Beat Saber, the favored VR rhythm sport, will not obtain updates or new content material on PlayStation 4 or PS5, developer Beat Video games has introduced. The sport’s multiplayer will moreover be taken offline for Sony’s consoles initially of 2026.
The sport will stay playable on PS4/PS5, and gamers will nonetheless be capable to buy the sport and all beforehand launched songs and music packs. Nonetheless, June 18’s addition of Woman Gaga’s “Abracadabra” would be the final content material launch for the PS4 and PS5 variations.
Beat Saber can also be shedding some performance. Beginning January 21, 2026, Beat Saber multiplayer will not perform on the PS4/PS5 model of the sport.
Beat Video games did not elaborate on why it was selecting to not launch new updates or why it was ending multiplayer help for Sony’s consoles, solely stating that it made the choice within the context of seeking to the long run and planning “the following massive leap for Beat Saber.”
“We’re excited concerning the prospects that lie forward and what we will carry to Beat Saber followers who’ve been on this journey with us over the previous seven years,” a FAQ on the Beat Saber web site concerning the finish of PS4/PS5 help reads.
In that very same FAQ, Beat Video games clarified that whereas new content material updates for the PS4/PS5 are ending, music releases and updates will proceed to be launched for the Steam model of Beat Saber. The sport can also be accessible on Meta’s Quest VR platform.
It isn’t the primary time Beat Video games has ended help for a platform. Beat Saber help for the Meta Quest 1 resulted in 2024 in a lot the identical means, with the sport nonetheless being playable however not supporting multiplayer or receiving new updates. Beat Video games was purchased by Meta (beforehand Fb) in 2019.
Even when new content material will not be launched for the PS4/PS5 model, Beat Saber stays probably the greatest VR video games on the market, and probably the greatest PlayStation VR video games.