Sony’s E3 2018 PlayStation conference was full of fan favorites. It opened with an earnest scene from The Last of Us 2 before transitioning into some brutal gameplay. Death Stranding showed off an extended gameplay sequence, introducing new characters and spawning even more questions. But it wasn’t all new games. Capcom also came out of nowhere and surprised everyone with a Resident Evil 2 remake. For more on Sony’s E3 2018 announcements, check our storystream. Contrasting with the intense violence in the later stages of the gameplay demo, the slightly more intimate moments balanced out this reveal. A story reveal trailer follows Bungie’s announcement of its next expansion. Prince Sov returns and it doesn’t look like Cayde-6 is getting up any time soon. This. looks. beautiful. Remedy’s new game makes an appearance. Not much information yet, but it seems like a fascinating puzzle game. Time to go back to Raccoon City! From Rick and Morty’s co-creator, this is the newest game from Justin Roiland. Sony debuts a Pirates of the Caribbean world in this Kingdom Hearts 3 reveal. A fantastic 4K trailer and look at Death Stranding gameplay. Electro makes his debut in the latest Spider-Man show floor demo.<doc-sep>Sony’s annual PlayStation E3 press conference has come and gone, and with it a number of new looks at highly anticipated upcoming games and a few cool announcements. Unlike Microsoft’s Xbox conference, which ran through new game announcements and trailers like rapid fire, Sony slowed things down. The publisher primarily focused on five big titles: Spider-Man, Death Stranding, Kingdom Hearts 3, Ghost of Tsushima and The Last of Us Part 2. Fans were treated to new trailers for each title, and further teased over how the games will play with new gameplay footage. There were a couple of interesting surprise announcements, too, including Nioh 2. Here are the best announcements and trailers from Sony’s PlayStation conference. The Last of Us Part 2 trailer gives Ellie some love Sony kicked off its PlayStation conference with an in-depth look at The Last of Us Part 2, which gave us our first look at Ellie dancing with her crush. It’s an incredibly sweet, powerful moment — a celebration of lesbian representation in a AAA game like The Last of Us Part 2. It’s also a stark contrast to an earlier Last of Us Part 2 trailer that premiered at Paris Games Week last year, which focused on the brutal, unexplained and abrupt torture of a different female character. The scene offers a longer look at Ellie as The Last of Us Part 2’s main character. Yes, it gets gruesome. It’s a Last of Us game, after all. But that tender moment that helped set the tone for Ellie’s character development is what we’re truly celebrating. We finally see Death Stranding gameplay, plus new characters Norman Reedus, that strange baby and a brand new character came to E3 in a new look at Death Stranding. It’s unclear who this new character is, but she has a strong connection to Norman Reedus’ character, whose name is Sam Bridges. She’s played by Lea Seydoux, who we see for the first time in the trailer. Lindsay Wagner is also confirmed to star in the game alongside Reedus and Seydoux, as well as Guillermo del Toro and Mads Mikkelson. The trailer focused heavily on Bridges, who appears to be harvesting a baby in some kind of yellow liquid. We saw Bridges walk through gloomy, rainy terrain as demonic shadow creatures hanging from wires fell from the sky. A lot of it looked like live gameplay for the very first time. Death Stranding is legendary designer Hideo Kojima’s new game that’s about ... well, we still don’t really know. The new trailer gave us a brief look at some of the environments players will get to explore, including mountaintops and wastelands. But that’s about it. We still don’t know what Death Stranding really is or when it’s coming, but it’s certainly shaping up to look like a game. Rhino, Vulture, Mr. Negative and more villains come to Marvel’s Spider-Man We got a brand new look at Insomniac’s upcoming Marvel’s Spider-Man, which will launch as a PlayStation exclusive on Sept. 7. The trailer takes place during a riot at Marvel Comics’ supermax prison, the Raft. The riot was caused by a villain known a Electro, who has let all the baddies out of their cells, and poor Spider-Man is called in to calm everything down. Also featured are villains like Scorpion, Mr. Negative, Vulture and Rhino, who Spider-Man will have to take on during the riot. Spider-Man can be seen swinging in the trailer above as he tracks down the very villains he helped put away. There’s a little bit of dialogue that can be heard, and Spider-Man fans will be happy to know that Peter Parker sounds just as goofy as ever. Ghost of Tsushima gameplay Ghost of Tsushima is an upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive that stars the last samurai on the Japanese island of Tsushima, who must take down enemies from a Mongol invasion. The gameplay trailer gave us a better look at combat and the characters players will encounter throughout the game. It also helped hammer in just how stunning Ghost of Tsushima looks, even when the world is burning down. Ghost of Tsushima is due in 2019. Nioh 2 announced Nioh 2 is officially in the works, Team Ninja and Sony announced tonight. We got a brief teaser for the game — and we do mean very brief — but at least it’s something. Nioh 2 will be a direct sequel to 2017’s Nioh, an action RPG that pits players against hordes of monsters. Remedy’s new game is called Control Remedy, the developer behind Quantum Break and Alan Wake, is working on a new game called Control. It’s a Remedy game, which means the brief tease of the game we saw looks promising, but there are so few details that it’s hard to know what to really make of Control yet. We know that it will star a female protagonist who shoots her enemies with a shape-shifting gun, but that’s about it. Special-edition PlayStation 4 will include every Kingdom Hearts game Sony brought a new Kingdom Hearts 3 trailer to its press conference tonight, but the biggest news was about a bundle. Here’s what you can expect from that console:<doc-sep>Sony has just premiered its first pre-E3 game announcement video with one clear message: Tetris is back, and bigger than ever. Tetris Effect is coming to PS4 and PSVR this fall and it's being designed by Tetsuya Mizuguchi, known for award-winning games like Rez Infinite and Lumines. Tetris Effect is a new take on the classic game. The core of the game remains true; players arrange blocks to form lines and solve puzzles, but the action has been dialed up more than a few notches. Get a look at Tetris Effect in the video above. Tetris Effect is designed to be totally immersive. Music, backgrounds, sounds, and special effects all shimmer, pulse, and even explode, surrounding the player with three-dimensional worlds that react to your gameplay decisions. There are more than 30 stages to play, and the game offers multiple display options, with support for 4K resolution on a PS4 Pro and VR capabilities with the PSVR. There's a variety of new game modes, too. A new "Zone" mechanic allows you to stop time and blocks from falling, allowing you to get the upper hand in getting out of a sticky situation that could end in game over (or simply giving you the chance to score even more line clears). Sony is promising there will be other new additions to the game too, but loyal Tetris fans will see fan favorites such as Marathon, Sprint, and Ultra modes returning. There will also be a player grading and levelling system, as well as various difficulties to to add to replayability. Of course, given Tetsuya Mizuguchi's involvement, music and sound play a key role in creating the atmosphere of the game. We're sure to see more details on Tetris Effect revealed coming up, so follow GameSpot's E3 2018 coverage for the latest news and updates.<doc-sep>
Update 3: Another day, another Sony reveal. This time it's for a narrative-driven PS4 title called Twin Mirror. It's in development at Dontnod, the same studio responsible for Life is Strange and Vampyr. It's due out sometime in 2019. Update 2: The next Sony announcement has come, and this time around it's a Days Gone release date. Following a previously announced delay, the open-world zombie game will launch for PS4 on February 22, 2019. Update: The first of Sony's reveals has happened, and it's for an unexpected new Tetris game from the creator of Rez and Lumines. It's called Tetris Effect and is headed to PS4 with optional PSVR support. Stay tuned for more details on the upcoming announcements. The original story follows. E3 2018 starts in a little under a week, and ahead of the massive showcase, Sony has released an announcement schedule on the PlayStation Blog leading up to its press conference on Monday, June 11. Starting Wednesday, June 6, Sony plans to announce three new games, a release date for an upcoming game (more than likely a PlayStation 4 exclusive), and details of "An Eagerly Anticipated Game [Coming] to PS VR," each being offered once a day for the next five days, effectively concluding on Sunday, June 10. From Wednesday to Sunday, each announcement will be held at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET (4 PM BST), as we join Sony for its countdown to E3 2018. It's difficult to say what those three new games could be, as a few of Sony's studios are already working on named projects: Bend Studio is working on Days Gone, Japan Studio is supposedly working on Astro Bot: Rescue Mission, London Studio is working on Blood & Truth, Media Molecule is working on Dreams, Naughty Dog is working on The Last of Us Part II, and Sucker Punch is working on Ghost of Tsushima. However, in the past four or so years, Sony has opened four new studios: PixelOpus, established in 2014; Manchester Studio, established in 2015; ForwardWorks, established in 2016; and San Mateo Studio, also established in 2016. PixelOpus is currently working on Concrete Genie, which is slated for a 2018 release, but there's no official confirmation of what the other studios are working on, so Sony could have these three studios announce their projects. Sony's E3 2018 press conference is Monday, June 11 at 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET (2 AM BST / 11 AM on June 12). Be sure to check our E3 2018 page for coverage of all the latest games, including interviews, previews, trailers, and more.