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During the first day of the Tokyo Games Show 2025 there were to mini-line concerns for Persona 3 and 5 (as they are both coming to the Switch 2) and it was a great time to see Azumi Takahashi (lead singer), Lotus Juice, and DJ:RAM RIDER at the back. Here is the last song they performed at the end, "It's going down now".

This is Death Stranding Director's Cut running on the Framework Desktop, running at very high details in Full HD / no FSR, no dynamic resolution turned on. As you can see the game runs very well on this hardware, at more than 100 FPS most of the time.

This is Doom the Dark Ages running on the Framework Desktop. This is a very demanding game and it's hard to get at constant 60FPS without using tweaks like Dynamic Resolution. At full, native resolution (Full HD) the game runs between 45 and 60 FPS at Medium details on this hardware.

About 25 minutes of gameplay of CyberPunk 2077 on the recently released Framework Desktop to showcase its performance on gaming. We are using High Presets here at Full HD, and with Vsync off we are typically running at 100 FPS.

If you are wondering how is the performance when driving in NIght City, the answer is in a different video here: https://peertube.linuxrocks.online/w/tTeJFrQrDRXTFRegdM5SHx

Check out our Framework Desktop First Impressions here: https://boilingsteam.com/framework-desktop-hands-on-first-impressions/

By popular demand here is a follow-up video focusing on the driving in CyberPunk 2077, on the recently released Framework Desktop to showcase its performance in more complex environments. We are using High Presets here at Full HD, and with Vsync off we are typically running between 60 and 70 FPS.

Check out our Framework Desktop First Impressions here: https://boilingsteam.com/framework-desktop-hands-on-first-impressions/

Companion article here: https://boilingsteam.com/distro-for-gaming-cachy-os-takes-over/

Video for the performance comparison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DT2Z5QY8mE

Nobuo Uematsu Plays the FFVII intro at the Bitsummit 2025 in Kyoto, Japan.

Nobuo Uematsu and ConTiki at the BitSummit 2025 in Kyoto, Japan: Eyes on Me from Final Fantasy VIII.

Companion article here: https://boilingsteam.com/the-xbox-steps-into-the-portable-gaming-scene/

Here's a piece of advice on how to make Expedition 33 run better on your Steam Deck (even on the LCD version) without involving mods.

Steam Deck Pixel Art by Reddit User Exxilon: https://www.reddit.com/user/ExxiIon/