PlayStation has shared their first State of Play since February, offering a fresh look at what’s to come from Sony Interactive Entertainment and third-party publishers.
The showcase shared all things to come for the PlayStation 5, including new games and a surprise new hardware announcement.
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Here’s the State of Play highlights:
MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls
Marvel heroes and villains come together for a new tag-team fighter developed by Arc System Works, developers of Guilty Gear. Play as Captain America, Spider-Man, Dr Doom and more. MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls is coming to PlayStation 5 in 2026.
007 First Light
Hitman developers IO Interactive are working on the first James Bond game in years. This upcoming third-person action-adventure game delves into a reimagined origin story for James Bond, portraying him as a young, 00-agent in training. 007 First Light is set to release next year.
Nioh 3
Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja announced the latest installment in their dark action RPG series: Nioh. There’s a free limited-time demo on the PS store now.
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Then there there’s the surprise hardware announcement — a modern arcade fighting controller:
Project Defiant Wireless Fight Stick
PlayStation unveiled its first wireless fight stick, designed for PS5 and PC, featuring “ultra-low latency PlayStation Link technology” (whatever that means). There’s no pricing available or a release date, but it’s expected in 2026.
Ghost of Yōtei
A new teaser trailer for the game was shown and we were given news of more details to come. Next month PlayStation is hosting a deep dive in Ghost of Yōtei, with an extended look at gameplay. This hotly anticipated title from Sucker Punch is scheduled to release on October 2.
Astro Bot
Five new challenge levels are coming to Astro Bot, bringing the total number of levels to over 90! More Astro Bot? Yes please. An updated Limited Edition DualSense controller will also be released later this year with a “twist”. Look out for the new challenge levels later this month.
Baby Steps
We finally have a release date for Baby Steps, a whacky and wild walking simulator from Devolver Digital. Look out for this one when it steps onto consoles and PC on September 8th.
More from the PlayStation State of Play:
- Lumines Arise – releasing in Spring this year.
- Pragmata – coming to PlayStation next year.
- Romeo is a Dead Man – releasing next year.
- Silent Hill f – releasing on September 25.
- Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement – releasing next year.
- Digimon Story Time Stranger – coming to consoles and PC on October 3.
- Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles – coming to PlayStation on September 30.
- Hirogami – releasing on September 3.
- Everybody’s Golf Hot Shots – swinging onto PlayStation on September 5.
- NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound – coming to consoles and PC on July 31.
- Cairn – coming to PS5 on November 5.
- Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection – coming after this year.
- Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater – releasing on August 28.
- Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow – coming later this year to PS VR2.
- Tides of Tomorrow – coming to PS5 on February 24, 2026.
- Sea of Remnants – release date TBC
- Sword of the Sea – coming on August 19 (day one on the PlayStation Plus Game Catalogue)
- FBC: Firebreak – coming on June 17 (day one on the PlayStation Plus Game Catalogue)
PlayStation Plus also announced new additions:
Deus Ex (PS2 version) joins the Game Catalogue on June 17th, while Twisted Metal 3 and Twisted Metal 4 arrive in the Classics range on July 15th.
The original PlayStation versions of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis are also coming later this year.
