{
  "id": 10993674,
  "title": "Marvel's Wolverine reaches gameplay with KytyPS5 emulator",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/marvels-wolverine-reaches-gameplay-with-kytyps5-emulator",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-30T17:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Hardware",
    "slug": "tom-s-hardware",
    "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/marvels-wolverine-reaches-gameplay-with-kytyps5-emulator-ps5-exclusive-joins-ghost-of-yotei-in-reaching-gameplay-performance-still-in-single-digits"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Insomniac Games' Marvel's Wolverine has taken the gaming world by storm on the PS5, but a PC version is not currently in the works. Sony has reportedly decided against bringing single-player games to PC, which leaves PC gamers without a way to play the game. However, an experimental PS5 emulator named KytyPS5 has managed to run the early portions of Marvel's Wolverine, albeit at single-digit frame rates. The emulator was able to start the game up initially, but now it can render the game's cinematics and gameplay, as confirmed by an X social media post from VideoCardz. While the frame rate is far from playable, it represents a significant step forward for PS5 emulation on PC. The KytyPS5 emulator is in its early stages of development, and its developers are currently focused on getting more games to boot rather than making a handful work flawlessly. The emulator's use of Vulkan 1.3 for graphics output and an in-house system to decode the PS5's RDNA 2 GPU instructions has been key to its progress. The emulator is available for both Windows and Linux, with a more experimental version in the works for macOS. Meanwhile, another experimental PS5 emulator named SharpEmu has also made headlines by running a number of PS5 games at a playable 60 FPS. However, the developers have only managed to get six of the 55 games to that point, with six more reaching gameplay at lower frame rates.",
  "summary": "An experimental PS5 emulator has been shown running the brand-new Marvel's Wolverine game on a PC, with gameplay working for the first time.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}