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  PlayStation 3: retail disc vs. digital delivery

  What are the advantages of a PSN download over a disc copy? Do games run better from hard drive? Digital Foundry investigates. 158

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  How Sony Santa Monica mastered PlayStation 3

  The inside story on God of War 3 and Ascension - and looking ahead to PS4. 155

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  Tech Analysis: Metal Gear Solid 5's FOX Engine

  Kojima's quest for photo-realism. 66

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  Digital Foundry vs. God of War: Ascension

  Divine. 117

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  Tech Analysis: God of War: Ascension demo

  Digital Foundry cuts into what may be the best looking PS3 game to date. 196

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  Demo showdown: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

  Digital Foundry puts the Xbox 360 and PS3 samplers to the sword. 128

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  Face-Off: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

  Surprise? 135

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  Digital Foundry goes hands-on with the new super-slim PS3

  The Blacksmith of the Future's take on the 500GB CECH-4000 console. 92

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  Digital Foundry vs. The Last of Us

  Does Naughty Dog's final PS3 game define the template for next-gen AI and storytelling? 112

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  Digital Foundry vs. PS2 Classics on PlayStation 3

  Backwards compatibility returns for all PS3s - at a price. So just how good is the PS2 emulation? 136

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  What Went Wrong with Silent Hill HD?

  A vocal fanbase demands changes to a flawed release. Digital Foundry finds out why. 116

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  Digital Foundry: PS3 Skyrim Lag Fixed?

  Full analysis of the improvements brought about by this week's patch. 67

April 2011

• The Making of Crysis 2

  Digital Foundry talks with Crytek on Crysis 2, CryEngine 3 and beyond. 131

• The Making of MotorStorm Apocalypse

  Digital Foundry talks to Evolution Studios about its most ambitious racer yet. 29

March 2011

• The Making of Killzone 3

  Guerrilla walks Digital Foundry through its latest technical miracle. 51

February 2011

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  Digital Foundry vs. Killzone 3

  Sev the best for last. 184

• PS3 Hard Drive Upgrade Guide

  Value, performance and emerging storage tech tested by Digital Foundry. 69

January 2011

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  Face-Off: Dead Space 2

  Margin of terror. 152

• Mass Effect's Interactive Comic walkthrough

  Choose your own adventure video by video. 43

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  Digital Foundry vs. HDMI video

  £1.50 vs. £100 cable, and PS3/360 outputs put to the test. 180

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  Hackers leave PS3 security in tatters

  Linux returns and widespread piracy could follow. 219

• Digital Foundry's 2010: Part 2

  Invert the polarities! 24

December 2010

• Digital Foundry's 2010: Part 1

  If I could turn back tech. 12

November 2010

• Gran Turismo 5 Tech Analysis

  Digital Foundry's most comprehensive feature ever. 100

• Tech Analysis: Killzone 3

  Performance, lag and even 3D analysis. 86

October 2010

• God of War AA coming to PC/360?

  Can new MLAA match Sony's quality? 40

September 2010

• Digital Foundry vs. LittleBigPlanet 2

  The full story on Sony's closed beta. 21

• The Case for PS Move

  And how Sony could have owned motion control six years ago. 88

August 2010

• LucasArts' 60FPS Force Unleashed II tech demo

  A frame-rate upscaler that really works? Digital Foundry investigates. 67

• Digital Foundry vs. PSJailbreak

  How PlayStation 3's security has been compromised and what it means. 114

July 2010

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  The Future of PlayStation Move

  Sony tech demos reveal rich potential for motion control gaming. 140

• PlayStation 3D: Performance Analysis

  E3 Killzone demo and 3D launch titles put through their paces. 49

April 2010

• Designing Assassin's Creed II

  230 new features, 200 design documents, 300 staff, no time for revisions. How did Ubisoft Montreal deliver? 36

• The Making of PlayStation 3D

  How WipEout HD and MotorStorm gained an extra dimension. 64

• Final Fantasy XIII: Endgame

  Digital Foundry vs. FFXIII. The final analysis. 108

• TriOviz 3D: Too good to be true?

  Assessing the new system in Batman: GOTY Edition. 51

March 2010

• The Making of God of War III

  For the love of God. 41

• Among Friends: How Naughty Dog Built Uncharted 2

  Richard Lemarchand takes us from pre-production to release. 52

• Digital Foundry vs. PlayStation Move

  Post Natal. 58

February 2010

• Digital Foundry vs. Console Lag: Round Two

  PlayStation 3 and Arc camera put to the test. 35

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  Face-Off: BioShock 2

  Rapture the flag. 153

• Tech Analysis: Final Fantasy XIII

  How the game changed from demo to PS3 retail, and what we can infer for Xbox 360. 77

January 2010

• PS3: Hacked

  Digital Foundry on the first true assault on PS3 security. 105

• The Anti-Aliasing Effect

  How developers are battling the jaggies. 51

• Super Stardust 3D: 720p120 confirmed

  Digital Foundry and Housemarque on 3D. 38

• Digital Foundry vs. 3D Gaming

  The techniques and challenges of stereo 3D, and the significance of PS3's firmware upgrade. 61

December 2009

• God of War Collection: The Future of Backwards Compatibility?

  Digital Foundry argues the Kratos. 52

• PS3's PSP emulator analysed

  It's a minis adventure. 17

• DiRT 2: EGO Evolution

  Digital Foundry talks McRae tech with Codemasters CTO Bryan Marshall. 31

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  Can Consoles Run Crysis?

  Digital Foundry lays out the ultimate test for CryEngine 3. 135

• Bad Company 2 performance analysis

  Digital Foundry picks apart the beta. 30

November 2009

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  Face-Off: Bayonetta

  Witch won? 153

• Face-Off: Assassin's Creed II

  Splitting heirs. 99

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  Face-Off: Modern Warfare 2

  Extensive analysis of the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions. 167

• Face-Off: Borderlands

  Skag binge. 66

October 2009

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  Face-Off: Ninja Gaiden 2 vs. Sigma 2

  One game. Two platform exclusives. Which is better? 134

• The MAG Factor

  The tech challenges behind the first 256-player console action game. 36

• Not so High Definition

  Tekken 6 and the sub-HD phenomenon. 120

September 2009

• Tech Analysis: Uncharted 2

  DF humbled by Naughty Dog's coding power. 89

• In Theory: How PS3 can own 3D gaming

  Much more than a quirky side project. 117

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  Hardware Test: PS3 Slim

  Smaller, cooler, cheaper, faster, better. 128

August 2009

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  System Failure: Why PS3 and 360 drop dead for the same reasons

  Digital Foundry meets the man who fixes your consoles. 268

• DiRT 2 demo: PS3/Xbox 360 performance showdown

  Digital Foundry does its thing. 96

July 2009

• Standard Def: The Forgotten Generation

  Have developers and platform holders neglected most of their userbase? 102

• Real-time HD video encoding on PS3?

  Digital Foundry puts Cell to a serious test. 21

• Assassin's Creed: Evolution of an engine

  Digital Foundry analyses Ubi's tech. 13

June 2009

• Tech Retrospective: Burnout Paradise

  How Criterion built Paradise City, with exclusive HD Big Surf Island capture. 25

May 2009

• DiRT 2 HD Video Analysis

  Technical breakdown of first footage. 1

• Final Fantasy XIII: How Will It Work on 360?

  Plus full analysis of the PS3 demo. 75

February 2009

• Killzone 2 Breakdown: Part Three

  Plus gameplay mini-review.

• Killzone 2 Breakdown: Part Two

  Also: What is deferred rendering?

• Killzone 2 Breakdown: Part One

  Guerilla tech deconstructed. 1

December 2008

• Call of Duty: World At War Performance Analysis

  Treyarch vs the CoD4 Engine.

November 2008

• Call of Duty 4 Engine Analysis

  Putting 60FPS gameplay to the test. 2