John Wick, James Bond and Kratos Walk into a PlayStation
Check out the top announcements from Sony’s State of Play and the winners from the D.I.C.E. Awards
Sony held a State of Play last week that featured some big game announcements. We’ve compiled the biggest ones below. Also, the D.I.C.E. awards took place last week, and a familiar title took home the top prize. Check out all the winners and the latest news from the past week. Let’s go!
Sony’s State of Play
Sony held a State of Play, showing off a bunch of new games and providing updates on others that were previously announced for the PlayStation. You can check out everything shown, but here are the biggest announcements:
John Wick
A new John Wick game is in development, with Keanu Reeves voicing the title character. There is no official release date or title for the game yet.
Kena: Scars of Kosmora
Kena returns with her spirit companions in a new adventure. Kena: Scars of Kosmora plans to launch in 2026, but no date is given yet.
Silent Hill: Townfall
The Silent Hill horror franchise returns with a completely new game. No release date, but it is planned for 2026.
God of War Trilogy Remake
Sony announced that the original Greek trilogy of the God of War games is being remade for current-generation consoles. No timeline for the game release was announced.
Other major announcements include Death Stranding 2: On the Beach will release for PC on March 19, Dead or Alive 6 Last Round is coming June 25 and Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Volume 2 will arrive Aug. 27.
D.I.C.E. Award Winners
Ghost of Yōtei took home four awards and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won five including Game of the Year at the 29th annual D.I.C.E. Awards.
The awards are voted on by the 30,000 members of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences from around the world. Here are the 2026 winners:
- Outstanding Achievement in Animation – South of Midnight
- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Outstanding Achievement in Character – Ghost of Yōtei – Atsu
- Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition – Ghost of Yōtei
- Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design – Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Outstanding Achievement in Story – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Outstanding Technical Achievement – Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Action Game of the Year – Hades II
- Adventure Game of the Year – Ghost of Yōtei
- Family Game of the Year – LEGO® Party!
- Fighting Game of the Year – Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
- Racing Game of the Year – Mario Kart World
- Role-Playing Game of the Year – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Sports Game of the Year – Rematch
- Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year – The Alters
- Online Game of the Year – Arc Raiders
- Immersive Reality Technical Achievement – Hotel Infinity
- Immersive Reality Game of the Year – Ghost Town
- Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game – Blue Prince
- Mobile Game of the Year – Persona5: The Phantom X
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Design – Blue Prince
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Game of the Year – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
A tough time to launch an online multiplayer game
A few weeks ago we reported that the new online multiplayer game Highguard was off to a rough start. Despite the fact the game found relative success after its bumpy start, its developer Wildlight Entertainment made huge cuts to its employee base, with “most” of the team behind the game being laid off.
Wildlight wasn’t the only studio to release an online multiplayer game then cut staff. Less than a month ago, Riot Games released a free-to-play 2v2 fighting game called 2XKO. Saying “overall momentum hasn’t reached the level needed to support a team of this size long term,” Riot laid off roughly 80 employees from the team.
We wish those affected by the layoffs success in finding new jobs in the near future.
Side Quests (more stories worth reading)
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🃏 Magic: The Gathering’s revenue rose 59% in 2025, proving it is Hasbro’s “primary growth engine.”
⚠️ All models of the Steam Deck are currently sold out in the U.S., and all signs point to the ongoing RAM crisis.
👏🏻 Overwatch responded to fan backlash over the design of one of its new characters, vowing to change their appearance.
😈 After 25 years, Diablo 2 is getting an update adding a new Warlock class. Diablo 4 will also get the new class.
🦖 Two years after it went on sale, Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection will be delisted next month.
🏀 WWE 2K Battlegrounds and NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 will also delist this month, but will still be playable offline.
🇫🇷 The French government awarded knighthoods to the developers of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
♟️ Watch it Played’s Rodney Smith cut ties with Game Night Picks, accusing the owner of unethical advertising practices towards publishers.
🧌 A “large-scale” Monster Hunter Wilds expansion was confirmed by Capcom for this summer.
🖥️ Steam is adding a feature to add hardware specs to Steam reviews.
🎥 A Helldivers movie is in the works directed by Justin Lin and starring Jason Momoa.
😢 Hideki Sato, the designer of all Sega’s consoles, has died at 77.
🇳🇴 You can get Grand Theft Auto 6 for free if you give birth to a baby on the game's release date in Norway.
📈 Round numbers: Arc Raiders sold 14 million copies, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II surpasses 5 million sold and Mewgenics sold 500,000 copies in its first 36 hours.
New Releases this week:
Check out our article on 10 New Games to Play in February.
2/17: NORSE: Oath of Blood (PC)
2/18: Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown (PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and PC)
2/19: Styx: Blades of Greed (PlayStation, Xbox and PC)
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