Sony is working on a universal ‘rewind’ button for games

An instant Ctrl-Z undo is a popular gag in science fiction, and it has some obvious benefits for gamers, with beloved titles like Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Braid built around the idea. But what if you could apply it to every game, at any time? Sony’s working on it, or at least it got a lawyer to patent the idea of a dedicated rewind button on a game controller.

Tech4Gamers spotted the United States patent filing in PatentScope. The patent was published by the USPTO on October 31...