diff --git a/src/graphic/Fast3D/gfx_pc.cpp b/src/graphic/Fast3D/gfx_pc.cpp
index 4b6fcb3e0..72a3471bb 100644
--- a/src/graphic/Fast3D/gfx_pc.cpp
+++ b/src/graphic/Fast3D/gfx_pc.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #endif
 #include "graphic/Fast3D/debug/GfxDebugger.h"
 #include "libultraship/libultra/types.h"
-//#include "libultraship/libultra/gs2dex.h"
+// #include "libultraship/libultra/gs2dex.h"
 #include <string>
 
 #include "gfx_pc.h"
@@ -879,6 +879,19 @@ static void import_texture_ci8(int tile, bool importReplacement) {
     gfx_rapi->upload_texture(tex_upload_buffer, width, height);
 }
 
+static void import_texture_img(int tile, bool importReplacement) {
+    const RawTexMetadata* metadata = &g_rdp.loaded_texture[g_rdp.texture_tile[tile].tmem_index].raw_tex_metadata;
+    const uint8_t* addr =
+        importReplacement && (metadata->resource != nullptr)
+            ? masked_textures.find(gfx_get_base_texture_path(metadata->resource->GetInitData()->Path))
+                  ->second.replacementData
+            : g_rdp.loaded_texture[g_rdp.texture_tile[tile].tmem_index].addr;
+
+    uint16_t width = metadata->width;
+    uint16_t height = metadata->height;
+    gfx_rapi->upload_texture(addr, width, height);
+}
+
 static void import_texture_raw(int tile, bool importReplacement) {
     const RawTexMetadata* metadata = &g_rdp.loaded_texture[g_rdp.texture_tile[tile].tmem_index].raw_tex_metadata;
     const uint8_t* addr =
@@ -982,6 +995,11 @@ static void import_texture(int i, int tile, bool importReplacement) {
         return;
     }
 
+    if ((texFlags & TEX_FLAG_LOAD_AS_IMG) != 0) {
+        import_texture_img(tile, importReplacement);
+        return;
+    }
+
     // if load as raw is set then we load_raw();
     if ((texFlags & TEX_FLAG_LOAD_AS_RAW) != 0) {
         import_texture_raw(tile, importReplacement);
diff --git a/src/resource/File.h b/src/resource/File.h
index 408a5616a..22ca534dd 100644
--- a/src/resource/File.h
+++ b/src/resource/File.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class Archive;
 
 #define RESOURCE_FORMAT_BINARY 0
 #define RESOURCE_FORMAT_XML 1
+#define RESOURCE_FORMAT_IMG 2
 
 struct ResourceInitData {
     std::shared_ptr<Archive> Parent;
diff --git a/src/resource/ResourceFactoryImg.cpp b/src/resource/ResourceFactoryImg.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6cc0d9cb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/resource/ResourceFactoryImg.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#include "ResourceFactoryImg.h"
+#include <variant>
+#include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
+
+namespace Ship {
+bool ResourceFactoryImg::FileHasValidFormatAndReader(std::shared_ptr<File> file) {
+    if (file->InitData->Format != RESOURCE_FORMAT_IMG) {
+        SPDLOG_ERROR("resource file format does not match factory format.");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!std::holds_alternative<std::shared_ptr<BinaryReader>>(file->Reader)) {
+        SPDLOG_ERROR("Failed to load resource: File has Reader ({} - {})", file->InitData->Type, file->InitData->Path);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+};
+} // namespace Ship
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diff --git a/src/resource/ResourceFactoryImg.h b/src/resource/ResourceFactoryImg.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..261f73ed8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/resource/ResourceFactoryImg.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "ResourceFactory.h"
+
+namespace Ship {
+class ResourceFactoryImg : public ResourceFactory {
+  protected:
+    bool FileHasValidFormatAndReader(std::shared_ptr<File> file) override;
+};
+} // namespace Ship
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/resource/archive/Archive.cpp b/src/resource/archive/Archive.cpp
index 9d3f14559..067439863 100644
--- a/src/resource/archive/Archive.cpp
+++ b/src/resource/archive/Archive.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "Context.h"
 #include "resource/File.h"
 #include "resource/ResourceLoader.h"
+#include "resource/ResourceType.h"
 #include "utils/binarytools/MemoryStream.h"
 #include "utils/glob.h"
 #include "utils/StrHash64.h"
@@ -142,8 +143,13 @@ std::shared_ptr<ResourceInitData> Archive::ReadResourceInitData(const std::strin
 
 std::shared_ptr<ResourceInitData> Archive::ReadResourceInitDataLegacy(const std::string& filePath,
                                                                       std::shared_ptr<File> fileToLoad) {
-    // Determine if file is binary or XML...
-    if (fileToLoad->Buffer->at(0) == '<') {
+    if (stbi_info_from_memory((const uint8_t*)fileToLoad->Buffer->data(), fileToLoad->Buffer->size(), nullptr, nullptr,
+                              nullptr) != 0) {
+        auto stream = std::make_shared<MemoryStream>(fileToLoad->Buffer);
+        auto binaryReader = std::make_shared<BinaryReader>(stream);
+
+        return ReadResourceInitDataPng(filePath, binaryReader);
+    } else if (fileToLoad->Buffer->at(0) == '<') { // Determine if file is binary or XML...
         // File is XML
         // Read the xml document
         auto stream = std::make_shared<MemoryStream>(fileToLoad->Buffer);
@@ -229,6 +235,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<File> Archive::LoadFile(const std::string& filePath, std::shared
 
     switch (fileToLoad->InitData->Format) {
         case RESOURCE_FORMAT_BINARY:
+        case RESOURCE_FORMAT_IMG:
             fileToLoad->Reader = CreateBinaryReader(fileToLoad);
             break;
         case RESOURCE_FORMAT_XML:
@@ -264,7 +271,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<ResourceInitData> Archive::ReadResourceInitDataBinary(const std:
     resourceInitData->Path = filePath;
 
     if (headerReader == nullptr) {
-        SPDLOG_ERROR("Error reading OTR header from XML: No header buffer document for file {}", filePath);
+        SPDLOG_ERROR("Error reading OTR header from Binary: No header buffer document for file {}", filePath);
         return resourceInitData;
     }
 
@@ -320,4 +327,24 @@ std::shared_ptr<ResourceInitData> Archive::ReadResourceInitDataXml(const std::st
     return resourceInitData;
 }
 
+std::shared_ptr<ResourceInitData> Archive::ReadResourceInitDataPng(const std::string& filePath,
+                                                                   std::shared_ptr<BinaryReader> headerReader) {
+    auto resourceInitData = CreateDefaultResourceInitData();
+    resourceInitData->Path = filePath;
+
+    if (headerReader == nullptr) {
+        SPDLOG_ERROR("Error reading OTR header from XML: No header buffer document for file {}", filePath);
+        return resourceInitData;
+    }
+
+    resourceInitData->IsCustom = true;
+    resourceInitData->Format = RESOURCE_FORMAT_IMG;
+    resourceInitData->Type =
+        Context::GetInstance()->GetResourceManager()->GetResourceLoader()->GetResourceType("Texture");
+    resourceInitData->ResourceVersion = 0;
+
+    headerReader->Seek(0, SeekOffsetType::Start);
+    return resourceInitData;
+}
+
 } // namespace Ship
diff --git a/src/resource/archive/Archive.h b/src/resource/archive/Archive.h
index c7fe2bd84..e4a27bbbe 100644
--- a/src/resource/archive/Archive.h
+++ b/src/resource/archive/Archive.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ class Archive : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Archive> {
                                                                         std::shared_ptr<BinaryReader> headerReader);
     static std::shared_ptr<ResourceInitData> ReadResourceInitDataXml(const std::string& filePath,
                                                                      std::shared_ptr<tinyxml2::XMLDocument> document);
+    static std::shared_ptr<ResourceInitData> ReadResourceInitDataPng(const std::string& filePath,
+                                                                     std::shared_ptr<BinaryReader> headerReader);
     std::shared_ptr<BinaryReader> CreateBinaryReader(std::shared_ptr<File> fileToLoad);
     std::shared_ptr<tinyxml2::XMLDocument> CreateXMLReader(std::shared_ptr<File> fileToLoad);
 
diff --git a/src/resource/factory/PngFactory.cpp b/src/resource/factory/PngFactory.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2229aea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/resource/factory/PngFactory.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#include "resource/factory/PngFactory.h"
+#include "resource/type/Texture.h"
+#include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
+
+#include <stb_image.h>
+
+namespace Fast {
+
+std::shared_ptr<Ship::IResource> ResourceFactoryImageTexture::ReadResource(std::shared_ptr<Ship::File> file) {
+    if (!FileHasValidFormatAndReader(file)) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    auto texture = std::make_shared<Texture>(file->InitData);
+    auto reader = std::get<std::shared_ptr<Ship::BinaryReader>>(file->Reader);
+
+    auto callback = stbi_io_callbacks{ [](void* user, char* data, int size) {
+                                          auto reader = static_cast<Ship::BinaryReader*>(user);
+                                          reader->Read(data, size);
+                                          return size;
+                                      },
+                                       [](void* user, int size) {
+                                           auto reader = static_cast<Ship::BinaryReader*>(user);
+                                           reader->Seek(size, Ship::SeekOffsetType::Current);
+                                       },
+                                       [](void* user) { return 0; } };
+    int height, width = 0;
+
+    texture->ImageData = stbi_load_from_callbacks(&callback, reader.get(), &width, &height, nullptr, 4);
+
+    texture->Width = width;
+    texture->Height = height;
+    texture->Type = TextureType::RGBA32bpp;
+    texture->ImageDataSize = texture->Width * texture->Height * 4;
+    texture->Flags = TEX_FLAG_LOAD_AS_IMG;
+
+    return texture;
+}
+
+} // namespace Fast
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diff --git a/src/resource/factory/PngFactory.h b/src/resource/factory/PngFactory.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4683e3ad6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/resource/factory/PngFactory.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "resource/Resource.h"
+#include "resource/ResourceFactoryImg.h"
+
+namespace Fast {
+class ResourceFactoryImageTexture : public Ship::ResourceFactoryImg {
+  public:
+    std::shared_ptr<Ship::IResource> ReadResource(std::shared_ptr<Ship::File> file) override;
+};
+} // namespace Fast
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/resource/type/Texture.h b/src/resource/type/Texture.h
index b7179456d..8cac4ed3a 100644
--- a/src/resource/type/Texture.h
+++ b/src/resource/type/Texture.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "resource/Resource.h"
 
 #define TEX_FLAG_LOAD_AS_RAW (1 << 0)
+#define TEX_FLAG_LOAD_AS_IMG (1 << 1)
 
 namespace Fast {
 enum class TextureType {