PlayStation’s paired State of Play broadcasts delivered a very full calendar rather than a single earthshaking reveal. Across the general presentation and a Japan-focused follow-up, Sony and its partners put dates beside several major projects, gave existing games substantial reasons to return, and made room for oddball concepts ranging from a playable lighthouse to a shark-led action RPG sequel.
The important immediate dates are easy to spot: Marvel’s Wolverine is scheduled for PS5 on September 15, Final Fantasy 7 Revelation arrives April 8, and choice-driven horror follow-up Until Dawn 2 is set for January 28. But the pair of shows also made a case for the smaller games that can turn a crowded release schedule into something far more interesting.
Big PS5 releases and returning worlds
Insomniac’s Marvel’s Wolverine received another trailer ahead of its September 15 PS5 launch. It is one of the clearest near-term tentpoles in the lineup, so the appearance served chiefly as a reminder that the game is close.
Square Enix also presented an extended segment for Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, the closing chapter of the remake trilogy. Nearly 10 minutes of footage were shown for the April 8 release. Anyone starting fresh still has time to work through Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, the two prior entries in the project.
Until Dawn 2 now has its own firm date: January 28 on PS5. The horror sequel continues to center player-driven narrative choices, and AdHoc Studio is involved with the story. That is an encouraging detail for players who value branching drama as much as jump scares.
Another grim future is due on February 4. Metro 2039, from 4A Games and Deep Silver, was shown running on PS5 Pro and is planned for PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC. The footage leaned into the series’ familiar oppressive mood: damaged urban spaces, danger in the dark, and the sort of atmosphere where nobody should be volunteering for a nighttime walk.
Meanwhile, Maneater 2 is slated for next year. The sequel follows the 2020 shark action RPG, ensuring that the industry’s vital supply of games where the player is an extremely motivated aquatic predator will remain intact.
Ghost of Yōtei gets two October reasons to return
Ghost of Yōtei was a major presence across the double feature. Its roguelike combat-survival mode, Most Wanted, is coming October 1. The mode has the repeatable, escalating structure that may be familiar to players of The Last of Us Part II Remastered’s No Return, while adding a particularly notable option: Jin Sakai, protagonist of Ghost of Tsushima, will be playable.
October 1 is also the date for the paid story expansion Echoes of Sekigahara and the game’s complete edition. The Japan presentation closed on fresh footage of that expansion, keeping the focus on the historical action series even as its format broadens into survival runs and additional narrative content.
Elsewhere on the expansion front, Crimson Desert: Charting the Unknown will arrive October 15. The add-on is headed to the action RPG, one of the year’s biggest-selling games so far. Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance is targeting next year, with Tokyo Game Show attendees expected to get the first public opportunity to try its demo.
Updates for Saros and Gran Turismo 7
Not every highlight was a new game or paid add-on. Saros is getting a free update later this year that includes meaningful accessibility options. Gyroscopic aiming and an option to slow the game speed are planned, alongside a competitive boss-rush mode that lets players bring a chosen loadout against giant enemies.
The same update will add New Game+, with new modifiers, progression choices and unspecified extra secrets. It is an appealing package because it serves multiple audiences at once: players seeking more challenge can chase the boss-rush leaderboard, while those who need different ways to approach the action receive tools that could make the game more accommodating.
Gran Turismo 7 also has a two-part update in the works. The first portion is due next month and the second in December. The additions include Japan’s Sugo circuit, a larger take on the series staple Autumn Ring, 12 new cars and online drift trials. Racing games tend to thrive on the slow accumulation of tracks, vehicles and events, and this sounds built for exactly that long-tail rhythm.
For anyone preparing friends and family for those drift trials, our guide to the unwritten rules of couch multiplayer may not improve a racing line, but it might preserve domestic peace when somebody claims the “good” controller.
Final Fantasy, Konami and a delightfully varied middle slate
Final Fantasy Resonance is positioned as the franchise’s first HD-2D entry. The turn-based game launches October 22, and a demo is available now. It was one of several titles in the presentation that paired a date with a low-commitment way to sample what is coming.
Gundam Rogue Orbit is due March 5 on PS5, Steam and Xbox Series X/S. Konami’s RPG Rev.Noir has a 2027 release window, while Rhapsody in Scarlet remains without a date. The latter is a fantasy action RPG set in 1920s New York, with magic-using mobsters and a jazz-inflected identity—a setting that immediately separates it from the many medieval kingdoms competing for attention.
The indie selection had especially strong variety. Hunter’s Moon, a narrative game unfolding over a single night, arrives October 26. Uncanyon, from Annapurna Interactive and the studio behind Maquette, is an isometric puzzle adventure set in a fantastical landscape where the environment itself appears to expand and rearrange around the protagonist. It is planned for next year.
Keeper, from the newly independent Double Fine, is available on PS5 now. Its central hook is wonderfully unusual: the player controls a lighthouse in an adventure game. It was also one of 2025’s acclaimed games, making its arrival on the platform a notable catch-up opportunity.
PlayStation Plus, controllers and a brick-built PS1
PlayStation Plus will gain several additions over the coming months. Co-op looter shooter Mycopunk is planned for the Extra and Premium tiers. Premium’s Classic Catalog gets Mega Man X: Command Mission this month, with Dino Crisis 2 and the original Ratchet & Clank due later in the year.
There is hardware-adjacent news, too. Limited-edition Grand Theft Auto 6 DualSense controllers are coming in black and white, priced at $85. A Lego model of the original PlayStation is also scheduled for October 1 at $180. It arrives shortly after news of a brick-building original Xbox set, which makes this an unexpectedly competitive season for people who want to display a console that cannot actually boot a game.
State of Play Japan: remakes, anime adaptations and ambitious newcomers
The Japan showcase began with Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3, a multiplayer action-adventure game planned for next year. Fate/Extra Record, the long-awaited remake of 2010 dungeon-crawling RPG Fate/Extra, follows on January 28 across PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Switch 2 and PC.
Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World reaches PS5 on December 3, marking the series’ debut on the platform. The Eminence in Shadow: Phantom Echoes, an action RPG based on the light-novel property, is targeting next year. And Rematch will host a Blue Lock crossover from September 24 through October 23.
Cygames’ smaller-scale CygamesEdge label is launching with Where the Seeds Fall, due November 5 for PS5, Switch 2 and Steam. It is an action-adventure focused on descending the World Tree, humanity’s final shelter from a Blight-corrupted Earth. Its main campaign is expected to run roughly three hours—a refreshingly concise promise in an era where enormous maps are often treated as a genre requirement.
Other projects without every detail settled include the Seoul-set co-op monster-hunting game World Phasebound Control Authority and Crown of No Quarter, also called CONQ, a naval action game where players can glide aboard ships, join ground battles and use magic to revive fallen allies. Both look toward next year in different ways: CONQ has that broad target, while World Phasebound Control Authority has no announced release date.
Stupid Never Dies launches October 21 and has a demo available now. Players can try its first two hours at no charge and carry progress into the full game. Its zombie-and-vampire action RPG premise is not interested in restraint, which is probably the correct attitude for a game with that title.
SlashZero, an anime-styled side-scrolling roguelike about a Timehacker, is aiming for spring 2027. A demo with more than 10 hours of gameplay is available now. Bandai Namco additionally confirmed the first Echoes of Aincrad DLC for this winter, while an expansion adding about 50 Digimon to Digimon Story Time Stranger is planned for next year.
Finally, Darkstar Games’ Soulslike-leaning Daba: Land of Water Scar carries the unusual listed window of spring 2207. Whether that date is intentional or simply an extraordinary exercise in long-term planning, it remains the timeframe attached to the game for now.
Beyond games, the presentations opened with a new clip from director Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil film. The footage follows protagonist Bryan through a nighttime city street as zombies fall from rooftops. The film is scheduled for theaters on September 18, putting it ahead of a packed period for PlayStation releases, updates and collectible hardware.
