{"id":2120435,"date":"2026-08-31T12:50:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T09:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2120435"},"modified":"2026-08-31T12:50:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T09:50:46","slug":"sonys-next-playstation-state-of-play-coming-this-thursday-followed-by-a-japan-and-asia-dedicated-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2120435","title":{"rendered":"Sony&#8217;s next PlayStation State of Play coming this Thursday, followed by a Japan and Asia-dedicated showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/final-fantasy-vii-revelation\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Final Fantasy VII: Revelation<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Sony&#8217;s next PlayStation State of Play coming this Thursday, followed by a Japan and Asia-dedicated showcase<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Prophet margins.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/state-of-play-september-2026-double-header-1.jpeg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"state-of-play-september-2026-double-header-1.jpeg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Sony Interactive Entertainment.<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/sherif-saed\">Sherif Saed<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Senior Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-31T12:50:46+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 31, 2026, 12:50 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"1973d739-5176-47cd-92d6-7b42a211a02b\" data-name=\"Final Fantasy VII: Revelation\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Final Fantasy VII: Revelation\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Final Fantasy VII: Revelation\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Final Fantasy VII: Revelation\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Final Fantasy VII: Revelation\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Final Fantasy VII: Revelation\" title=\"Follow Final Fantasy VII: Revelation\"><br \/>\n  Follow Final Fantasy VII: Revelation<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Our next port of call when it comes to major livestreams filled with game reveals isn&#8217;t too far off. Sonytoday announced the date of the next PlayStation State of Play presentation. The showcase airs Thursday, 3rd September.<\/p>\n<p>It will be streamed live in the afternoon in Europe, kicking off at 6am PT \/ 9am ET \/ 2pm BST \/ 3pm CEST. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2026\/08\/31\/state-of-play-state-of-play-japan-return-on-september-3\/\">blog post<\/a>, Sony said to expect &#8220;updates and announcements&#8221; from both PlayStation Studios as well as third-party developers. The show ends with an &#8220;extended look&#8221; at the world of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/final-fantasy-vii\">Final Fantasy 7<\/a> Revelation.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately following the show, another will begin: State of Play Japan. The second showcase, hosted by Japanese voice actor Yuki Kaji, will focus on games from Japan and Asia. Sony said to expect &#8220;new gameplay, announcements, and more&#8221;. As always both shows will be accessible on PlayStation&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/PlayStation\">YouTube<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/play.st\/twitch\">Twitch<\/a> channels, though Sony didn&#8217;t say how long either showcase is going to be.<\/p>\n<p>The existence of this week&#8217;s State of Play leaked just a few days ago, when reliable insider NateTheHate posted about it <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NateTheHate2\/status\/2093865049471262989\">on X<\/a>. It&#8217;s not entirely surprising Sony would host a State of Play in September, of course; the company held one for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-state-of-play-24th-september-live-report-watch-it-here-from-10pm-bst-for-news-on-the-next-ps5-games\">the<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/everything-announced-sonys-playstation-state-of-play\">last<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/watch-todays-playstation-state-of-play-here\">several<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/everything-announced-in-sonys-september-2022-playstation-state-of-play-broadcast\">years<\/a>, except this year&#8217;s edition falls earlier in the month than the most recent two.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/final-fantasy-7-revelation-gameplay-screen-1.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"final-fantasy-7-revelation-gameplay-screen-1.jpg\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Square Enix.<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sony&#8217;s big September release is, of course, Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/eurogamer.net\/games\/marvels-wolverine\">We&#8217;ve seen plenty from the game over the past few months<\/a>. And, seeing as it&#8217;s set for release on 15th September, there isn&#8217;t really much more Sony can show to convince players to pre-order &#8211; save for maybe <em>one<\/em> more later.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sony has several other titles in the works that could use an update, such as God of War Laufey, Until Dawn 2, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/ghost-of-yotei\">Ghost of Yotei<\/a> expansion, and the mysterious Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. There&#8217;s obviously always a cavalcade of indie and mid-tier games that benefit from being featured in a State of Play, so expect a few of those, too.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Our next port of call when it comes to major livestreams filled with game reveals isn&#8217;t too far off. Sonytoday announced the date of the next PlayStation State of Play presentation. The showcase airs Thursday, 3rd September.<\/p>\n<p>It will be streamed live in the afternoon in Europe, kicking off at 6am PT \/ 9am ET \/ 2pm BST \/ 3pm CEST. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2026\/08\/31\/state-of-play-state-of-play-japan-return-on-september-3\/\">blog post<\/a>, Sony said to expect &#8220;updates and announcements&#8221; from both PlayStation Studios as well as third-party developers. The show ends with an &#8220;extended look&#8221; at the world of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/final-fantasy-vii\">Final Fantasy 7<\/a> Revelation.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately following the show, another will begin: State of Play Japan. The second showcase, hosted by Japanese voice actor Yuki Kaji, will focus on games from Japan and Asia. Sony said to expect &#8220;new gameplay, announcements, and more&#8221;. As always both shows will be accessible on PlayStation&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/PlayStation\">YouTube<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/play.st\/twitch\">Twitch<\/a> channels, though Sony didn&#8217;t say how long either showcase is going to be.<\/p>\n<p>The existence of this week&#8217;s State of Play leaked just a few days ago, when reliable insider NateTheHate posted about it <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NateTheHate2\/status\/2093865049471262989\">on X<\/a>. It&#8217;s not entirely surprising Sony would host a State of Play in September, of course; the company held one for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-state-of-play-24th-september-live-report-watch-it-here-from-10pm-bst-for-news-on-the-next-ps5-games\">the<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/everything-announced-sonys-playstation-state-of-play\">last<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/watch-todays-playstation-state-of-play-here\">several<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/everything-announced-in-sonys-september-2022-playstation-state-of-play-broadcast\">years<\/a>, except this year&#8217;s edition falls earlier in the month than the most recent two.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/final-fantasy-7-revelation-gameplay-screen-1.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"final-fantasy-7-revelation-gameplay-screen-1.jpg\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Square Enix.<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sony&#8217;s big September release is, of course, Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/eurogamer.net\/games\/marvels-wolverine\">We&#8217;ve seen plenty from the game over the past few months<\/a>. And, seeing as it&#8217;s set for release on 15th September, there isn&#8217;t really much more Sony can show to convince players to pre-order &#8211; save for maybe <em>one<\/em> more later.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sony has several other titles in the works that could use an update, such as God of War Laufey, Until Dawn 2, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/ghost-of-yotei\">Ghost of Yotei<\/a> expansion, and the mysterious Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. There&#8217;s obviously always a cavalcade of indie and mid-tier games that benefit from being featured in a State of Play, so expect a few of those, too.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Final Fantasy VII: Revelation Sony&#8217;s next PlayStation State of Play coming this Thursday, followed by a Japan and Asia-dedicated showcase Prophet margins. Image credit: Sony Interactive Entertainment. News by Sherif Saed Senior Contributor Published on Aug. 31, 2026, 12:50 p.m. Follow Final Fantasy VII: Revelation Our next port of call when it comes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,253],"class_list":["post-2120435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-eurogamer-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2120435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2120435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2120435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2120435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}