The Playstation 4 had one of the most satisfying and largest libraries available. It only makes sense for Sony to capitalize on these prominent titles via PS5 upgrades. The PS5 is known to be a graphical powerhouse with its Zen 2-based CPU, and its gargantuan 8 cores at 3.5 GHz and 10.28 Teraflops.
Sony’s PS5 (hard to scoop up) hardware brings your favorite PS4 games to this console, but fully optimizing them via free upgrades can help everyone enjoy their go-to games that much more. Whether it's frame rate increases, or other enhancements, these PS5 upgrades can provide new experiences with the games you already love.
10 No Man's Sky: Explore The Next-Gen Universe
Despite a turbulent start, Hello Games’ No Man’s Sky has lived up to being quite the space adventurer’s fever dream. Initially released in 2016, No Man’s Sky has seen various updates that have added vehicles, better procedural beasts, and even multiplayer to the game. It’s truly become the outer space sandbox it set out to be.
Playstation 5 users who already own a Playstation 4 copy of No Man’s Sky can enjoy space traveling on their new hardware at no extra cost. If you haven't jumped into Hello Games’ procedural universe yet (or maybe you have), now sounds like a great time for PS5 owners to dive in.
9 Yakuza: Like a Dragon: Prove Yourself
SEGA’s Yakuza franchise has successfully brought the underbelly of Tokyo to global audiences. With Yakuza: Like A Dragon available as a free PS5 upgrade, you can run in the shoes of a new protagonist: Ichiban Kasuga, the man with the Dragonfish tattoo.
After downloading the upgrade, you can enjoy upgraded visuals when beating up rival gangs in the streets of Yokohama. Making use of the PS5s lightning-fast SSD, loading into new environments takes just seconds - meaning you’ll have more time to throw hands or play slots and pachinko.
8 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. A Next-Gen Experience To Behold
CD Project Red’s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, winner of over 800 awards, has a free PS5 upgrade coming in 2021. Not only will you hunt ghouls as Geralt of Rivia via the power of PS5, but CD Project Red makes use of that power by enhancing The Witcher 3’s graphics.
You'll not only enjoy better visuals, but CDPR has announced that the upgrade will come with DLC “inspired by” The Witcher Netflix series. Fingers crossed on having some sort of Henry Cavil in a bathtub-related content.
7 Final Fantasy 7 Remake: An Essential Materia For Your PS5
Square-Enix’s glorious Final Fantasy 7 Remake, labeled ‘Intergrade’ introduces a PS5 upgraded version of FF7 which can only be played on the PS5. To summon this beast of an upgrade, owners of FFVII Remake can snag their copy by downloading it from the Playstation Store.
After launching the upgrade, you can expect your eyeballs to be blessed with enhanced visuals and load times. Redeeming the PS5 version also grants you special access to the INTERmission episode: an original slice of added content featuring Yuffie Kisaragi, the cunning ninja.
6 Doom Eternal: 4K Savagery
If cracking demon skulls is more your jam, then make sure you pick up your free upgrade of Bethesda’s Doom Eternal for PS5. Just make sure you wash your hands of the caked-on blood before picking up the controller.
This PS5 upgrade lets you play in 4K quality along with 60 FPS goodness. Doomguys beware, campaign save data for the PS4 version cannot be carried over to the PS5 version. The choice is yours: exchange 4k chaos for your past progression. More bloody pixels over pixelated blood sounds like a terrific choice.
5 Cyberpunk 2077: A Re-wired Upgrade
CD Project Red has been very busy on Cyberpunk 2077, especially due to the game's noticeably glitchy release. But if you are still infatuated with Night City despite the rough launch, then the free PS5 upgrade for this game will keep you riding into the neon-hued cityscapes.
CDPR has declared that the next-gen version of Cyberpunk 2077 is currently planned to launch during the latter part of 2021. With glitches being plucked from Cyberpunk 2077 as days go by, perhaps the PS5 upgrade has the potential to be the best version.
4 Dead by Daylight: Feel The Haptic Heartbeat
Run as fast as you can, but you can't outrun Behavior Interactive’s Dead By Daylight free PS5 upgrade. The next-gen multiplayer horror genre would not be complete without letting players run for their lives, PlayStation 5 controller haptic heartbeats and all.
Downloading the PS5 version gives you enhanced visuals and access to your previous save data as well. You’ll be running quite a bit in this game so it’s only natural that you can bring your past game progression with you, too. Thankfully, this PS5 update lets you do that.
3 Resident Evil Village: Lady Dimitrescu Awaits You In 4K
Luckily, all you need to do with your hands is wrap them around a PS5 controller to download Capcom’s Resident Evil Village for PS5. Not the same can be said for poor something-always-slicing-and-dicing-my-hands Ethan Winters.
Not only do you get the privilege of running away in utter fear from Lady Dimitrescu, before you best her in combat but you get to do it with Ray tracing, adaptive triggers, and minimal load times. In addition, Resident Evil Village will support 3D audio featured on the PS5. All the better hear the sounds of scraping and cutting, of course.
2 For Honor: Combat The Opposition
Fighting Vikings and Samurai doesn’t get old. For that reason, Ubisoft’s For Honor in full 4k and 60 FPS should please any fan. On previous generation consoles, For Honor would typically produce 30 fps gameplay.
Now that the PS5 upgrade and the long-awaited 2.24.0 update are up for grabs, you’ll be driving swords into shields in glorious 60 fps goodness. Not only are their gameplay performance boosts, but textures and environments are also receiving visual tweaks by way of more pronounced reflections in water and shadows.
1 The Last of Us Part 2: An Infectious Reason To Revisit On PS5
One of the most anticipated releases in Playstation history, Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part 2 has received a PS5 patch upgrade allowing the game to produce 60 fps gameplay - yes, it’s ready for you to download now!
While an official announcement for a fully re-worked PS5 upgrade has yet to be revealed, it is hard to imagine Naughty Dog skipping on bringing a fully optimized PS5 version of The Last of Us Part 2. What would be more frightening than being chased by a 4k 60 FPS Rat King in full juggernaut mode?