'Calm down everyone': After a PS5 update dropped ads all over the home screen, the developer says it's 'just a (new) bug with an existing feature'

If you've turned on your PS5 in the last day or so, you've probably seen a lot more advertising on the home screen than you're used to, with promotions for upcoming games, various trailers and some news from developers. It replaces the custom game graphics that normally appears when you select a game in this menu. But don't panic – according to PlayStation, this is a bug and not a feature.

Each PS5 game typically comes with a custom, high-resolution wallpaper that appears when you hover over the game's page in your Start menu. Yesterday, players noticed that this graphic was replaced by ads that appeared to be taken from a publisher's news feed, which was sometimes completely out of date. It's annoying, but apparently it's completely unintentional.