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Two weeks afterMicrosoft’s turn, it’s now Sony’s time in the spotlight.
What do we expect?Quite a lot, actually.
It’s high time we heard Stranding 2.
But who else might also qualify?
Our money’s onBioShockcreator Ken Levine, whose long-awaitedJudasis now finally nearing release.
Our live coverage of this event has finished.
Hey up, what’s going on!
Let’s see what you’ve all been saying…
I love the optimism!
Let’s will it into existence.
So does that mean we should hope for a sign of the apocalypse or not?
Goodness me, there’s a name I haven’t heard in a while.
Inventive racing games were all the rage back then, eh?
It sounds like a bad Netflix series!
…is there a good Netflix series?
Don’t, Bertie, don’t.
That would be delicious.
I’d happily take an Until Dawn remaster, by the way.
And, well, Judas never know what other surprises Sony has in store!
I worked hard on that.
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OK!
I like your chances, personally!
You’ve got to love the countdown to another countdown.
But here we go.
One minute and counting…
The show begins
And we’re off.
Logos and… Helldivers.
OK. Don’t worry, there’s plenty of time.
Here’s PlayStation boss Hermen Hulst, wearing one of Jim Ryan’s shirts by the look of things.
He’s reading from a telepromter.
This looks like Stellar Blade, which in turn looks quite Bayonetta-y to me.
Lovely leather trousers, and oh gosh are they tight.
So we’re hearing a bit about the game.
You play Eve, who apparently sees the need to wear a tie with her armour.
And she’s got a pilot colleage called… Adam.
People refer to Eve as a kind of angel.
There are some huge environments.
The combat looks super-acrobatic.
I love that she quite literally sits in a chair and chills for a bit to restore her health.
What a brilliantly boldy mundane thing to put in your game.
But some of the character design looks good.
I like that old cyborg man.
Everyone is very pretty apart from him, and from the mutated enemies of course.
And I sort of love it?
Haha - I love this comment.
Stellar Blade is coming 26th April
Lovely over the top music to go with it.
26th April for Stellar Blade.
Now, here’s a spiky blue hedgehog I’ve never seen before!
A look at Hoy’s Zeneless Zone Zero there, which looked interesting.
I get a sense they’re clearing the way for some bigger announcements here.
I, um, hope.
We’re seeing Foamstars, which is coming out 6th February as part of the PlaySation Plus line-up.
Dave the Diver is coming to PS5 in April.
And it’s got Godzilla in it!
Oh this is V Rising!
I suppose it’s coming to PS5 too.
Was a big hit on PC, and it’s had a lot of development there since.
I should not have made light of your cereal situation.
V Rising is just “coming 2024”, which is a bit vague.
But still: great game.
There are photos all over the wall, and creepy characters in the hallways.
Everything is messed up.
Silent Hill: The Short Message.
Somewhat worryingly, the full game will be free to play.
I wonder what that means.
Is it a new PT?
Oh, it’s available today, after this ends!
A new kind of psychological horror!
A longer look at Ken Levine’s new game Judas
They’re coming thick and fast now.
This is Ken Levine’s new project Judas.
Are we going to see gameplay?
Yes, some, in a montage.
It looks surreal, and also obviously quite BioShocky.
Weapons in one hand, powers in another.
And it looks like we can fabricate our bodies?
There’s clearly something very strange going on in the game.
No release date, but it’s obviously in development for PS5.
Metro VR game announced
Hey it’s a PSVR2 game!
Is this Metro VR?
It looks a lot like it.
It looks very atmospheric.
Metro: Awakening VR, it’s called.
And it’s coming this year.
Give us some dates you cowards!
Is that Elder Scrolls music behind this VR fantasy game?
It so is Elder Scrolls music!
That’s either copyright infringement or…
No, it’s something called Legendary Tales.
Looked a bit ropy.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 now, and it’s looking good.
Some super enemy design there, all wraithy and floating.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is coming out 22nd March.
Big fingers crossed energy for this one.
Now we’re speeding on to Rise of the Ronin from Team Ninja.
Then, when he had glided to the ground, he mounted a horse and rode off.
Which was pretty gangster of him - pretty Yakuza of him.
I guess the suggestion was that you’re able to get around quickly.
Have you all seen Blue-Eyed Samurai yet?
If you haven’t: do.
I think this one might struggle to stand out.
22nd March it’s coming out.
This looks like Until Dawn!
Remastered Until Dawn shown
I wonder what they’ve added to it…
Rebuilt and enhanced for PS5 and PC.
No other details beyond that.
And coming this year.
Kojima Productions now and what must be Death Stranding 2.
We just saw a cat that had a huge, tentacled tongue.
There’s a nurse-like lady wearing a mask that’s like two surgical gloves clasped over her mouth.
Holy crackers, theyarehands!
They were operating on a person’s arm, pulling things out.
This whole thing is crackers - no one quite does a trailer like Kojima.
Will there be combat this time?
The lady with the extra hands around her neck now has a ventriloquist dummy on her shoulder.
There’s a suggestion you’ll take it on your adventure.
We’re seeing some stunning visual effects - flooding water, crumbling mountains.
But also some monstrosities - giant hand-like monsters.
Sam’s got a kind of motorbike buggy thing, and he’s also got a gun.
The Troy Baker character carries an electric guitar weapon, that he shreds to fight enemies with.
Reedus a bedtime story, Norm!
It IS called Death Stranding 2: On the Beach!
God I love that lady with the extra hands.
It’s coming out in 2025.
Kojima making a new action espionage game for Sony
And here’s Hideo Kojima.
Hermen Hulst is making an announcement about their partnership.
It’s something Hulst has apparently been encouraging Kojima to reinvent for years.
Kojima is making a next-gen action espionage game, a brand new original IP.
Preparations are underway, apparently, but production will wait until Death Stranding 2 is out of the way.
He teases that Sony not only does games but music and movies, which might hint at something.
But what, we don’t know.
It’s going to be a movie at the same time.
He wants to transcend the barriers between games and films.
Because 10 minutes of it was Kojima?
The show closes
So that’s it!
I thought the new Silent Hill stealth-drop was exciting.
I can’t wait to see what that is all about.
Death Stranding 2 looked good.
Stellar Dawn looks interesting and charmingly double-A.
Ken Levine’s Judas will obviously be worth a look.
But there was a distinct lack of concrete dates for some of these things.
You mean Red Alert, surely?
(I know who wins.)
Well, that was that.
Thank you everyone for joining us tonight and livening it up a bit.
Short and sweet, I guess?
