Sony detailed a new upscaling model called Quick Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR) that runs on the base PS5, born from its Project Amethyst collaboration with AMD. It is lighter than the PS5 Pro's PSSR and less capable of preserving detail, but more accurate than the console's traditional temporal upscaling. QSSR debuts in Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei via patches going live later today, and Sony says it is available to all developers.
Sony unveiled Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR), an AI upscaling feature for the base PS5 developed with AMD to improve image clarity and performance. Only two PS5 games support it for now, Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei, both of which get a patch today adding it as a graphics option, and Sony says it will be offered to all PlayStation developers soon. PSSR remains the standard for visuals on PS5 Pro.
Deep Silver confirmed that Metro 2033 Redux and Metro Last Light Redux will receive a free next-gen update, launching October 22, 2026 on PC and October 29, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. The update is not a full remaster or remake and preserves the original Redux experience while adding 4K textures, higher frame rates, improved animation and audio, community-led bug fixes, plus PSSR on PS5 Pro, TSR on Xbox Series X and spatial audio on Xbox platforms. The publisher also announced the Metro franchise has sold 50 million copies and teased Metro 2039 for February 4th.
Focus Entertainment and Saber Interactive announced that the second anniversary update for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is now live, opening the game's third year of post-launch support on PS5, Xbox Series and PC. Free patch 15 adds a Chaos-led Siege mode that lets players control Chaos Space Marines in PvE for the first time, plus the Crucible system, a one-handed Thunder Hammer and new weapon and armor variants. Season 3 pass holders get the Space Wolves Champion and Exorcists Chapter cosmetic DLC packs, and the full year-three roadmap was revealed during September's community update stream.
Focus Entertainment and Afterburner Studios announced that Aerta: Against the Gods will launch on February 2, 2027 for PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, with pre-orders now open. A free demo is available on all platforms from October 1, running 45 to 60 minutes and covering the opening chapter, which ends with a first boss fight. The full game runs 15 to 20 hours, and pre-order buyers get the Vanguard Armor DLC cosmetic skin.
IO Interactive released the first content DLC for 007 First Light, Extended Operations, for free today, adding five missions to the TacSim mode, four of them built around the Valhalla supercar from the campaign. The update also adds New Game Plus, new outfits and a photo mode, with the new 00 difficulty featuring faster-reacting enemies, tougher NPC variants, two-hit kills and a tighter parry window. Weapon animations were improved and enemies can now throw players off cliffs as well. IGN's review of the game scored it 9/10.
Sony announced it is bringing AI upscaling to base PS5 under the name Quick Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR), a counterpart to the PSSR tech that debuted on PS5 Pro and a product of its Project Amethyst collaboration with AMD. Sony says QSSR uses a streamlined neural network architecture and a hand-tuned implementation to improve image detail and stability. It arrives on PS5 today with Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei, and is being offered to all developers on the platform.
CD Projekt Red released The Witcher 3 Remastered on Sept. 29, improving the graphics and overhauling a number of systems. After players ran into issues at launch, the studio pushed out two fixes within hours of each other.
IKEA and Xbox have launched YXSTABY, a nine-piece collection designed for gaming at home, co-developed by designers from both teams. The collection draws on the Xbox controller for inspiration, including a thumbstick stool built from the Xbox Wireless Controller's original 3D design files. It launches in IKEA stores today and online later this year, with availability varying by market.
Sony announced Quick Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR), a new performance tier of AI upscaling for PS5 built from its Project Amethyst AI graphics collaboration with AMD, using a streamlined neural network architecture and a hand-tuned PS5 implementation. The first titles to use it are Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei, both patched today to offer QSSR as an additional graphics option on PS5. QSSR will be offered broadly to all PlayStation developers.
The Official Xbox Podcast sits down with teams from IKEA and Xbox to explain how their YXSTABY collaboration came together. The episode shows collection pieces including chairs, stools, controller display solutions and a D-PAD cushion, plus a TV stand with cable management. IKEA says it reached out to Xbox because gaming is a big part of life at home, and the two sides found their design approaches a natural fit.
Aion 2 is days away from its worldwide release, roughly a year after launching in Korea and Taiwan. Its founders' packs, which start at £18.49 and are currently required for early access, have earned more revenue this week than EA FC 27, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve and Gears of War: E-Day, topping Steam's Top Sellers list while the game sits at number nine on Steam's Most Played chart. The author has tried the character creator and main story, describing flight, pet collection and character building as fun, with combat between tab-target and Black Desert Online-style action.
Gears of War: E-Day begins Early Access on October 1 at 8:00 a.m. PT for Premium Edition players and Game Pass subscribers with the Premium Upgrade, with the full launch set for October 6 at 8:00 a.m. PT. The game is available on Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, and Steam, with cloud gaming through Game Pass Ultimate and GeForce NOW. Built by The Coalition in Unreal Engine 5, it includes an origin-story campaign, the 4-player Horde Siege PvE mode, and 4v4 Versus PvP, with two-player split-screen on console only.
Afterburner Studios announced its action-platformer Elta: Defy All Gods, launching February 2, 2027, with a free PS5 demo available today. The demo covers the game's opening, letting players retrieve the dragon-god they worship, fight corrupted enemies in melee, and explore the glacial world of Lerna. The studio describes the game as blending brawler combat, search-action exploration and dragon companion abilities, inspired by Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, God of War and Hong Kong martial arts films, and made with Focus Entertainment.
IO Interactive released the free Extended Operations DLC for 007 First Light, adding the Valhalla Protocol time trial and the Jungle Heist level, plus the Squire Marksman Rifle and Storm 12-Gauge Shotgun and three new outfits. The update also brings New Game Plus and a 00 difficulty mode, along with new Photo Mode filters and poses. The game launched on May 27 with a 90% positive rating on Steam and had sold 4 million copies as of August.
Gears of War: E-Day launches on October 6 with early access already live, and The Coalition has posted its full PC system requirements. Minimum specs call for an RTX 2060 or RX 6600, while 4K Ultra needs an RTX 5070 Ti or RX 7900 XT, and the game explicitly requires a hardware ray tracing-capable graphics card. It supports DLSS 4.5, AMD FSR 4 and Intel XeSS 3.0 at launch, and needs 115 GB of SSD storage.
Arc Raiders developer Embark announced that any account caught using cheats will now be permanently banned with no warnings and no second chances, extending to hardware bans. The studio said it recently lowered the threshold for hardware bans and has begun separating known queue-teaming groups, reporting 85 percent fewer players engaging in that behavior and spoiled raids dropping from about 1 in 50 to 1 in 300 with no meaningful impact on queue times. The October 8 update, Frozen Trail, adds the Pendola Pass map, the Frigate ship, new enemies Bully, Skulker and Hydra, plus new weapons and a grappling hook.
IO Interactive's 007 First Light received a free Extended Operations DLC today, adding New Game Plus, a new 00 difficulty, a photo mode and more TacSim mission challenges. New Game Plus unlocks after beating the campaign on any difficulty and also unlocks the considerably harder 00 difficulty. The update also improves weapon handling and lets enemies throw Bond off ledges.
Ember Lab confirmed that Kena: Scars of Kosmora has been pushed from its 2026 launch window to 2027 for PlayStation 5 and PC. In a PlayStation Blog post, the studio said the extra time is needed to polish the expanded experience and exceed the quality of its 2021 debut, Bridge of Spirits. The sequel follows an older Kena to the island of Kosmora, where she masters a forgotten form of spirit guiding with alchemy-based elemental powers and gains a giant wolf companion that serves as a mount and aids in combat and puzzles.
Your Debt Is Paid is a dark fantasy roguelike auto-battler in which you delve into monster-filled dungeons to survive a cruel bargain for your life. Wield powerful synergies and unique hero combinations to gather Blood from your enemies and satisfy a mysterious captor demanding an evergrowing debt. Presented as a forgotten 1990s cartridge, it blends retro visuals, CRT effects, and dark fantasy.
IO Interactive revealed a major free update for 007 First Light called Extended Operations, now available on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. It adds the Valhalla Protocol time-trial race featuring Bond's Aston Martin Valhalla, a photo mode, the Jungle Heist mission, New Game+, two new weapons, and new Q Division outfits.
007 First Light's free DLC Extended Operations arrives October 1 with new missions, Valhalla Protocol, Photo Mode, New Game+, new weapons and outfits. A free Starter Pack is also available for players taking their first steps toward becoming a Double 0.
CD Projekt Red released a patch for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and the Xbox Play Anywhere version on PC, making various lighting adjustments and fixing an issue where DLSS was unavailable. The studio said it is working on another PC hotfix for a save game issue reported by numerous players. A separate hotfix released on October 1 addressed save and load failures when the Documents folder path contained special characters, quieter voiceover audio after navigating pause menu tabs, and made visual adjustments in Velen including Bloom, vegetation lighting, saturation, and Path Tracing lighting.
IO Interactive announced that 007 First Light is getting a free DLC called Extended Operations today on all formats. It adds a New Game+ mode unlocked after finishing the campaign on any difficulty, a harder 00 difficulty mode, new TacSim missions including driving the Aston Martin Valhalla in the Slovakian mountains, a full Photo Mode, improved weapon handling animations, and the ability for enemies to throw Bond off ledges.
Telltale's The Wolf Among Us Remastered launches October 29 and is available to wishlist now. Game director Matt Saia said the story, directorial choices and overall art style were left untouched, while all character models and textures were rebuilt and every scene was relit. The remaster adds a Noir Mode with a pure black-and-white film look, handled differently from the Shadows Mode in Telltale's Batman series.
Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles has released its biggest update yet alongside two new DLCs, Verne Bannerless and Medieval Houses, now available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC. The update adds upgradable surveyors including the Behemoth, unrestricted curved walls, the ability to sail any ship, and an overhaul of wars and combat. Medieval Houses adds six timber-clad houses, while Verne Bannerless brings Verne and Piranha air units.