The demo highlighted the game's visceral combat system, which includes environmental kills, dismemberment, and a playable "Berserker mode." High-speed motorcycle sequences and parkour-style traversal were also shown, alongside a story moment featuring a team-up finisher with Jean Grey, who plays a prominent supporting role . Sony's official blog described the combat as "brutal and relentless"
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To close the show, Santa Monica Studio revealed God of War: Laufey, a new entry in the series that shifts focus to Faye (Laufey), Kratos's late wife . Voiced by Deborah Ann Woll, the character returns from death for a new adventure, described by Sony as a fight to save the ones she loves that takes her through a new mythological world with new weapons and abilities
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The reveal trailer ran approximately 20 minutes, demonstrating that the project is well into development, though no release date was given . It was confirmed as a PS5 exclusive
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Beyond the two headliners, the showcase locked in a dense calendar of releases for late 2026 and early 2027. Confirmed dates and key reveals based on the broadcast and multiple outlet reports include :
Other titles featured in the showcase without firm release dates included new trailers for the dark wuxia action game Phantom Blade Zero, the dinosaur survival title The Lost Wild, and a co-op yokai hunting game called Kemuri, among others .
Contrary to some early speculation of a 90-minute runtime, Sony officially announced the event as "more than 60 minutes" of content, a duration consistently cited by the PlayStation Blog and every major outlet report on the day .
The State of Play successfully set the stage for a packed week of gaming news, positioning Sony's big exclusives — Wolverine in September and Laufey as a future tentpole — as the immediate conversation-starters before the broader Summer Game Fest and Xbox showcases that followed .
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