External USB drives connected to a PlayStation 5 can archive PS4 and PS5 game installs, store screenshots and video clips, and transfer media to a computer, though not all functions work simultaneously on one drive. Game archiving requires a USB 5 Gbps (USB 3.0) drive between 250GB and 8TB, formatted specifically as USB Extended Storage, which erases existing data and can't be used with a hub. Screenshots and clips instead require a standard exFAT or FAT32 formatted drive, meaning separate drives are needed for games versus media.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-26
Sony's PlayStation Plus subscription has increased from its original annual cost in 2010 to $80 a year for the base tier in 2026, a $30 rise over more than 15 years. The service began as an optional single-tier add-on offering free monthly games and discounts, but became mandatory for online multiplayer when the PS4 launched in late 2013, and now operates as a multi-tier subscription.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-25
A GitHub project called Playden for PS5 adapts the macOS Playden launcher to let users sign into Steam and install games from their library onto a jailbroken PlayStation 5. It works by running titles through prospero-win, a PS5 port of Wine, creating a separate app tile for each installed game with isolated files and settings. The developer lists compatible titles including Cyberpunk 2077, Doom Eternal, and Team Fortress 2, but the project remains in Alpha, with mixed user reports of crashes and missing mouse/menu support.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-25
Amazon has discounted NBA 2K27 by 29%, bringing the price below $50, a $20 reduction from its standard listing. The sale applies to the Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox Series X versions of the newly released basketball title.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-10-22
Japanese retailer blog Kunkoku reports Sony has discontinued the UBP-X700/K, its final standalone UHD Blu-ray player, which now shows as out of stock with no restock date on Sony's site. This leaves the PlayStation 5 as Sony's only remaining device capable of playing UHD Blu-ray discs. The move follows Sony halting Blu-ray recorder sales globally in February and its summer announcement that it will stop producing physical PlayStation games starting in 2028.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-22
Sony announced that its PlayStation Pulse wireless headset will ship November 19 across the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Japan and other markets, priced at $100 and available in white or midnight black. Pre-orders begin October 29, with additional country availability to be detailed later.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-21
A South Korean developer known as Gezine posted a video on X showing access to the PS5's restricted debug menu, claiming to have broken through security protections in firmware version 14.10. That firmware had been released by Sony specifically to patch the earlier 'Relapse' exploit, which allowed decrypting and running PS5 games on jailbroken consoles. Gezine noted that the old method of dumping game data no longer works, suggesting a different hypervisor-based exploit would be needed to fully jailbreak an updated console.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-21
CD Projekt Red is releasing Cyberpunk 2077 update 2.5 on October 22nd for PC, Mac, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, with Nintendo Switch 2 and Mac App Store support following days later. The update introduces mod.io-powered cross-platform mod browsing from the in-game menu, Edgerunners-inspired content like a new side quest and radio station, dual-wielding pistols, DLSS 4.5 support, and a console FOV slider.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-21
A new project called PS5LM runs llama.cpp on a jailbroken PS5's GPU, loading GGUF language models and serving them to other devices on the same network, such as laptops and phones. It exposes OpenAI-style and Anthropic-style endpoints, works with tools like Claude Code, and can also run decision models that answer TypeSafe's /v1/systemone API, the same interface used by the PC tool Ollaya. The console uses its Vulkan backend on its RDNA 2 GPU, with 11.4 GB of shared memory available for models and context, and needs no PC, cloud connection or account to operate.
github.com
· 2026-10-16
A Reddit user known as AdIllustrious7246 built a fork of PS5LM, a llama.cpp port for jailbroken PS5 consoles, that uses the PS5_Vulkan graphics driver to run AI language models on the console's GPU instead of its CPU. The update lets the PS5 run a 27-billion-parameter model at 20 tokens per second, and smaller models like Gemma 4 E4B and Llama 3.2 3B at 61 and 124 tokens per second respectively, far faster than the earlier CPU-only version that was limited to about 6.25 GiB of memory.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-16
Rockstar Games has published a new "launch" trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI, about a month before the game's release. The 90-second clip, captured entirely on PS5, showcases the Miami-inspired Vice City setting and features a new track from electronic duo Justice, who are scoring the game.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-15
Overdrive, an unofficial PS5 storefront offering more than 1,600 pirated PS4 and PS5 games for jailbroken consoles, has gone offline after its developer reportedly received a cease-and-desist notice from Sony. The project went viral after modder Edigax shared it on social media, but within hours of its removal, multiple forked versions appeared on GitHub, with one already listing over 1,800 titles.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-14
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