Following months of speculation, a PC port of PlayStation’s PS5 console exclusive Returnal has been confirmed.
The game is “coming soon,” according to a brief trailer shown duringThe Game Awards, putting to rest months of speculation that the game was heading to the platform.
Returnalwas released forPS5last April and is Finnish studioHousemarque’s largest and most ambitious project, following several decades focused on 2D arcade-style shooters such as Super Stardust HD and Resogun. Following the game’s release,Housemarque was acquired by Sony.
A video showing off the settings menufor a PC version of Returnal seemingly leaked online in September, before being removed due to a copyright claim fromSony Interactive Entertainment. Before that, VGC was providedfootage appearing to show Returnalrunning on PC.
And last year, a PC port of Returnal was included in thehuge ‘leak’ of unannounced games on Nvidia’s GeForce Nowstreaming service.
Many other games on the leaked list have since been released, including the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy remasters and the PC version ofGod of War. Another Sony game mentioned on the list, a PC version ofSackboy: A Big Adventure,also appeared in the Steam backendlast year and was eventually releasedthis October.
PlayStationbossJim Ryansaid during a business briefing in May thatSony expects half of its annual releases to be on PC and mobileby 2025.
Housemarque’s senior narrative designer recently told VGC that the studio plans to incorporate ideas and narrative systemsoriginally planned for Returnal into its next original game.
