# DF Direct Weekly #266: Huge Steam Deck Price Rises, New Witcher 3 Expansion, Switch 2 COD, MGS4!

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Podcast: [Digital Foundry Direct Weekly](https://stenobird.com/podcast/digital-foundry-direct-weekly-5614590)
Published: 2026-06-01T15:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 5404

## Resource

The shock news of +40% price rises for Steam Deck kicks off a BIG Direct this week, swiftly followed by the team's first impressions of the PC version of 007 First Light - and its ker-azy upscaling issues. The new Call of Duty coming to Switch 2 is a topic of much interest, as is the announcement of a brand-new expansion for The Witcher 3. Rich is dismayed by the presentation of bare buttocks in Metal Gear Solid 4's PS5 remaster, the panel reminisces on five years of Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart - and we deliver an explainer on why it's getting more difficult to cover Xbox Series versions of third-party multi-platform games. 0:00:00 Introduction 0:01:04 News 1: Valve restocks Steam Deck with massive price bump 0:20:26 News 2: 007 First Light suffers DLSS issues on PC 0:39:39 News 3: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 announced 0:47:13 News 4: New Witcher 3 expansion announced 0:53:27 News 5: MGS4 PS5 port demoed! 1:04:33 News 6: Xbox whitelisting woes derail game coverage 1:14:08 Retrospective: Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart 5-year anniversary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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