After a disappointing E3, Paris Games Week was the next big platform for Sony’s next major press conference where they showcased all the exciting games coming to PS4 in the coming years. For the most part, the conference was better than E3 though still lacking in new announcements.
The biggest news came at the start of the show, which opened with a new IP by the developers of Infamous and Sly Copper — Sucker Punch. Although, we are not getting a superhero game, they are making the next best thing in Ghost of Tsushima. It is confirmed to be an open world game set in feudal Japan in which the players control a samurai named Jin.
There was a section dedicated to third parties featuring Far Cry 5, Call of Duty WWII, the first expansion of Destiny 2 named Curse of Osiris, a motorsport game called Onrush and Battlefront II. We also saw more footage of Monster Hunter World which will let you to play as Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn in the PS4 version. We also saw trailers for Episode Ignis for Final Fantasy XV and an artsy puzzle game named Concrete Genie.
Their first party line-up continues to look stellar as we got new trailers for God of War, Spider-Man, Detroit Become Human, Shadows of the Colossus and the soon to be released DLC for Horizon called Frozen Wilds. The remaining four games are all slated for 2018 with God of War and Detroit aiming for early and spring 2018 respectively.
The show ended with a glimpse of The Last of Us Part II. We saw a brutal cutscene which even surpassed some of the more disturbing scenes of the original. While Ellie and Joel are confirmed to be in the game, they were not a part of this trailer. We saw completely new characters as they faced off against other humans before being ambushed by Clickers. There were some indie games and VR titles announced in the pre-show including Guacamelee! 2 and Spelunky 2. Sony has another press conference coming up which will take place in December at PSX. We can expect a healthy mixture of fan-favourite remasters, extended gameplay demos of announced titles and confirmation of the English localisation of relatively niche Japanese games at the event.
