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An apparent bug was causing game art backgrounds to be replaced by promotional messages and news posts on the PlayStation 5 dashboard for some people on Monday. The images they saw featured promotions for long-expired discounts and ads for new games. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
People lamented the change in forums and on social media, saying the game art that previously showed up when they highlighted a game was gone. Instead, the image that would ordinarily show up as a news post in a separate section of the PS5 UI was splashed across the screen behind games like Miles Morales<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> Hi-Fi Rush<\/em><\/a>, and Final Fantasy VII Remake<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In a since-deleted post, Daniel Hiatt, product lead for Game Hub and Activity Suggestions with PlayStation, wrote Monday afternoon that the change was a \u201c(new) bug with an existing feature.\u201d Then, by 6PM ET, those game pages are back to normal, as we confirmed on our own PS5s. The @AskPlayStation account on X confirmed the fix<\/a>, saying:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A tech error with the Official News feature on the PS5 console has since been resolved. There have been no changes to the way game news is displayed on PS5.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n One Verge<\/em> staffer shared some screenshots of the temporary new look while it was active, like the one below highlighting a launch discount for Animal Well <\/em>that ended\u00a0months ago (the game came out in May. We reviewed it<\/a>!). <\/p>\n<\/div>\n There are whole threads devoted to the change on both Reddit<\/a> and Resetera<\/a>, but now that it\u2019s reverted, people will have to go back to debating the PS5 Pro, review scores, and why Concord <\/em>failed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n