Happy Birthday returnTo celebrate its fourth anniversary, Sony is giving the acclaimed roguelike shooter a technical upgrade – at least for owners of the PS5 ProDeveloper Housemarque and publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment are releasing a performance patch today that will improve the game. according to official information with "up to 2,5 times higher resolution" It will shine on the new hardware. Sounds impressive, even if the details are even more vague than a biome change in the Atropos Wilds.
More resolution, less clarity: What the patch really brings
Specific technical information? Unfortunately, none available. But honestly: Who... return Anyone who knows this already knows that it looked like an interstellar LSD trip on speed. So what's the point of 2,5 times more resolution? Even sharper tentacles? Even clearer nightmares? Probably both.
The update itself arrives without comment – no patch notes, no mention of possible HDR improvements, frame rate stability, or even new features. Simply: "Here, more pixels. Have fun dying." And somehow that fits. Because return It was never the game that explains everything. It was always more like: fall in, learn, curse, fall in again.
Housemarque is looking ahead: SORA as a stylistic new beginning
While the PS5 Pro visually enhances the game, Housemarque's gaze is already fixed on the future. With the still rather mysterious project... saros The studio plans to deliver a new, narratively ambitious sci-fi adventure in 2026. A first teaser has already been released. revealed and suggests an atmospherically dense, stylistically more subdued experience – a clear departure from the bombastic barrage of return. There should then be concrete information. later this year, which hopefully "Here are a few more pixels." Go outside. Living a minimalist lifestyle would be a complete disappointment.
So fans are left with a choice: return to Atropos in super-res or wait and see what happens next. saros brings. And while other games might get a skin pack or a lackluster event for their birthday, with [the other game] there's [something]. return What really matters: more harshness in failure.
Is the PS5 Pro patch the hoped-for solution to return to the game?
I've tried several times to play via Plus, but it's not for me.
I wouldn't touch a roguelike with 2,5x more pixels either 😉