Adding PS5 Pro's upgraded PSSR into 007 First Light was 'remarkably smooth,' dev IO Interactive says

Sony's upgraded PlayStation Super Spectral Resolution tech is seeing adoption in newer games, and developers are surprised at how easy it is to incorporate the boosted version into their projects.

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Sony's new PSSR upgrade is apparently quite optimized and requires little tweaking when added into PS5 Pro titles. In the latest update on the PlayStation Blog, IO Interactive devs discussed their experience with the new PSSR update doing its magic within the new action -based James Bond 007 First Light game. The testimony was interesting and reflective of Sony's developer-first stance, where its hardware--and adjoining software/OS layers--are tailor-made to developer's needs and specifications.

"We integrated upgraded PSSR in about a day and were essentially happy with what we saw straight away. No per-scene tuning, no special-case work - it just held up across the whole game. That's not something we get to say very often about a piece of new tech," said Principal Render Engineer, IO Interactive Jon Rocatis.

"One of the most striking things about upgraded PSSR from a development standpoint was how little work it took to get a great-looking result. Our engineers had the new upscaler integrated in record time, and the output was strong enough out of the box that no per-scene tuning was required across the wide variety of locations and lighting conditions in 007 First Light," said IO Interactive senior global communication manager Yann Roskell.

The developers are making good use of PSSR 2.0 and finding that it reduces a lot of visual noise, including flickering artifacts, while preserving details during critical action-based movement and combat sequences.

IO Interactive also confirmed that the newer PSSR would be the default upscaler on the PS5 Pro, and FSR 3.1.5 will be used on other versions of the game.

007 First Light releases next week on May 27, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.