Sony State of Play Reveals New Housemarque Game, Borderlands 4 Release Date, and More
Sony’s latest State of Play press conference just wrapped up, revealing what’s headed for the PlayStation 5 in the coming months. In many ways, it was business as usual aside from one key detail: there was a surprising number of non-sequels announced. While it’s a little sad that the big-budget game industry has reached the point where it comes as a surprise when a newly announced game doesn’t have a big number tacked on to the end of its title, we’ll take what we can get. While I’m sure some will be disappointed over the lack of big first-party reveals and the multiple ignored anniversaries (God of War turns 20, and Bloodborne turns 10 in March), there were still a solid number of cool reveals. Let’s run down the most notable announcements from today’s Sony State of Play.
New Entry in the Shinobi Series Announced
Release Date: 8/29/2025
Systems: PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, PC
Lizardcube, the team who worked on the bone-crushing beat ‘em up Streets of Rage 4, revealed that they’re working on a revival of the Shinobi series. Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is a 2D platformer action platformer that looks like it has some flashy combos and plentiful style. Considering the good work that team did on their last series reboot, there’s reason to be excited for this one.
After Nine Years, Lost Soul Aside Release Window Revealed
Release Date: 2025
Systems: PS5, PS4, PC
Lost Soul Aside is an action-adventure game that’s been kicking around for some time, drawing quite a bit of attention because, despite looking like a AAA game, it was originally developed by a single person (although Ultizero Games now apparently has over 40 employees). Very much visually reminiscent of recent Final Fantasy games, it’s apparently an action RPG with a good amount of flair.
Borderlands 4 Finally Gets a Release Date
Release Date: 9/23/2025
Systems: PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC
After what feels like a very long time, Borderlands 4 finally got a September release date. It very much looks like more Borderlands, and its biggest new feature seems to be that Claptrap isn’t here anymore to annoy you into submission.
Directive 8020 Set For An October Release
Release Date: 10/2/2025
Systems: PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC
The studio behind Until Dawn and The Quarry announced a new installment in their The Dark Pictures anthology: Directive 8020. It’s a drama following the crew of an interstellar freighter after a deadly alien organism sneaks onto the ship. They’re trapped in space, you know, like in Alien, and hunted by a creature that can mimic them, you know, like The Thing, but despite not being subtle about its influences, it’s nice that Supermassive Games is still putting out these interactive B-movies.
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