Sonys first Nintendo Direct-esque State of Play livestream has focused on VR, including Five Night at Freddys VR and a Blood & Truth.
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The minute Sony announced their first State of Play show it sounded like their take on a Nintendo Direct, and thats exactly whats it turned to be.
With just a robot-voiced American voiceover (they didnt even bother changing the date format for Europe) the stream lacked the personal touch of Nintendos shows, but otherwise the format was very similar.
For its first outing most of the focus was on VR titles, starting with Iron Man VR by République developer Camouflaj. No real gameplay footage was shown but we think that might be Ghost, from Ant-Man and the Wasp, as the baddie. The games out sometime this year and seems to answer the question of whether Sony has any other Marvel licences beyond just Spider-Man – although it is odd that they havent talked about it openly yet.
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The other big news is that the No Mans Sky Beyond update is getting a VR mode this summer. Like all the updates Beyond is free but its so big its being split into three: a radical new social and multiplayer experience, the VR mode, and a third secret element.
Also showcased was VR game Blood & Truth from the makers of The Getaway, a spiritual sequel to The London Heist from the PlayStation VR Worlds compilation. That remains one of the best VR experiences on PlayStation 4, so were very much looking forward to the release on 28 May.
Coming this spring is Five Night at Freddys VR: Help Wanted, which will feature both new and existing scenarios from the series and is no doubt properly scary once you put the headset on.
Sonys support for PlayStation VR really is admirable as even AWOL graffiti-themed game Concrete Genie is now confirmed to have a VR mode. Although its date is still a vague autumn (or fall as voiceover lady would have it).
There were plenty of other VR games with confirmed release dates though, including Falcon Age on 9 April, Table Of Tales on 16 April, Jupiter & Mars on 22 April, Everybodys Golf VR on 21 May, Trover Saves The Universe on 31 May, and Mini-Mech Mayhem and Vacation Simulator (sequel to Job Simulator) on 18 June.
Other non-VR titles were also showcased, including brand-new game ReadySet Heroes, whose gimmick is that its a four-player dungeon crawler where youre competing against a rival team in a matching dungeon, who you then have to fight when you get to the end.
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