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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth received an in-depth look at PlayStation's latest State of Play showcase, where publisher Square Enix announced that a demo for the game will be made available Wednesday on the PS5. The playable demo, currently available to download on the PlayStation Store, will allow players to take control of both the protagonist Cloud Strife and the antagonist Sephiroth in an early section of the game. Along with the announcement, Square Enix also debuted an 11-minute-long gameplay footage from the upcoming…

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth may have a February 29 release date, but fans will be able to play early thanks to a PS5 exclusive demo. Sony and Square Enix plan to showcase Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth during a State of Play event taking place on February 6 at 11.30pm GMT UK time. Featuring a look at the open-world gameplay, new locations, characters and mini-games, fans can watch the FF7 Rebirth State of Play live by clicking play on the YouTube embed below. To coincide with the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth broadcast, Square Enix will…

Like a lot of other horror fans, I’m holding out that Bloober Team’s remake of Silent Hill 2 won’t be a major letdown. While we wait to find that out, however, we can treat ourselves to the new “combat trailer” shown at the most recent State of Play. There are no prizes for guessing what the footage shows. While we get some of the cinematic goodness of the new Silent Hill 2, we also get to see James Sunderland and his guns making friends with enemies. Ha ha! Their heads ago a-splatter!…

Final Fantasy fans may want to carve some time out for Sony's next State of Play. Before its latest showcase ended, the company announced that it will share new gameplay details and "exciting news won't wanna miss" about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth at its next event. It also promised an extended look at the upcoming sequel to FFVII Remake, which is arriving on the PS5 on February 29, 2024.The action role-playing game will pick up from where the first title in the planned trilogy has left off, and players will still…

A new Sonic was revealed during PlayStation’s first State of Play of the year. Titled Sonic X Shadow Generations, Shadow is teaming up with Classic and Modern Sonic in a collection featuring two different experiences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihUiNzrcG4Q Players will have the opportunity to play as Shadow the Hedgehog in a brand-new story campaign or tackle 2D and 3D stages as both Classic and Modern Sonic in a remastered version of Sonic Generations. Sonic X Shadow Generations is coming to the PlayStation…

The first PlayStation State of Play for 2024 ended with a bit of a surprise. State of Play will return just one week from now on February 6 with an “extensive look” at Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMC9Gbmvza0 While we don’t know what exactly we’ll get a look at, today’s State of Play did say Square Enix will be sharing new gameplay details along with exciting news we “won’t want to miss”. Demo, please? The Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth State of Play will go live on February 6. FF7: Rebirth…

Dave the Diver is coming to PS5 and PS4. The 2023 breakout hit won Indie Game of the Year at The Game Awards — stretching the definition of “indie” — and was included in Engadget’s Best Games of 2023. It arrives on Sony’s consoles in April, and a Godzilla crossover DLC (sure, why not!) follows it in May.The game has you exploring a vast underwater world full of mysteries during the day, and helming a sushi restaurant at night. As Engadget’s Lawrence Bonk wrote, “The daytime adventures are sort of like an underwater…

Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony held its first State of Play presentation of 2024 today, giving us an overview of many of the games we can expect to release on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation VR2 over the course of the next year. The games shown off included single-player exclusives like Stellar Blade, Rise of the Ronin, a remake of Until Dawn, and Death Stranding 2. Konami also showed up to highlight two new Silent Hill games, one of which was shadow-dropped today. Over 15 games were shown off during the January…

Sega Sonic x Shadow Generations, a remake of the 2011 original with additional content, was revealed at the January State of Play showcase. It will be coming to PlayStation platforms this autumn. Sega made a surprise appearance at Sony’s State of Play presentation with an enhanced remake of Sonic Generations, now titled Sonic x Shadow Generations. This game will include all the content from the original release, as well as add Shadow as a new playable character alongside the two iterations of Sonic. The trailer…

Stellar Blade, Shift Up’s action RPG initially scheduled to launch in 2023, is coming soon. Sony announced at its first State of Play of 2024 that the futuristic game will launch on April 26 as a PS5 exclusive.The game, developed under the working title “Project Eve,” puts you in the role of Eve, a warrior from the seventh airborne squad. She returns to Earth to battle the Naytibas, humanity’s mysterious (and horrific-looking) enemies. Eve joins with fellow survivors Adam and Lily to try to exterminate the Naytibas and…