DF Direct Weekly #282: 007 First Light Path Tracing, Kingmakers Gameplay, New GPUs Delayed To 2028?
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In a bit of a slow week for news, the team goes hands-on with a bunch of cool games to present their findings - principal amongst them being 007 First Light's visually stunning, but incredibly taxing path tracing upgrade. Redemption Road's 12-minute Kingmakers gameplay deep dive impresses the panel before Tom delivers his thoughts on Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave on Switch 2, with Oliver testing Diablo 4 also on the Nintendo hybrid. Meanwhile, reliable leaker Kepler_L2 says that we're only looking at one new GPU launch in 2027 - and it looks like the desktop version of the same GPU slated to appear in Microsoft's Project Helix...
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00:00 Introduction
01:17 News 1: 007 First Light gets PC path tracing patch
18:28 News 2: Kingmakers resurfaces in extended trailer
26:44 News 3: Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave impressions!
39:34 News 4: Diablo 4 tested on Switch 2
47:49 News 5: Rumour: new Nvidia, AMD GPUs won’t be released until 2028
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