God of War Ragnarok shines at State of Play event

After a year of waiting, Santa Monica studio is sharing a new trailer for its highly anticipated game, God of War Ragnarok, which looks great in the new story presentation. But we also got several important announcements during today's State of Play broadcast, so let's quickly talk about the top games revealed during the event.

Tekken 8 Officially Announced

After a hint of it during the Evo 2022 event, today Bandai Namco shared a first look inside the game Tekken 8, which looks graphically stunning on PlayStation 5 and offers great gameplay. Unfortunately, no release date details have been shared at this time, and Bandai Namco is letting us know that more details are awaited.

According to the official blog of the PlayStation, the presentation of the day that we saw was actually adapted from inside the game in real time at 60 frames per second and not just a cinematic view, and this includes the designs of the faces and the wonderful details that we see directly from the PS5 platform. It was also revealed that there are some visual effects in the game that It changes accordingly in the background in real time and very dynamically and finally in terms of the story, the game will focus on the struggle of Kazuya Mishima father with his son Jin Kazama.

PlayStation VR2 games revealed

Today, PlayStation announced two PlayStation VR2 games that will be available in early 2023. The first is Star Wars: Tales From Galaxy's Edge Enhanced Edition, and the second is Demeo.

Star Wars has been confirmed to be coming in 2023, but Demeo hasn't shared any details about it at the moment. So far, there is no solid game that makes us want to buy PlayStation VR2 from day one, and we are waiting for Sony to reveal more exclusives for the glasses soon.

Like A Dragon: Ishin is revealed!

The Yakuza series continues to surprise us with many strong releases, and today we got our first look at an improved version of Ishin that came out in 2014, but now it's like A Dragon: Ishin for the first time in the West outside of Japan. The game will be available on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in February 2023.

The game tells for the first time about the end of the samurai era and our hero is Sakamoto Ryoma, who is considered one of the most important men who managed to eliminate the Shogunate and start a new era in Japanese history.

In Ishin, you can play in more than one style through the style of swordsman or executioner in which you wield a gun in the style of the Gunman or you can play both in the style of the dancer and the coolest thing is that you can even play with your fists only through the style of the fighter or the Brawler.

On the other hand, you can literally summon a tiger to fight or use a cannon to completely eliminate your opponents. For the first time, the game will be worked on by Unreal Engine 4, which means stronger graphics than before.

Project Eve's real name revealed: Stellar Blade!

One of the upcoming PS5 exclusives was announced in 2023, including Stellar Blade, the final name of the game Project Eve that we saw in 2021 in which Eve descends to the last city on Earth Xion and meets Adam. , the player will be free to help the inhabitants of Xion or not.

The game also promises very powerful combats with fierce bosses, and the gameplay depends on blocking strikes in time, inflicting them with combo and powerful sword moves. The game will be available in 2023!

Rise of the Ronin revealed

One of the powerful games revealed during the event is Rise of the Ronin coming in 2024 exclusively on the PlayStation 5 platform, developed by the studio Team Ninja that worked on the Nioh series. It is an action-adventure RPG in an open world. Work on the game was started 7 years ago and since then, development has progressed slowly.

The game takes place at the end of the 300-year Edo period, known as "Bakumatsu". In the late nineteenth century, Japan faces its darkest times as it struggles with its oppressive rulers and deadly diseases as Western influence permeates as the civil war between the Tokugawa shogun and anti-shogunate factions continues. Here in this time of chaos, you embody the character of a ronin, a shackled warrior with no master and free to make his own choices.

Rise of the Ronin will be available on PlayStation 5 exclusively in 2024, but expect a PC release after that.

New PlayStation Stars loyalty program revealed

PlayStation has announced an entirely new loyalty program for PlayStation players, titled Stars, which officially begins in Asia this September, and will move to the United States, Europe and the rest of the world during the coming period.

There are digital collectibles that can only be acquired through this loyalty program. In some cases, collectibles will be provided as a way to commemorate past activities, achievements, or product ownership. They range in rarity as the actual products they are based on or the effort required to earn them. Once you have collectibles, you can arrange them in a virtual display case within the PlayStation app, and if you like, you can view the status of your collectibles in your PSN profile to friends.

There will be different ways to earn or earn collectibles - the main one will be by completing custom campaigns.

Some other titles revealed during the event:

• Synduality has been revealed, available in 2023 on PS5
• Unique mystery game Pacific Drive revealed, available in 2023 for PS5 and PC
• Hogwarts Legacy's PlayStation-exclusive mission Haunted Hogsmeade Shop Quest announced

Finally, the story presentation for God of War Ragnarok

After waiting for a year since the last show, Santa Monica studio today shared the story of God of War Ragnarok, which turned out to be amazing in every respect. The story presentation assures us that we are facing a giant saga between Kratos and the Norse gods and everything seems to reach the highest level of action and excitement in the awaited Ragnarok war.

The eldest god Odin begins moving his pieces during the events of Ragnarok, and Kratos and Atreus must decide whether to limit themselves to fate or look beyond what is written and take their own destiny!

The game will be available exclusively on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on November 9, 2022, with full support for the Arabic language in terms of translation and dubbing. An awesome Dualsense controller designed in God of War Ragnarok has also been revealed.