Tag: Digital Foundry
Series S is cutback, but "retains enough of its character"
Silent Hill 2 finally came to Xbox last month after a year-long wait, and its release was quickly followed up with some brief Xbox Series X|S comparisons. Now though, the tech experts over at Digital Foundry have delivered their verdict - and despite the
News Digital Foundry Compares Xbox Series S & Switch 2 In New Assassin's Creed Shadows Analysis
The Series S version wins out
Just like September's interesting analysis of Star Wars Outlaws on Switch 2 and Series S, Digital Foundry returns with a fresh look at another Ubisoft title that's been ported over to the Nintendo system this week - and once again, this one uses the Xbox Series S version as its jumping off point. Yes, in its latest
News Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition On Switch 2 Is 'Cut Back' Even From The Xbox 360 Version
Digital Foundry takes a look
Last week, Aspyr and Crystal Dynamics rather randomly released the 2013 Tomb Raider reboot on Nintendo Switch & Switch 2, and the results of this port are pretty interesting compared to the existing Xbox and PlayStation versions. One area that the new version excels in, at least on Switch 2, is frame rate. The game is...
News Digital Foundry Shares Awesome Unboxing Video Of An Untouched Launch Xbox 360
Jump in (to 2005)
We just had a pretty chill weekend amidst Xbox 360 celebrating 20 years of age over the last few days, and while I was personally relaxing with YouTube on Sunday evening, I came across this awesome Digital Foundry video unboxing a brand-new launch Xbox 360 from 2005. As you can see in the above video, hosts John and Rich get all...
News Ninja Gaiden 4 Performance Is Impressive But Xbox Series S Visuals Suffer, Says Digital Foundry
The DF tech review is here
Ninja Gaiden 4 launched a week ago today on Xbox Game Pass, and now the folks over at Digital Foundry have delivered their latest tech review on Platinum's new slasher - and the title is turning in mixed results on Xbox Series X|S. First off, performance is looking very good in this analysis overall, with the game...
News Digital Foundry Delivers Its Verdict On The Outer Worlds 2, With Xbox The Clear Console Winner
"Impressive on Xbox, PS5 needs work"
Digital Foundry has dropped its latest DF Tech Review - this time for Xbox studio Obsidian's The Outer Worlds 2. Naturally, we've included the video version of their analysis up above - which goes over every version of the game including Xbox Series X and S, and PS5 & PS5 Pro. What's curious here is that due...
News Digital Foundry Analyses ROG Xbox Ally X In New Review-In-Progress
Games tested, thoughts shared
We — along with lots of other gaming and tech outlets — delivered our ROG Xbox Ally review last week, and despite us having a great time with the system - opinions on the device(s) are certainly mixed across the board. Now though, the tech experts at Digital Foundry have shared some of their initial thoughts on the...
News Digital Foundry Delivers Its Verdict On The Xbox Versions Of Battlefield 6
"A detailed breakdown of every mode"
Battlefield 6 has been out for almost a week now, which has given the folks at Digital Foundry plenty of time to dig into every version of the game for its latest analysis video - including the Xbox Series X and S versions which largely impress throughout. If you'd like to hear it straight from the DF team we've...
News Xbox Series S Handles Dying Light: The Beast's Open World Well, Despite Lack Of 60FPS
It performs solidly, shows Digital Foundry
Digital Foundry has just dropped its tech review for new open-world zombie adventure Dying Light: The Beast, and the results are welcome ones for console players - despite them being fairly predictable. The upshot of it is that this new Dying Light spin-off has solid performance across pretty much every...
News Xbox Cloud Gaming Quality Bump Shows 'Dramatic Improvement' Says Digital Foundry
"This is all looking really really impressive"
Earlier this month, we shared the news that Xbox Cloud Gaming was seemingly bumping its quality, as options of up to 1440p resolution were spotted on the backend - and now the folks over at Digital Foundry have managed to test this out in practice. <related ids="187654"> By loading up Avatar:...
News Star Wars Outlaws Compared Across Switch 2 & Xbox Series S, And The Results Are Interesting
Both feature extensive ray tracing!
Star Wars Outlaws is now available on Switch 2, and the general consensus seems to be that the new port is rather impressive on Nintendo's hybrid console. However, what interests us the most so far about coverage on the new port is how closely it resembles the Xbox Series S version of the game - and Digital...
News Digital Foundry Praises Gears Reloaded On Xbox, But Points Out Glitch With The 120FPS Mode
"This is still an excellent package"
Digital Foundry has been taking a look at the new releases of Gears of War: Reloaded across Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PS5, PS5 Pro and PC, and the results are pretty much what you'd expect - it's excellent for all of them. Visuals are great, performance is really smooth for the most part, and even the Xbox...
News Cyberpunk 2077 Analysis For Switch 2 Highlights How Great The Xbox Series S Version Is
"Series S powers through at 60fps, with just occasional drops"
The fine folks over at Digital Foundry have been taking a look at the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Cyberpunk 2077 this week and stacking it up against various other console releases, including the Xbox Series S. It's the Series S that makes for the most compelling comparison, with the...
News Xbox Hardware Isn't Dead But 'Big Changes' Are Coming, Says Digital Foundry
"No, Xbox hardware isn't dead."
In recent weeks, and in the wake of the ROG Xbox Ally, there's been lots of speculation about the future of Xbox hardware and where Microsoft is taking things - and over the past few days, the folks over at Digital Foundry have had their say on proceedings. The DF team believes that Xbox is still taking hardware...
News Final Fantasy 16 Delivers Great FPS But 'Weird' Visuals On Xbox Series X
"The results are bizarre"
We were absolutely stoked to see Final Fantasy 16 arrive on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S earlier this month at the Xbox Games Showcase, but following a period of testing, Digital Foundry has criticisms about the Series X version. In a brief analysis on the DF Clips YouTube channel (as seen up above), it's mentioned that...
News Oblivion Remastered's Performance 'Degrades' Over Time, Digital Foundry Discovers
"Profound problems have yet to be addressed"
Shortly after launch, the folks over at Digital Foundry took a good look at Oblivion Remastered and came away impressed with the Unreal Engine 5 tech powering this remake, even if issues were present - particularly on Xbox Series S. Since then,
News Digital Foundry Praises Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, But Xbox Series S Is A 'Sore Point'
"Image quality is substantially worse than the Series X"
The good folks over at Digital Foundry have been deep diving into Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 following its incredibly successful Xbox Game Pass launch last week, and they've had some interesting things to say about the Xbox Series S version of this phenomenal game in particular. Digital...
News Digital Foundry Impressed With Oblivion Remastered, But Xbox Series S 'Takes A Hit'
"Series S sadly takes a hit in most aspects"
Over the weekend, the folks at Digital Foundry have been been going over Oblivion Remastered with a fine comb, including the most-recent Xbox version with that post-release patch applied. Generally sp
News Xbox's Forza Horizon 5 Gets 'Big Visual Boost' On PS5 Pro, Says Tech Review
"The Pro is really where the action is at"
Forza Horizon 5 officially moves over to PS5 starting this week, and as you may have seen elsewhere at Pure Xbox, we've been slowly wrapping our heads around playing a Forza title on a PlayStation console over the last few days. <related ids="181382"> While we've been busy playing the game and...
News Xbox's Avowed Is 'One Of The Best' Unreal Engine 5 Games So Far, Says Digital Foundry
"Avowed surprised me"
Yesterday, we covered an early look at how new Xbox title Avowed is running on both Series X and S - having been surprised by the inclusion of a 40FPS mode on Xbox Series S. Now though, the tech experts over at Digital Foundry have dug a little deeper - and they're claiming that
News Sonic X Shadow Generations Impresses On Xbox In Latest Digital Foundry Tech Review
"I'm really happy with this one"
Sonic X Shadow Generations launched towards the end of last month, and here at Pure Xbox we were rather happy with the Blue Blur's latest outing. Having said that, with this game containing a bunch of remastered content, it's always worth checking in with the tech experts at Digital Foundry on something like
News Dragon Age: The Veilguard 'Quite Solid' On Xbox Series X And S, Says Digital Foundry
"Impressive visuals, good performance"
Dragon Age: The Veilguard launches for Xbox Series X|S tomorrow, and ahead of BioWare's new release landing, the folks over at Digital Foundry have taken a look at all the console versions of the game. There's some analysis on both Xbox versions in here - and the good news is that the team deems them "quite...
News Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Delivers 'Mixed' Results On Xbox One, Says Digital Foundry
Xbox One S struggles, but Xbox One X is much better
It's been exactly a week now since Star Wars Jedi: Survivor made its unlikely debut on Xbox One (and PS4), and as expected, the tech experts over at Digital Foundry have been analysing the last-gen version over the past few days. Initial impressions seemed to be pretty good for the Xbox One...
News Digital Foundry Compares 30FPS, 40FPS & 60FPS Modes In Star Wars Outlaws For Xbox
"A well-optimised console effort"
Yes, we're still talking Star Wars Outlaws - it's been a very popular release after all (even though the standard version doesn't actually arrive until Friday), and interestingly it comes with three different graphics settings on Xbox Series X. Those are 30FPS, 40FPS and 60FPS, with the middle of the three being...
News Bethesda's 'Enhanced' DOOM Xbox Ports Analysed By Digital Foundry, Mods Included
"Not quite perfect - but excellent nonetheless"
During QuakeCon 2024, the team at Bethesda dropped a big old surprise with DOOM + DOOM 2; a brand-new bundle of the first two DOOM games complete with a bunch of fresh enhancements. As you'd probably expect, then, the folks over at Digital Fo
News Digital Foundry Investigates 'Bricked' Xbox One Consoles That Can't Update
The launch model Xbox One is the culprit
Eurogamer's Digital Foundry team has come across an interesting development in recent months regarding old Xbox One consoles - and they've decided to investigate the matter for the most recent DF Weekly podcast episode. To cut to the chase, the DF team has been spotting sporadic posts online in recent months...
News Xbox Gaming On Amazon's Fire Stick Is Getting Mixed Feedback So Far
Some love it, some not so much
Last week, Xbox officially brought its cloud streaming service to Amazon Fire Stick devices, allowing anyone with a compatible controller to enjoy hundreds of titles with a Game Pass Ultimate membership. Various Xbox users have been getting hands-on since then, including the analysis experts over at Digital Foundry...
News Digital Foundry Explores Why Some Games 'Run Better' On PS5 Than Xbox Series X
"We finally have some answers"
Ever since Xbox Series X and PS5 launched, we've noticed cases where PS5 games run that little bit better - even if on paper Microsoft's machine is the more powerful console. We've typically put that down to sheer development resources — the PS5 has a bigger install base and is often the target console after all —...
News Digital Foundry Analyses Starfield's New 'Performance' Mods For Xbox Series S
The game runs up to 120FPS on XSS now!
Earlier this month, the arrival of console mods for Starfield brought a variety of wild and wacky new additions to the game on Xbox, including a few tools to make the Xbox Series S version run with a higher frame rate than intended. The folks over at Digital Foundry have now taken a look at a handful of these,...
News Digital Foundry Breaks Down Xbox's Impressive Perfect Dark Showcase
Joanna Dark is back!
The Xbox Games Showcase this year was full of neat surprises, and one of them was the reappearance of Xbox's Perfect Dark Reboot. Coming out of The Initiative and Crystal Dynamics, Joanna Dark's return is looking rather splendid, and the team at
News Digital Foundry Tests Ark: Survival Ascended On Xbox, And The Results Are Pretty Shocking
The Series S version looks like a different game!
Last November we took a look at some of the early public tests for Ark: Survival Ascended on Xbox and found some "interesting results", and now the team at Digital Foundry has given the game a pretty scathing review from a technical perspect
News Digital Foundry Provides Deeper Look At FSR 3 Performance Gains On Xbox
"A promising new technology"
As a follow-up to an early look at FSR 3 frame generation technology on Xbox, the tech wizards over at Digital Foundry have now provided us with a deeper look at how much performance can be gained using the technique - along with more of an explainer on how it actually works. Again, just like DF's sneak peek video clip...
News Digital Foundry Analyses 'Next-Level Visuals' Found In Hellblade 2 On Xbox
"Hellblade 2 is a defining moment"
Ever since Hellblade 2 was unveiled alongside the Xbox Series X, we've expected the game to be a looker, and that's exactly what Ninja Theory's sequel delivered earlier this week. Of course, that means that the tech aficionados over at Digital Foundry have been keeping a close eye on the game as well - and now the...
News Digital Foundry Deems Fallout 4 Next-Gen 'Fixed' Thanks To Revised Performance Options
30, 40 and 60FPS choices now available
Fallout 4's next-gen upgrade has been subsequently patched up this week in the form of 'Update 2', and outlet Digital Foundry has taken another look at the title to see how it's performing since this second update. To sum things up, DF says that ultimat
News Fallout 4's Next-Gen Update 'Weirdly Undercooked', Says Digital Foundry
It may have needed more time in the vault
We waited a long time for Bethesda to deliver its next-gen upgrade for Fallout 4, and it's safe to say that last month's update hasn't turned out to be a particularly smooth transition for Xbox Series X|S players. Now, the team at Digital Foundry has had a good look at how
News Grounded PS5 Analysis Reveals 'Unusual' Results Compared To Xbox Series X
"I know which one I'd rather play right now"
The folks over at Digital Foundry are back again with yet another Xbox-game-on-PS5 analysis today, and this time it's for Obsidian's fantastic survival action-adventure game Grounded - which just arrived on PS5 back on April 16th. And boy, is this one interesting! The outlet has discovered that there...
News Sea Of Thieves On PS5 Has Slight Edge Over Xbox Series X, Notes Digital Foundry
In two key areas
Over the weekend, the folks at Digital Foundry posted some interesting findings about Sea Of Thieves on PlayStation 5, following its recent beta test on the Sony console. We'll put the video version of their analysis up above, but the gist of it is that PS5 has a few advantages despite being very similar to the Series X version...
News Digital Foundry Impressed By 'Stunning Visual Design' In Ori Dev's New Game
Are we surprised?
Since wrapping up development on Ori and the Will of the Wisps back in 2020, Moon Studios has been hard at work on its action RPG No Rest for the Wicked, and tech outlet Digital Foundry has decided to take a look at th
News Alone In The Dark Performance Impresses Digital Foundry, Despite 'Sacrifices' On Xbox Series S
Performance mode looks like the way to go
It's been the best part of a month since THQ Nordic brought the Alone in the Dark series back into the limelight, and despite a middling critical reception, Digital Foundry is fairly impressed with the tech behind title - especially when it comes to console performance. In a new
News Xbox's Hellblade 2 Is 'On Another Level' Says Digital Foundry, Despite Series S Concerns
The DF team dives into some preview footage
Early previews are now doing the rounds for Hellblade 2 - and by most accounts this is shaping up to be an impressive Xbox Series X|S title. The team over at Digital Foundry is one of the outlets to have taken a look at the game recently, and they reckon it's "on another level" visually, de
News Xbox's Hi-Fi RUSH Actually Has 'Slightly' Improved Visuals On PS5
It's all about the shadows
Tango Gameworks' outstanding Hi-Fi RUSH officially made its way onto PlayStation 5 just a couple of weeks ago, and as expected, it's been getting a great reception so far - in fact, it might even be an early GOTY candidate! Something we didn't expect, however, is that the PS5 version actually has "slightly improved"...
News Digital Foundry Tests Xbox & PlayStation Cloud Gaming, And The Results Are Mixed
Cloud wars
Cloud streaming is a big part of modern gaming these days, especially when it comes to subscription services and bolstering those offerings. Both Sony and Microsoft integrate some form of the tech into PS Plus and Xbox Game Pass - and outlet Digital Foundry has decided to take a look at how they're both holding up in 2024. The team ha
News Digital Foundry Deems New Star Wars Remaster 'Another Nightdive Triumph' On Xbox
"This is an interesting game to experience"
As you may have seen from our latest Pure Xbox review, Nightdive Studios has dug up and remastered yet another classic shooter - this time from the LucasArts catalogue in the form of Star Wars: Dark Forces. This classic, PS1-era FPS has been transformed for modern platforms, and the tech experts over at
News Palworld Analysed By Digital Foundry, And There Are Some Surprising Results On Xbox
All four Xbox versions tested
Palworld has taken the gaming world by storm over the last week or two, with developer Pocketpair clearly delivering a mashup that's interesting players in a big way. At the moment though, the title is still in "Xbox Game Preview form" - and outlet Digital Foundry has taken a look at the technical side of things at...
News Digital Foundry Very Impressed By Free-To-Play FPS 'The Finals' On Xbox Series X And S
Both Xbox consoles perform really well!
The Finals surprise launched on Xbox at last year's The Game Awards show, bringing destruction-laden first-person shooting to Xbox Series X and S. Those destruction physics are one of the most unique aspects of this free-to-play title, and the tech team at Digital Foundry has now taken a look at how it all...
News Baldur's Gate 3 Performance Analysis Reveals 'Successful' Results For Xbox Series X|S
"A good-looking, very playable interpretation"
The biggest Xbox release of December 2023 has undoubtedly been Baldur's Gate 3, which has already raced to the peak of the "Top Paid" Xbox chart in multiple countries right now, and it'll probably remain there for some time! As usual, the analysis experts over at Digital Foundry have taken a look at...
News Digital Foundry Breaks Down Grand Theft Auto 6 'Trailer 1'
GTA 6's tech impresses!
So, the dust is beginning to settle on Rockstar's first GTA 6 trailer today, but not before the team over at Digital Foundry goes over the clip with a fine-tooth comb to check for every minute graphical detail on show. Yep, our first DF breakdown for the next Grand Theft Auto is here - with the guys
News Digital Foundry Looks At Unreal Engine 5's 'Mixed' Start On Xbox Series X|S
"The early results have been mixed"
Unreal Engine 5 has been one of the most prominent game engines of the current generation so far, with Epic's well-known toolset powering lots of recent AAA titles. While some projects, such as The Matrix Awakens, have been impressive - some have failed to deliver on what we'd expect from a 'next-gen' title. And...
News Teardown On Xbox Series X|S Has 'Stunning Physics & Destruction', Says Digital Foundry
But some performance issues do crop up
It's safe to say we were rather impressed by Teardown and its open-ended, destruction-laden sandbox when it launched on Xbox Series X|S last week - granting the game a 'Great' 8/10 in our full review. Well, as it turns out, the tech experts at Digital Foundry have been pretty impressed with the game's console...
News Digital Foundry Thinks 60FPS Starfield Is Now 'More Viable' On Xbox Series X
"A performance mode on console could be much more viable now"
Around the launch of Starfield, there was a lot of talk about the game's performance on Xbox Series consoles. Of course, in the end the game released at 30FPS with no performance mode on either of Microsoft's current-gen systems, but outlet
