#Update

CD Projekt Red addresses divisive lighting changes in a new Witcher 3 Remastered PC patch

CD Projekt Red has released a second hotfix for The Witcher 3 Remastered edition that directly addresses PC lighting concerns, including tweaks to Bloom, vegetation lighting, saturation, and path tracing lighting in Velen. The 5.00c patch also fixes voiceover audio becoming significantly quieter after using the pause menu, a HairWorks performance and visual issue, and problems with GOG achievements and launching the Classic 1.32 version.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Gets a Big Free Update and Year 3 Roadmap

Publisher Focus Entertainment revealed and released a major free update for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 alongside a roadmap for the coming year. The update's headline addition is Chaos Siege mode, which lets players fight as Chaos Space Marines across two new Siege sectors on Avarax, plus a Crucible system with Penances and the One-Handed Hammer for four classes. The Year 3 roadmap includes two cosmetic packs for Season Pass III holders, and a free Apothecary class with more weapons and operations in 2027.

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Valve's latest Steam Frame update adds up to 12% more battery life

Valve has released another SteamOS update for the Steam Frame, bringing power efficiency improvements that add up to 12% more battery life during streaming and local gameplay. The update also adds an accessibility option to limit eye tracking to a single eye and fixes controller bindings failing to load in certain games. On PC, users must opt into SteamVR 2.18.2 or later to reduce "Error 17" connection issues.

Sony brings AI upscaling QSSR to PS5, live now in Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei

Sony announced Quick Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR), an AI image upscaling technology for PS5, and it is already available in Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei. Sony describes QSSR as a lesser version of the PSSR found on PS5 Pro, offering improved image detail and stability, and says it will later be offered broadly to all PlayStation developers. Digital Foundry found the quality boost especially notable in Marvel's Wolverine, though it said a big divide remains between QSSR on standard PS5 and PSSR on the Pro.

007 First Light free DLC Advanced Operations launches with New Game+, 00 difficulty, and photo mode

IO Interactive and Amazon MGM Studios announced that the free DLC Advanced Operations for 007 First Light is out now, adding New Game+, a new 00 difficulty mode, refined weapon-handling animations, a full photo mode, and tactical simulation content starring the Aston Martin Valhalla. New Game+ unlocks after finishing the campaign on any difficulty and keeps unlocked outfits and gear, while 00 difficulty makes enemies react faster to bodies and noise and lets two hits kill. The tactical simulation adds four Valhalla Protocol missions and a new mission returning to Vietnam's Pearl Hotel, and the game is available on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Amazon.com, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, with a Nintendo Switch 2 version due in March 2027.

New PS5 Firmware Update 26.06-14.10.00 Available to Download Now

Sony is rolling out PS5 firmware update 26.06-14.10.00 as a phased release, so some users may not receive it immediately. The patch notes list security fixes to the system software along with improvements to system software performance and stability. There is still no mention of PS5 folders.

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007 First Light Unveils Extended Operations Free DLC - Adds New Game+, Photo Mode And Much More

IO Interactive launched the "Extended Operations" free DLC for 007 First Light this week, adding new missions, a photo mode, new game+, new weapons, outfits and more. The Switch 2 port has been delayed to next March, when all of this additional content should be available. The game arrived on PS5 earlier this year in May.

CD Projekt Red Says It's Working On Fixes For Witcher 3 Remastered

CD Projekt Red says it is working on fixes for The Witcher 3 Remastered, though Switch 2 owners may have to wait a little longer. CDPR told SwitchUp it will address issues such as blurry visuals in portable mode, but any patch must go through Nintendo's approval process. Community director Marcin Momot said the team is looking into the bloom effect across all platforms and hopes to have changes ready for the next update.

Doom: The Dark Ages Revelations Gets Endless 'Slaughter Mode' in Free Update Next Month

id Software announced during its Slayers Club Live livestream that Doom: The Dark Ages' Revelations DLC will receive a free update next month adding an endless single-player Slaughter Mode. Game director Hugo Martin said players fight through escalating demon waves across multiple arenas, earning cosmetics and personal bests in rounds and score. id did not give a specific launch date for the update.

007 First Light Gets Free Extended Operations DLC with New Game Plus, Photo Mode, and New Missions

IO Interactive detailed the free Extended Operations DLC for 007 First Light, available from 1st October 2026 as a free update for all players. It adds the Valhalla Protocol mission with the Aston Martin Valhalla and four track variants plus online leaderboards, a photo mode, the Jungle Heist mission set in a Vietnamese resort, new weapons and outfits in the Intel shop, and a New Game Plus mode with a new 00 difficulty.

Metro 2033 and Last Light Get Free PS5 Upgrades, Out This Month

4A Games has confirmed that Metro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux are getting native PS5 versions, with a free upgrade for existing owners. Both versions launch on 29th October 2026 and offer true 4K at 60FPS, upscaled 4K at 120FPS, higher quality lighting, shadows and particle effects, plus Adaptive Trigger support for DualSense controllers.

Metro Redux Coming to PS5 and Xbox Series on October 29

Deep Silver and 4A Games will release Metro Redux, which includes Metro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux, for PS5 and Xbox Series on October 29, with a free "Next-Gen Update" for PC on October 22. Owners of the PS4 or Xbox One versions will also get a free upgrade. The update adds 4K textures, 4K 60fps and upscaled 4K 120fps on consoles, plus platform features like PSSR, TSR, and Spatial Audio, and is not a full remaster or remake.

Two Metro Redux Games Get Free Xbox Series X|S Upgrades This October

Metro 2033 Redux and Metro Last Light Redux are getting free Xbox Series X|S upgrades on October 29th. Deep Silver says the update is not a remaster or remake, but adds 4K textures, improved animation fidelity, higher quality audio, TSR upscaling and anti-aliasing on Series X, with console play at 4K 60FPS or upscaled 4K 120FPS. The upgrade is free for existing owners on Steam, Epic Games Store, Windows Store, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Wolverine v1.002 Patch Enables Sony's New QSSR Tech by Default on Base PS5

Insomniac's Marvel's Wolverine has received the v1.002 patch, which enables Sony's new QSSR tech by default on base PS5 hardware. QSSR is a simplified version of Sony's PSSR upscaler, and Ghost of Yotei is the other title currently updated to support it. The patch also fixes UI, Photo Mode, out-of-bounds, visual polish, progression, crash, accessibility, and localisation issues.

Sony announces Quick Spectral Super Resolution, a PS5 AI upscaler

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced Quick Spectral Super Resolution, the base PS5 equivalent of PS5 Pro's PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution. It uses a streamlined neural network architecture with hand-tuned implementation to maximize performance on base PS5, and Sony says it improves image detail and stability. Patches for Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei implementing it are available today, and all PlayStation developers can use it going forward.

ININ 'Relaunches' R-Type Dimensions III With a Third Major Patch and a Free Digital Artbook

ININ has announced it has effectively "relaunched" R-Type Dimensions III with a third major patch, which mainly reworks boss fights in Advanced Mode to more closely match the original game. As an apology, a digital artbook previously only available in the Ultimate Edition on Steam has been added to all platforms. ININ calls this patch the final step in fixing the game and is treating it as a fresh relaunch.

Sony Confirms Refined QSSR Upscaler for Base PS5

Sony is rolling out a new QSSR (Quick Spectral Super Resolution) tool for developers, a refined version of the PSSR tech found on PS5 Pro that lets base PS5 games render at lower resolution and upscale the image. According to Digital Foundry, support is currently limited to Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei, both of which are updated today, with the tools to be made available to all developers. Digital Foundry says the quality boost in Marvel's Wolverine is exceptional and that QSSR could approach the speed of the more commonly used FSR 3 upscaler, though more testing is needed.

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.

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.

Team Fortress 2 Update Released With Scream Fortress XVIII Halloween Event

Valve released an update for Team Fortress 2 that launches the Scream Fortress XVIII Halloween event, running through November 7th, 2026. The event adds 5 community maps, the Haunted Hoard Case with 23 community-created cosmetic items, 5 community taunts and 21 new Unusual effects, and all players who launch the game receive a Soul Gargoyle. The update also reworks the Zombie mode with a new Zombie Spawn Picker and new abilities for several Zombie classes, alongside numerous community-reported fixes.

Rust's October update adds cows, sheep and milk, and devs warn that 'cream is a more powerful consumable'

Facepunch Studios' October update for Rust adds livestock including cows and sheep, which produce dung, meat, bones, leather, milk and wool, along with an economy built around them. Players can haggle with a new Stable vendor to sell animals and wool, drink milk, or refrigerate it for four hours and skim it into skimmed milk and cream, which the update calls "a more powerful consumable." The update also adds squirrels, rabbits, frogs, turtles and other critters, and lets raw and spoiled meat fuel a biofuel generator.

Last Epoch Season 5, Rage of the Frostborn, is live

Last Epoch Season 5, titled Rage of the Frostborn, is now live.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

007 First Light's First DLC Out Now, Adds New Game Plus

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 brings QSSR AI upscaling to base PS5, starting with Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei

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.

The Witcher 3 Remastered gets two fixes one day after launch

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.

Sony brings AI upscaling QSSR to PS5, with Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei patched today

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.

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Control Resonant's 1.4.0 Update Adds New Game++ and Fixes Bugs

Remedy has released the 1.4.0 update for Control Resonant, adding the promised New Game++ mode along with numerous bug fixes and quality-of-life tweaks. The patch also fixes fast-travel doors in the starting area resetting custom outfits, and adds a toggle to mute copyrighted music during the opening credits.

007 First Light Reveals Everything in Its Free DLC Expansion

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.