{"id":35358,"date":"2021-02-01T23:38:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T07:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=35358"},"modified":"2021-06-15T14:09:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T21:09:18","slug":"god-of-war-2018-to-get-a-free-ps5-upgrade-starting-february-2nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=35358","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;God of War&#8221; 2018 to get a free PS5 upgrade starting February 2nd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GoW_PS5EnhancedExp_Blog-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35360\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GoW_PS5EnhancedExp_Blog-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GoW_PS5EnhancedExp_Blog-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GoW_PS5EnhancedExp_Blog-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GoW_PS5EnhancedExp_Blog-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GoW_PS5EnhancedExp_Blog.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption><em>Via<\/em> Santa Monica Studios Blog Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2018 <strong>God of War<\/strong> which was released as a <strong>PS4<\/strong> exclusive is now getting a graphical upgrade patch for the <strong>PS5<\/strong> console on February 2nd. <em>PS5<\/em> users can download the patch for free to get the visually enhanced version on their consoles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the <strong>Santa Monica Studios<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sms.playstation.com\/stories\/enhanced-performance-experience-playstation-5-god-of-war-2018\">blog<\/a> post, the <strong>PS4 Pro<\/strong> lets players choose either the performance mode or the one that favored the resolution. With this new upcoming update, the game will offer a default setting that will offer the best of both performance and resolution on the <em>PS5<\/em>. It will run at 60 FPS in 4K checkerboard resolution at 2160p. You&#8217;ll still have the option to choose &#8220;Original Performance Experience&#8221; to run the game at 4K with 30 FPS as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-x\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The God of War (2018) Enhanced Performance Experience for the PS5 is coming tomorrow! <br><br>\u2714\ufe0f Syncs to 60 FPS <br>\u2714\ufe0f 4K Checkerboard Resolution <br>\u2714\ufe0f 2160p<br>\u2714\ufe0f Free Update for PS5 Users<br><br>Check out our blog for more info \ud83d\udc49<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CXTyfHFyvN\">https:\/\/t.co\/CXTyfHFyvN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/psSLo63ReF\">pic.twitter.com\/psSLo63ReF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Santa Monica Studio \u2013 God of War Laufey (@SonySantaMonica) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SonySantaMonica\/status\/1356327957678080001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>God of War<\/em> is a part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/2020\/09\/ps5-owners-to-get-a-collection-of-ps4-games-on-subscribing-for-playstation-plus\/\">Playstation Plus Collection<\/a> which is a selection of notable <em>PS4<\/em> games that would be available for all PS5 owners who are also <strong>PS Plus<\/strong> members. 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