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What is the state of play? Well, tonight Sony is going to tell us in a PlayStation State of Play broadcast, which begins at a not horrendous time of 10pm UK (5pm ET / 11pm CET). As always, we’ll be running a blow-by-blow report here in this article, where you can also watch the stream and chat to us.
What are we likely to see tonight? The show will be 40-minutes long apparently (also not horrendous) and the chances of a Ghost of Yotei showing, and a Death Stranding 2 showing, seem high. We haven’t seen either for a while and both are expected to release this year.
We’re also hoping we might get a look at Bungie’s long-in-development Marathon, which is a fitting name, and the much talked about multiplayer component to Horizon. Could we also be in for a glimpse of Insomniac’s Wolverine? And what is remake specialist Bluepoint up to? What of the third-party games, too?
Much to wonder about. See you later?
Our live coverage of this event has finished.
Kami says: Noticing Bertie hasn’t started coverage yet. Did he go to bed early?
Huh, what, who!
Oh good evening!
Here we are again, awaiting the unexpected, hoping to be thrilled. Hoping, perhaps beyond hope, that Sony announces Bloodborne 2. Will that game ever materialise or will it join such hallowed company as Hollow Knight: Silksong and Half-Life 3?
TinyKaiju says: There’s a rumour about a remastered God of War Collection. I wonder if that’s something Bluepoint might have been doing alongside the live service game. If it is true I hope it’s actual native ports rather than the original PS2/PSP games thrown into an emulator like Sony has done with Sly and Jak.
A remastered God of War Collection? I’d play that.
UrineTrouble says: I’ll be there for the inevitable…
Couple of intriguing looking indies
Some throwaway VR games
A remake no one wants (Days Gone or Knack)
GTAV PS5 Pro Patch
One big first party title (probably Kojima admiring himself)
Oh my good god. The world is not ready for Knack remake.
Weebleman says: And god damn this auto scroll is annoyin
Incidentally, sorry about this auto-scroll problem. I’ll raise the issue and see that it gets looked at.
10 minutes to go. I hope it’s a good show. How’s everybody doing this evening? Have you all got some nice refreshments or snacks? I’ve just had a wee glass of rakia from Buglaria. I’m pretty sure one of my partner’s friends made it. God knows how strong it is; very strong, by the taste of it.
Five minutes! Guesses for what’s up first – big start?
Kami says: No fun drinks for me tonight, gotta be up early. Did have a takeaway fish and chips this evening though. Was nice!
Boo for school nights!
Plunkbat Oranges says: ‘I’ve just had a wee glass of rakia from Buglaria.’ Is that like a bath tub Grappa? If so, buckle up!
Hah – yes! Everyone seems to make their own. People just bring repurposed bottles of the stuff over and hand it to you.
Kami says: Boo indeed. But I’ve got some single malt to break out for the Switch 2 event. 30 year stuff. Will make sure nothing is scheduled for the day after lol XD
Nice – celebratory! I like it.
The show begins
Okay buckle up – here we go. The show is about to begin.
And we open with…
Monster Hunter Wilds, it looks like – a montage or a proper gameplay segment?
Not far off now of course. And it’s looking good. Can it appeal wider than to a Monster Hunter audience though?
We’re getting a bit of information on a post-launch update coming in the spring, bringing a dragon called Mizutsune, and in the summer there’ll be another free update.
That’s it for Monster Hunter. A functional start to the show.
Now: SEGA. From the creators of Streets of Rage 4 – Dotemu. This is Shinobi.
New 2D Shinobi game by Dotemu revealed
2D, platforming, crispy cartoon art. Dotemu really knows its stuff.
Shinobi: Argt of Vengeance, coming 29th August to PS5 and PS4.
Sonic Racing now, as dazzlingly bright as ever. There’s a giant dinosaur! Tails has a flying car! Now they’re racing around a kraken? This is krackers.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds closed network test coming 21st February.
Oh god there’s a new Digimon game
Bandai Namco now and a bright anime cityscape. Oh gods its Digimon. There’s a new Digimon game.
Digimon Story: The Stranger, it’s called. How’s that for an edgy title? It’s coming 2025.
Lost Soul Aside releases 30th May
UltiZero games and Sony now, and a colossal dragon-looking thing and a young feminine hero. This looks very Final Fantasy.
It’s a very handsome game we’re seeing now – a mix of futuristic and fantasay. Wings sprouting from trenchcoats. It’s a full action game by the looks of things.
Lost Soul Aside, it’s called. It’s coming out 30th May.
Bauul says: “Digimon Story: The Stranger, it’s called.”
Wasn’t it called Time Stranger? Or was it just a hard-read font?
Oh it could be!
Lost Soul Aside comes out the same day as Elden Ring Nightreign, by the way, which seems like a huge problem for it.
Whoops just toally glossed over the wrestling game there. It’s out pretty soon, so that makes me feel better at least. There’s Randy Pitchford and Borderlands 4 again. It looks pretty good; I like the soundtrack. Come on, Sony, show us the good stuff!
Borderlands 4 releases 23rd September
Gosh, there’s going to be an entire Borderlands 4 State of Play this summer. I don’t think we’ll live report that one.
Borderlands 4 releases 23rd September.
Victoria’s just been away seeing Split Fiction, this new game from Josef Fares’ studio Hazelight. Look out for her impressions soon!
Until Dawn team’s Directive 8020 out 2nd October
Here’s the new game from Supermassive – the makers of Until Dawn and The Quarry. It’s a sci-fi game by the look of things – things going wrong on a space station. The story seems to revolve around humans finding a strange biological thing and it slowly taking them over. Directive 8020 it’s called, and it’s coming out 2nd October.
Is that like Beverley Hills 90210?
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Secret of the Mimic coming 13th June.
We’re seeing a hand-crafted “cosy horror” game now, which looks absolutely terrifying – I don’t know where the cosy horror part comes from. The Midnight Walk it’s called, and it’s coming 8th May.
Nion12 says: whats with stop motion in game lately. suddently there is two coming out this year
Oh it does – very much so!
A Roguelike Warriors game from Tecmo Koei now called Warriors Abyss. Did you hear that Tecmo Koei’s CEO of 47 stepped down the other day? 47 years! That’s longer than I’ve worked at Eurogamer. That’s out today by the way.
Capcom shows bloody new Onimusha trailer
We’re getting a new trailer for the Onimusha game, Onimusha: Way of the Sword now, which is coming in 2026. Samurai are certainly en vogue at the moment.
Plunkbat Oranges says: ‘Cosy’ is 2025’s ‘Lofi Beats’.
Haha – quite!
MGS 3 remake coming 8th August
Hello hello hello, who is this head-tie wearing grizzled soldier? Why it looks a lot like Solid Snake. This certainly doesn’t look like Death Stranding 2.
This is, of course, the remake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Coming 28th August, if I’ve read my American dates right.
Hell is Us releases 4th September
What is this curious game we’re seeing? It looks very strange. Ah, Hell is Us, coming 4th September – a strange action adventure.
This looks like Lies of P now.
Lies of P DLC Overture arrives this summer
There’s a lot of goodwill behind Lies of P, and this add-on or expansion looks ambitious. Lies of P: Overture it’s called and it’s coming this summer.
PixelJunk now, which I sort of forgot was still aroind. This game is made by Baiyon, whoever that is. It looks like something made in Dreams – a game made of many, many voxels, like an abstract painting, and weird in an abstract way. Dreams of Another, it’s called, coincidentally, and it’s coming in 2025.
Oh here is Baiyon now, talking to camera, telling us about the content of the game. It’s built using something called point of cloud rendering technology – dunno.
Days Gone: Remastered now. We’re hearing that it’s got permadeath and speedrun modes, and it’s enhanced for PS5 Pro and it works on PSVR. It’s got bigger hordes and all sorts, it sounds like. It’s coming 25th April.
Stellar Blade is getting some saucy new skins and content this June.
Oh interesting: the Lost in Records game, made by the Life is Strange creators, launches into PS Plus. The first episode comes out 18th February. Tom Phillips is very excited about this.
Oh, and Blue Prince will launch day one on PS Plus too. I played this last year and it’s going to be a banger.
We could do with an exciting announcement now, for sure.
Eclipse Glow Games now, and a character doing a terrible English accent. A strange fantasy world and some incredible vistas with titanic enemies in. It’s an action game of sorts that looks much more pedestrian outside of its cutscenes.
Tides of Annihilation it’s called. No release date yet.
A techno first-person shooter now, which seems to be all out action in stylish futuristic hallways. Oh, there’s some wall-running. Metal Eden it’s called, and it’s out 6th May.
IOI Partners now and Build A Rocket Boy, and a cinematic army game with a futuristic bent. Oh, it’s from former Rockstar man Leslie Benzies. This is MindsEye.
Androids chasing humans, EMPs going off. It’s coming out this summer. Oh and there’s Leslie Benzies. He’s a suave looking chap.
We’re going to see some gameplay no. Spotted: taking cover behind a car. Spotted: shooting a car’s bonnet until it blows up. Spotted: pouting. Spotted: cranes. Spotted: exposions. Spotted: a small mech. Spotted: another explosion. So it’s a game about explosions.
Housemarque’s new game Saros launches 2026
A beach now, and a bearded person face down in the water, with a big fat sun medallion on, conspicuously dangling there so we notice it. They look up at an eclipse, saying, “Every time the sun dies, madness reigns. Then everything begins again.”
As they say this, a gigantic, many-hnaded creature rears out of the ocean, holding fiery globes in each hand.
Saros, this is called. Holy shit it’s Housemarque! Coming 2026.
It’s a new single-player IP that builds on Returnal’s action, Housemarque tells us. New character but similar gameplay principles, it sounds like – ‘come back stronger’ being the tagline. Ooh, hot. Looking forward to that.
Show ends
And that’s it. A mediocre showing. A slight heart flutter at the end at Housemarque’s new game, which is, yes, Returnal 2 in all but name, it seems.
Billhickswasright says: Well thank god I only started CyberPunk a week ago as that will do me till August and MGS3 😄
Gosh I keep meaning to go back but new things keep getting in the way!
Jango-Forest says: I’m back from the shops with loads of snacks for everyone. Got held up at a red light. Has it started yet?
Haha. Oh man, I hate to break it to you…
Madame-Drofla says: Thanks for the coverage Bertie!
Ah, thank you – thank you all!
Jay Blyth says: “ Eclipse Glow Games now, and a character doing a terrible English accent. ”
Sounded like Jennifer English (Shadowheart) to me.
No! Was it? It can’t be. I’ll eat my words if it is.
BlueLiving says: Konami’s octopus game was the show stealer for me which is not a sentence I’d ever have predicted
I’m seeing lots of love for the octopus game!
Madame-Drofla says: nn all. Was going to do some Metaphor Refantazio but bed is calling I think.
Goodnight and goodnight one and all. Thanks for joining us and making this a bit more bearable. Some things to look forward to, others to let slip by, maybe. Plenty to look forward to in the coming days and weeks, anyway.
Madame-Drofla says: nn all. Was going to do some Metaphor Refantazio but bed is calling I think.
Goodnight and goodnight one and all. Thanks for joining us and making this a bit more bearable. Some things to look forward to, others to let slip by, maybe. Plenty to look forward to in the coming days and weeks, anyway.
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