Overview

• Housemarque has released a PS5 Pro patch for Returnal, celebrating the game's fourth anniversary with a resolution boost of up to 2.5× compared to the base PS5 version.
• The patch focuses solely on improving resolution, without adding new framerate options or graphical toggles.
• Returnal originally employed techniques like temporal reconstruction and checkerboarding to upscale from 1080p to 4K on the base PS5.
• Analysts are awaiting technical evaluations to determine if the PS5 Pro patch achieves native 4K output.
• The update highlights the potential of PS5 Pro hardware for enhancing existing titles, with similar optimizations anticipated for Housemarque’s upcoming sci-fi action game, Saros.