It is the first State of Play of the year, and Sony decided to kick-start this year with an absolutely massive show chuck-full of reveals!
The show kicked off with the Monster Hunter Wilds developers revealing their first post-release roadmap for new events and monsters. The game is releasing on February 28th.
Shinobi Art of Vengeance from the studio behind Street of Rage 4. Releasing on August 29th.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds was also revealed with new world traveling mechanics through travel rings. A network test will soon open up for registration.
Digimon Story Time Stranger, the latest game of the JRPG has been announced for a 2025 release.
Lost Soul Aside from Sony’s China Hero Project releasing on May 30th. This action RPG is garnering a lot of interest and keeps looking better with every reveals.
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii coming February 21st
Dave The Diver Ichiban’s Holiday DLC launches April on PS5 & PS4, bringing Like a Dragon’s Ishiban to the world of Dave the Diver.
Splitgate 2 Beta has been announced for February 27th on PS5 featuring an 8v8v8 mode.
WWE 2K25 revealed The Island game mode, where you’ll interact with other players in an opened social environment.
Borderlands 4 will have its own dedicated State of Play in Spring, and the release date was confirmed for September 23rd 2025.
Split Fiction from the developer behind It Takes Two is releasing on March 6th
Directive 8020 the latest Dark Pictures entry is releasing on October 2nd. This game takes on the sci-fi genre with an atmosphere akin to Event Horizon and Alien.
Five Night at Freddy’s: Secret of Mimic is releasing on June 13th 2025
The Midnight Walk releasing on May 8th
Darwin’s Paradox
Warriors: Abyss Launches today, spinning the Dynasty Heroes series with a zest of roguelite gameplay!
Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny the remastered PS2 classic is launching on May 23rd.
Onimusha Way of the Sword from Capcom will be releasing in 2026
Metal Gear Solid Δ Snake Eater August 28th with a teaser for Ape Escape
Hell is Us releases on September 4th 2025
Life of P DLC Overture, a story taking you before the events of the original game, releases Summer 2025 with PS5 Pro enhancements.
Dreams of Another, a new Pixel Junk shooter that makes carve the world with your gun.
Days Gone Remastered with PS5 Pro optimisation. Upgrade for 10$. April 25th
Stellar Blade X Nikke DLC releases in June 2025
PS+ game Catalog update Feb 18th:
- Jedi Survivor
- Top Spin 2K25
- Lost Records Bloom & Rage Tape 1 (Launching on PS+)
- SaGa Frontier Remastered
- Somerville
- Tin Hearts
- Mordhau
Games launching on PS+ later this year
- Blue Prince
- Abiotic Factor
PS+ Classics coming soon:
- Armored Core
- Armored Core Project Phantasma
- Armored Core Master of Arena
- Patapon 3
- Dropship: United Peace Force
Tides of Annihilation was revealed by Chinese studio Eclipse Glow Studio. Inspired by Arthurian adventures, the game looks to be set in the early industrial age of London and shows very impressive gameplay and visuals.
Metal Eden releasing on May 6th
Mindseye, an action adventure game, was revealed with a release set for Summer 2025.
To crown the show, Sony went on to reveal Saros by Housemarque, the studio behind Returnal. The game is currently planned for a 2026
In conclusion, Sony came to this State of Play absolutely ready to show us what they have in store, and they delivered the goods.
