Sony Announces PlayStation State of Play Broadcast For This Week

PlayStation volition watercourse a large State of Play broadcast this week, featuring implicit an hr of quality and reveals, including the latest updates from its ain teams wrong PlayStation Studios.

The lawsuit volition beryllium held this Thursday, February 12 astatine 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern / 10pm UK clip — and arsenic ever, IGN volition beryllium reporting live.

Sony has said that the broadcast volition tally to "60+ minutes" — suggesting fans person a meaty amusement to look guardant to. But what could PlayStation person up its sleeves?

Sony's past large State of Play broadcast, held backmost successful September 2025, yet treated fans to a bully look astatine Marvel's Wolverine, which is successful improvement by the talented squad down the console's assorted Spider-Man titles: PlayStation workplace Insomniac Games. Other games showcased included Saros, the adjacent task from Returnal workplace Housemarque, arsenic good arsenic third-party titles specified arsenic Battlefield 6 and Nioh 3.

The institution past held a smaller-scale State of Play successful November 2025 focused solely connected Japanese titles, and it was present we got a look astatine Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, Elden Ring Nightreign enlargement The Forsaken Hollows, Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined, and more.

PlayStation fans volition surely beryllium keen to spot much of Wolverine and Saros, and perchance observe a merchandise day for the former. We're besides apt to spot thing of Bungie's long-delayed Marathon, which volition yet get connected March 5 — little than a period away.

Saros has already been dated for April 30, though presently each we cognize for definite of Wolverine's accomplishment is that he'll onshore successful the 2nd fractional of this year. (With GTA 6 owed connected November 16, it'll apt beryllium earlier, and good wide of that.) Last week, a tease from Insomniac Games hinted astatine Wolverine gathering Daredevil successful the game. And, of course, we conscionable got a archetypal look astatine multiplayer Horizon spin-off Hunters Gathering. Perhaps we'll get much quality connected aboriginal play sessions?

Third-party games acceptable for PS5 successful the coming months see Capcom's Monster Hunter Stories 3 and Pragmata, which conscionable got a showing successful Nintendo's Partner Direct, Square Enix's climactic Life is Strange Reunion, Hitman developer IO Interactive's 007 First Light and Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight from Warner Bros. Games.

The confirmation of a State of Play this week volition mean that each 3 large level holders volition person held immoderate signifier of announcement broadcast wrong the archetypal six weeks of 2026 — though Nintendo fans inactive anticipation determination is simply a dedicated first-party Nintendo Direct besides waiting successful the wings with much quality connected the company's ain games (and possibly a caller 3D Mario).

For now, though, articulation america present connected IGN for each of the quality and reveals from this week's State of Play successful conscionable a fewer days.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social