Sony has introduced its subsequent State of Play showcase, spotlighting upcoming PlayStation 5 games. Nonetheless, this one will likely be a little bit bit totally different when it premieres tomorrow, as it’ll particularly spotlight video games from Japanese builders, and thus will solely be streamed in Japanese with English subtitles.
The State of Play Japan stream will happen tomorrow, November 11, at 2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET / 11 p.m. CEST, and will likely be hosted by Japanese voice actor Yuki Kaji, recognized for his roles within the Ys and Closing Fantasy collection abroad. In line with a publish on the PlayStation Blog, the 40-minute present will concentrate on video games from builders in Japan, in addition to Asian studios extra broadly, and can have an expansion of each “beloved series” and impartial tasks. Generally, when firms placed on streams like a State of Play or a Nintendo Direct, Japan will get a unique model than the one we see in English-speaking territories, nevertheless it feels like this present would be the similar throughout Japanese and English streams. The present will likely be featured on PlayStation’s YouTube channel.
The weblog doesn’t get into any specifics about what video games will likely be proven, however Kaji internet hosting does make me surprise if we’d hear extra in regards to the subsequent Ys recreation. Ys X: Proud Nordics, an enhanced port of the unique Ys X, was launched earlier this yr on Swap 2, so maybe it would come to the PS5 when it launches in English subsequent yr. Or possibly a brand new Ys might be on its method? However that’s simply me speculating.
Sadly, based mostly on the present’s premise, we’d not hear a lot from PlayStation’s inner studios as a result of most of its first-party dev groups are based mostly exterior of Japan today ever since Sony shuttered Japan Studio. Staff Asobi operates out of Tokyo, however provided that it simply launched Astro Bot final yr, it’s most likely too early for that workforce to ship something.
