Update []:
The batch of brand new animated wallpapers now appear to be available for everyone.
On the Welcome hub, you should see a notification alerting you that there are new backgrounds available; follow this to find them, all of which are based on first-party PlayStation titles.
Alongside the Astro Bot one that's been there from the start, you can now decorate your Welcome screen with wallpapers based on:
- Days Gone
- Demon's Souls
- Ghost of Tsushima
- Ghost of Yotei
- God of War Ragnarok
- Horizon Call of the Mountain
- Horizon Forbidden West
- LEGO Horizon Adventures
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Rise of the Ronin
- Stellar Blade
- MLB The Show 25
Pretty cool! It's not quite the custom themes that everyone wants, but it's better than nothing, and good to see Sony adding more. Which one will you opt for?
Original Story: In case you weren't aware, the PS5's Welcome landing screen can be spruced up with a series of backgrounds, including animated ones — and it looks like Sony is releasing a bunch more.
Originally shared online by X user @chi_m02 and spotted by @Genki_JPN, numerous new animated backgrounds have been doled out to some PS5 players, in what appears to be a phased rollout:
Everyone currently has access to an Astro Bot animated background (as well as a few featuring the PlayStation shapes), but the likes of Days Gone, Ghost of Yotei, God of War Ragnarok, Horizon Forbidden West, and more are also joining the lineup.
It's not clear precisely which accounts have been prioritised for access to these extra backgrounds, and none of us at Push Square have them currently. However, it's likely just a matter of time before these are given out to everyone.
We'll update this story once the new animated backgrounds are more widely available.
What do you think of the Welcome screen's animated backgrounds? Do you have these new ones yet? Tell us in the comments section below.
[source x.com, via insider-gaming.com]
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I swear, PS5 has been the dumbest console.
Kim is, like, my favourite Kardashian, so I know exactly how you feel.
Small update, but a...errr... Welcome one.
I don’t ever get to really see it. Welcome page is full of widgets and every other icon has its own background. Kind of pointless.
Oh cool! I’ll have a gander later
Still waiting for the 30th anniversary stuff to return.
Oh man, I have to check to see if I have them before the PushSquare staffers!
Edit: I do not.
Interesting 🤔
Meh. Just wish they’d let us use themes again like on PS4.
@Yukairi Second that
Give me that EVE one now!!!
Nice. Stellar Blade one is mine ✨️
Ratchet and Clank one selected... looks awesome
Minimised size of my widgets so I can see it better!
Well I just checked and I have them. Ended up going with the Yotei one. It’s a neat little addition but like everyone else said, it’s pretty much entirely blocked by all the widgets so kind of useless.
@Yukairi Tbh I don't think the UI was designed with that in mind. Hence why every game has it's own background. I would love if the PS6 when that comes out brings a version of the PS3's XMB cos I loved at how customisable it was.
I wish they'd let us use our saved videos as animated backgrounds
@naruball And who is your favourite Kim? Mine is Kim Gordon.
Was a tough decision between Ghost of Tsushima or Ghost of Yotei. Decided to go for Yotei.
It's a step in the right direction but I'd much rather have the option of having them in place permanently across the entire home screen. I don't need a pop up of every game I happen to scroll by
The Pro one is nice enough.
Too little too late for me. It'll be gone again for PS6 anyway-.-'
I could care less I do not sit stair at the home screen I have dam thing to game on !
Hey! I have them in the US, but it mostly just reminds me I don't really play or care much about the first party games and went back to the Pro one. Give me animated backgrounds from games I actually own and we'll be getting somewhere.
For those complaining about the widgets, you can actually adjust them manually, and it will look great. Mine only has three widgets, and I have placed them all the way to the left of the screen, so I can see Eve and the planet just fine to the right. It really is animating too, which is neat.
I have them- and they're nice. I like most of them, but a couple don't really have good fidelity to match my 4k screen. My favorite is probably both Ghosts games & Rift Apart (even though I haven't played it yet).
Sweet. I love a wallpaper.
I’m using the Rise of the ronin one. Very nice.
Edit: Just looked through them all and I like the lot. Faves are Ronin and Yotie. Bloodborne next please Sony
Waiting for an animated Night City wallpaper.
An addition that is cool for those that want it and harmless to those that don't. Complaining that this has been added as a feature is genuinely asinine.
I went with Astro Bot, as a reminder that I have to play the game. Better than a post-it note.
Sony: Days Gone was a hit.
Us: Can we get another one?
Sony: No.
@wildcat_kickz It wouldn't be a PlayStation "fan" site without asinine complaints and self-loathing!
@Foxhound Kool Kool Thing 😉
With all the PlayStation consoles I’ve owned, I’ve never changed the wallpaper to something custom. I just leave it on the default. If the console is turned on then there’s a game I’m playing, so I’ve never felt the need to change it. Maybe I’ll start with this.
Nice. Changed mine to Demon's Souls for now
Give us a Death Stranding 2 one! instead of rise of the ronin lol
I got the update and the backgrounds are pretty cool. Definitely better than what we've had for years now.
On another note, somehow I was expecting the Stellar Blade animated background to include ......'jiggle physics'. I wonder why??
No The Last Of Us?
Give me back the PS1 boot up sound for god's sake
@ None... ?
So, if I wanna see the faces in the two "Ghost of …" backgrounds, I need to delete some games, so the icons don't block it. Got it.
And to use the GOW and Horizon VR one, I need to downgrade to a smaller non HD-TV. Got it.
Still happy that there is something happening though.
Only Astro bot showing in my country.
Stella blade it is then!
@Foxhound in all seriousness, Kim(berly) the Pink Ranger. Always and forever.
@Ilovecoffee I'd like to see the full animation without anything getting in the way, just like others have said...
Pointless if you can't see it all.
I've made custom background instead.
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