This year’s Summer Game Fest featured a number of new game faces. Between the familiar friends and the new releases on display, there’s an exciting amount of new titles coming to PlayStation. Whether you’re looking for an indie fix, or a fresh twist on an old icon of the industry, here are some of the games we got to keep an eye on. increase.
viewfinder
Seeing is believing and it may be the gateway to many more avenues. In the viewfinder, you find yourself in a magical world where only the photos you find and take along the way guide you. But these images have the property that they can be placed anywhere and passed through. You are tasked with using images to solve various puzzles in a way only your mind can limit.
Take an image of the hallway and place it on the roof and items will drop on you. Alternatively, you can place an image of the building on its side to bridge the deadly pit. He also has so many styles of art, from simple children’s crayon drawings to classic pixel art, that there is plenty of eye candy to indulge in. Hold your camera on July 18, 2023.
Haunty
If you like unique visuals, add Hauntii to your wishlist. Play as Hauntii, the adorable ghost, and travel through beautiful eternal worlds in a simple style. This twin-stick shooter takes the genre in a more relaxed direction, letting you explore the modern world freely. As you explore, you’ll learn to own a variety of items and creatures, solve puzzles, battle enemies, and collect keys to unlock Hauntii’s past. Journey to the eternal world and beyond when Hauntii releases in 2024.
thirsty suitors
Thirsty Suitor takes three genres and combines them with engaging writing, fashionable visuals and a highly relatable story. Play as Jara and deal with family issues, super-powered ex-lovers, and office issues in the video game way possible. Earn skateboard trick points, fight enemies in his turn-based JRPG style, and complete cooking game challenges. The genres meld seamlessly, with every aspect of the game contributing to capturing a fully realized life, not just the experience point system.
cocoon
Venture into a world of techno-organic spectacle. Cocoon is a multi-sensory game that draws you into an unspoken yet powerful legend. Take part in a puzzle game where the ability to jump between worlds is all key. Tasks require you to use power orbs to activate systems in alien biomes to teleport to and from different maps on the fly. Along the way, these orbs will unlock further powers for you, allowing you to battle the many larger-than-life alien bosses you encounter along the way. Later this year, Cocoon will take you to another world.
Saltsea Chronicles
After the flood of the world, its inhabitants adapted and became adventurers sailing the seas. In this visual novel adventure title, you take the helm of Captain Maja and his crew. Saltsea Chronicles takes you into a world stylistically inspired by children’s fairy tales, but written for the enjoyment of any adult looking for a deep story. Various paths and potential crew members are introduced during a drama-filled adventure across the Seven Seas. Whether or not you interact with them is up to you. However, Saltsea lets you rewind to previously unexplored possibilities, so you don’t have to ignore them completely and experience all of this relaxing yet mysterious and thought-provoking title.
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Prince of Persia: Lost Crown is a fresh interpretation of Ubisoft’s most classic title. Movement, combat, and exploration work together in this title. Sargon, the title’s new protagonist, will make use of them all while exploring Mount Kahu to save Prince Ghassan. Sargon has the ability to dash on the ground and in the air, use various sword techniques to perform combos, and control time to move himself while attacking and moving to repeat the move again. All of these techniques combine to make The Lost Crown an experience where you try your hand at it, reacting to enemy patterns, and defending yourself against environmental traps. Discover the secrets of Persia on January 18, 2024.
sonic superstars
Speaking of fresh interpretations of classic titles, Sonic Superstars returns a blue blur to the 2D platform world. But this time he’s not alone, and neither are you. Not only can you play as Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy, each with their own unique special abilities, but for the first time in the series, you can play co-op with all of them at the same time. Series first appearances are also Chaos His Emerald’s new mechanics, such as the ability to turn characters into water and allow them to cross waterfalls, and the ability to summon an army of clones to defeat all on-screen enemies. Gives the character additional powers. . Did we mention that only new zones will be added to this classic title? Sonic is coming to PlayStation with Sonic Superstars in late 2023.
foam stars
Square Enix’s new IP, Foamstars, answers the question, “To foam or not to foam?” The game takes the Hero She Shooter genre in a different direction by making the weapon of choice for each character a huge amount of bubbles. But what really sets it apart is the strategy this bubble presents. The more areas of the map you cover in bubbly chaos, the faster you can move by running, finishing off surf-downed enemies, or sneaking down like a shark. You can also stack bubbles to create huge towers and fortresses to rearrange the land and take a more defensive position. Along with multiple characters with varying move lists, Foamstars becomes a sandbox for competitive team shooting his experience, offering players plenty of playstyles and more fun than just blowing bubbles. Foamstars is coming to his PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.
