PlayStation Showcase 2023 - roundup - PlayStation streaming handheld announced
Get ready for tons of announcements, hype, and all that comes with a major publisher presentation. PlayStation has a whole hour of content ready to show off in the first PlayStation Showcase of 2023. There's rumors aplenty as to what we'll see, which consists of PlayStation 5 and PlayStation VR2 games from both first and third-party developers. We'll be rounding up all the announcements here, and covering all the major reveals, as usual.
It begins with a heist game. Fairgame$ seems to be a 3-player co-op game where you break in to places and rob them. Coming to PS5 and PC.
Jim Ryan is on stage to talk about the PS5 and what's in store.
Super Earth is freedom gone wild, where you go to alien planets and slaughter monsters and spread democracy in a very satirically seeming game. Helldivers 2 heads to PS5 and PC this year.
Ascendant Studios and EA have a very Dishonored looking game with a lot of powers that let you be super mobile as you take down hoards of enemies, and even beat up a dragon. Immortals of Avenum. July 20, 2023.
505 Games is publishing Ghostrunner II, out later this year.
You only have 66 days to live in this next game, which seems very Ghosts of Tsushima/Sekiro-y. You're a samurai. Parkour and cut foes down in Phantom Blade.
Artist behind Journey and Abzu is working on a new game. Giant Squid developing. Skateboards and sand and flying sharks are all in Sword of the Sea.
A robot ventures out into the world for the first time. There are mechanized pyramids and futuristic vehicles. Towers rise from underneath the earth and a lot of civilization seems to have been reclaimed by nature. Talos Principle 2 comes out this year.
Giant wolf moose hybrid and girl with sword fight evil in this next game. But then the giant beast friend dies, and is replaced with its child. Coming 2024 is Neva.
Cat Quest: Pirates of the Purribean is the latest entry in the series, out next year.
Square Enix has a game to show. Anime esthetics meet some form of cyberpunk style, in what appears to be a versus team shooter. In fact, it looks exactly like Splatoon, but you use soap instead of paint. Foamstars is releasing next year.
A top down storybook game, where you leap from the pages into a 3D world. There are mini-games and puzzles in The Plucky Squire is launching this year.
Minecraft meets cars in this blocky and realism hybrid game. Create vehicles to destroy homes with and cause mayhem for no apparent reason other than because you can.
It's finally real: Metal Gear Solid 3 Delta is the MGS3 remake we've been waiting for. Cinematic trailer only.
MGS Master Collection is also on the way, packing together the first three titles in remastered form. Volume 1, implies another release later on. Fall 2023.
Rebuild civilization in this crafting game. Ancient creatures and massive beasts roam the land in Towers of Aghasba. 2024.
Square Enix has another game. It's Final Fantasy 16. Lots of new footage in this trailer.
Alan Wake 2 is real and out on October 17th this year.
Assassin's Creed goes back to the middle east in Mirage, out Oct 12.
Revenant Hill has a cat. That's all you need to know. Cat.
Cygames actually finally has an update on GRanblue Fantasy Relink. 2023 Winter...hopefully.
Capcom's got SF6.
A colorful metriodvania game is next. All the standard fare of the genre is here and present in Ultros. Releasing 2024.
Perfect World Games is bringing us anime girls in mechs. Ride a robot horse and kill mecha bosses while you fly on a jetpack in Tower of Fantasy.
Capcom's not done yet. Dragon's Dogma II is here. Lots of cinematic trailer content.
Five Nights at Freddy's Help Wanted 2 is headed to the platform late 2023.
PSVR2 is next. Resident Evil 4 Remake is getting its VR mode.
Next is a western game. Snarky attitude is abundant in Arizona Sunshine 2. 2023.
Shoot, shoot, and gun down foes in this military FPS game. Crossfire Sierra Squad, no release date.
PSVR2 title is a shooter with some puzzle elements thanks to being able to pull objects towards yourself. Synapse launches July 4th.
Beat Saber is getting Queen music. DLC out now.
Bungie has a new game. Space shooter Marathon has been announced. It's a remake of one of their oldest games.
Destiny 2 is getting more content.
Concord is set in space and is out next year for PS5 and PC.
There's going to be a Gran Turismo tournament.
Sony is making a DualSense with a tablet built-in that can stream PS5 games specifically to the device, very similarly to just using a phone clipped to a DualSense.
PlayStation earbuds are also a thing.
Next up is a very long trailer for the new Spiderman game. Spiderman is using a black and white suit in this one, and seems angry with Venom powers. Miles Morales is in it too and you get to switch between the two.
And that's a wrap!