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State of Play 2025: The Headlines, Release Dates, and Game Reveals You Need to Know

Another year, another State of Play!
Sony came out swinging with its February 2025 showcase, and boy, was it a banger.
From confirmed release dates that have us marking our calendars to brand-new IP reveals that are already generating massive buzz, there’s a lot to unpack.
So, buckle up, fellow gamers, because we’re diving deep into all the glorious details from the State of Play 2025, and we’re bringing you all the juicy details.

Borderlands 4: Looting and Shooting Returns!

Gearbox finally gave us a good, hard look at Borderlands 4, confirming its PlayStation 5 release for September 23rd, 2025.
Did somebody say “cha-ching?” The trailer promises intense action, devastating Action Skills, and all-new movement abilities on the planet Kairos.
This installment seems to be taking everything that made the previous games great and cranking it up to eleven.
But the best part?
A full gameplay reveal is slated for a State of Play later this spring.
Can’t wait?
Neither can we!

Puzzle-Platforming with a Twist: Darwin’s Paradox!

Ever wondered what it’s like to be an octopus in a food factory?
Well, wonder no more!
Darwin’s Paradox, a puzzle-platformer hitting the PS5 in 2025, puts you in the tentacles of Darwin, an octopus snatched from the sea and thrust into a mysterious (and likely dangerous) food factory.
You’ll be able to climb almost any surface, camouflage yourself, and even shoot ink.
Talk about adaptive gameplay!
Sounds pretty unique, right?

Dave the Diver Meets Like a Dragon: Ichiban’s Holiday

Get ready for a crossover that no one saw coming, but everyone secretly wanted!
Dave the Diver is joining forces with Like a Dragon as Kasuga Ichiban takes a well-deserved break at the Blue Hole.
Of course, trouble finds him in the form of a dolphin-poaching syndicate, forcing Ichiban and Dave to dive into action.
Expect karaoke, beat-em-up style infiltration, and familiar faces when the DLC launches this April on both PS5 and PS4.
I mean, karaoke with underwater creatures?
Sign me up!

Days Gone Remastered: A Freaker-Filled World Reborn

Deacon St.
John is back and looking better than ever!
Days Gone Remastered rides onto PlayStation 5 on April 25, 2025, with improved graphical fidelity, Tempest 3D Audio, and DualSense features.
PS4 and PC players can upgrade for a cool $10.
This isn’t just a fresh coat of paint, folks; there’s new content, including a survival arcade mode called Horde Assault and a Permadeath mode.
Ready to face those Freakers again?

Digimon Story Time Stranger: Journey Between Worlds

Calling all Digimon Tamers!
Digimon Story Time Stranger, the latest installment in the Digimon Story series, is set to release in 2025 on PlayStation 5.
This JRPG will have players traveling between the human world and the Digital World, featuring an improved battle system and fan-favorite characters like Agumon and Omegamon.
Are you ready to train and fight alongside your favorite Digimon?

Directive 8020: Sci-Fi Horror from Supermassive Games

Supermassive Games, the masters of choice-driven horror, are taking us to space with Directive 8020, launching on October 2nd.
The story follows the brave astronauts of the Cassiopeia on a deadly mission to save humanity, where every choice could be their last.
Expect freaky horror straight out of The Thing, a creepy abandoned ship, and a whole lot of tension.
Will you survive the horrors of deep space?

Dreams of Another: Rebuilding Worlds, One Shot at a Time

Q-Games introduced Dreams of Another, the newest addition to the PixelJunk series, coming to PS5 and PS VR2 this year.
This third-person exploration-action game is built around the philosophical theme, “There is no creation without destruction.” Instead of destroying objects by shooting, your shots materialize and rebuild the world.
Sounds like a mind-bending experience, doesn’t it?

Five Nights at Freddy’s: Secret of the Mimic

Think you’re safe from the animatronics?
Think again!
Steel Wool Games is bringing players another excursion into the horror trappings of Five Nights at Freddy’s with Secret of the Mimic, launching on PS5 on June 13th.
This all-new adventure teases the objectives—and some of the terrors—you can expect to encounter.
Are you brave enough to face the Mimic?

Hell Is Us: Unveiling a Post-Apocalyptic Nightmare

Alongside a new gameplay trailer teasing some of the characters and combat, action-adventure Hell is Us revealed its PS5 release date: September 4th.
This title promises a grim world and intense battles.
What secrets will you uncover in this post-apocalyptic landscape?

Lies of P Overture: Delving into Krat’s Dark Past

Loved Lies of P?
Get ready for more!
Lies of P Overture, a prequel DLC, transports you to the city of Krat back in its time of grandeur, before its collapse.
On the brink of the Puppet Frenzy massacre, you follow the Legendary Stalker—a mysterious guide—through untold stories and chilling secrets.
As Geppetto’s deadly puppet, you’ll journey through Krat and its surroundings, uncover hidden secrets, and face epic battles that shape the past and future of Lies of P.
This could be huge!

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii – Demo Available!

Ahoy, mateys!
Ready to set sail with Goro Majima?
If you’ve been waiting for Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, the studio has a surprise: a PS5 demo is available as of February 14th!
This is a perfect opportunity for newcomers to experience this spinoff featuring the fan-favorite character.
Don’t miss out on this taste of high-seas Yakuza action!

Lost Soul Aside: A Sci-Fi Adventure Finally Arrives

After years of anticipation, Lost Soul Aside finally has a release date!
Ultizero Games welcomes you to this exhilarating sci-fi adventure on May 30th.
Featuring stylish combat with customizable loadouts and synergistic combos, as well as diverse environments, unique enemies, fascinating characters, and a compelling story, this game is shaping up to be something special.
Are you ready to dive into this sprawling adventure?

Metal Eden: An Adrenaline Rush FPS

Described as an “adrenaline rush sci-fi FPS” by its creator, Reikon Games, Metal Eden is set on a far-flung future space colony that’s under threat.
A combat-ready android—Aska—is deployed to protect the colonists.
Expect fast-paced action when the game launches on PS5 on May 6th.
Will you be able to save the colony from impending doom?

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater – Release Date Confirmed!

The legend returns!
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, the remake of the iconic Metal Gear Solid 3, is officially launching on August 28th.
Stealth action, gripping story, and updated visuals?
This is going to be epic!
There will also be an Ape Escape collaboration and potentially more crossovers yet to be revealed.

MindsEye: Unraveling the Truth in a Near-Future Americana

Join Jacob Diaz on his journey to find answers to his past in action-adventure MindsEye.
These trailers tease some of the story beats and intense encounters you’ll have in the fictional near-future Americana city of Redrock.
The game is on target to launch this summer on PS5.
Ready to uncover the secrets of Redrock?

Monster Hunter Wilds: The Hunt Continues

Capcom joined us at State of Play to reveal that the roster of colossal foes in Monster Hunter Wilds increases by at least one very soon, with the release of a post-launch Title Update this Spring!
Get ready to face new challenges and conquer even more fearsome beasts!

Onimusha: Way of the Sword and Onimusha 2 Samurais Destiny

Capcom unsheathed two Onimusha-related announcements!
Firstly, they revealed a new gameplay trailer for Onimusha: Way of the Sword and confirmed that late, iconic Japanese samurai movie star Toshiro Mifune is to serve as the face model for its protagonist, Miyamoto Musashi.
While the game is slated for 2026 on PS5, the newly revealed remaster of Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny comes to PS5 and PS4 on May 23rd this year.

PlayStation Plus: What’s Coming This February

February’s lineup—playable February 18th—includes Star Wars Jedi Survivor, Top Spin 2K25, and, launching into Game Catalog, the first episode of Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, from the creators of Life is Strange.
Two indie titles also launch into Game Catalog later this year: architectural adventure Blue Prince and six-player survival crafting game Abiotic Factor.

Saros: Housemarque’s Haunting New Vision

Housemarque, the studio behind the critically acclaimed Returnal, announced its new title, Saros, which launches on PS5 in 2026.
This all-new action game tells the haunting story of a lost offworld colony on Carcosa under an ominous eclipse.
You play as Arjun Devraj, a powerful Soltari Enforcer who will stop at nothing to find who he is looking for.
2026 is looking spicy with this one!

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance – The Ninja Returns

The iconic Shinobi series returns August 29, 2025, in an all-new 2D action platformer revival, featuring the unique hand-drawn style of Lizardcube, the team behind the hit brawler Streets of Rage 4.
This level-based game, launching on PS5 and PS4, captures the essence of the past games, with fast-paced action, special powers and more.
Stealth, skill, and sweet revenge!

Sonic Racing CrossWorlds: A High-Speed Adventure Across Dimensions

Sega revealed the first gameplay for its new four-wheeled Sonic racer, roaring onto PS5 and PS4 in the future.
It introduces Travel Rings, transporting players from one world to a completely new location during races, and the RPG-like Gadget feature, letting players select different perks to deploy on the track.
This isn’t your average kart racer, folks!

Split Fiction: The Power of Friendship in a Co-op Adventure

Learn about the power of friendship in Split Fiction, a co-op adventure from It Takes Two creator Hazelight Studios coming to PS5.
Playing as Mio or Zoe, you’ll encounter bizarre situations as the two traverse stories born from their own wild imaginations.
You’ll be able to invite a friend to play online for free with Friends Pass, as long as one of you owns the game, both of you can play.

Splitgate 2: Portal Warfare Evolved

A Splitgate 2 Alpha drops onto PS5 February 27!
This alpha is built around MultiTeam Portal Warfare mode, a 3 team, 8v8v8, 24 player battle, set on a map twenty times larger than any map in the game yet.

1047 Games are continuing to improve the game based on feedback from internal and external playtests, so this is your opportunity to shape the future of the game.

Stellar Blade: Nikke Crossover and PC Port!

The sci-fi action game Stellar Blade teams up with Goddess of Victory Nikke for exciting new content: a boss battle, collectible dolls, stickers, and new outfits.
Both the PC version of Stellar Blade and the Goddess of Victory Nikke DLC launch in June.

The Midnight Walk: A Handcrafted Dark Fantasy

After its reveal in our last State of Play, Moonhood returns with a new gameplay trailer for its handcrafted dark fantasy adventure The Midnight Walk and comes accompanied by a launch date: May 8th!
This looks like a truly unique experience for PS5 and PS VR2.

Tides of Annihilation: Wielding Mystical Power in a Shattered London

Eclipse Glow Studio unveiled Tides of Annihilation, a single-player action-adventure game that thrusts you into a shattered, mystical London.
Players will take on the role of Gwendolyn, who wields the power of a mysterious gray mist that can manifest two spectral knights at her side, with players required to strategically choose which knights to summon based on their preferred gameplay style and the challenges they face.

Warriors Abyss: Dynasty Warriors Gets Roguelite

Dynasty Warriors gets a roguelite twist in Warriors Abyss, which launches *today* on PS5 and PS4!
Play as over 100 heroes while battling hordes of enemies in hell, requiring you to change up the combinations of heroes and items to discover new strategies to overcome challenging obstacles and plunge deeper into the unknown!

WWE 2K25: Welcome to The Island

WWE’s Paul Heyman introduced a new look at WWE 2K25.
The trailer introduced The Island, which will feature in the game when it launches on PS5 and PS4 March 14.
The Island is an online open-world environment filled with WWE-themed landmarks, quests, live events, and shops, with up to 50 other players at a time.
Sounds like a knockout!

The Island also offers deep customization, giving players the chance to personalize their MySuperstars like never before.

Space Set Science Fiction Games

Spaceset science fiction games are finding lots of success right now, so much so that it’s becoming hard to keep track of them all, especially when so many of them are showing tons of promise.
Back in December, we reported on the biggest scifi games revealed during the ceremony.
Now, we have even more potential new bangers to add to the pile.

Before we jump into the big three scifi games of the night, we’d like to give a special shout out to the gamesand Split Fiction is an allnew coop adventure brimming with imagination from Hazelight Studios and Metal Eden is a relentless and agile firstperson shooter set in a dystopian city.
Sure, theyre not technically set in outer space, but wed like to point out how cool they look and how they still scratch that scifi itch we cant wait to check them out!

Sci-Fi Highlights

Let’s not forget some of the most interesting Sci-Fi based games to come out of State of Play!

Borderlands 4

One of the best and coolest lookingof 2025 is Borderlands 4.
Its all about shootin and lootin rather than slowpaced exploration and peaceful otherworldly vistas.
So, those who love highoctane adrenalinefilled gameplay need to add this to their list.

After the slight disappointment ofa few years ago and thewe had to endure last year, Gearbox has a lot to prove with this one.
We remain optimistic as its latest trailer does a much better job of selling us on the new vault hunters, their skills, and the more agile and aggressive gunplay.

We’ve yet to about the actual plot and all the new systems and mechanics coming to the longrunning FPSRPG series, but we’re more hopeful about Borderlands 4 after this preview.
Plus, we’ve learned that the game is finally launching onSeptember 23, 2025for PS5, Xbox Series XS, and PC.

Directive 8020

The next installment in Supermassives Dark Pictures anthology of horror video games has been on our radar for quite some time, but its story and characters remained a mystery.
That changed when a meaty and unsettling trailer fordropped, one thats not afraid of underlining its manyinfluences.
Freaky horror straight out of The Thing?
Check.
A creepy abandoned ship with Event Horizon vibes?
Check.
We dont care about how derivative it might be it all looks stunning and fun.

Directive 8020 has been confirmed to release onSeptember 30, 2025 thats one week after Borderlands 4 and just in time to scare everyone during the allspooky Halloween season.
As for the platforms, its coming to PS5, Xbox Series XS, and PC.
Yes, lastgen consoles dont cut it anymore.

Saros

We’ve been saving the best for last.
Even though Housemarques Saros didnt reveal any gameplay during February 2025s State of Play, were very much 100 into any new project from the studio behind 2021s.
That game is an absolute blast which cleverly blends a strong narrative and scifi mysteries with brutal action and roguelite elements, and it appears Saros is taking those ideas to the next level.

This was the only new firstparty reveal of the night, but PlayStation Studios made sure to underline that itll becoming in 2026with exclusive graphical enhancements for the PS5 Pro.
If you have questions after just witnessing British sweetheart and renowned actor Rahul Kohlimake a stand against a gigantic evil entity on the surface of a barren alien planet, heres the synopsis Set on the planet Carcosa under the threat of an ominous eclipse, take on the role of Arjun Devraj, a powerful Soltari Enforcer searching for answers on a lost offworld colony.
Honestly?
It sounds like a perfect companion video game to Naughty Dogs.

You may recognize his swoonworthy gravelly tone from the likes ofwhere he voiced Fahz and more recently a strapping Space Marine in.to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more!
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A brandnew State of Play has arrived and it gave us an exciting look at the future of PS5 with atonof games

Alongside an exciting look at Saros, Housemarques next game of Returnal, we also got new trailers and release dates for Borderlands 4, Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater, and much more.

There were big reveals like Days Gone Remastered, a new look at Onimusha Way of the Sword, a new Dynasty Warriors spinoff thats out today, a look at WWE 2K25s The Island, a new Shinobi game, and so much more.

As we previously mentioned, there were a lot of reveals and this roundup has gathered every announcement to ensure you dont miss a thing!
Which game are you most excited for?
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Looking Ahead

The **state of play 2025** event wasn’t just about the games we know; it was a glimpse into the future of gaming on the PlayStation platform.
With announcements that spanned genres and development studios, Sony has set the stage for what looks like a phenomenal year and beyond.

So, what are your thoughts on the **playstation state of play games list** revealed?
Any titles that immediately caught your eye?
One thing’s for sure: if this **playstation state of play** event is any indication, we’re in for a wild ride in the coming months.

Frequently Asked Questions About State of Play 2025

What was the biggest announcement from State of Play 2025?

While there were many exciting announcements, the release date confirmation for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and Borderlands 4 were particularly noteworthy.

Are there any remasters coming to PlayStation 5?

Yes!
Days Gone Remastered is coming to PlayStation 5 with improved graphics, audio, and new content.

What new IPs were revealed at State of Play 2025?

Several new IPs were announced, including Darwin’s Paradox, Dreams of Another, Saros, and Tides of Annihilation.

State of Play 2025: A Promising Future for PlayStation

The State of Play 2025 showcased a diverse range of games, from highly anticipated sequels and remakes to exciting new IPs.
With release dates set and gameplay previews unveiled, PlayStation fans have plenty to look forward to in the coming months and years.
This showcase has clearly highlighted the innovation and creativity that the PlayStation platform will continue to offer.

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