PS5: 3D Tempest audio first with headphones and then via TV, first compatible games

PS5, as we know, will exploit a 3D audio system through dedicated hardware called Tempest Engine on which Sony seems to focus a lot, with the first games that will already be compatible with this technology that can be used both through normal headphones at the launch of the console and through the TV speakers. subsequently.

A new post on the official PlayStation blog returns to talk about 3D audio and the Tempest Engine, specifying that at launch you will be able to listen to the PS5 audio technology already with the first games available and using headphones that you already have them, through bluetooth connection with the console or by inserting the audio jack directly into the port on the DualSense controller.

At a later time it will be possible to take advantage of the virtual surround sound through the speakers built into the televisions, with a solution not available at the launch of PS5 but currently in the works and coming later, through an update of system.

In the meantime, Sony has announced that already several games of launch or in any case belonging to the first series of titles for PS5 will exploit the technology Tempest 3D AudioTech on PS5. 3D audio features will be available, for example, in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Marvel's Spider-Man: Remastered, Astro's Playroom, Gran Turismo 7, Returnal, Destruction AllStars, Demon's Souls, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Sackboy: A great adventure, Horizon Forbidden West, Resident Evil Village, Norsfell and many more.

The official PS5 headphones specially designed to take advantage of the Tempest 3D are the upcoming Pulse 3D, characterized by a particular attention to the ergonomics and equipped with a microphone, but the audio technology is still usable with all types of headphones compatible with PS5.

It should be noted, however, that the technology may not be exploited indifferently by all PS5 games: the list of titles proposed by Sony is obviously partial and serves as a general example, but it is strange that it is not it includes big-caliber games such as Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Watch Dogs Legion and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, while practically all the first parties and some third parties such as Resident Evil Village seem to be present, perhaps through special agreements.

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