PS5 games event set for June 4 — everything you need to know

PS5 games event set for June 4 — everything you demand to know

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Sony PS5 event: How to watch

What: Sony PS5 games showcase
When: four PM ET, 1PM PT, ix pm UK
Where: Playstation.com/PS5, Twitch, YouTube

PlayStation fans put June 4 in your calendars as that'south when Sony will have its much-rumoured PS5 game showcase, with games expected to come from large and smaller studios.

The showcase volition kicking off next Thursday from 1PM Pacific Fourth dimension, 4PM Eastern Time, and 9PM in Britain with the event set to run for more than an hr. That ways nosotros can wait a whole slew of games, hopefully including outset-political party console exclusives, something that the Xbox Serial X May seven event was sadly missing.

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Sony'south blog post announcing the result was pretty trim on the details as to what exactly we can expect from the June 4 upshot. Jim Ryan, Sony's CEO, noted that the technical specs of the PS5 and the DualSense controller had already been revealed, so now it'southward time to show off the games. There was no mention that we would run into the finalized PS5 panel design; nosotros may still accept to await a little longer for that.

As for the games nosotros can expect, at that place was no discussion on those either. We've heard murmurs that a sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn could exist in the works, and so that would certainly be a game we'd similar to go a glimpse of. And there are hints that Gran Turismo 7 will be a PS5 launch championship, so that's another game we'd not exist surprised to see get a proper showcase.

Horizon Zero Dawn 2 could be revealed — (Image credit: Sony Computer Amusement Europe)

Bloodborne was a major exclusive for the PS4, so a sequel to that on the PS5 would certainly become fans of From Soft games excited. And the might God of State of war was a stellar striking for the PS5, though that game came out in 2018 after a lengthy development period, so we're not expecting a squirrel to it for a while yet; we're non ruling out a teaser though.

There are already a handful of confirmed games for the PS5, like Cyberpunk 2077, Assassinator'south Creed Vallahla, Godfall, and Outriders. So we expect to see a lot of footage around those, as well as some new tiles from 3rd-party studios, hopefully ushering in a new generation of artistic and quirky games for Sony'southward adjacent panel.

One thing Sony is lagging backside with compared to the Xbox Series Ten is in backward compatibility. So We promise Sony sheds some more than low-cal on what we can look from its take on dorsum-compatibility with PS4 games.

You'll be able to watch the PS5 showcase on Twitch or on YouTube. And we'll be here to give you a breakdown of all the games and most heady news form the June 4 event.

Roland Moore-Colyer is U.K. Editor at Tom's Guide with a focus on news, features and stance manufactures. He often writes about gaming, phones, laptops and other bits of hardware; he'southward as well got an interest in cars. When not at his desk Roland tin can exist found wandering around London, often with a look of curiosity on his face up.