New State of Play airs on 9th May at 11.00pm BST

Playstation Blog writes: Hi all! I’m excited to share that State of Play will return for a new episode next Thursday, 9th May at 11.00pm BST/midnight CEST. It’ll be a quick show (around 10 minutes), but we’ve got some PS4 updates we couldn’t wait to share with you.

[UltraNova]

"One note: Don’t expect any updates relating to our next-generation plans this time. Sorry!"

Its an update on ps4 games, with a focus on Medievil.

[Jin_Sakai]

From ZhugeEX:

“Last time I said “Don’t expect much”.

“Well this one will be better than the last for sure. We'll see updates to Sony games, a new title (as mentioned in the OP) and also the re-reveal of a third party game that was announced long ago.”

Sounds interesting. Only 10 minutes long though.

[MasterCornholio]

Maybe Wild?

[generic-user-name]

Last one was great for psvr owners.

[Majin-vegeta]

3rd party update?Ok its either WILD OR Deep Down🤔

[Brazz]

wild or perhaps deep down?

[DaDrunkenJester]

Oh good, I have been wanting more Medievil info!

[crazyCoconuts]

I like the expectation setting. Less disappointment that way.

[Ceaser9857361]

Ya... Not expecting LOU 2 and others. Sony will probably show them Just after E3 is over I believe..

[Obscure_Observer]

Hopefully, new updates (and dates) for TLOU 2, Ghost of Tsushima and Death Stranding.

[rainslacker]

next complaint incoming...."Sony didn't show anything about next gen".

Sad they have to clarify this stuff ahead of time so people won't complain. They'll complain anyways...same way they said they weren't going to show anything of some of their bigger games on the last show.

[thesoftware730]

Wow, they really just copied Nintendo's whole game update/announcement style.

I like it, just gotta give props where props are due.

[CaptainCook]

Not really, the last State of Play was a boredfest

[crazyCoconuts]

Yea another Marvel exclusive... Snore. Just another boring day in ho-hum-Playstationville /s

[isarai]

Its literally just a those reels youd see on old demo discs and game store displays. Formats been around for decades, Nintendo just brought it back

[Spenok]

Yep, and technically, Sony was the first to do this format with their Qore sub way back in the PS3 days. It was a paid sub though, which kind of sucked. But either way, it was the same format and done years before anyone else.

[ocelot07]

Thing is Sony was doing this sort of thing a few years ago with Quore (think it was called that). Didn't they announce the psp go via one of these direct/state of play announcement videos.

[isarai]

And PlayStation Underground before that, actually they still do PlayStation Underground every now and then.

[thesoftware730]

You guys can pretend all you want and pull any announcement videos from the past, but we all know big and small video game presentations were made popular and relevant by Nintendo. In fact Nintendo was the first out of the big 3 to drop E3 stage shows in place of Directs, they took major backlash from the Nintendo haters at the time. The Directs were such a hit and cost effective way that generated a more concentrated shot of news and announcements that it made sense for Sony to follow. We also know how many disastrous stage shows we have seen over the years, where live shows always encounter embarrassing hiccups..Nintendo was just ahead of the curve.

The problem is you strictly, Sony people cant see that and deny and try to say silly stuff like...Sony have been doing that a long time ago...no, just no. I wasn't bashing Sony btw, just giving credit where credit is due, some thing people on here seem pressed not to..trust me, if you do, Sony wont disown you or kill your cat.

[Knushwood Butt]

@ thesoftware

So Nintendo copied Sony, but Nintendo made it popular and relevant?

[Tototot]

Death stranding

[Shikoku]

Why the hell are they copying Nintendo? The Nintendo directs aren't really that good man.

[King_Noctis]

They are good. Even the Sony State of Play is also acceptable. I don’t know what show you are watching.

[Shikoku]

No they're not they suck sorry I prefer the conference

[Razmiran]

Yeah, it should be like inside xbox
Have people talking about nothing and close it up with the bombastic announcement of 2 controllers and an xbox live price raise

[Shikoku]

No it should be like it usually is Sony talking about games having an awesome event. Not copying someone else idea that's just lame.

[I_am_Batman]

This doesn't necessarily mean no conferences though. As far as I understand they want to use these to get the minor news out of the way of the big conferences. I assume this is just to update people on the titles that are already announced or to announce titles that wouldn't really make a splash at E3. I like it as long as we still get a hype conference from time to time.

[CaitSith]

I don't mind it, but they could do with a name change. I don't like the sound of 'State of Play'. It sounds pretentious asf.

[King_Noctis]

Awesome. Can’t wait.

[KickSpinFilter]

Very nicely done, with a slight heads up of what the content will mostly be.

[StormLegend]

Medevil and more PS4 updates? Nice!!!

[SkippyPaccino]

Let's see how much hate Sony gets for this one...

[motorsport71]

Days Gone is out of the way. Yall got some of dem TLOU updates? *scratches neck*

[KyRo]

No one knew what to expect from the first SoP and with their announcement of them not attending E3 this year, I think people had got their expectations set high. Now we know its small bitesized chunks of news and know roughly what we are getting it should lead to less disappointment. Not that the first was bad, it just weren't what people were expecting I don't think.

[motorsport71]

People put their expectations extremely high whenever Sony does something. Sony said PSX 2017 was gonna be different than before and there wasn't gonna be a showcase. People still cried and said it was disappointing even though they were warned weeks before. Sony said E3 2018 was only gonna focus on a few games and people still cried afterwards because there weren't any "surprises" or anything more than what they said was gonna be there. Even when Sony tells gamers what to expect they still end up disappointed.

[Elda]

Looking forward to this.

[CrimsonWing69]

Pretty sure this is where we'll see the new Death Stranding trailer.

[jukins]

Hopefully get a deep dive with blood and truth really excited about that vr game.

[Relientk77]

Yes finally we get to see MediEvil!

[Imortus_san]

Hope is not another State of PSVR .

[Thundercat77]

I think it is a good practice to warn about the content njust like they did because sadly, there are some people who doesn't know how to manage their expectations and then they start writing opinion garbage articles saying "how disappointing" they are.

[ArnoDorian]

oh it's only going to be 10 min :(
Make it atleast 30 min please with good info on upcoming games and updates

[Ozzy2407]

Hopefully more Psvr games

[Platformgamer]

hell no!

[sprinterboy]

Looking fwd to it, enjoyed the last one

[Xavi4K]

Lol sony gave up E3 for this ...at least we will see medevil

[Zeke68]

No they gave it up too use the more than 100 million it cost them to setup E3 show on the development of the PS5, smart move if you ask me.
And if 10% of all rumours last 12 months are true, we will see a big livestream just after E3 with many things, including PS5 news. So don't lose hope just yet 😉🤘

[VerminSC]

I just need tlou2 updates!!

[sprinterboy]

That will be state of play for June or July buddy

[VerminSC]

You’re probably right

[SpineSaw]

Hopefully Demon Souls remastered announced with a release date in 3 weeks.

[Zeke68]

No thanks, still playing Days Gone then 😉
But july/august - I'm game.

[S2Killinit]

Damn this came as a pleasant suprise.

[brettbatley]

Very excited to finally see MediEvil in action

[Platformgamer]

with medievil only, this state of play is already a 10/10 for me <3

[sprinterboy]

Ghost recon

[l33t_haxx0r]

Playstation is the best