Sony has announced PlayStation Showcase 2021, which will be broadcast on September 9 at 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 9pm UK (that's September 10 at 6am AEST).
The event promises to offer a "sneak peek at the future of PS5, with updates from PlayStation Studios and industry-leading devs," and will last around 40 minutes. It will show off games releasing this holiday "and beyond".
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PlayStation Showcase 2021 broadcasts live next Thursday. Full details: https://t.co/SN76KFLspG pic.twitter.com/KuN93OMq2d
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) September 2, 2021
One thing you can count on not being part of the show is the (still officially untitled) PlayStation VR 2. The new headset, and its next-gen controllers, is reportedly due late next year, and a PS Blog post about the event makes clear it won't make an appearance in the showcase.
It's been a long wait for Sony to put out a summer event. PlayStation wasn't a part of E3 2021 and had only a limited presence at Gamescom this year. The company put out a State of Play broadcast in July, but didn't include any of its major studios' projects – presumably holding them back for this event.
It's not been a quiet summer for Sony, though. PlayStation has bought Returnal developer Housemarque and PC port specialist Nixxes, and sold a lot of PS5s. It's also seen criticism for its handling of smaller games, and made a major U-turn on shutting down the PS3 and PS Vita stores.
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