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Everything We Saw At PlayStation’s September State Of Play
Now that Gamescom has come and gone, did you think you were going to have a break from Big Video Game World Premiere-a-thons? Perish the thought. Sony held its latest State of Play showcase this morning, and while the chat was full of people demanding a hypothetical Destiny 3 and continuing to express their distaste for the company’s decision to cease manufacturing physical PlayStation discs in 2028, there were some games worth checking out during the showcase. If you couldn’t watch it live, here’s the VOD, and if you just want the highlights, read on.
Kicking things off is a quick look at Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil movie, which is actually coming up pretty soon, now that you mention it. The film stars new character Bryan, who is a medical courier tasked with making a delivery to Raccoon City at the peak of the outbreak from Resident Evil 2. In this trailer we see what looks like a bunch of zombies leaping off of rooftops to rain down on the street below. Here, Bryan realizes they can die, actually. The movie’s coming to theaters on September 18.
Next we got one more look at Insomniac’s upcoming Wolverine game ahead of its September 15 launch. In between all the hacking and slashing, we get a sense that the game is mixing a few X-Men storylines, but focusing specifically on the Sentinels hunting Mutants.
Ghost of Yotei is getting new single-player content in the Most Wanted update, which includes a kind of roguelike mode in which players will craft builds with different playable characters and “hunt” waves of enemies. Jin, the main character from Ghost of Tsushima, will be a playable character. The mode will launch on October 1 alongside a Complete Edition of the main game.
Next up, Capcom showed off a trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds‘ upcoming expansion Ascendance, primarily focusing on the people and places players will see. We also see a bit of some of the bigger monsters players will hunt, including some pretty large-scale boss fights. The expansion is coming in 2027.
Hot on the heels of its Gamescom showcase, 4A Games has a new look at Metro 2039 gameplay. The post-apocalyptic shooter is coming out on February 4.
Next we have, uh, shark sim(?) Maneater 2, in which players play a shark that terrorizes people on land and creatures in the sea. It looks kinda sick, can’t lie. It’s coming in 2027.
Pearl Abyss showed off Crimson Desert‘s new Charting the Unknown update, which seems to have some city-managing elements on top of the game’s usual (clunky) combat. The expansion launches on October 15.
PlayStation and Lego showed off a new 1911-piece Lego set of the original PlayStation console. It also has references to Gran Turismo and Ape Escape inside. That’s cute.
The first Final Fantasy game we saw during the showcase was the upcoming 2D-3D RPG Final Fantasy Resonance, which is a retooling of mobile game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, which is no longer playable. The new version will come out on October 22, and a demo is available today.