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Here’s an interesting observation that’s almost assuredly not a coincidence: Sony has been busy beavering away on patches for a bunch of first-party games prior to the release of the PlayStation 5 next month. ResetEra user Lant_War has pointed the conspicuous activity out, but we’d noticed it in a couple of cases, and also found it odd.

It’s curious behaviour because many of these titles have been untouched for months – or even years. God of War III Remastered, for example, was recently updated, as was PlayStation VR Worlds. Other titles like Marvel’s Spider-Man, Astro Bot Rescue Mission, God of War, and Blood & Truth were also patched. In practically all cases, there’s little information beyond “bug fixes” in the update log.

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So, what’s going on here? Well, most likely is that the titles have been tweaked for compatibility with the PS5 – and have perhaps been updated to integrate some of the next-gen console’s new UI features. Many will also be hoping that they’ve been altered to take better advantage of PS5 Game Boost, but we’ll need to wait a few more weeks for confirmation on that front.

[source resetera.com]