PS Plus Users Can Now Claim Free PS5 Upgrade of 2022 Game

PS Plus users who were locked out of a free PS5 port of a 2022 PS4 Essential monthly freebie can now claim the upgrade and keep it for good. The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan‘s PS4 version was given away for free before the PS5 version’s launch. However, a glitch prevented some PS Plus users from claiming the free upgrade, which has now been resolved.

PS Plus Essential users were locked out of Man of Medan’s free PS5 upgrade due to a PS Store glitch

When Man of Medan’s PS5 version was added to the PS Plus Extra catalog later in 2022, it triggered a PS Store glitch that prevented Essential users from downloading the PS5 copy of the game, leaving them stuck with the PS4 version.

Now that Man of Medan has finally left the PS Plus Extra catalog, the glitch has been resolved. A huge thanks to Reddit user Aforumguy26 for pointing this out, as we had forgotten about the free upgrade ourselves.

Unfortunately, those who couldn’t wait for the glitch to be fixed and downloaded Man of Medan’s PS5 version via the Extra catalog have ended up overriding their permanent Essential license (we’ve only warned about this thousands of times).

If you previously claimed Man of Medan via PS Plus Essential but now only have access to a free trial, you’ve lost your license to the full game.

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PS5 Pro Upgrades Confirmed for Highly Anticipated 007 Game

IO Interactive has confirmed that the highly anticipated 007 First Light will feature robust PS5 Pro upgrades. The game will launch with all the enhancements, so PS5 Pro owners won’t have to wait for post-launch patches.

007 First Light PS5 Pro upgrades include PSSR 2.0 support

PS5 Pro players can expect the following enhancements when 007 First Light launches:

• PSSR 2.0 support.
• Cleaner visuals, e.g., “dense foliage of outdoor environments to the close-up detail of character work in cinematic moments,” per IO Interactive.
• Less shimmering, flickering, and other graphical noise.
• Better visuals in sequences involving motion.
• Sharper character presentation, e.g., hair and clothing fabric.

“Upgraded PSSR gave us a meaningful jump in image quality across the board — cleaner, more stable, and noticeably sharper on the kind of fine detail that’s hardest to get right,” IO Interactive technical director Henrik Schlichter said on the PS Blog. “It’s a clear upgrade for our PS5 Pro players.”

“We integrated upgraded PSSR in about a day and were essentially happy with what we saw straight away,” added principal render engineer Jon Rocatis. “No per-scene tuning, no special-case work — it just held up across the whole game. That’s not something we get to say very often about a piece of new tech.”

007 First Light will launch next week on Wednesday, May 27.

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PS5 Users Can Now Try Intriguing New Square Enix RPG for Free

Square Enix has stealth-dropped a free playable prologue for its promising upcoming PS5 RPG on the PS Store. The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is brought to us by the developers of Octopath Traveler and Bravely Default, and you can check it out right now.

PS5 RPG The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales will launch in June 2026

The Adventures of Elliot Prologue Demo is out now on the PS Store in all regions, and you don’t need a PS Plus subscription to play. However, if you do have a Premium membership, then you can skip downloading and cloud stream the demo.

All your progress will carry over to the full game, provided you use the same PlayStation accounts for both the demo and the game.

“Enjoy the opening chapter of the story with the same freedom of adventure as in the full game,” says Square Enix. “Progress in the main quest, explore the unknown, or hunt down new weapons and magicite — the future is up to you. Your adventure in Philabieldia, a world filled with discovery, starts here!”

The demo does limit players’ access to certain areas, and you cannot redeem “save data bonuses,” per Square Enix.

The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales will launch on June 18, 2026.

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