A PS5 update that ruined game backgrounds was just a bug

An apparent bug caused game art backgrounds to be replaced by promotional messages and news items on the PlayStation 5 dashboard for some people on Monday. The images they saw showed promotions for long-term discounts and advertisements for new games.

People lamented the change on forums and on social media, saying that the game art that previously appeared when they highlighted a game was gone. Instead, the image that would normally appear as a news item in a separate section of the PS5 UI was splashed across the screen behind games like Miles Morales, HiFi rushAnd Final Fantasy VII Remake.

In a now-deleted post, Daniel Hiatt, product lead for Game Hub and Activity Suggestions at PlayStation, wrote Monday afternoon that the change was a “(new) bug with an existing feature.” Then, those game pages will be back to normal at 6pm ET, as we confirmed on our own PS5s. The @AskPlayStation account on

A technical error with the Official News feature on the PS5 console has now been resolved. No changes have been made to the way gaming news is displayed on PS5.

A Edge staffer shared some screenshots of the temporary new look while it was active, as below, highlighting a launch discount Animal welfare which ended months ago (the game came out in May. We reviewed it!).

There were entire threads dedicated to the change on both Reddit and Resetera, but now that it’s been reversed, people will have to get back to debating the PS5 Pro, rating scores and why Treaty failed.