Sony Interactive Entertainment delivered one of its most stacked State of Play showcases to date on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, with an hour-long livestream headlined by extended gameplay from Insomniac‘s Marvel’s Wolverine, the surprise reveal of God of War Laufey starring Deborah Ann Woll as Faye, and release dates for a wave of major titles landing on PS5 this autumn, as reported by Polygon. The show covered more than a dozen games across first-party exclusives, third-party partnerships, and surprise announcements – and closed with the kind of reveal that makes you immediately want to watch it again.
Here’s the context: State of Play has become Sony‘s preferred direct-to-fan channel in a post-E3 world, and the June 2 broadcast was timed deliberately – landing right in the thick of summer showcase season alongside Summer Game Fest and the Xbox Games Showcase. Sony had already telegraphed the event with a specific promise of an extended Marvel’s Wolverine segment, a game first announced at PlayStation Showcase in September 2021 that is now clearly in its home stretch toward launch. As we covered in our piece on Sony’s theatrical viewing initiative for this event, the company also screened the showcase live in cinemas – a signal of just how much it was leaning into this one. If you tracked what was expected ahead of the show, the reality largely delivered and then some.
Marvel’s Wolverine was the clear centrepiece. Insomniac showed an extended gameplay sequence confirming Logan’s signature brutality is fully intact – this is a third-person action-adventure and it is not shy about the claws. The segment also included the first look at Jean Grey, who is searching for kidnapped mutants alongside Logan, adding a story hook that suggests the game’s scope is broader than a solo rampage. It remains PS5‘s next major exclusive from the studio, and based on what was shown, the wait looks justified.
The show’s closing reveal was God of War Laufey from Santa Monica Studio – a new entry that puts Faye, voiced by Deborah Ann Woll, at the centre of the story, set after her death. It’s a bold creative pivot for the franchise and the kind of swing that will have people arguing about it for months before launch. No release window was confirmed, but landing that reveal as the show’s final image was a statement of intent.
Here is every other game announced or shown during the broadcast:
- Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis – Remake of the original Tomb Raider, delayed from its 2026 window to February 12, 2027. The new trailer featured snowy ruins, Egyptian tombs, and yes, dinosaurs.
- Onimusha: Way of the Sword (Capcom) – First mainline Onimusha entry since 2006, launching September 25. Features parries but is explicitly not a Soulslike. A demo is available right now.
- Control: Resonant (Remedy) – Sequel to 2019‘s Control, starring Dylan Faden fighting through a twisted Manhattan. Releases September 24.
- Silent Hill: Townfall (Annapurna) – New trailer shown, launching September 24. Monster design reportedly even more unsettling than Silent Hill f.
- Phantom Blade Zero – Arriving September 2026, with a full gameplay deep dive promised for later in the summer.
- Dune: Awakening – Heads to PS5 on September 22, with a single-player mode confirmed – a significant addition for a game otherwise known as an MMORPG.
- No Rest for the Wicked – From the developers of the Ori series, this action RPG exits early access after a couple of years and launches in full 1.0 on PS5 in October.
- Rayman Legends Retold (Ubisoft) – Remake of the 2013 platformer, arriving October 1 on PS5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X, and Windows PC.
- Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls (Arc System Works) – Launches August 6. New fighters confirmed: Magneto, Green Goblin, and Carnage.
- Kemuri: Hunt the Unseen (Ikumi Nakamura) – Co-op action game for up to 3 players, hunting demons. One of the show’s more intriguing under-the-radar reveals.
- Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve (Bandai Namco) – Flying action game releasing October 2.
- Dynasty Warriors 3 remaster – Launches October 11.
- The Lost Wild (Annapurna) – Dinosaur horror game. That’s the pitch. It appears to be working.
- Bancho the Chef – Prequel to Dave the Diver, following a culinary journey across Asia.
- RuneScape: Dragonwilds – Co-op survival crafting game coming to PS5 later this year. Fair warning: it’s the first-ever RuneScape console release, available on PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium – no separate purchase needed if you’re already subscribed, which pairs nicely with this month’s PS Plus Essential lineup.
- Marathon: Nightfall – Season 2 started June 2 and is free to try until June 9.
- Until Dawn 2 (Firesprite Games) – Ghost hunters on a remote island, branching survival mechanics, everyone can live or die. Coming 2027.
- Ill – First-person survival horror set after a coma awakening. Also 2027.
- Stuntman Hollywood – Racing game about a stunt driver. Looks chaotic in exactly the way you’d hope.
Here’s the real read: This showcase did something that’s harder than it looks – it stacked genuine franchise momentum (Wolverine, God of War) against a wall of third-party dates without either side drowning out the other. The autumn release calendar is now genuinely alarming in the best way: September 24 alone has Control: Resonant and Silent Hill: Townfall releasing on the same day, and that’s before you account for Onimusha one day later. Honestly, Sony has effectively answered the Xbox summer showcase on its own terms – not by announcing a single game-of-the-generation, but by demonstrating that PS5‘s release slate through to early 2027 has almost no gaps in it. The God of War Laufey reveal also signals that Santa Monica Studio is willing to genuinely evolve the franchise rather than repeat the Kratos formula indefinitely – whether that excites or worries you probably depends on how attached you are to the last two games.
What to watch: The most immediate open question is a release window for Marvel’s Wolverine – the gameplay looked close to finished, but Insomniac and Sony have not committed to a date. The promised summer deep dive for Phantom Blade Zero is the next concrete content checkpoint for that title. God of War Laufey has no window at all yet, and the scope of Faye‘s story – how it connects to Kratos and Atreus, if at all – remains entirely unaddressed. Platform exclusivity details and PS Plus day-one status for several of the third-party titles shown are also unconfirmed. The next major signal will likely come from Sony‘s own marketing push for Wolverine as the autumn window approaches.
Which reveal landed hardest for you – the God of War pivot to Faye, the Wolverine gameplay, or something further down the list that caught you completely off guard? Sound off in the comments below, and keep your eyes on GameLuster for more State of Play and PlayStation coverage.
