Sony now has extra films and TV exhibits in growth than PS5 video games

The first main PlayStation bulletins of the 12 months aren’t any new video games, however two films based mostly on Horizon Zero Dawn and Helldivers 2.

2024 was an awfully quiet 12 months for Sony when it got here to main new recreation releases and to this point 2025 doesn’t look that a lot better, with Ghost Of Yōtei the one new first social gathering PlayStation unique at the moment scheduled.

Games akin to Insomniac’s Wolverine and Naughty Dog’s Intergalatic: The Heretic Prophet have been introduced, however there’s at the moment no clue as to after they’ll be out.

In the meantime, Sony has determined to kick the 12 months off with a bunch of film and TV bulletins as an alternative, with a minimum of three tasks confirmed throughout its press convention at CES 2025.

First is a movie adaptation of Horizon Zero Dawn, which presumably sprung from the ashes of the cancelled TV present that was meant to air on Netflix. Frankly, a film at all times appeared just like the extra wise possibility, given the quantity of CGI that might be wanted.

PlayStation Productions’ Asad Qizilbash made no point out of the Netflix present whereas saying the film, solely saying the movie is within the early levels and, just like the Uncharted and Gran Turismo movie, shall be a co-production with Columbia Pictures.

Second is a Helldivers 2 film (although it’ll most likely simply be titled Helldivers), which appears ironic as a result of such a film technically already exists. It’s referred to as Starship Troopers and it launched in 1997. If they don’t forged that movie’s lead actor, who’s a self-purported fan of the sport, then what’s even the purpose?

Sony didn’t have updates on any of the opposite PlayStation film tasks it has within the pipeline, though it did announce a Ghost Of Tsushima anime sequence; one thing that was rumoured to be in growth again in 2023.

It’s set to launch in 2027 and, in contrast to the stay motion film, which is predicted to be a straight adaptation of Ghost Of Tsushima’s most important plot, the anime is as an alternative adapting the Ghost Of Tsushima: Legends multiplayer mode, which was extra fantastical and featured enemies impressed by Japanese mythology.

Sony confirmed off a new trailer for the second season of The Last Of Us at CES, which can start airing in April, and shared the primary actual story particulars for its Until Dawn film.

Said film is supposed to be out this April, however subsequent to nothing has been proven of it. Only now do we all know that it received’t be a straight adaptation of the unique recreation. Although Peter Stormare will nonetheless make an look as psychiatrist Dr Hill, who will function a ‘connective’ thread between the film and the sport.

You can watch Sony’s CES presentation in full on YouTube. The occasion has sometimes by no means been the place for brand spanking new recreation bulletins, so anybody anticipating Sony to announce a brand new God Of War or one thing was at all times going to be dissatisfied.

Nevertheless, in comparison with the 11 film and TV tasks listed above there are, not counting PC ports, at the moment solely 4 first social gathering Sony video games confirmed to be in growth: Ghost Of Yōtei, Wolverine, Intergalactic, and stay service title Fairgame$.

Others are rumoured, and Sony is planning to publish third social gathering titles akin to Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding 2, however by way of internally developed video games that’s all that’s at the moment confirmed.

This appears particularly unusual provided that most of the franchises being tailored haven’t had new entries introduced in a number of years and a few, like Days Gone and Gravity Rush, appear unlikely ever to get them.

With any luck, Sony may have extra tangible bulletins at a future State of Play presentation, though there’s at the moment no clue as to when that shall be.

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