PSX 2017 Opening Celebration Coverage – Games, Games, and More Games
The PlayStation Experience 2017 kicked off with the PSX 2017 Opening Celebration tonight. During the Opening Celebration, Sony showed off a bunch of upcoming titles for the Playstation. With so many games being shown off, it’s hard to pick out the best reveals, but I am here to do just that. Below is Hold To Reset’s PSX 2017 Opening Celebration coverage.
PSVR Games
Firewall: Zero Hour: 4v4 CS:GO/Rainbow Six style FPS shooter in VR. Available to try out on the show floor. Slated to release sometime in 2018.
The Last Guardian VR Demo: Stand alone VR demo that allows you to explore The Last Guardian in VR. Will be free on the Playstation Store; does not require base game. The Last Guardian VR Demo drops on December 12.
Trailers:
Wipeout VR (Trailer): Update you will be able to download for free if you currently own Wipeout. Coming sometime in Early 2018.
Jupiter & Mars (Trailer): Indie VR game about two dolphins embarking on a journey through various waterworlds.
PlayStation 4 Games
God of War: Showed off some new footage from the upcoming God of War. Total gameplay time is clocking in somewhere in the range of 25 – 35 hour. Still no release date to announce.
Dreams New game out of Media molecule. First footage was shown off during The Game Awards. Dreams is the next step in the play/create/share genre that Mm is known for. You will be able to make a number of different styles of games including point and click, sci-fi, and mystery. Everything shown is running in the “Dreams Engine” and players will be able to create within that engine. Release time is sometime in 2018.
Detroit Become Human: In Detroit Become Human, players will control three characters and will make make choices which shape how the story unfolds. A brief demo of the game was shown which took place during the game’s opening “hostage” mission. Audience members in attendance cheered for choices to be made which included saving a fish. Gameplay looks similar to Heavy Rain – placing emphasis on investigation and improving the probability of good outcomes. Everything you do has a consequence. Will be arriving sometime in Spring 2018.
Trailers:
Donut County (Trailer): Indie Game about filling holes with junk in Donut County (which we covered). Showed off a new trailer for the game.
BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle (Trailer): Showed off a trailer for Blazblue Cross Tag Battle. This anime fighter is slated for release sometime in 2018. The PlayStation 4 version of this game will feature Ruby Rose of RWBY fame.
Soul Calibur VI (Trailer): Showed The Game Awards trailer for the upcoming Soul Calibur VI with slightly more footage. This fighting game is slated for release in 2018.
Monster Hunter World (Trailer): New Monster Hunter World trailer. Features Megaman in the last 45s as a tie in for Monster Hunter World x Megaman music DLC. Game is slated for release on January 26, 2018.
Death Stranding (Trailer): Showed off the trailer from The Game Awards. Hideo Kojima stopped by to talk more about Death Stranding. Kojima revealed that the trailer shown is running in real time on a PlayStation Pro; Also the latter half of the trailer where Norman Reedus is swimming, is all playable.
MediEvil (Trailer): A teaser was shown off for MediEvil. Not much was shown or explained about this game. We do know that MediEvil is based on a game that was released back in 1999.
