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Sony wasted no time in getting down to business this morning in the first State of Play for 2023. And neither did I. Here’s everything we saw at today’s State of Play.
The trailer showed more of the Castle and Island areas of the game and confirmed that both The Mercenaries will return and that a demo will be available at some point in the future.
Zangief and Cammy were shown in all their returning glory, while newcomer Lily was debuted for the first time. It’s all looking really good even if Shannon insists that nobody cares. I can’t fucking wait. It’s still on track to release in June.
Detailing the characters and the world you’ll be exploring in the game, the longer look at the game helped clarify some things.
The soundtrack is popping, and if you like high jumping and shooting things while high jumping then this is the game for you, apparently. It’s still on track for May 26th 2023.
It’s kind of giving Evil West but with a stylised Sea Of Thieves look. It’s a roguelike too and it’s releasing in 2023.
The trailer we saw had us doing all kinds of survival-y stuff. It’s a port of the 2019 survival game previously released on PC and last gen consoles. If you want to manage your hunger and thirst in a video game, then this is for you.
It’s an experience from the team who brought us FarCry VR. It’s exclusive to PlayStation VR2 and is basically an action shooter where you wield telekinetic powers too.
It’s a little bit generic looking for a science fiction game but I still think it has potential. Maybe. Who knows. It’s out in 2023.
In the game, you’ll blink to move through time and the afterlife. It’s a cute and stylised vibe that hits in the early weeks of March. You blink to move on. I was blinking a lot during this presentation.
Now I can stop hearing about how it’s meant to be good from Harry, so it might be my favourite announcement of the morning.
The game has you transforming into animals and objects to achieve your objective. The game is also launching on the upper two tiers of PlayStation Plus at launch.
You control a dog of light (???) and herd people from area to area. It’s got a really synthy soundtrack and building elements. It’s a strange vibe, but given how great both Rez and Tetris Effect were, I’m on board. It’s releasing in May 2023 and features VR2 and VR1 functionality on PS5 and PS4 respectively.
It’s described as a a hybrid cinematic narrative/rhythm game/coming of age/interactive movie experience. What more can you want, honestly? It’s releasing on June 15th 2023.
The game features new playable characters on top of the previously available ones from other Naruto games. It connects moments from the original four Ninja Storm games into a single game. It’s out in 2023.
It’s made by the creators of Divinity: Original Sin 2 and is coming on August 31st 2023.
This really isn’t my vibe but I hope somebody reading this can appreciate it.