{"id":126869,"date":"2026-06-04T16:56:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=126869"},"modified":"2026-06-04T16:56:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:56:27","slug":"playstation-state-of-play-june-2026-what-south-african-gamers-learned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/126869-playstation-state-of-play-june-2026-what-south-african-gamers-learned","title":{"rendered":"PlayStation State of Play June 2026 &#8211; What South African gamers learned"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>South African PlayStation gamers can look forward to new games like God of War Laufey and Until Dawn 2, while new footage sheds more light on upcoming releases like Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine and Control Resonant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This information was made available at Sony&#8217;s latest State of Play showcase, which comprised over 60 minutes of updates and announcements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State of Play is used by Sony several times a year to share the latest news on its upcoming titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It features a mix of new game reveals, launch date announcements, and gameplay\/story trailers for already-revealed games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This State of Play was bookended by arguably the two most powerful reveals &#8211; an extended gameplay trailer of Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine, and the announcement of the upcoming God of War Laufey game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other interesting announcements included the surprise announcement of Until Dawn 2, and the release of both a launch date, and story trailer, for Control Resonant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about these announcements below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine<\/strong>, a single-player action adventure game, is being developed by Insomniac Games &#8211; the studio behind the Marvel&#8217;s Spiderman series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The studio shared the various violent, bloody combat techniques of the titular Wolverine character. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also revealed additional characters from the game &#8211; including Jean Grey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OiBo_NgYI5Q?si=aCoek2RN8U7GVYqi\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">God of War Laufey<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>God of War Laufey<\/strong> is the latest addition to the iconic God of War franchise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It takes an interesting approach by focusing on Laufey &#8211; the dead wife of Kratos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the State of Play presentation, Laufey will fight through the afterlife in magical lands to save the people she loves most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HLMX2w3cwuE?si=e3B8M7wZokcIg6FO\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Until Dawn 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Until Dawn 2<\/strong> is the sequel to the popular interactive drama survival horror game, Until Dawn &#8211; a game that paved the way for The Dark Pictures Anthology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The original game, developed by Supermassive Games, focused heavily on letting you &#8220;choose your own adventure&#8221; while controlling eight young adults on a mountain retreat gone wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until Dawn 2 features a new cast and setting, where a crew of ghost hunters visit an abandoned tropical island to chase the next viral hit TV show &#8211; but get more than they bargain for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QpVZ9OvRLZI?si=2TyehmQuWyZmruhi\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Control Resonant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Control Resonant<\/strong> will launch globally on 24 September &#8211; and along with a release date, the sequel to Control received a new story trailer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manhattan is now warped by paranatural forces, with shifting realities, monstrous entities, and impossible architecture all now present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lead character Dylan must master his evolving abilities, while also learning to maximise the power of his shapeshifting weapon, the Aberrant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TAzxTMaA6j4?si=nKzZAWKGTovMUSV-\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony provided new gameplay footage of Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine and unveiled the next God of War game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":126876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26456],"tags":[26625,26622,26623,1870,71,25883,26624],"class_list":["post-126869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-control-resonant","tag-god-of-war-laufey","tag-marvels-wolverine","tag-playstation","tag-sony","tag-state-of-play","tag-until-dawn-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126869"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126905,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126869\/revisions\/126905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}