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Sony’s E3 Showcase featured the four big games we expected, as well as some smaller details on other new games coming to PS4. Before we get to the big four, here’s some of the other games announced/shown off during the show. Release Dates are bolded for your skimming pleasure.

God of War

God of War will be getting a New Game Plus mode, and full details will be released on Playstation’s Blog soon.

Black Ops 4

Black Ops 4 will be getting four remastered Black Ops maps: Jungle, Summit, Slums, and Firing Range, and if you preorder the game, you will also receive these maps in Black Ops 3. To Top things off, PS+ Members will be able to download Black Ops 3 for free, starting tonight.

Countdown to E3

Playstation reviewed all of the games they announced leading up to E3, and if you want to check those out, go here.

Destiny 2

A teaser for the new DLC, Forsaken, was shown, featuring the death of Cayde 6 at the hands of the Awoken. The DLC will be available September 4, 2018.

Control

A new game was announced from Remedy, the studio behind Alan Wake and Quantum Break. The game featured unique gameplay where the character seemed to move objects and the environment around her. Control is coming in 2019, but no other info was given, so hopefully we’ll see more about this project soon.

Resident Evil 2 Remake

In a cinematic trailer that builds up to a big reveal, Sony satisfied the hungry fans by announcing RE2 Remake will be coming January 25, 2019 to PS4

Edit: Change game title from remastered to remake.

Trover Saves the Universe

Trover Saves the Universe will be a VR platformer with colorful levels and comes from Justin Roiland, the creator of Rick and Morty.

Kingdom Hearts 3

Sony’s conference featured more KH3 footage than any of the conferences before, including Square Enix’s. The footage announced a Pirates of the Caribbean Kingdom with ship combat and underwater gameplay. Possibly the most notable part of this announcement, though, was that the game will be releasing January 29th, 2019 alongside a limited-edition PS4 Pro. Also, the entire franchise of games will be available in a single package, only on PS4

Nioh 2

A sequel to the Team Ninja game was announced with a short cinematic. No details or release date were given.

Deracine

Deracine was announced and is a new, very artistic VR game made by FROM Software and Japan Studio. Deracine is a French word meaning "uprooted" or "displaced", and that is the only real information we have about the game.

Now for the big ones. Each of these four games featured a long trailer with little to know introduction or explanation.

Last of Us 2

The trailer for The Last of Us 2 started in a light peaceful environment. Ellie is in a dancehall will people who seem to be friends. She is pulled onto the dance floor by a new female character named Dina, and the two share a long kiss.

During that kiss, however, the trailer cuts to gameplay, and has now taken a much darker tone, as Ellie stabs a man in the neck. The game features a very limited HUD, and we start by seeing stealth mechanics as Ellie sneaks around a wooded area. She eventually takes out a few enemies stealthily, and we get a glimpse at how enemy takedowns will be handled. When she is discovered, some hand-to-hand combat occurs, and it is so cinematic, that it makes me wonder if it may have actually been a cut scene. This is the case for most of the close combat in the trailer, but at one point a button prompt appears, so maybe it does have some minimal user input. When Ellie runs from the enemies, we see seamless use of items as she picks up a bottle and throws it without missing a step. The trailer ends when she finishes off the remaining baddies with a gun, bow and arrow, and, in a final cinematic, she cuts a man’s throat with a cleaver. At this point, the game cuts back to the kiss.

The way the trailer is set up, it may be insinuating that something will happen to Dina, which is what triggers the vengeance we saw from Ellie in the first trailer for the game. It is also important to note that Ellie is referred to as “wolf” by the people she is killing, insinuating that they have had some type of relationship. You can check out the full trailer here.

Unfortunately, no release date was given for The Last of Us 2, but hopefully the game isn’t too far off.

Ghost of Tsushima

In another beautiful, long gameplay trailer we got our first real look at Ghost of Tsushima, the new game from Sucker Punch, developers of the Infamous series. The beautiful art style was enhanced by the absence of a HUD, in a game that seems to be open world, or at least pseudo-open world, with some linear aspects. The trailer featured a focus on combat, giving an idea of how the game will be played. At one point, Tsushima takes on several enemies at once, showcasing the importance of timing and combos, as well as occasional slow-motion moments. In another scene, stealth is used to take out enemies without being detected, and an enemy targeting system is shown off. Finally, a one-on-one fight with another main character is shown, which follows a more traditional beat-em-up, single-plane style of gameplay (similar to Soul Caliber). Watch the trailer here.

After the conference, developers from Sucker Punch noted that there would be a huge focus on precise coordinated combat, where a single hit could be lethal, so every move matters. They also noted that the environment and music will all be synchronous with what is going on in the fight, making combat an elegant production. One thing that was not noted, however, was a release date, and you may be noticing a trend here.

Death Stranding

Because this game is so weird, I want you to read my actual, unedited notes (besides a few spelling corrections) from the trailer:

Baby clip plays. Norman Reedus is Sam Porter Bridges, the man who delivers. Sam has the extinction factor. He can’t see them, just sense them. He makes deliveries, that’s all.

Are you as lost as I am? Good.

Sam is walking across a barren Mars-like wasteland. Now he’s in a waterfall. Now he’s on a cliff. Now he’s in a bath.

WHAT IS GOING ON?

Abandoned House, being followed by box-like rumba vaccuums. Oops, one fell off the cliff. Sam can’t swim. He stubs his toe and then pulls his toenail off. Gross. What is the weird skull on his hand?

He is now in a cave? Hand/footprints approach and walk past him. He reaches for a photograph on the ground, but a woman stops him. Where did she come from? The prints return, appearing to search for them, but eventually walk away. Cuts to Reedus in the rain. He has the baby, the enemies are closing in. Someone on the radio reminds him that if one of them eats him, he will come back, but the surrounding area will be a crater. He opens his weird backpack which seems to make the enemies visible. He attempts to sneak past them, but is ultimately caught. The black sinkhole from the previous trailers returns, and swallows him up. Cut to a new lady. Who is she? Apparently Sam should know.

I am still totally lost on what this game is, if it even is a game. If I had to guess at this point, I would say it is a survival-stealth-RPG babysitter simulator. Whatever it is, some of the trailer may have been gameplay, but it was not explicit if it was. Either way, the footage was at least in-engine. At this point I don’t even care that we didn’t get a release date, because I’m afraid the most enjoyable part of this game may be trying to decipher these crazy, weird-as-hell trailers like this one. Moving on!

Spiderman

The Spiderman trailer featured a ton of gameplay with new moves, new enemies, and new areas of the map. Spiderman fans will be happy to see more villains than the previous trailer, including Vulture, Scorpion, Electro, and Rhino, (who were all, at one point, part of the Sinister 6). We also get a tease on a possible new protagonist at the end of the trailer, which you can check out here.

Update: After watching the trailer over and over, I am more convinced that the mystery character is a villain. The sound of some sort of thruster can be heard faintly as the character rises above the edge of the building, which for me points to Green Goblin/Norman Osborne, which would go along with the Sinister 6 theory. It will be interesting if this group hits video game consoles before the big screen.

We get a lot more information during a gameplay demo following the show. It was confirmed that you will be able to just explore the open-world New York City environment, and the map will be littered with random events and side missions. These events are marked on the map with Light beam way points (think Breath of the Wild), and will range from combat related activities to time trials. As far as the exploring mechanics go, Spiderman does have to have an anchor point for his webs, so you will not be able to just fire blindly into the sky, however it did not look like fall damage would be present in the game. The developers explained that users will play as a Spiderman with 8 years of experience under the mask, but will still learn new moves and skills through unlock-able gadgets and skills.

Spiderman does have a release date, which was previously announced, and the game will be hitting PS4 on September 7, 2018. For me, the biggest disappointment of the night was that no limited-edition console was announced for this game.

That wraps up Sony’s conference announcements. For me, the show felt oddly bland, with less energy and hype than what I expect from Sony. While the game announcements were good, It would be hard to argue that this showing was better than Microsoft’s yesterday, mainly because we still don’t have any new release info for Sony’s biggest new games. If you disagree, let me know why you think Sony did well in the comments! Also, check out announcements from Ubisoft, Square Enix, and Bethesda, and check back tomorrow to see whaat Nintendo announces during their show at 12:00pm ET.