This afternoon, Sony held an online video event giving a glimpse into the games coming to the PS5. Near the end of the video, images of the final console design were shown, ending months of speculation over its appearance.

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The show opened with scenes from Grand Theft Auto V, where an expanded edition is expected to release sometime in 2021. Up next were Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Polyphony Digital’s racing superstar Gran Turismo 7, Insomniac’s Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and Project Athia by Square Enix.

Annapurna Interactive unveiled Stray, a story about an abandoned feline trapped in bizarre digital metropolis. Housemarque followed up with their third-person shooter Returnal. Unofficial PlayStation mascot Sackboy is back in the platformer Sackboy A Big Adventure. Lucid Games brings the vehicular demolition game Destruction Allstars to the PS5.

Also shown was the action-adventure title Kena: Bridge of Spirits from Ember Lab, while only an animated clip was presented for Goodbye Volcano High by developer Ko_Op. Abe returns in the remake of the 1998 game Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus as Oddworld: Soulstorm from Frima Studios. Tango Gameworks is working on the first-person adventure title Ghostwire: Tokyo where players use magic to battle evil demons. Developer Superbrothers revealed their newest project called Jett: The Far Shore; humanity must travel to the stars to survive, exploring space.

Godfall was one of the first titles announced for the PS5; it’s an action role-playing game set in a mythical world from Counterplay Games. Solar Ash, from Heart Machine, is a science fiction game that’s coming to the PS5 in 2021. Agent 47 has a new mission in Hitman 3, from IO Interactive, which will close out the World of Assassination trilogy.

Astro’s Playroom is a free game with four unique worlds to demonstrate the features of the PS5; the console will come with Astro’s Playroom pre-installed.

A trailer showed Neostream’s Little Devil Inside; an action role-playing game that’s all about survival. 2K Sports is bringing the best on-the-court action to the PS5 with NBA 2K21 in their basketball franchise. Bugsnax is a whacky title from Young Horses where creatures eat sentient food. Bluepoint Games is remaking Demon’s Souls, a title that was available on the PS3. Deathloop from Arkane Studios is also expected as a PS5 launch title later this year. Capcom unveiled Resident Evil 8: Village a new horror game in its storied Resident Evil universe. Another Capcom title is Pragmata. And finally, Guerrilla Games announced a follow up to their Horizon Zero Dawn game with Horizon 2: Forbidden West.

Sony will offer two variants of the PS5 console; one with an optical disc drive to support Blu-ray media, and one without. DualSense controllers will work on both systems.

The PS5 is expected to launch in holiday 2020 — near the end of this year.

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