Sony has announced that the first State of Play 2024 is airing on January 31. It’ll be over 40 minutes long and contain updates on Stellar Blade, Rise of the Ronin, and several other PS5 and PSVR2 titles arriving both this year and later down the line.
This news comes from a PlayStation Blog post published this afternoon. It was also unveiled on PlayStation’s official social media accounts:
Get ready for a new State of Play! https://t.co/KDyuY2Uvfq
Tune in on YouTube, Twitch, or TikTok this Wednesday at 2pm PT / 10pm GMT for 40 minutes covering 15+ games, including extended looks at Stellar Blade and Rise of the Ronin, plus more from talented game developers from… pic.twitter.com/MQg76iv8Tt
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) January 29, 2024
According to PlayStation, the State of Play will feature extended looks at Rise of the Ronin and Stellar Blade. Both games are slated to release later this year. What’s more, several other titles will be featured in the presentation as it runs for over 40 minutes. This includes both PS5 and PSVR2 titles.
Previously, we’d heard rumors of an Until Dawn PC and PS5 port as well as whispers regarding Death Stranding 2’s full title. There’s a good chance we’ll see both of those titles at this presentation, especially given that those rumors come from reliable sources.
Additionally, Co-Founder of XboxEra and well-known leaker “Shpeshal Nick” tweeted a cryptic message late yesterday hinting at what else we might see from the State of Play:
On the 31st (roughly), Ronins will Rise, we’ll die stranded, have a rebirth and Kojima will fulfil his dream. Sonic will live in the shadow of his generation while the hills will remain silent until the dawn when you’ll need to catch the metro. Just don’t be a Judas about it.
— King Gronk Nick (@Shpeshal_Nick) January 28, 2024
The tweet, in its entirety, reads as follows:
On the 31st (roughly), Ronins will Rise, we’ll die stranded, have a rebirth and Kojima will fulfil his dream. Sonic will live in the shadow of his generation while the hills will remain silent until the dawn when you’ll need to catch the metro. Just don’t be a Judas about it.
While slightly cryptic, the information contained in Nick’s message is actually fairly easy to parse. For starters, he claimed the State of Play will take place on or around January 31, which we are now seeing is accurate. This tracked with what other reliable sources have been saying about a potential Sony presentation in the next two weeks.
The real meat of this tweet, however, are the games revealed. Here’s everything we think Nick’s suggesting here:
- Rise of the Ronin
- Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
- Death Stranding 2
- Sonic Generations (potentially a remaster)
- Silent Hill (likely Silent Hill 2)
- Until Dawn
- New Metro Title
- Judas
We’ve already seen Rise of the Ronin get confirmed for this presentation. There are a few other titles on this list that we find more surprising, however. Sonic Generations? A new Metro title? The long-awaited Judas? These all sound like genuine surprises, especially for a State of Play, but Nick’s been right in the past, and he accurately guessed when the State of Play would air. There’s a solid chance we’ll actually see those reveals.
As is usually the case, please take all of this with a dump truck’s worth of salt. We won’t know anything for sure until we lay our own eyes on the State of Play presentation. Even if the information is accurate, it could always change behind the scenes.
The State of Play will air January 31 at 2pm PST/5pm EST/6am HKT. You can tune into it on all of PlayStation’s usual channels.
Source: PlayStation Blog
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