{"id":657874,"date":"2026-03-31T11:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2022-df-direct-weekly-70-bayonetta-3-matrix-awakens-delisted-prime-day-pickups"},"modified":"2026-03-31T11:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:02:08","slug":"df-direct-weekly-on-bayonetta-3-matrix-awakens-delisted-and-prime-day-pickups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/df-direct-weekly-on-bayonetta-3-matrix-awakens-delisted-and-prime-day-pickups\/","title":{"rendered":"DF Direct Weekly on Bayonetta 3, Matrix Awakens delisted and Prime Day pickups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/df-direct-weekly-on-bayonetta-3-matrix-awakens-delisted-and-prime-day-pickups.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the DF Skeleton Crew! With the three most experienced DF Directers out &#8211; Rich on holiday, John on holiday and Alex out sick &#8211; it&#8217;s time for Will, Tom and Oliver to step into the limelight for a Direct. <\/p>\n<p>In this episode we cover the new Skate and Bayonetta 3 announcements, going over our expectations for the games based on the early footage &#8211; and our belief that playing leaked builds can sometimes spoil the final game. <\/p>\n<p>We also react to the recent delisting of the Matrix Awakens on consoles, so soon after it debuted, and try to explain why Nvidia is discounting its higher tier graphics cards &#8211; and whether they&#8217;re even worth buying anyway with a new generation of RTX 40-series GPUs thought to be very close. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2022-df-direct-weekly-70-bayonetta-3-matrix-awakens-delisted-prime-day-pickups\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2022-df-direct-weekly-70-bayonetta-3-matrix-awakens-delisted-prime-day-pickups\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the DF Skeleton Crew! With the three most experienced DF Directers out &#8211; Rich on holiday, John on holiday and Alex out sick &#8211; it&#8217;s time for Will, Tom and Oliver to step into the limelight for a Direct. In this episode we cover the new Skate and Bayonetta 3 announcements, going over our expectations for the games based on the early footage &#8211; and our belief that playing leaked builds can sometimes spoil the final game. 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