State of Play Focuses on Deathloop, Death Stranding: Director’s Cut, and More!

By M. Kang

Posted on July 9, 2021

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As promised, PlayStation released a State of Play today with a closer look at Deathloop and several upcoming games.

Here is everything announced:

Death Stranding: Director’s Cut

Death Stranding is coming remastered for the PlayStation 5 with a bunch of new content. This includes new battles, weapons, and abilities as well as different accessories and mechanisms to help with the delivery aspect of the game. There will also be new story elements to go along with these new features.

Death Stranding: Director’s Cut releases September 24, 2021.

Deathloop

Deathloop was the only game confirmed to be shown during today’s State of Play and it certainly made the most of its time. In the extended gameplay look at the mission targeting Aleksis Dorsey, one of the eight visionaries that need to be killed in order to break the time loop the main character Colt is stuck in.

The gameplay trailer showcased several of the attainable skills which can be used across loops. These included an item which drew enemies in and a partial rewind upon death. The game will also use the DualSense’s haptic feedback and adaptive triggers, likely for movement and different weapons.

Jett: The Far Shore

Jett: The Far Shore is still largely shrouded in mystery, but the development team gave us a closer look at the interstellar exploration adventure. Most of the game centers around motion and sense of fluidity in the space ship as Jett and their companions try to call this inhospitable land their home. The story will be driven by the dreams and visions of these explorers.

Other games announced or highlighted were:

Tribes of Midgard – a closer look at the post-launch plans of the survival action-RPG showed seasons based on Norse mythology, the first (Season 1: The Wolf Saga) coming with a new class, look, and boss as well as a rune system.
Moss Book II – the action-adventure game following Quill the mouse looks to find a sequel on PlayStation VR.
Arcadegeddon – a third-person shooter which seems to have roguelike elements.
I.S.T: Forged in Shadow Torch – a side-scroller action game set in a dystopian, broken down world.
Hunter’s Arena Legends – a mythical take on battle royales where the focus is mastering sword play and martial arts in order to overcome other players and demons.
Sifu – an aesthetic brawler where death leads to age, wisdom, and strength to overcome enemies.
Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles – the video game adaption of the anime series comes to PlayStation October 15^th, 2021.
Lost Judgment – detective gameplay meets action-based, organized crime on September 24^th, 2021.