PlayStation 5 system software 26.06-14.00.00 turns Enhance PSSR Image Quality on by default for PS5 Pro—so games built on original PSSR can use Sony’s upgraded upscaler without hunting an obscure toggle—plus new voice-chat and Welcome Hub widgets.
Emeteria’s elemental action-adventure RPG Fading Echo launched on PlayStation 5 on September 22 with a free PS Store demo for everyone—weaponize Æther, shift realities across Corel’s floating islands, and pick up the full game for $19.99.
Wired Productions and Glee-Cheese announce Mr. Records for PS5, PC, Xbox Series, and Switch 2—a HarmoKnight-like mix of vinyl shopkeeping and arcade rhythm stages—with a Steam demo ahead of Next Fest and PS Store wishlist now live.
Two days from launch, Konami and Screen Burn’s PlayStation Blog deep dive spells out how Townfall uses DualSense haptics and adaptive triggers, Tempest 3D audio, ray-traced fog lighting, and the handheld CRTV to sell first-person Silent Hill on PS5.
Kotaku and Push Square report select PlayStation Store shoppers seeing Wallet Credit rewards—about $10 / £10 back on titles like The Blood of Dawnwalker—with a stub Wallet Credits app still undownloadable and no official Stars replacement announcement from Sony.
Sony and LISA unveil a Chroma Pearl DualSense Limited Edition for October 30 ($84.99 / €84.99 / £74.99 / ¥12,480), with preorders October 2 at 10am local and a matching apparel/merch collection the same day.
Konami and Annapurna’s first-person Silent Hill: Townfall unlocks on PS5 (and PC) September 24, 2026. Digital Deluxe includes 48-hour early access as PS5 horror week also welcomes Control Resonant the same day.
In a new interview round, Hideo Kojima describes a shocking June Zoom where SIE pulled Physint funding. KojiPro says the studio is healthy, Xbox continues development, and the PlayStation relationship remains strong.
Remedy locks the countdown: Control Resonant goes live Sep 24 at 7 a.m. PDT on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, with PS5 Digital Deluxe early access starting Sep 22. Reviews are generally favorable.
Alinea Analytics estimates Insomniac’s PS5 exclusive pulled roughly $130 million and 1.9 million copies in its opening weekend—outpacing Death Stranding 2’s lifetime PS5 totals.
