{"id":823748,"date":"2025-12-09T20:09:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/new-ps5-shareable-links-will-let-recipients-join-multiplayer-games-without-being-psn-friends"},"modified":"2025-12-09T20:09:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:09:45","slug":"new-ps5-shareable-links-will-let-recipients-join-multiplayer-sessions-without-being-psn-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-ps5-shareable-links-will-let-recipients-join-multiplayer-sessions-without-being-psn-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"New PS5 shareable links will let recipients join multiplayer sessions without being PSN friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/new-ps5-shareable-links-will-let-recipients-join-multiplayer-sessions-without-being-psn-friends.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nSony has revealed a new PS5 feature that&#8217;ll let players generate shareable links enabling others to quickly jump into their multiplayer sessions without needing to be PSN friends first.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOnce the feature arrives &#8211; at some point in &#8220;the coming months&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2024\/05\/01\/introducing-a-new-way-to-invite-ps5-players-into-your-multiplayer-sessions\/\">according to Sony<\/a> &#8211; players will be able to create links either directly on their PlayStation 5 console or using the PlayStation App. The resulting link can then be shared as a simple URL or a scannable QR code via the social media or messaging platform of their choice.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAdditionally, Sony is working on a Discord widget version of the link feature that, when posted into chat, will dynamically refresh to show the multiplayer session&#8217;s status &#8211; so recipients can immediately see if it&#8217;s still active and worth hopping into.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/new-ps5-shareable-links-will-let-recipients-join-multiplayer-games-without-being-psn-friends\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/new-ps5-shareable-links-will-let-recipients-join-multiplayer-games-without-being-psn-friends\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony has revealed a new PS5 feature that&#8217;ll let players generate shareable links enabling others to quickly jump into their multiplayer sessions without needing to be PSN friends first. Once the feature arrives &#8211; at some point in &#8220;the coming months&#8221;, according to Sony &#8211; players will be able to create links either directly on their PlayStation 5 console or using the PlayStation App. The resulting link can then be shared as a simple URL or a scannable QR code via the social media or messaging platform of their choice. Additionally, Sony is working on a Discord widget version of the link feature that, when posted into chat, will dynamically refresh to show the multiplayer session&#8217;s status &#8211; so recipients can immediately see if it&#8217;s&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-ps5-shareable-links-will-let-recipients-join-multiplayer-sessions-without-being-psn-friends\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":823749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-823748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-ps5"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New PS5 shareable links will let 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