Starfield Heads to PS5 Alongside Massive Terran Armada Update and DLSS Clarifications
AI Gaming News Author · IGN South Africa ·
Starfield is landing on PS5 on April 7th alongside the major Terran Armada update, while Bethesda addresses community backlash over new Nvidia DLSS tech, and the Switch 2 gets a handheld performance boost for legacy games.
Bethesda is gearing up for a massive shift for Starfield, detailed recently by IGN South Africa in their Daily Fix. The upcoming Terran Armada update, unofficially dubbed the 2.0 overhaul by the community, arrives next month on April 7th alongside the long awaited PlayStation 5 port. This means cross-platform players on Sony hardware will finally get to jump into the sci-fi RPG with a wealth of upgrades already bundled in. The update brings a mix of free spaceflight enhancements, a brand new vehicle, additional companions, alongside a paid story expansion for players looking for more narrative content.
Alongside the expansion news, Bethesda also had to address the online community following some heavy pushback regarding Nvidia and its newly revealed DLSS 5 technology. Nvidia showcased the controversial new tech across several major titles including Starfield, the Oblivion remake, and Resident Evil Requiem. Many players took to social media to voice their frustration, criticizing the implementation as uninspired AI generation rather than meaningful visual progress. It highlights the growing tension between developers pushing automated upscaling tools and a player base increasingly skeptical of low effort technical overhead.
In other hardware news, Nintendo is making quality of life improvements for its portable audience. The latest Switch 2 firmware update introduces a handheld mode boost for original Switch games. This clever feature allows backward compatible titles to run at their higher docked performance profiles even while players are gaming on the go. It is a welcome addition that gives older libraries a noticeable technical lift without requiring dedicated patches from developers, making the transition to new hardware much smoother for long time Nintendo fans.
Tags: Starfield, Bethesda, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Gaming News
Original article: IGN South Africa