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Sony dived deep into two of its first-party titles, with an extended gameplay trailers for Rise of the Ronin and Stellar Blade. 2l535o

Written by Manas Mitul | Updated: 1 February 2024 15:34 IST
Rise of the Ronin, Stellar Blade, Death Stranding 2: Everything Announced at PlayStation's State of Play

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Highlights
  • Stellar Blade is releasing April 26 on the PS5
  • Silent Hill: The Short Message is available to play for free right now
  • Hideo Kojima said he's making an action-espionage title for PlayStation
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Stellar Blade. The latter also finally received a release date — Shift Up's action-adventure title is arriving April 26. Team Ninja's Rise of the Ronin received a detailed gameplay trailer, showing off sword combat, special weapons, and traversal. We also got to know a bit more about the Edo period setting of the game, which takes right in the middle of the Japanese revolution.

The State of Play showcase also brought an in-depth look at Hideo Kojima game, the plot and story details remain cryptic at best. But hey, would you want it any other way? Kojima himself ed PlayStation Studios head Herman Hulst towards the end of the State of Play showcase and dropped a surprise. The iconic game director will be working on an action-espionage title (not Metal Gear Solid) for PlayStation, with development on the untitled game beginning after Death Stranding 2.

The showcase saw over a dozen announcements, including updates on the Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth. With that, here's everything that was announced at PlayStation's State of Play:

Rise of the Ronin – Gameplay trailer 5h1x5o

Team Ninja's Rise of the Ronin, which releases on the Ghost of Tsushima's first cousin, will also feature crucial player choices at key moments in the story that will affect the events going forward.

Set during 19th century Japan, right in the middle of the Bakumatsu period, Rise of the Ronin drops you into a period-accurate Yokohama. The trailer showcased Assassin's Creed-style seamless urban traversal, with the player utilising their grappling hook to quickly climb up buildings, launch off and glide through the air using the ‘Avicula' glider, and drop directly on to their horse to ride off. The trailer also detailed Katana combat, which includes attacks, guards and parries, with a focus on breaking enemy stance to deal damage. The grappling hook also lets you pull enemies closer and finish them off with style. Aside from Japanese swords and spears, you can also use Western firearms like handguns, rifles and other special ranged weapons like a flamethrower. While comparisons with Ghost of Tsushima are inevitable, Rise of the Ronin seems to retain the Team Ninja identity, with a focus on fast-paced, punishing and technical combat. The game arrives exclusively on the PS5 on March 22.

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Stellar Blade finally received a release date at the State of Play showcase, along with a gameplay overview trailer. The game is set to arrive on the PS5 on April 26. Developers Shift Up also confirmed that pre-orders for the game will go live on February 7. Customers who pre-order the game will also receive cosmetic bonuses and in-game currency boosts.

The trailer detailed Stellar Blade's hack-and-slash action combat and a few other game mechanics. The game puts players in the shoes of Eve, an off-world warrior sent to Earth to take on the Naytibas, monstrous invaders that have taken over the planet. Eve's character design is bound to cause controversy — it doesn't really make any sense for an adept warrior sent to defeat dangerous threats on a post-apocalyptic planet to be running around in skin-tight, anime-style apparel. She teams up with two other survivors, Adam and Lily, and sets off on a quest to reclaim Earth.

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Okay, there's a lot to unpack here and it's probably futile to even try. First off, DS2 has an official title — Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. The Death Stranding 2 trailer was exactly what one would expect a Death Stranding trailer to be — long, mysterious and completely insane. And of course, it showed off some gorgeous visuals and new environments, clearly showing the expanded ambitions of the sequel.

It's hard to even describe everything that went down in the trailer. The baby is back. And so are familiar faces like Norman Reedus' Sam and Léa Seydoux's Fragile. There's a new organisation, called the Drawbridge, in the mix now and we see Fragile give Sam a tour of a ship, now the new base of operations. She wants him to help bring the world back together, just like he helped reconnect the United Cities of America, or the UCA in the first game. There's also a talking puppet now, who accompanies Sam on his hiking trips. The UCA intends to expand its borders and bring new regions under its fold, with Sam tasked with expanding the network.

The trailer shows off new vehicles, more BTs, stunning new environments, and a bunch of new gadgets to help you along the journey. Troy Baker's Higgs, the main antagonist from the first game returns, too. This time, he's wearing a metal-ninja armour, donning Joker-style face makeup and wielding an electrifying new guitar weapon. And the sequel will also tell us more about the bridge baby BB-28, or Lou, our companion throughout the whole first game. There's no official release date for DS2 yet, but it's due sometime next year.

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Xbox Series S/X and the Nintendo Switch in Autumn 2024.

Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill: The Short Message 1b4x31

The Silent Hill 2 remake got a trailer at the State of Play showcase, dropping more gameplay footage from the game. We got to see the game's third-person combat for the first time, in addition to the atmosphere, setting, some of the game's horrible monstrosities.

Additionally, as a PT-like surprise, Konami also dropped a free short-form horror game, Silent Hill: The Short Message, which can be ed right now. The experimental title plays out from a first-person perspective and features a new protagonist, with commentary focussing on social media and smartphone-oriented lives of young people.

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First revealed at The Game Awards 2022, Judas is an first-person shooter from Ghost Story Games, led by Bioshock maker Ken Levine. The new State of Play trailer for the game focussed on its story and player choices. The game is set in Mayflower, a spacefaring city, whose inhabitants — as the title suggests — could betray one another at any given moment.

The trailer also showed off the game's combat, which would seem very familiar to Bioshock fans. Judas is set to arrive on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X sometime next year.

Here's everything else that was announced at State of Play h6f2s

  • Zenless Zone Zero, action-RPG from Genshin Impact maker miHoYo, is coming to PS5 this year
  • Metro Awakening, story-driven first-person VR adventure from Vertigo Games, is coming to PS VR2 this year
  • Legendary Tales, VR action-RPG from Urban Wolf Games, arrives on PS VR2 on February 8
  • Until Dawn, the narrative-focussed survival horror PS4 title from Supermassive Games, is getting an enhanced edition for the PS5 and PC this year
  • Stunlock Studio's action-RPG survival title V Rising is coming to PS5 this year
  • Dave the Diver, the contentious indie hit from 2023, is coming to PS5 and PS4 in April, along with a new Godzilla DLC
  • Foamstars Season 1 content details revealed, arriving February 6
What are the most exciting titles that gamers can look forward to in 2023? We discuss some of our favourites on the latest episode of Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast. Orbital is available on Spotify, Gaana, JioSaavn, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts.
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Rise of the Ronin

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  • REVIEW
  • KEY SPECS
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  • Good
  • Challenging combat
  • Engaging story and setting
  • Likeable cast of characters
  • Diverse weapons and tools
  • Companion system
  • Bad
  • Uninspired open world design
  • Lack of visual finesse
  • Repetitive side activities
  • Tedious inventory management
Read detailed Sony Rise of the Ronin review
Genre RPG
Platform PlayStation 5 (PS5), PC: Windows
Modes Single-player, Multiplayer
PEGI Rating 18+
Stellar Blade

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  • REVIEW
  • KEY SPECS
  • NEWS
  • Good
  • Fun and flowing combat
  • Slick visual presentation
  • Excellent music
  • Engaging boss fights
  • Camps!
  • Bad
  • Weak story and characters
  • Overtly sexualised character design
  • Lack of meaningful side content
  • Repetitive encounters
Read detailed Sony Stellar Blade review
Genre Action-Adventure
Platform PlayStation 5 (PS5)
Modes Single-player
PEGI Rating 12+
Sonic X Shadow Generations

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  • KEY SPECS
  • NEWS
Genre Platformer
Platform Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 (PS4), PlayStation 5 (PS5), Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PC: Windows
Modes Single-player, Multiplayer
Series Sonic the Hedgehog
PEGI Rating 3+
Judas

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  • KEY SPECS
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Genre Shooter
Platform PlayStation 5 (PS5), Xbox Series S/X, PC: Windows
Modes Single-player
PEGI Rating 18+
Zenless Zone Zero

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  • KEY SPECS
  • NEWS
Genre RPG
Platform Android, PlayStation 5 (PS5), iOS, PC: Windows
Modes Single-player
PEGI Rating 7+
Metro Awakening

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  • KEY SPECS
  • NEWS
Genre Shooter
Platform PlayStation 5 (PS5), PC: Windows, Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest 3
Modes Single-player
Series Metro
PEGI Rating 18+
Legendary Tales

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  • KEY SPECS
  • NEWS
Genre RPG
Platform PlayStation VR2
Modes Multiplayer, Co-op
PEGI Rating 18+
V Rising

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  • KEY SPECS
  • NEWS
Genre Survival horror
Platform PlayStation 5 (PS5), PC: Windows
Modes Single-player, Multiplayer
PEGI Rating 12+
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