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PS5's New QSSR AI Upscaling Tech Should Make For Some Interesting Xbox Comparisons

Sony has announced that AI upscaling is coming to the base PS5 in the form of QSSR, which works similarly to the PSSR upscaling on PS5 Pro by analyzing game images pixel by pixel and using AI to add clarity. The tech debuts with Ghost of Yotei and Marvel's Wolverine, and Sony says it will be offered broadly to all PlayStation developers going forward. Digital Foundry notes there remains a big divide between QSSR on standard PS5 and PSSR on Pro, but the tech may hint at what's to come for Xbox's Project Helix console.

Japanese Charts: Fire Emblem Sales Plummet, But It's Still Enough To Stay On The Podium

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave sold only an additional 26,728 copies in the latest Japanese charts (21st-27th Sep), a substantial drop, but still enough to hold third place. Derby Stallion 2 debuted at No.1 with roughly 29,000 sales, while Silent Hill: Townfall took fourth and Dragon Quest XI S on Switch 2 took fifth. Switch 2 led hardware with 32,198 units sold.

VOID/BREAKER launches November 4

Publisher Playstack and developer Stubby Games announced that the fast-paced roguelite first-person shooter VOID/BREAKER will leave Early Access on November 4 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store, and will also be available via Game Pass. The game first launched in Early Access on August 20, 2025, and is a solo project from developer Daniel Stubbington of Stubby Games.

How to unlock Jin Sakai in Ghost of Yotei Most Wanted

Ghost of Yotei Most Wanted is a new roguelike mode added with Ghost of Yotei: Complete Edition, where players start as Atsu and can unlock four playable hunters, including Jin Sakai from Ghost of Tsushima. Unlocking Jin requires spending 30,000 currency on techniques, weapons or shop items, earned by completing runs and opening chests between rounds. Once unlocked, he keeps all four stances from Ghost of Tsushima, uses the Dance of Wrath as his ultimate, and carries a Sticky Bomb and the Hankyu.

Sony reveals QSSR, a new PS5 upscaler, with Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei patched today

Sony announced Quick Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR), an AI upscaling tech for standard PlayStation 5 consoles that it calls an evolution of PS5 Pro's PSSR, which remains "the gold standard." Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei are the first titles to use it and are being patched today to offer QSSR as an additional graphics option on PS5, with Sony saying it will be offered broadly to PlayStation developers. Digital Foundry called the technology's potential "remarkable," noting substantially improved temporal stability and detail, while Ghost of Yotei saw less dramatic improvements.

Guillermo del Toro on Trying to Make a BioShock Movie: 'Probably One of the Most Disastrous Calls I've Ever Had'

In a new IGN interview, Guillermo del Toro said he tried to make a BioShock movie but the calls with the people behind the game were "probably one of the most disastrous calls I've ever had," adding that he is "fucking done." He also named Left 4 Dead, Death Stranding, Shadow of the Colossus, Dead Cells and Angry Birds as games he likes. The BioShock film has been in some form of development since 2010, was announced for Netflix by 2K in 2022, and producer Roy Lee said in 2024 that it was still happening with a slashed budget.

Gears of War: E-Day co-op impressions: local split-screen remains core to the series

A Polygon writer played Gears of War: E-Day and found solo play a serviceable third-person shooter, while same-screen co-op with a friend felt far better. Developed by The Coalition, the game is out now in early access on Windows PC and Xbox Series X with a full release on Oct. 6, supporting parties of up to four players but only two per screen due to technical limitations. Brand director Nicole Fawcette called split-screen core to Gears, and art director Aryan Hanbeck said local co-op is integral to the series.

Invincible VS Open Beta Begins October 13: What You Need to Know

The Invincible VS open beta begins October 13, the same day Angstrom Levy joins as the third DLC fighter and 21st playable character in Season 2. He is a zoning-focused fighter built around portals and summonable orbs, and he will be playable for the first time at Evo France this October. Invincible VS is available now on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, and Xbox Cloud as an Xbox Play Anywhere title.

GTA 6 Age Rating Confirms Game Will Feature Sex Scenes

The PlayStation store listings for GTA 6 in New Zealand and Australia have been updated with the game's official age rating, which specifically mentions sex scenes. It remains unclear how this differs from GTA 5's rating description, which only referenced "Sex." With GTA 6 a month away from release, Rockstar has placed ads in Miami and New York.

Pokémon x ESA Collection Includes the Astronaut Pikachu Plush That Went to Space

The Pokémon x ESA merchandise collection is now available, featuring two astronaut Pikachu plushies priced at $29.99 that are modelled after the plush ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot took to the International Space Station earlier this year. The drop also includes apparel, pins, and TCG accessories, arriving ahead of World Space Week on October 4. The most expensive item is a $129.99 bomber jacket, while a new astronaut Pikachu figure still has no release date.

Witcher 3 Remastered Gets Multiple Hotfixes, Bloom Fix in the Works

The Witcher 3 Remastered has received multiple hotfixes within days of release, with the first addressing DLSS being unavailable in the Xbox Play Anywhere version on PC and adjusting interior darkness and lighting for console parity. A second roughly 5GB PC hotfix tackled voiceover and save file errors. Community director Marcin Momot confirmed future updates will address the bloom setting and a console sound issue, though no details are available yet.

GTA 6: 10 Details We Learned From The Game Informer Cover Story

Game Informer published an exclusive cover story on Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto VI packed with new details. This piece rounds up the biggest things discovered in that article.

How Silent Hill: Townfall's "Creepy Game Boy" Weaponizes Nostalgia For The Better

Screen Burn co-founder and Silent Hill: Townfall writer Jon McKellan said the studio deliberately weaponizes a particular type of nostalgia through the game's handheld CRTV device. He said recognizable, tangible objects help ground players in a horror world, and that analogue video aesthetics have long been a big part of his own art style.

Silent Hill-Like Signal Veil Uses Phones To Parry, Because Even Anime Girls Know Tech Is A Weapon

Upcoming survival-horror game Signal Veil showed a new trailer at Insider Gaming's 28 Games Later Horror Showcase, in which protagonist Aki uses her mother's vintage flip phone to attack enemies. Developer Time Hunters said the phone can also use its camera flash to stun enemies and open them up to a parry, and that the game leans more into psychological horror than classic Resident Evil. The phone shivers and hisses when it detects a monster, while Aki's deteriorating mental state makes her fighting more desperate, aggressive, and messy.

More than 450 Witcher 3 mods updated for the Remastered version in two days

More than 450 Witcher 3 mods have been newly released or updated on Nexus Mods since September 29, two days after The Witcher 3: Remastered launched on PC. Many long-standing mods from the 2010s have been updated to work with the latest patch, while some modders have drawn criticism for using AI-generated thumbnails.

Ahead of Metro 2039, Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light Are Getting Next-Gen Updates

4A Games is releasing next-gen updates for Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light on October 22 for PC and October 29 for consoles. On PS5 and Xbox Series X, the games will run at native 4K 60 fps or upscaled 4K 120 fps, with PSSR on PS5 Pro and traditional temporal upscaling on Xbox, while PC finally gets DLSS support. Full patch notes will be shared ahead of release, and Metro 2039 launches on February 4, 2027.

PS5 Game Kena: Scars of Kosmora Delayed to 2027

Developer Ember Lab announced that Kena: Scars of Kosmora, the PS5 sequel to Kena: Bridge of Spirits, has been delayed from this year to 2027. The studio said it needs more time to polish the expanded experience and exceed the quality of the 2021 original. The game has so far been confirmed only for PS5 and PC.

How GTA 6's Jason and Lucia Have Evolved Since 2023 in Pictures

IGN compares how GTA 6 protagonists Jason and Lucia have evolved since the game's 2023 reveal, arguing the visuals have only improved over time. The 2023 trailer showed Lucia with flatter skin texture and limited hairstyles, while Trailer 2 added more hair, clothing and skin detail. Rockstar North co-studio head Rob Nelson called Trailer 1 a "mission statement" for the team, and GTA 6 launches November 19 with an ESRB M rating issued this morning.

Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light to receive next-gen update later this month. Details:

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Blizzard Won't Fix Diablo 4 Season 15's Biggest Bug This Season

Blizzard announced that Diablo 4 Season 15's biggest bug, involving the Hellfire Torch Unique charm, won't be fixed this season. The Hellfire Torch normally lets players equip one extra Unique charm, but a bugged interaction with the Seal of the Golden Epiphany and the Mythic Seal of the Diamond Mind lets players equip two additional Unique charms. Design director Dan Tanguay said the behavior goes beyond what was originally intended, but Blizzard will leave it in place this season to avoid disrupting players who invested time in the item.

Sony's AI upscaling tech QSSR is no longer PS5 Pro exclusive

Sony announced Quick Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR), bringing its AI-powered upscaling technology to the standard PS5 after it had been exclusive to the PS5 Pro, enabled by a streamlined neural network architecture and its Project Amethyst collaboration with AMD. Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei are the first two games to get QSSR, via patches released the same day, and Sony says the technology will be made broadly available to PlayStation developers while PSSR remains the higher-end option on PS5 Pro. Digital Foundry's early testing suggests QSSR has more modest performance targets on the standard PS5, which lacks the PS5 Pro's dedicated machine-learning hardware.

GTA 6's weather system sounds like a big step up

Rockstar vice president of art for lighting and rendering Owen Shepherd told Game Informer that the studio has re-engineered its weather system to make it more localized and persistent. GTA 6 will feature fully dynamic cloudscapes, localized rain showers and rainbows, wet ground and puddles after rain, a new wind system with offshore breezes and convectional updrafts, plus tropical storms, hurricanes, thunder and lightning. Shepherd did not explain how the weather systems could affect gameplay. GTA 6 launches on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, priced at $80 for the standard edition and $100 for the Ultimate Edition, with a $400 collector's edition that does not include the game.

Sony brings a PS5 Pro AI upscaling feature to PS5 as QSSR

Sony announced Quick Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR), a new performance tier of AI upscaling coming to PS5 starting today with Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei. PlayStation says QSSR comes out of Project Amethyst, its AI graphics collaboration with AMD, and uses a streamlined neural network architecture with a hand-tuned implementation for PS5, while PSSR on PS5 Pro remains the gold standard. Sony says it will offer QSSR broadly to all PlayStation developers, though it is unclear which released or future games will implement it.

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Our QSSR video, focusing primarily on Marvel's Wolverine, is now live: https://youtu.be/FQW6K7TLvQA

Sony brings QSSR AI upscaling to base PS5

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.

Ruriko-ji Temple location in Forza Horizon 6

Ruriko-ji Temple in Forza Horizon 6 sits in the northwest corner of the Minamino region, just south of the farms at the top of the area. The easiest route is to follow the off-road trail on the west side of the Naruo Golf Course, or fast travel to a nearby road if you have already visited. Photograph the temple itself rather than the pagoda beside it, and during the spring week of the "British Automotive" series you can complete the #TempleVantage photo challenge with a 1964 Aston Martin DB5 Vantage.

Pokémon's 30th Anniversary TCG Is Getting a Huge New Drop, But There's a Catch

The second wave of major Pokémon 30th Anniversary TCG products arrives at major retailers and local card shops on October 2, 2026. It's a date worth noting for anyone who struggled to get the earlier 30th Anniversary products or wants to complete a master set, though there's a catch.

All recruitable characters in Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave

Recruiting characters in Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is an important early-game feature that becomes crucial in later chapters. Regardless of which path you choose in Part 1, you start with a group of characters, but the protagonists of each path need all the allies they can get to win the Heroic Games.

Today's Top Deals: 1TB WD_BLACK PS5 SSD, LEGO Star Wars & F1, and ASUS Hatsune Miku Mouse

Woot has dropped the officially licensed 1TB WD_BLACK SN850P PS5 SSD to $179.99 with the code "APPLETEN," offering read speeds up to 7,300 MB/s. Amazon Prime members can get the 584-piece LEGO Star Wars The Mandalorian Helmet for $47.49, while the LEGO Speed Champions Ultimate Formula 1 Collector's Pack returns to its lowest price. The ASUS TUF Gaming Hatsune Miku Edition Mini Wireless Mouse is down to $69.99 on Amazon and Newegg with coupon codes.

Sony brings PS5 Pro-like AI upscaling QSSR to base PS5, but only two games support it for now

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.

Metro 2033 Redux and Metro Last Light Redux get free next-gen update on October 22 for PC, October 29 on consoles

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.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 second anniversary update goes live, starting year three of support

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.

Aerta: Against the Gods launches February 2, 2027, with a free demo out now

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.

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You Can Now Play Halo: Combat Evolved in a Web Browser, With Multiplayer

Developer Mitchell Hynes has got a build of the original Halo: Combat Evolved running in a web browser, built off Bnunu's decompilation project with mouse and keyboard support. It supports up to 128-player multiplayer and works on Windows, Linux, and Android, though there is no matchmaking—players share a room link and servers are peer-to-peer. Within five hours, the project saw almost 20,000 games across 115 countries.

Resident Evil's executive producer explains the deeper meaning behind Requiem, and I just can't get on board

Resident Evil executive producer Jun Takeuchi told Japanese press for the series' 30th anniversary that the title Requiem contains not only "RE (response)" but also "Q (question)," presenting both an answer and a question, with the meaning to be explained in the future. The author isn't convinced by this breakdown, though remains curious to learn more.

IGN Fan Fest Is Back for Fall 2026 With 90 Exclusive Reveals

IGN Fan Fest 2026: Fall Edition returns with 90 exclusive reveals across games, movies, TV, comics, and collectibles, streaming October 14. The event will feature more than 10 brand-new game reveals plus first-looks, news, and giveaways, with additional announcements starting October 12 on IGN.com. The lineup includes Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, Where Winds Meet, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2, and shows like Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 and VisionQuest.

Ghost of Yotei DLC Review: Echoes of Sekigahara and Most Wanted

Sucker Punch's Ghost of Yotei DLC is bundled in the Complete Edition, with a $15 upgrade on the PlayStation store for base game owners. Echoes of Sekigahara requires roughly 10 hours of story progress and a bounty called Nagato, the Handsome to start, adding about seven to eight hours in the new Ashoro Foothills region, while Most Wanted is a run-based bounty mode playable from the main menu with Atsu, Oyuki, Nagato, or Ghost of Tsushima's Jin Sakai. The review says both additions refine what the game already does well, though Most Wanted's denser fights expose occasional targeting issues.