Rate the State of Play (31st January 2024)

[John Elden Ring]

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Death Stranding 2 Is Officially Titled Death Stranding 2: On the Beach​

Kojima Productions shared a traditionally lengthy trailer for Death Stranding 2, which is now officially titled Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. Norman Reedus' Sam Porter Bridges returns, and it appears he's facing off against a new group called Drawbridge. There was a lengthy sequence with a potential villain using a chainsaw-guitar-hybrid weapon shooting lightning from the top, and a lot more that happened. DS2 will star Reedus, Lea Seydoux, Elle Fanning, Shioli Kutsuna, Troy Baker, and more.

Deep Dive on Team Ninja's Rise of the Ronin​

Rise of the Ronin is out on March 22, and Team Ninja gave us the best look we've seen so far at the upcoming action game. We got a look at the hub world of Yokohama, 1-on-1 sword combat with a parry system, and a lot more.

Until Dawn Remaster Coming to PS5 and PC This Year​

The rumored Until Dawn remaster is real, and it's coming to PlayStation 5 and PC later in 2024. We got a look at the remaster's enhanced graphics.

Stellar Blade Deep Dive, Release Date Announced​

We got a deep dive on Stellar Blade, the action game coming from developer Shift Up and publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment. We learned that the game is coming on April 26, 2024. The game takes place on an apocalyptic Earth where a mysterious enemy has forced humans to flee to a colony. The main character Eve and her two companions, Adam and Lily, work to destroy mech-like enemies as well as hostile survivors. Eve will use guns and swords in stylish action combat.

Capcom Shares Another Dragon's Dogma 2 Trailer​

Dragon's Dogma 2 is also out on March 22, and Capcom showed up to share another look at the long-awaited sequel.

Sonic x Shadow Generations Announced​

SEGA revealed Sonic x Shadow Generations, which looks to be an enhanced remaster of Sonic Generations with new content featuring Shadow the Hedgehog. The teaser trailer showed the same levels we saw in the original Sonic Generations from 2011, as well as new levels where Shadow takes the lead. It's coming to new gen and last gen in Autumn 2024.

Silent Hill: The Short Message Is Dropping Later Today​

Konami showed up to the State of Play to reveal Silent Hill: The Short Message, a free-to-play Silent Hill spin-off that will be available to play later today. Konami also shared a new trailer for the Silent Hill 2 remake project, but no release date or window was given.

JUDAS Gets a Brand New Trailer​

JUDAS is the next game from Ken Levine, the creator of BioShock, and it definitely resembles his original work. A full trailer for JUDAS was shown at today's State of Play, and it looks like a colorful, dystopian game with first-person combat.

V Rising is Coming to PlayStation 5 in 2024​

Dave the Diver Is Coming to PlayStation​

Dave the Diver was a surprise hit in 2023, and today we learned the game is coming to PlayStation this April. Plus, we learned that Godzilla is coming to Dave the Diver in May 2024.

Zenless Zone Zero Is In Development for PlayStation 5​

Zenless Zone Zero is Hoyoverse's newest game, and today we learned it's in development for PlayStation 5.

Legendary Tales Revealed for PlayStation VR 2​

Legendary Tales is a new PSVR 2 game coming from Urban Wolf Games. The first-person gameplay includes combat with magic, swords, hammers, bow and arrow, and more in a fantasy environment.

New Foamstars Trailer Ahead of Next Week's Launch​

Foamstars is out on PlayStation Plus next week, and Square Enix shared a new trailer showing off new characters coming to the competitive foam shooter.

Helldivers 2 Trailer​

The State of Play kicked off with a brief look at Helldivers 2. We got a look at the game's multiplayer shooter action ahead of its launch on February 8.
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[Gamernyc78]

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You read my mind & $#& lol. I thought it was a solid B+ to the point and good info.

 

[Jivesh1995]

Best State of Play yet. Would have loved to have seen Concord. Also, Kojima is just different gravy man

 

[Gods&Monsters]

Kojima new SNAKE IP
SILENT HILL free PT
Rise of the Ronin
Foamstars Day 1
Helldivers
Stellar Blade April 26
V Rising PS5
ZZZ Ps5
Dragons Dogma 2

 

[Sircaw]

I thought it was excellent, so many good games.

Like the look of Judus, like that remake Until Dawn, was it? looked awesome. V rising is my type of game.

Death stranding video the quality of that showing was incredible.

 

[Dick Jones]

Stellar Blade is a Assterpiece.
PSVR2 announcements. Class.
Seeing some great games coming 1st half of 2024. Class
Rise of the Ronin. Give me that!
Kojima making a weird sequel to a already weird franchise. Class
Kojima back to Action Espionage. I'm dead.
Best State of Play in memory.

 

[ethomaz]

There is no S or SS option sadly.
So let's takes what it mininum deservered.

 

[shrike0fth0rns]

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It made that Xbox direct look like trash! My only disappointment was no concord.

 

[Johnic]

It was a pretty good SoP. Some excellent games, VR2 included. But lacks most PS studios announcements. Hope they;re saving those for a showcase or something.

As far as SoPs go, this one's among the better ones.

 

[arvfab]

B+, but only because most of the names leaked before and because of the absence of any PS dev game.

Still shocked by how good DS2 looks.

 

[Vertigo]

B minus : thanks to Kojima stuff

Stellar Blade looks boring. Silent Hill 2 doesn’t look good to me at all.

Dragons Dogma looks excellent. Ronin’s combat looks great but I’m turned off by it being open world. Def for those who loved Tsushima.

Death Stranding 2 looks crazy. I love it. And the Kojima new IP MGS successor announcement is huge for me.

Judas did nothing for me but I enjoyed the bioshock trilogy so that’s still something…

 

[Dick Jones]

B+, but only because most of the names leaked before and because of the absence of any PS dev game.

Still shocked by how good DS2 looks.

Imagine what Horizon 3 will look like. Holy Moses

 

[Darth Vader]

B duo to the lack of PS Studios games (their main studios, not second party).

DS2 looks insane
DD looks fantastic
Stellar Blade looks fun
Ronin looks like GoT2

And of course, the announcement of yet another Kojima new franchise.

 

[Dick Jones]

It made that Xbox direct look like trash! My only disappointment was no concord.

Better off ignoring other shows and demand a great show and praise great shows for what they are, not what others lacked. This show deserves praise for what it showed.

 

[feiozzo]

Solid D

 

[SLB1904]

B for me. Need some of the big Sony studios to show up

 

[Systemshock2023]

In terms of games B. But I'd say overall B minus/C+ due to the fact that there weren't many surprises but it's to be expected these days, thanks to leakers.

Silent hill 2 looked rough, par for the course for Bobber Team. Guess they are waiting for the 5090 to release so that the game can run at 60 fps. Among the worst studios optimizing games.

Suddenly there's an overabundance of games in feudal Japan and as usual Ubisoft will get to the party last.

 

[Yurinka]

A+, probably best State of Play ever:

• Helldivers 2: looking great and it's almost here
• Stellar Blade: potential to be my GOTY 2024
• Sonic x Shadow Generations: looking great for Sonic fans
• ZZZ: looking great, the next Genshin Impact
• Foamstar: looking good and soon will be day one on PS+
• Dave the Diver: one of the best 2023 PC indies coming to PS
• V Rising: one of the best 2023 PC indies coming to PS
• Silent Hill The Short Message: shadowdropped and FREE new Silent Hill (I assume short) that looks great, starring Mia Kalifah
• Silent Hill 2: looking great
• Judas: looking great
• Metro Awakening VR: looking great
• Legendary Tales: seems a solid VR game
• Dragon's Dogma 2: looking great GOTY 2024 candidate
• Rise of the Ronin: looking great
• Until Dawn "rebuild and enhaced" by ex-Until Dawn devs: looking great
• Death Stranding 2: looking great, GOTY 2025 candidate
• Kojima new game/movie IP (apparently Syphon Filter x MGS unoficial crossover): metaton and GOTY of whenever releases for PS6
• FFVII Rebirth getting its State of Play next week: GOTY 2024 candidate

Whoever says that didn't like it hates videogames.

 

[arvfab]

Solid D

Yeah I also got a solid D when they showed Stellar Blade!

 

[Old Gamer]

It was fine. I liked it. Astroturfers trying to make this one look bad can go make love to themselves.