How To Upgrade Your PS4 Games To Attractive PS5 Versions For Free – Do you know you can play most PlayStation 4 games on the PlayStation 5 all credit to the new sony console’s backward compatibility feature, but some publishers are letting you upgrade PS4 games to the PS5 versions for Free? This will let you play many of them with 4k dynamic resolution at 60 frames per second and delivers smaller loading times, making for a better gaming experience.
The major game getting such an update is last year’s final Fantasy 7 Remake, as shown during last week’s state of play Livestream. It will be coming out on June 10 along with an expansion featuring awesome ninja Yuffie Kisaragi.
The PS5 is available now but has been going in and out of stock at retailers. The digital-only model costs $400, and the one with a disc drive is $500.
If you opted for the digital-only PS5 and have a disc, you’re out of luck. There are a few more limitations and caveats:
- Some PS5 versions of current PS4 games aren’t out yet.
- Next-gen versions will be bigger files, so they’ll take up more precious hard drive space.
- You’ll end up with a fresh list of trophies (each version’s list is separate).
- A few games’ saves won’t transfer.
- Some game upgrades are available only in cross-gen bundles or special editions.
Free upgrades you can get right now
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
- Atelier Ryza 2
- Borderlands 3
- Bugsnax
- Dead by Daylight
- Destiny 2
- DIRT 5
- FIFA 21
- Fortnite
- Hitman 3 (digital version only)
- Immortals Fenyx Rising
- King Oddball
- Madden NFL 21
- Maneater
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Nioh
- No Man’s Sky
- Planet Coaster
- RIDE 4
- Sackboy: A Big Adventure
- The Pathless
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
- Watch Dogs Legion
- WRC 9
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Some upgrades will require you to buy a specific (more expensive) version of the game:
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is upgradable only if you buy the $70 cross-gen bundle or the $90 Ultimate Edition. The PS5 version costs $70; the PS4 version is $60.
- Marvel’s Spider: Man Remastered is available only with the $70 Miles Morales Ultimate Edition. It’s not technically an upgrade, but you’ll be able to transfer your save from the PS4 version.
Upcoming free upgrades
- Cyberpunk 2077 — Second half of 2021.
- Doom Eternal — To be announced.
- Far Cry 6 — To be announced in 2021.
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake — June 10, 2021.
- For Honor — To be announced.
- Ghostrunner — To be announced 2021.
- Guilty Gear Strive — April 9, 2021.
- Horizon Forbidden West — To be announced 2021.
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits — First quarter of 2021.
- Little Nightmares 2 — To be announced 2021.
- Marvel’s Avengers — March, 18, 2021.
- Metro Exodus — To be announced.
- Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom — To be announced.
- Outriders — April 1, 2021.
- Praey for the Gods — First quarter of 2021.
- Riders Republic — To be announced 2021.
- The Elder Scrolls Online — To be announced.
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — To be announced.