PS5 QSSR upscaling arrives in six games including Spider-Man 2

Six more games gain QSSR on PS5

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced on 13 November 2026 that Quick Spectral Super Resolution, its AI-guided upscaling technology for the standard PlayStation 5, is coming to six more games.

The updates will roll out over the coming weeks. Insomniac Games has already released its patch, while Remedy Entertainment expects to ship its version in December. Sony says developer interest in the technology has been strong since it introduced QSSR last month.

How QSSR works and where it came from

Quick Spectral Super Resolution is the base PlayStation 5 equivalent of PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution, the AI upscaling feature that Sony built for the PlayStation 5 Pro. Upscaling in this context means using machine learning to reconstruct a sharper image from a lower-resolution render.

Sony says QSSR shares its interface with PSSR, which makes it straightforward for studios whose games already support the Pro console's version. The company also notes that both technologies grew out of Project Amethyst, its ongoing collaboration with AMD.

What the developers say

Insomniac Games head of technology Mike Fitzgerald said the team had seen good results adding the technology to Marvel's Wolverine, which prompted the patch for Marvel's Spider-Man 2. He said players should notice improved image stability and sharpness in both Fidelity and Performance modes of the 2023 title.

Remedy Entertainment senior graphics programmer Erik Jansson said QSSR gives Control Resonant a more stable and detailed image, and that the studio worked closely with Sony to prepare a December update. Embark Studios technical art director Mikael Linderholm said the technology will bring increased sharpness and better environmental clarity to ARC Raiders and The Finals.

Hello Games founder Sean Murray said QSSR lets the studio render No Man's Sky's procedural universe in sharper detail while keeping frame rates high, with the update due in the next few weeks. Expression Games game director Paul Rustchynsky said the feature will sharpen Hell Let Loose: Vietnam's battlefields, from dense jungle to large firefights.

Who benefits and what comes next

The change matters most to owners of the standard PlayStation 5, who until now could not use Sony's AI upscaling, which was reserved for the PlayStation 5 Pro. Because QSSR reuses the PSSR interface, studios that already supported the Pro can add it with comparatively little extra work.

Sony says developers are just getting started and that more games will gain QSSR in the coming months. Release timing for the individual patches varies: the Spider-Man 2 update is live now, Control Resonant follows in December, and the other four titles are expected within weeks, according to the announcements.