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Welcome to 2023 and the return of DF Direct Weekly! After a short time away - we missed a week, actually - the team returns to discuss the latest gaming and technology news. The year kicked off with the Consumer Electronics Show - CES - and in this week's show, myself, John Linneman and Alex Battaglia discuss the keynotes from Nvidia, AMD and Sony, including our first look at Gran Turismo 7 on PSVR2, while addressing the latest concerns about thermal throttling on the RX 7900 XTX reference board as well as new innovations coming this year for OLED TVs.

Last week, I detailed some of the small deviations HBO's adaptation of The Last of Us is making from the game.

A few days ago, AMD announced a trio of cheaper Ryzen 7000 CPUs at its CES 2023 showcase, featuring more modest 65W TDPs, bundled air coolers and a release date of January 10th. One of these CPUs, the $230/£230 Ryzen 5 7600, has made it to DF HQ where we've put it through our full test suite of the most processor-intensive games. Is this a cheaper entry point to the Ryzen 7000 family with effectively zero compromises, a la the Ryzen 5 5600, or are there still some reasons that you'd consider the more expensive Ryzen 5 7600X?

Limited edition Xbox-branded Oreo packs will let you unlock cosmetic rewards in Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5 and Sea of Thieves.

After half a decade of wait, Pokémon Go has at last completed the game's Gen 3 Pokédex.

Animal Well is the first indie game confirmed to be released by YouTuber videogamedunkey's new publishing company.

With the imminent arrival of HBO's The Last of Us adaptation, fans have taken to reimagining Part 2's video game version of Ellie as Bella Ramsey.

Deadpool film director Tim Miller has taken over Borderlands reshoots from Eli Roth.

A snippet of early footage showing an upcoming, under-wraps PlayStation 5 project nicknamed "Ooze" has reportedly appeared online.

Happy Year of the PSVR 2 everyone! With fewer than 45 days to wait until the launch of Sony's next generation headset, it won't be long before virtual reality enthusiasts the world over get to insert their eager faces into some brand new adventures.

Games Done Quick founder Mike Uyama is stepping down from his role as owner and managing director.

We've become pretty accustomed to Steam continuously breaking its own concurrent user records over the last couple of years and whilst yes, it's been broken again this weekend - twice - for the first time, we've seen active in-game players exceed 10 million users, too.

Dragami Games - the team behind the upcoming remake of cult classic Lollipop Chainsaw - has given us our first sneaky peek of leading lady, Juliet Starling.

Previews of Hollywood's Super Nintendo World have begun to pop up online.

Riot Games has unveiled Valorant's Indiana Jones-inspired new map, Lotus.

If you can't wait to lay your hands on the upcoming Fire Emblem sequel, Engage, I have good news: the tactical RPG's opening cinematic and title screen is now available online.

An early - and playable - prototype for Left 4 Dead has reportedly leaked online.

Earlier this week we sadly lost Roger Kean, co-founder of the legendary Crash and Zzap!64 magazines amongst many others. If you'd like to learn more about the legacy of Crash, Graeme told its story in brilliant detail for us back in 2017.

Guilty Gear Strive players have deemed the game "unplayable" following the discovery of a security exploit that allows hackers to target streamers.

The voice of Monkey Island's Captain LeChuck, Earl Boen, has died at the age of 81.

The team behind battle royale Deathverse: Let It Die has confirmed that it will be indefinitely suspended just four months after it debuted on Steam and PlayStation consoles.

With a surprise late 2022 release on the Nintendo Switch eShop, Mortal Shell: Complete Edition gives Switch users the full package; a complete port of the 2020 Souls-like, with all DLC and content updates included. At first glance Mortal Shell on Switch actually looks like a success. In much the same vein as other Unreal 4 titles like Mortal Kombat 11, the visual make-up - the core details of the action - translate well to Switch, but having spent the last week this portable release I've got to say there are glaring issues. Specifically, hitting such an ambitious bar of quality comes at a cost to its frame-rate and so it follows, also its playability. The impact is so striking that at times, the Switch version is a genuine struggle to control.

Apex Legends' limited-time Control mode is making a comeback.

Overwatch 2's Battle for Olympus time-limited mode is now live and will run until 19th January.

CCP Games has unveiled its 12-month development plan for Eve Online.

Chinese megacorp NetEase has acquired Skybox Labs, a Canadian studio that's worked on notable titles like Halo Infinite, Minecraft, and Fallout 76.

Sometimes it's hard to imagine, when a game becomes a series and an admired one at that, that once upon a time there was nothing. There was nothing tangible. All there were, were hopes and ideas, swirling around. And the process of materialising them into something: it's a fragile thing. There's no certainty that what will come out the other end will even survive that process. And A Plague Tale: Innocence, it turns out, very nearly didn't.

Game of the Week goes out to all of our supporters as part of the Eurogamer Essentials newsletter. There's going to be a slight shake-up of the supporters program in the near future (don't worry - it's all good news) so stay tuned for more details, and thanks as ever for your support - it's much appreciated.

Valve's Steam Deck has revolutionised PC gaming, its 15W custom AMD processor exceeding expectations and doing a great job in delivering handheld triple-A experience - but Unreal Engine 5 may well be its toughest challenge yet, owing to its Nanite micro-geometry and RT-based Lumen lighting. This is next-gen - or rather current-gen - stuff, so whether the Deck can handle it is key to its longer term prospects. To put that to the test, we decided to see if we could run the latest version of Fortnite with all of these features in play - and the results are surprising.

The wonderful Powerwash Simulator launches on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on 30th January 2023, Sony has announced.