PlayStation Showcase 2022: How to watch and start time

PlayStation Showcase 2021: How to watch and starting time time

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The PS5 has a few upcoming exclusives that are worth keeping an eye on — God of War: Ragnarok, Horizon Forbidden West and Gran Turismo vii, among others. Granted, nosotros haven't heard much about them lately. Sony also hasn't announced any new PS5 exclusives in months. That could all alter soon, nonetheless, every bit Sony has announced the PlayStation Showcase 2021, which will is ready to take identify today (Thursday, September 9) at 4 p.m. ET.

The news comes directly from the official PlayStation Blog, and is well-nigh as straightforward as it sounds. Sony will host a PS5 games showcase later today, where it volition requite us updates on existing titles and hopefully reveal a few new ones.

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"The showcase will weigh in at around 40 minutes and include updates from PlayStation Studios and some of the industry's near imaginative developers, for games releasing this holiday and beyond," the post explains.

PlayStation Showcase solar day and time

The PlayStation Showcase will accept place today (Thursday, September ix) at i PM PT/4 PM ET/9 PM BST. Y'all can check below for exact details on how to tune in.

How to lookout the PlayStation Showcase 2021

If you lot want to watch for yourself, here's the pertinent info: The PlayStation Showcase will air today (Th, September 9) at 1 PM PT/4 PM ET/9 PM BST. Yous can sentinel by tuning into https://www.playstation.com/showcase. You'll too exist able to picket the proceedings on YouTube and Twitch. The stream is at present live on the former and you can sentinel information technology beneath. However, it's currently only displaying a static prototype until closer to showtime.

Since Sony hasn't revealed whatsoever of the games it plans to discuss specifically, information technology's a fleck tough to guess what might show upward. However, the 3 games mentioned above (God of State of war, Horizon, Gran Turismo) are all slated for next year, and information technology's been a while since we got a substantial update on whatever of them. Release dates for God of State of war and Gran Turismo, especially, would non be unwelcome.

"Some of the industry's most imaginative developers" too opens the door for third-party representation. One PS5 console sectional that nosotros're eager to hear more about is Terminal Fantasy 16. While we expected a substantial update about the game during E3 2021, nosotros didn't get i. Now seems like an opportune time to provide a deeper swoop into Foursquare Enix's latest entry in the long-running series.

A 40-minute evidence is only enough fourth dimension to showcase eight games in moderate particular. Obviously, Sony could highlight fewer games with deep dives, or more games with compilation trailers. Later on the Showcase, Sony will also host conversations with developers for more than information on private titles.

One thing to note, still, is that the PlayStation Showcase won't include any information on next-gen PSVR hardware. Nosotros'd wait a separate livestream well-nigh that sometime in the not-also-afar future.

Marshall Honorof is a senior editor for Tom's Guide, overseeing the site's coverage of gaming hardware and software. He comes from a science writing background, having studied paleomammalogy, biological anthropology, and the history of science and technology. After hours, y'all can detect him practicing taekwondo or doing deep dives on classic sci-fi.