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There is a timeline in place…

Today’s post I thought about looking into what Sony has presented in their recent ‘State of Play’, as to the upcoming slate of video games for 2025 and beyond. I shall look at things I found noteworthy and this is not in any way a summary of the entire list of what was presented in the showcase. Let’s jump in…

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1st Takeaway:

We are getting actual release dates for games in the near distant future- 2026. Mark your calendars and do not be surprised of potential delays (especially in this Climate).

Looks to me the Game Publishers and Developers alike are very much bracing for impact of the much anticipated title: Grand Theft Auto 6 scheduled to release on 26th May 2026. My personal hunch and knowing Rockstar Games, I see a world where GTA 6 gets delayed again but still releasing within 2026.

All this in mind, Game Publishers be putting release dates before the record-breaking storm that is GTA 6.

You see the likes of Crimson Desert, developed by Pearl Abyss having an official release date of March 19th 2026. This is definitely a game from previews that has a lot of gameplay systems on top of gameplay systems that looks to have depth and complexity in terms of combat. So it is very much a game, I am curious about in terms of reception and overall story/gameplay when it is scheduled to release in March of next year.

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2nd Takeaway:

Developer Insomniac Games have reminded us that Wolverine is definitely still in development and scheduled to release in fall 2026.

This is a sidenote but I am especially happy for Insomniac Games considering how the company had been affected by criminal cyberattack back in 2023. Just as a brief summary, many Employee data, company emails and early details of the upcoming Wolverine game were among sensitive stolen info published by a hacking group. To add salt to the wound, there was also a timeline (that may be subject to change) of Insomniac’s Upcoming Projects for the next decade.

On a personal and human level, I feel bad for the hard working people at Insomniac Games in which there is no doubt in my mind that the entire Insomniac Management are having to re-adjust their plans and game development cycle in massive part due to this devastating hack.

All that aside, the trailer for Wolverine has the right flavour of action, gore and blood with brutal animation sequences. This game is shaping up to be something special and it was nice to see the people behind Insomniac Games talk about their game that they have spent years developing and going through the trailer they had composed. We also saw the actor playing Wolverine in Australian actor Liam McIntyre. Another Australian actor taking the mantle- who would’ve thought?

So then in short, this State of Play felt like a reminder of the things that Sony (in terms of first party) have in store, with more information and gameplay snippets shown.

If I had to guess, the Game Awards in December would probably have some ‘Big’ announcements.

I’ll probably take a look at the Tokyo Gameshow Next even though there seems like little in terms of ‘Big’ announcements.

This year in general has been a phenomenal year of Video Games, with so many varied and unique experiences. It really has not been a bad year for this ever-evolving chaotic medium.