Sony has detailed a few of its plans to rejoice the thirtieth anniversary of the PlayStation later this yr.
Beginning in October and working till January, the corporate plans to launch digital soundtracks on Spotify for the primary time.
The soundtracks for God of Struggle, God of Struggle II, God of Struggle: Ghost of Sparta, Twisted Metallic, Starhawk and Unit 13 will probably be made accessible on the streaming service, and might be purchased on quite a few digital music storefronts.
Sony will even launch a brand new sequence of bodily merchandise known as Shapes of Play, which it says has been “crafted by the workforce behind the design of PlayStation consoles, providing you with alternatives to create enjoyable moments with our iconic shapes”.
These embrace Shapes of Play: Battle, a board sport “the place you’ll be able to problem a pal to line up 4 totally different shapes of the identical colour on the board to win”.
This will probably be joined by Shapes of Play: Create (a set of magnetic blocks which might be constructed into numerous shapes) and Shapes of Play: Recharge (which look like stress balls of some form).
Sony additionally plans to launch My First Gran Turismo, a free trial sport geared toward getting gamers into Gran Turismo for the primary time.
Designed to attraction to gamers of all talent ranges, the trial – which will probably be launched on PS4 and PS5 this vacation, “will embrace a number of the favourite automobiles, tracks, and race occasions that evoke the nostalgia and pleasure of the very first GT expertise”.
Different plans embrace a free on-line multiplayer weekend on September 21-22, and a sequence of PS5 esports tournaments on that weekend on such video games as NBA 2K24, NBA 2K25, Madden NFL 24, MLB The Present 24, EA UFC 5, Tekken 8, and Responsible Gear Attempt.
