Right this moment’s double-header of showcase streams has come to an finish, because the September 2023 Sony State of Play simply wrapped. It had some ups and downs, however definitely went out with a giant nearer.

Each at the moment’s Nintendo Direct and State of Play ended on remakes of beloved RPGs, which is fairly rad. In Sony’s case, Sq. Enix introduced out the large weapons with Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth, locking in a launch date for the second entry of its remake trilogy that basically isn’t too far off.

However let’s not low cost the opposite bulletins, both. There’s a stunning reveal of some DLC for Tales of Come up, some contemporary appears to be like at recognized video games, and naturally, digital actuality video games. No State of Play is full with out some VR. Right here’s all of the headlines.

September 2023 Sony State of Play recap

• The Bennett Foddy physics journey Child Steps is an attention-grabbing however enjoyable method to begin a stream. This definitely feels constructed to make everybody stutter and stumble all through the world subsequent summer season.
• In case you forgot, Roblox is coming to PlayStation. Lastly, Roblox Hamilton with the facility of the PlayStation processor.
• Right here’s some digital actuality in Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord. It’s out on October 26.
• Resident Evil 4 arrives with a tease of its VR mode too, however extra importantly, an imminent launch date for its Separate Methods marketing campaign. The Ada-centric story arrives on September 21.

• I routinely overlook, and am then reminded, that we’re getting an Ubisoft-made Avatar sport. And never The Final Airbender. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora arrives on December 7, and actually looks like Ubisoft is digging into its Far Cry toolbox for this one.
• Ghostrunner 2 is getting a demo for its lightning-fast motion at the moment, forward of an October 26 launch. Rad!
• Extra colours are coming for PlayStation 5 house owners who simply can’t accept the retail commonplace. The “Deep Earth Assortment” is pink, white, and blue.
• Helldivers 2 is taking a delay, with its now-third-person motion shifting to February 8, 2024. I’m completely satisfied the staff is taking some further time to get issues proper, and it’s wanting fairly good. However I’m stunned we’re nonetheless doing the “in-game comms trailer” bit in 2023.

• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is just a brief period of time away, and at the moment’s trailer highlights a few of its open-world options. At this level, I’m fairly good on footage till the sport’s out, however the world definitely appears to be like good.
• In an enormous shock, Tales of Come up is getting an enlargement known as Past the Daybreak. And it’s quickly, too. The RPG will get an after-story on November 9. Shade me stunned however excited!
• Keen Honkai: Star Rail followers can lastly hop into the HoYoverse RPG on October 11. It’s price a shot, if you happen to haven’t tried it but.
• Sq. Enix’s sudsy shooter Foamstars is getting an open beta later this month, beginning September 29. It’s definitely a distinct sort of sport, although I’m curious the way it’ll match as much as the likes of Splatoon.

• And shutting out the present is Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth, the second in Sq.’s FF7 remade trilogy. This trailer is jam-packed, from summons to mini-games, on via to character and story teases. And we all know when the huge RPG will arrive now, too. Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth arrives in two discs on February 29, 2024.

Oh, and this wasn’t a part of the State of Play, however the Collector’s Version for Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth is each completely bonkers and tremendous costly. Condolences to these scraping collectively the funds for 19 inches of Sephiroth. That’s all for at the moment’s Sony State of Play for September 2023!