In the latest episode, John, Rich and Alex share observations, thoughts and hopes for The Witcher 3's forthcoming re-release and there's discussion on Epic's improvements to Unreal Engine 5, plus thoughts on RTX 4080/4070 Ti pricing. Meanwhile, what on earth is happening with Pokémon Violet and Scarlet polish and performance?

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:48 News 01: Witcher 3 next-gen patch incoming
00:12:48 News 02: Unreal Engine 5.1 delivers big improvements
00:27:29 News 03: RTX 4080 released!
00:44:35 News 04: Gamers Nexus solves 4090 power connector mystery
00:50:35 News 05: DLSS 3 gets frame-limiter to overcome vsync issue
01:00:42 News 06: Pokémon Violet and Scarlet suffer serious tech issues
01:07:33 DF Supporter Q1: Why don’t we ever get anisotropic filtering above 16x?
01:10:03 DF Supporter Q2: Why does the PS5 reserve 1.5 cores for the OS, leaving only 6.5 for games?
01:16:51 DF Supporter Q3: Is Elden Ring a good candidate for game of the year, given its performance problems?
01:18:34 DF Supporter Q4: Are game developers relying too much on DLSS?
01:24:21 DF Supporter Q5: When will Audi be released from Rich’s basement and appear in videos again?