Just a quick reminder: Sony will broadcast a new State of Play today (8th July, 2021) at 2PM PDT / 10PM BST. For more specific information on timing, refer to the following article: What Time Is Sony PlayStation’s State of Play Livestream?
We know that this will be a 30 minute broadcast with approximately nine minutes of Deathloop gameplay. That leaves around 20 minutes left for “updates on some exciting indie and third-party titles”. The platform holder hasn’t elaborated on which titles will be included, but it’s safe to assume none of these will be “bigger” than Arkane’s first-person shooter, as the platform holder won’t want to overshadow what it sees as a key release in its portfolio.
We suspect those leaked PlayStation costumes for Fall Guys will be officially announced during the livestream. We’re also anticipating updates on titles like Little Devil Inside, although the Stray will presumably be held back for Annapurna Interactive’s event later in the month. Kena: Bridge of Spirits, a game due out in August, will also surely feature.
Whether or not the event will include anything “major” is up for debate. Sony has already ruled out first-party games like Horizon Forbidden West and God of War Ragnarok, and while there is some speculation that Grand Theft Auto V and Final Fantasy 16 may feature, we’d argue they’d steal the spotlight away from Deathloop which very much appears to be the focus here. Keep your expectations low.
Will you be tuning in to the broadcast live, or catching up after the fact? As always, let us know in the comments section below.
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Hoping for Little Devil Inside and Sifu. Don't think we'll see Stray, that'll be at Annapurna's event later in the month.
More news about „Stray“ would be cool
I'm looking forward to seeing what's on show!
I kinda don't wanna see more of Kena. Already hyped for it and anything else would feel spoilery. However they do need to get through to people the name is pronounced Kay-na. Every trailer her name is said yet every journo who talks about the game say Ken-na.
Outside of Kena looking forward to hopefully a few new indie game and third party announcements!
Excited for this. I’m hoping they give a quick nod to the two recent acquisitions and then announce Bluepoint as well😀 Also, I love indies on PlayStation and want to see some updates and a few new titles featured
I feel if deathloop is exclusive for 6 months or a year then they should actually say today so people don’t have the attitude I will just wait until it’s on game pass.
I predict Sammy to cry somehow something Game Pass related.
And I predict Sammy to delete my comment.
Plus something from Stray, Little Devil Inside and, of course, something Kena as it's due next month.
Btw I generally predict Among Us to be a PS Plus game.
Don't...get...your...hopes...up!
Still something on Kena and Little Devil Inside (which was supposed to be out this month) would be nice. I still think Kena's going to get its out State of Play.
@Jayslow I’ve just been saying ‘Kee-na’ out of instinct despite it not being a Japanese game.
@Reeneman THANK YOU!!! I couldn't for the life of me remember what the name of this game was.
Stray, Kena, and Little Devil Inside are all games I'm looking really followed too.
Very low expectations (I don't really care about Deathloop even though it looks good), but I do think we might see a couple of cool indie/third party updates.
My expectations are definitely in check for this one. As long as I see at least one indie/3rd party game I like, I'll be happy, and even if I don't get that, I'll still be happy. We got some solid looking titles coming for the next few months so there's really no way I walk away disappointed from this one.
@nessisonett lol yup that's the other popular pronunciation! I just laughed cause at the summer games showcase the influencer who introduced the game still said Ken-na despite the developer saying kay-na multiple times in the video.
So moral of the story. Just name all your characters and games something basic lol. So you don't fall into a Ghost of Tsushima, Fe, Gris and a few others I can think of where the pronunciation is all over the place.
Low expectations but maybe we’ll have a couple of surprises?
I'd like to see what Kena looks like on the PS4 (Pro)
I'm not watching it because I'll be doing anything else.
@Floki <3
Haha. Still having Stray in my PSN wishlist since it’s announcement.
Little Devil Inside now was new for me. Looks stunning, I love the art design. Thanks to you as well for this tip!
Hope to see a release of Kena finally happening in August
@SwittersB it's already been confirmed to be a year.
I'll maybe catch up on it later. Would be great if there's some good looking indies shown off. I'm not convinced by Deathloop though having not really liked Arkane's previous offerings.
Alan Wake and Sunset Overdrive would be great, though I'm always hoping for them.
@AK4tywill a new Alan Wake or a port of the Xbox title?
Played it on the Xbox 360 years ago. Cool game but nothing groundbreaking. But I can’t ignore the Remedy games, I like this Studio so much because of Max Payne 1&2. Even Control was very nice.
Still hoping for a new Max Payne by Rockstar or any kind of a Remaster for 1-3.
Disappointment, has anyone predicted that?
Death Stranding Directors Cut - with similar pricing model as GoT.
@AK4tywill @Reeneman Never played Alan Wake but really want to after playing through Control. I know it's a totally different game but still great to see what fed into the AWE DLC. Be great if it was both a remake of the original and a new game 😄
Would love to see something of Salt and Sacrifice.
@Jayslow If it really is ‘kay-na’ then shouldn’t it be spelled Kéna? I feel like that would have avoided confusion.
My prediction is the likelihood of feeling disappointment at worst and the feeling of being whelmed at best.
Where the f@&$ is Ghostwire: Tokyo??!!
I'd like to see more from Little Devil Inside, Sifu, and Stray. If they show Goodbye Volcano High, I'm going to laugh out loud.
Also crossing my fingers for a Final Fantasy XVI appearance...
I’m still patiently waiting for Playdead’s next game to stealth drop in something like this. Seems like about the right time to hear something. Not holding my breath though.
Looking for somehting on Sifu and perhaps Seasons as well. Peripherially interested in Little Devil Inside as well. lol
I'm thinking we'll get GTA V PS5 gameplay revealed here
@JAMes-BroWWWn
I'm hearing you. Its like going to a BMW forum and having people cry cause Ford are cheaper....SMH.
Like many people, I believe gamepass cheapens games, so whilst I'm very interested in this devs work, and I think the title will look really stylish, I'm not interested until its given away for 'free', so its PC for me on this title.
Kena has to be shown, but that's a must buy from me anyway.
The best thing they could announce for me would be when they have a proper show scheduled!
What time is dis?
I’m hoping for Abandoned
I want a little devil inside release date
I'm also wondering whether we will see Ghostwire: Tokyo too as that is expected a month after Deathloop. Kena makes a LOT of sense as its out in a month so those 3 (inc Deathloop) seem the most 'likely' to appear as they are all 'exclusively' launching in next 3 months.
Abandoned Hills please
@render alan wake is great , i really do hope it gets a next gen upgrade / remaster.
@Jayslow @nessisonett I always thought it was Kenn-uh...
@Cherip-the-Ripper Really, I didn't see this anywhere. That's pretty big if true. Game looks amazing and hope it does really well
Deathloop feature
Ghost of Tsushima director's cut
Death Stranding director's cut
Ghostwire Tokyo
Little Devil Inside
Kena
Sifu
I'd guess for the other titles: Kena, Little Devil Inside, Stray, Sifu, Among Us, Death Stranding Director's Cut (if it counts as 3rd party) and maybe 1-2 others.
@get2sammyb @nessisonett well maybe we'll know for sure in about 5 hours! I have a niece named Makenna who goes by Kenna. So when the game was first announced last year I told her about it and she pointed out right away the different pronunciation. So probably why I'm more aware of it.
I usually watch these but the fact that Sony specifically says it's a deep dive for Deathloop, I'm gonna have to pass on watching live. I'll wait and watch the stuff I'm interested in later on gaming websites.
I do hope to get some unknown stuff announced from smaller developers. A look at Arcadegeddon that was just rated in Korea and Taiwan by the studio that developed Predator: Hunting Grounds would be cool!
Deathloop certainly looks cool, but it really doesn’t interest me very much if I’m honest. Not sure why exactly.
Would love to see something about the new-gen GTA V and Death Stranding ports included tonight. Kena: Bridge of Spirits is probably my most anticipated PS5 game, so other than a mention, I don’t want to see too much more of it. I’d rather go in as blind as possible.
As for indies that I REALLY want to come to PS5 (or even Switch for that matter), they include Tunic, Twelve Minutes, Somerville, Song of Iron, Shady Knight, The Ascent, and Replaced. Here’s hoping at least one or two come up.
Preparing for a snoozefest but I genuinely hope they prove me wrong. Fingers crossed it's not just Deathloop and some indie titles.
@Jayslow lol good one... hey hey.. how about key-na ? ... kay-na pft.. ya ok
Zero interest in Deathloop and Director´s Cut Editions,would like to see Kena and Jett: The Far Shore.
Guilty Gear strive DLC character?
Switch Pro OLED 4K
Hogwarts legacy?
I don’t think we’ll see anything big, expectations are low, I just hope it ends with a PlayStation Experience announcement and date
@LightningLeader I only want Five Nights at Freddys Security Breach news crime here.
Not interested in deathloop or anything except fnaf sb
Five Nights at Freddys Security Breach news and release date please. That’s all I need
Keep your expectations in check people, they are not going to announce a PS4 portable or something outlandish like that.
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