Games including No Man’s Sky, Call of Duty: Black Ops III and Uncharted 4 were among those on display at the Sony conference.
Sony had a wide range of games to showcase during their presentation at Paris Games Show:
- There was a preview of the Giant Zombie map, which will be available from day one on the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops III,
- No Man’s Sky got a confirmed release date of June 2016 with another look at the ambitious adventure game,
- Uncharted 4‘s multi-player – the beta of which will be held in December – was shown, featuring characters from the franchise in different combat environments,
- Star Wars Battlefront showed off the ‘Heroes’ trailer – showing players both sides of a battle on Endor, Leia meeting Boba Fett in-game and a tense confrontation in the Hoth base between Han Solo and Darth Vader.
- Gravity Rush 2 showed how players will be able to manipulate gravity to help them in the game – ‘Jupiter’ making protagonist Kat heavier and more powerful in attack, with ‘Lunar’ making her faster and lighter – with the trailer also showing a tag-team option for boss battles.
- Bloodborne: The Old Hunters previewed what players can expect in the expansion to the game, which is due out on PlayStation 4 on November 24,
- Driveclub: Bikes is a new expansion pack of the racing game, which has been made available to play now,
- Matterfall will see players take on the role of a character fighting for survival in a future world against an alien material known as ‘Smart Matter’ which threatens the existence of the human race,
- There was another look at the new Ratchet & Clank game, showing new Clank gameplay and an all new look at the world of Pokitaru,
- Vector is a new multiplayer music creation game which allows players to stage their own concerts. This title has been developed with the backing of EDM star Avicii, who has been a contributor as well as playtesting the game,
- A huge open world adventure awaits in Boundless, where players can traverse worlds – either alone or with friends – and do whatever they choose in those worlds. From buying and selling land, collecting different collections of items or hunting animals across worlds, the possibilities are endless,
- Battleborn showed off three different game modes – ‘Capture’ (capture the flag style combat), ‘Meltdown’ (encouraging robotic minions to self-destruct for points) and ‘Incursion’ (defending your base against waves of AI enemies) that will be available to players during the beta in 2016
For more information on these games, check out the Playstation Blog here
Words by Megan Roxburgh