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More details courtesy of the PS Blog: Funny how the quality of writing in the blog post kind of devolves as it goes on a little, like with "npc" not even being capitalised don't mean to poke fun but there's just something funny to me about the idea that Gregory Louden wrote this up in a bit of a rush on his phone

Forgot to come back and report on this – the event sucked ass. Totally Official Event Score (TOES) – 3.0/10. They announced a date for Marvel Fighting Collection 2 and announced the Onimusha 2 remaster, but foolishly didn't shadow-drop it...and even more foolishly, didn't even give it a date. So, yeah, yikes.

Yeah, that was a weird one. Highlights for me were probably the PS1 Armored Core games being announced to come to PS+ Classics (Phantasma and Arena have never been released before in Europe) and The Midnight Walk and Shinobi getting release dates. Lost Record having both parts launch straight onto Plus is a good get too, they've liked up some nice indies this gen as simultaneous Plus launches. What was weird was Capcom having their own event just last week and leaving the new trailer for Way of the Sword and the release date for the Onimusha 2 remaster to PlayStation. Like, seriously? Lost Soul Aside being sent out to die against Nightreign on May 30th too, that one was weird – oof. Otherwise...meh. I need to check the PS Blog for more details on Soros, but if it wasn't Housemarque then I don't think I'd be interested, because it simply wasn't a great trailer. Not shocked Yōtei wasn't here given GTA VI is up in the air but the show was definitely missing that "one more thing" factor, and not for the first time, the flow and structure is so messy – even Nintendo Directs which don't deliver on the gaming side (normally partnership events) consistently get the tone and pacing right. It just feels so...rehearsed and unenthusiastic here? I'm not sure. It feels odd. Days Gone Remastered is a funny one after it was rumoured ahead of the last State of Play in September and I've since played the game (it was fine), with that I think the only huge AAA first-party developed title they've got left without a native PS5 version is God of War 2018, right? No wonder Until Dawn and (supposedly) Gravity Rush 2 have ended up with remasters, they've pretty quickly run out. Bit gutted that there were no dates for Forza or Indy, even if they're Xbox published games so maybe I was getting my hopes too high there, curious to see where those dates drop now – I think Xbox have an event later this month and another next month, so probably at one of those before we hit Spring? Snake Eater getting leaked ahead of time probably took some of the bite out of the event for me, but yeah, I think if I treat it like it didn't leak then I give this a Totally Official Event Score (TOES) of 7.0/10.

Okay, this is interesting but not totally unexpected: PlayStation and Steam share the previously leaked trailer, but Xbox got their own, because, of course, they can't use PlayStation's Ape Escape monkeys for that release, and so... ...they're getting Bomberman instead!

Apparently it meant that it wouldn't show which means this is almost certainly where you're getting that DS2 release date! If I'm remembering right the release date for the first DS was also done separate to PlayStation so I guess this shouldn't be a total shocker? Weirdly enough, the livestream is already up - it will air at 21:00 GMT on 9th March:

New titles and this month's updates announced to be coming during today's State of Play: Extra and Premium Star Wars Jedi: Survivor TopSpin 2K25 Lost Records: Bloom & Rage - Tape 1 (launches into Plus on Feb 18th) SaGa Frontier Remastered Somerville Tin Hearts Mordhau Premium / Classics Patapon 3 Dropship: United Peace Force In the future Lost Records: Bloom & Rage - Tape 2 (April catalog update, launching into Plus on April 15th) Blue Prince (launching into the service this Spring) Abiotic Factor (launching into the service this Summer) Armored Core, Armored Core Project Phantasma, and Armored Core Master of Arena ("Coming Soon") The PS1 Armored Core trilogy is the highlight for me, for sure - I've been eyeing up a copy of the first Armored Core ever since I finished VI, but what was stopping me was knowing that I wouldn't have access to Project Phantasma and Master of Arena, which both never launched in Europe and to which you can carry over save data from the original. I had been thinking about playing them through other means because of this, but it seems like I held out just long enough! Wonder what this means for the rest of the series...as well as if that means we might see another Armored Core announcement this year?

Happy 30th anniversary Housemarque! First look at gameplay later this year. Get in here @drahkon!

Ooze game?!

Holy shit, Benzies? As in: former Rockstar president Benzies? Didn't expect to see him here!

Totally thought Metal Eden was Marathon... Whoops

Here's the remaster none of us asked for: April 25th.

OH MY GOD ALL THE ARMORED CORE PS1 GAMES?!?!?! Phantasma and Master of Arena never released over here before!

Comunicado oficial: Yep, great trailer still on the 43rd watch too

New trailer from tonight's State of Play:

May 23rd: Capcom can be such weirdos

And they've given them the new Onimusha: Way of the Sword trailer?! capcom! what are you doing!

Capcom gave PlayStation the date for the Onimusha 2 remaster? Guys...that's not how you do a presentation!

Well, we're halfway through and Shinobi getting a title and date is definitely the highlight so far

Ughhhhh Borderlands 4 getting a dedicated State of Play? Whyyyyyyyyy

Fineeeeeee I'll play Dave the Diver leave me alone!

Oof, Lost Soul Aside the same day as Elden Ring: Nightreign?

New trailer: Network Test on Feb 21st.

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance! August 29th!

It's time!

We've been had!