February’s State of Play has a ton of new game announcements for PS5, including Tides Of Annihilation and Days Gone Remastered. Sony’s State of Play showcases – their equivalent of a Nintendo Direct – have been consistently disappointing affairs for the last several years, but Wednesday night’s one was actually pretty good, with a number of previously unseen games, and release dates for already announced ones.
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Very few of the games were from an internal, first party Sony studio, which is still a worry, but the mic drop at the end was Saros: the spiritual sequel to Housemarque’s superb Returnal – as far as we’re concerned the best PlayStation 5 exclusive. Housemarque has always made it clear that there will be no direct sequel to Returnal, but Saros is said to build on the same formula, with talk of a shape-shifting planet and the tagline ‘come back stronger’, which certainly implies a similar roguelike approach.
There was no sign of gameplay but that will apparently be revealed later this year, ahead of a launch in 2026. Given the other similarities though, and the fact that the main character is holding a honking big gun, we’d be surprised if it wasn’t still quite similar to Reutrnal’s third person bullet hell action. Saros is confirmed to be a new single-player IP, so there’s no reason to fear it’s going to be announced as a live service game later on.
In terms of other game announcements, Tides Of Annihilation looked the most interesting of the new wave of Chinese-made Soulslike games appearing at the moment. And we’re not just saying that because this one is set in London, with its story seeming to revolve around Arthurian legend. Tides Of Annihilation is multiformat, so will also be coming to Xbox Series X/S and PC, but Lost Soul Aside, which also looked good, is only on PlayStation 5 and PC, as part of Sony’s China Hero Project scheme. It’ll be released relatively soon, on May 30.
One of the bigger surprises of the night, but not necessarily the most exciting, was the reveal of Days Gone Remastered, which Sony seems to be putting a lot of effort into, with new game modes, including permadeath and Horde Assault, and larger groups of zombies on the PlayStation 5. It’ll also have PlayStation VR2 support and you’ll be able to upgrade to the new version for just $10 if you own the original, which will probably work out as £10 or less here. There was no indication of any possible sequel in the future, but you’ve got to assume those chances have just increased.
Other trailers of note include Mindseye by GTA producer (and very much an unsung hero of the franchise) Leslie Benzies, which seemed to feature a very destructible open world environment and more robust third person shooting than GTA itself. It’s due out this summer. Strangely, Capcom chose to release a new trailer for Onimusha: Way Of The Sword during the State of Play, rather than at their own event earlier in the week, but it looked promising, with an interesting main character who seems like a bit of a coward.
The State of Play also revealed a host of release dates, including Sega’s Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance on August 29; Borderlands 4 on September 23 (with the threat of a dedicated State of Play this spring); The Dark Pictures Anthology: Directive 8020 on October 2; and Five Nights At Freddy’s: Secret Of The Mimic on June 13. The ultra creepy looking stop motion horror game The Midnight Walk arrives on May 8; the already leaked Metal Gear Solid Delta on August 28; Dark Souls-ish action adventure Hell Is Us on September 4; and sci-fi shooter Metal Eden on May 6.
Oh, and the previously leaked Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds was confirmed to be real. There was no release date but there’ll be a beta starting later this month. Email gamecentral@metro.co.uk, leave a comment below, follow us on Twitter, and sign-up to our newsletter. To submit Inbox letters and Reader’s Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use our Submit Stuff page here.
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