Sony kicked off a summer season of gaming occasions with a bang. The corporate’s PlayStation Showcase was greater than an hour of rapid-fire bulletins, surprises, and trailers — together with a brand new piece of {hardware}. You possibly can make amends for all the things that occurred right here in our storystream. However when you’re simply on the lookout for the largest information of the day, that is the place.
Sony is making a handheld once more, with the 8-inch Venture Q. It’s designed for enjoying your PS5 video games remotely and appears like a Nintendo Swap smashed with a DualSense controller. There was different {hardware}, too: wireless PlayStation earbuds are also in the works.
The present ended with a pleasant lengthy gameplay trailer for Spider-Man 2, which included a have a look at Peter’s new symbiote powers. The sport additionally has a launch window now: fall 2023.
The 12 months of remakes continues with a brand new model of Steel Gear 3: Snake Eater. It’s a undertaking that’s been rumored for a while, and now Konami has lastly confirmed that the sport is in improvement. It’s coming to the PS5, Xbox, and PC, however we don’t know a lot else about it proper now.
The developer is greatest identified for Future and Halo, however the newly topped PlayStation studio is returning to its roots with the sci-fi shooter Marathon. It received’t be PlayStation unique, although, and is coming to each Xbox and PC with cross-play and cross-save help.
A large a part of the occasion was targeted on titles for PSVR 2, together with a VR mode for this year’s Resident Evil 4 remake. A lot of different titles have been additionally on show, together with Crossfire: Sierra Squad and Synapse. There’s additionally Beat Saber, which is out there… at the moment!