News: State of Play June 2025 - All Games and Announcements
Last night saw a new edition of State of Play, the video format showcasing PlayStation news.
The
40-minute-plus showcase
revealed some of the upcoming highlights for PlayStation 5.
Discover all games, announcements, and reveals shown at Sony's latest live broadcast.
✪ Ghost of Yōtei - October, 2nd
Become a different kind of ghost and witness a bold new story set against the stunning backdrop
of northern Japan’s rugged landscapes.
Taking place 300 years after the critically acclaimed Ghost of Tsushima, this standalone experience
follows a haunted, lone mercenary named Atsu in the 1600s. Thirsty for revenge, she sets out to hunt
down those who killed her family many years prior.
✪ Astro Bot - Coming soon
New levels are coming to Astro Bot this summer!
Get ready for the challenge of five new Vicious Void Galaxy levels. They’ll require every bit
of skill together to complete. And of course, these new levels will introduce their own Special
Bots.
And that’s not all: an updated smiley version of the Astro Bot Limited Edition DualSense wireless
controller is set to launch later this year.
✪ Nioh 3 - Early 2026
Koei Tecmo and developer Team Ninja announced Nioh 3 for PS5. In this dark fantasy action RPG,
players can fight using two distinct combat styles: Samurai and Ninja. The Samurai style provides
a gameplay experience similar to previous Nioh titles, while Ninja style excels in quick movements
like dodging and aerial actions.
Players will be able to switch between battle styles instantly at any time. Intrigued to know how
they’ll work? You can find out today with a limited time demo that’ll be launching on PlayStation
Store.
✪ MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls - Coming 2026
PlayStation Studios, Arc System Works (Arc), and Marvel Games have joined forces to realize the
latest in tag team fighters, MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls! Experience the Marvel Universe like
never before with reimagined characters and stages, a heart-pounding soundtrack, intuitive gameplay
mechanics, and jaw-dropping visuals that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Whether this is your first fighting game or you are a veteran of the genre, Arc has incorporated
gameplay controls and mechanics that are easy to pick up and play, and yet still offer the depth
and versatility for high level competition.
✪ Wireless Fight Stick - Coming soon
The latest State of Play saw the reveal of the first wireless fight stick custom designed
by PlayStation. Codenamed Project Defiant, this new controller allows wireless play through
PlayStation Link, or wired connection on PlayStation 5 or PC, and is set to launch next year.
Additional announcements - more games, reveals, and highlights shown at the State of Play
broadcast:
✪ Lumines Arise - Fall, 2025
From the creators of Tetris Effect: Connected comes Lumines Arise-a synesthetic fusion of sound,
light, and addictive puzzle gameplay. Match blocks, create combos, and feel the music in every
heartbeat.
✪ Pragmata - First Contact - Coming 2026
A Science Fiction adventure with a unique two-in-one twist of action and strategy. Capcom’s newest
IP Pragmata is set in the near future, the protagonists Hugh and his android companion Diana, must
work together as they make their way through the cold lunar research station.
✪ Silent Hill f - September, 25th
In 1960s Japan, Shimizu Hinako's secluded town of Ebisugaoka is consumed by a sudden fog, transforming
her home into a haunting nightmare.
As the town falls silent and the fog thickens, Hinako must navigate the twisted paths of Ebisugaoka,
solving complex puzzles and confronting grotesque monsters to survive. Find the beauty in terror in
this new Japanese psychological horror.
✪ Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement - Coming soon
Set in a haunting world years before the events of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Bloodstained:
The Scarlet Engagement follows Leo and the fearless Black Wolves as they prepare to storm the cursed
Ethereal Castle and confront the rising darkness.
✪ Digimon Story Time Stranger - October, 3rd
Embark on an adventure that spans across the human world and Digital World, collecting and raising
a diverse array of Digimon to fight in turn-based battles. Digimon Story Time Stranger, the latest
installment in the "Digimon Story" series.
✪ Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles - September, 30th
Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles includes two different versions of the game: enhanced
and classic. The enhanced version adds fully voiced dialogue, an optimized and updated UI, graphical
improvements, and a number of other quality of life features.
✪ Hirogami - September, 3rd
Hirogami is a 3D action platformer inspired by the ancient Japanese art of origami (paper folding).
Explore a beautiful origami world as Hiro, a fan-wielding master of the art of ‘folding’. Embark on
a mystical journey to save your fragile home from deadly digital invaders. Take on animal forms to
traverse the landscape, solve puzzles, overcome enemies, and save the realm!
✪ Baby Steps - September, 8th
Play as Nate, an unemployed failson with nothing going for him, until one day he discovers a power
he never knew he had... putting one foot in front of the other. Also, he has to pee real bad.
✪ Everybody's Golf Hot Shots - September, 5th
Everybody's Golf Hot Shots comes with courses from 10 different regions from around the world,
weather and time changes, and the largest roster of characters in the series including PAC-MAN.
✪ Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound - July, 31th
From the acclaimed team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound successfully unites the classic
lore and gameplay of the Tecmo-developed NINJA GAIDEN series from the classic era with the depth and
intensity of the modern 3D entries.
The best of both eras come together to create an epic and thrilling adventure.
✪ Cairn - November, 5th
Cairn features realistic simulation that allows you to climb intuitively, anywhere. Find the best holds
and place your hands and feet seamlessly with simple controls. Adapt your posture, effort and balance -
if you're not careful, you will fall!
✪ Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater - August, 28th
Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater is a remake of the 2004 game. The remake maintains what players loved
from the original, like the story, characters, voice acting, gameplay, and music, but presented now
in an even more immersive experience.
The special game “Snake vs Monkey” to capture the Pipo Monkeys is back for PlayStation 5.
✪ Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow - Coming soon
Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow brings the legendary stealth franchise to life like never before-reimagined
for PlayStation VR2.
The City is a place of shadows, ruled by the tyrant Lord Ulysses Northcrest. You are Magpie, a cunning
thief orphaned by Northcrest’s brutality and shaped by the streets, who steals as the only means to
survive.
✪ Tides of Tomorrow - Early 2026
Welcome to Elynd, an oceanic planet, where life is facing extinction from a deadly disease but all the
players are the chosen ones to shape its destiny.
Tides of Tomorrow is a multiplayer story. Choose who you follow, your friend, your favortie streamer...
Uncover their choices, deal with their consequences, and shape their story.
✪ Sea of Remnants - Coming 2026
Beyond the moon lies another sea, where all answers await. But to this day, no one has proven its
existence. Captain players will recruit the crews through magenta-hued ocean currents and explore
new routes here.
Conquer turn-based combat, build a unique island life, and carve the memory into
the infinite tides. Set sail in this free-2-play voyage-themed RPG.
✪ Sword of the Sea - August, 19th
An atmospheric adventure with highspeed movement inspired by skateboarding games. Surf over a surreal
landscape of waves on your Hoversword and unveil a lost ocean teeming with life. From the visionary
artist behind ABZÛ, The Pathless, and Journey, and featuring a beautiful score by Austin Wintory.
✪ FBC: Firebreak - June, 17th
FBC: Firebreak is a 3-player cooperative first-person shooter set within the enigmatic Federal Bureau
of Control (FBC). As the Bureau’s headquarters faces a deadly and prolonged siege by otherworldly forces,
only Firebreak-its most adaptable response unit-has the skills and courage to restore order.
✪ 007 First Light - Coming 2026
In 007 First Light, follow James Bond as a young, resourceful, and sometimes reckless recruit in MI6's
training program, and discover an origin story of the world’s most famous spy.
✪ Romeo is a Dead Man - Coming 2026
Bask in the crimson-red catharsis of ultra-violent "bloody action" and dive into a completely
unpredictable story. Witness the totally unhinged, all-new title from Grasshopper Manufacture.
✪ Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection - Coming soon
From the acclaimed retro restoration team at Digital Eclipse, Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection is
the definitive historical archive of the franchise’s iconic origins. Featuring over 20 different
versions of the legendary games - arcade, console, and handheld.
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection includes Mortal Kombat 1 through 4, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3,
Mortal Kombat Advance, and more, reviving the series’ early years with modern enhancements and
online play using rollback netcode.
Game reveals, release date confirmations, and new looks at titles coming to PlayStation in the near
future - the latest
State of Play
packed a lot into its runtime.
Players can discover further details and insight by the game creators at the official
PlayStation Blog right now.