribe<\/p>\n<p>Want some DF-branded tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies or pullovers? Check out our store: https:\/\/bit.ly\/2BqRTt0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;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: layo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tex-is.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31731"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tex-is.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tex-is.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tex-is.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tex-is.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31731"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tex-is.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31732,"href":"https:\/\/tex-is.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31731\/revisions\/31732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tex-is.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tex-is.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tex-is.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}