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A brilliant artistic design is bolstered by further impressive effects work - from physicalised dust clouds to beautifully realised rain, along with lit froxel-based volumetric lighting for intense beams of light from the moon overhead. Callbacks to Sci-Fi genre classics are plenty, but I particularly enjoyed the ankle and knee-height fog effects, reminiscent of the egg hatchery in Alien. If youre a regular Digital Foundry reader or viewer, youll know that Im fascinated and delighted by the ra...

Returnal’s 4K Image is Upscaled from 1080p, Performance Mostly 60fps With Some Drops Apr 30, 2021 12:30 EDT Housemarque’s Returnal drops today, and as one of the first major third-party PS5 exclusives, many are understandably curious about how it pushes the hardware. Well, the tech-heads at Digital Foundry put the game through its paces, and it seems like the game pushes PS5 hardware quite hard. You can check out the full video below, provided you have 20 minutes to spare. Returnal thr...

The Metro franchise has long been synonymous with pushing the limits of real-time rendering technology. The first Metro game was one of the earliest to make use of the DirectX 11 API and Metro Exodus was the first title to show the potential of real-time ray tracing in a conventional game. Some two years after it launched on PC, Xbox One, and PS4, Metro Exodus is getting a major update to bring the shooter back to the forefront of next-gen graphics. Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition is set to relea...

Geeky Gadgets 10:55 am The team at Digital Foundry have released a new video this week analysing the Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition, specifically created to only run on ray tracing equipped PCs, with support for next-generation consoles such as the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series range in the near future. ” Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition is a phenomenal improvement over the 2019 original release. In this extended video, Alex Battaglia reveals the new RT effects, shows off the benefits for develop...

Support DF Retro, preview videos early, get behind-the-scenes access and more. Blog by Richard Leadbetter, Technology Editor, Digital Foundry Updated on 29 April 2021 Today Im very excited to re-introduce the Digital Foundry Supporter Program. Were relaunching our crowdfunding drive on Patreon with two new tiers and lots of new rewards. Support the team and youll get exclusive behind-the-scenes vide...

Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition launches next week, and only runs with ray tracing It’s finally here, folks – a game that can only be run with ray tracing. Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition is set to launch next week, and it will provide a massive visual upgrade that overhauls the lighting system to make “every light source fully ray traced”. The update also introduces support for DLSS 2.0 to help offset the performance requirements. Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition is set to launch on May 6,...

Apr 28, 2021 13:42 EDT The first ray-tracing-GPU-required PC game is almost here as 4A Games has revealed Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition will be arriving next week. For those who haven’t been keeping up, this is an all-new visually upgraded version of Metro Exodus that will be available for free to all current owners of the game, although again, you’re going to need an NVIDIA RTX or AMD RX 6700 and up card to play it. A version of the game will also be coming to next-gen consoles at a l...

The folks over at Digital Foundry spent the weekend testing the EA's FPS-boosted games and the results seem to be impressive.

Our favourite compact keebs from Corsair, Logitech, Asus and more. Article by Will Judd, Senior Staff Writer, Digital Foundry Updated on 27 April 2021 Compact keyboards are the fastest-growing segment of the mechanical keyboard space, a reversal of the traditional wisdom that gamers want full-size boards with tons of macro keys, media controls and other exciting doodads. Instead, these 60 percent, 6...

Plus: the return of Apogee and more supporter Q+A. Blog by Richard Leadbetter, Technology Editor, Digital Foundry 26 April 2021 Its that time again! Every Thursday morning, the Digital Foundry team convene to discuss the latest news in gaming, to talk about our most recent projects and to answer questions put to us by supporters of our Patreon! Its a fantastic way for us to break up the working week, spend...