This year’s Summer Game Festival hosted a lot of new gaming faces. Amidst all the familiar friends and introduced newcomers, there are almost endless new titles to get you excited about coming to PlayStation. Whether you’re looking for a standalone fix or a fresh twist on an old industry icon, here are some games we’ve got on hand that you’ll want to keep an eye on.
viewfinder
A picture is worth a thousand words and may just be the door to many more paths. In the Viewfinder, you find yourself in a mysterious world with nothing but pictures found and taken along the way to guide you. But these images have properties that allow them to be placed anywhere and traversed. You will be tasked with using images to overcome different puzzles in ways that only your mind can limit you.
Take a picture of a hallway and place it on the roof so items fall on your head. Or maybe take a picture of a building and set it aside to make a bridge over the sinkhole. And with so many art styles that range from simple children’s crayons to classic pixel art, there’s plenty to enjoy and use to your heart’s content. your. Arm yourself with your camera on July 18, 2023.
Hauntii
If unique visuals are your thing, then Hauntii is a must-add to your favorites list. Play as the lovable ghost, Hauntii, and travel through the beautiful world of Eternity in simple style. This two-stick shooter takes the genre in a more relaxing direction, allowing you to explore its contemporary world in comfort. As you explore, you’ll learn to possess various items and creatures to solve puzzles and battle enemies while collecting keys to unlock Hauntii’s past. Travel the world of Eternity and beyond when Hauntii releases in 2024.
Desire to propose
Thirsty Suitors takes three genres and brings them together with engaging writing, stylish visuals, and an easy-to-understand story. Play as Jala as she deals with family problems, superpowered exes, and internal affairs in the most videogame way possible: win skateboard trick points, battle enemies in JRPG style and complete challenges in cooking games. The genres blend together perfectly, with every aspect of the game not only contributing to the exp system but also to capturing a fully realized life.
cocoon
Dive into a world full of organic engineering spectacles. Cocoon is a game that will engage each of your senses while pulling you into its wordless yet powerful lore. Join a puzzle game where your ability to jump between worlds is the key to everything. Missions require you to use energy orbs to activate alien biomes’ systems and teleport to and from different maps quickly. Along the way, these orbs unlock more power for you, allowing you to take on more massive, real-life alien bosses you’ll encounter on your journey. Cocoon will take you to its extraterrestrial world later this year.
Chronicles of the salty sea
After the world flood, its inhabitants adapted, becoming explorers sailing the seas. You take command of Captain Maja and their crew in this visual novel adventure title. The Saltsea Chronicles transports you to a world inspired by children’s storybooks but with writing that any adult looking for a story with depth can enjoy. Different paths and potential teammates will emerge in this dramatic adventure across the seven seas, and it’s up to you whether you interact with them or not. But you don’t have to remove them entirely from the picture, as Saltsea allows you to return to previously unexplored possibilities so you can experience all that the title is relaxing yet mysterious and stimulating. This mindset brings.
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is a new version of Ubisoft’s most classic game. Movement, combat, and exploration run side-by-side in this title, as Sargon, the title’s new protagonist, uses them all while exploring Mount Qaf to save Prince Ghassan. Sargon has the ability to dash on land and in the air, combine with various sword techniques and control time, move himself while attacking, and move to repeat the move again. Combining all of these techniques makes The Lost Crown an experience that will test your hands, react to enemy patterns, and defend against traps in the environment. Discover the secrets of Persia on January 18, 2024.
audio superstar
Talking about the freshness of classic titles, Sonic Superstars returns a fuzzy blue color to the 2D platform world. But this time he’s not alone, and neither are you. Not only can you play as Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy, each with their own special abilities, but you can also play co-op with all of them simultaneously, a first in the series. . Launching the series is also new Chaos Emeralds mechanics, giving characters extra powers like the ability to turn them into water to be able to traverse waterfalls or the ability to summon an army of clones to defeat all enemies. enemies on the screen . Did we mention that this classic title will feature nothing but new regions? Sonic heads to PlayStation with Sonic Superstars in late 2023.
foam star
Square Enix’s new IP, Foamstars answers the question “Foam or not foam?” This game takes the hero shooter genre in another direction by making the weapon of choice for each character a lot of foam. But what really sets it apart is the strategies this foam offers. The more maps you cover with your bubbly mess, the faster you can move, whether running, gliding to finish off fallen enemies, or sneaking underneath shark-style. You can also foam, changing the position of the land by creating huge towers and fortresses to take on more defensive positions. Along with a variety of characters, all with different move lists, Foamstars becomes the sandbox of a competitive team-based shooter experience that offers players a multitude of gameplay styles and more fun than you can blow. balloon. Foamstars is coming to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.
