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State of Play returns

This Megathread is for discussions on the June State of Play for 2026. We'll be consolidating all other threads here.

Details:

State of Play returns Tuesday, June 2 with more than 60 minutes of updates, announcements, and gameplay reveals from top studios around the world.

Full information on the Playstation Official Blog:

https://blog.playstation.com/2026/05/20/state-of-play-returns-tuesday-june-2/

How to watch:

The broadcast will be streamed live on YouTube and Twitch, starting at 2pm PT / 5pm ET / 10pm GMT / 11pm CEST

English broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvh0xXmu0bs

Japanese broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvh0xXmu0bs

Hi everyone 👋

We were letting the conversation play out on a few core threads on this topic. Sony hasn't addressed the issue officially yet (as of the time of this post), but there is a lot of speculation.

To be clear, we are not supressing any information on this topic, we are PS fans as well. To counter the amount of random posts on the subject though, we'll look to aggregate conversations here and lock the other threads.

The latest informed position from the community appears to be this is a way for Sony to fix a workaround for refunded games to be still accessible:

https://www.techpowerup.com/348625/sonys-new-drm-appears-to-be-a-refund-scam-workaround

https://www.ign.com/articles/playstation-fans-think-theyve-figured-out-sonys-mysterious-new-drm

If true that would be another traditional case of the minority ruining things for the many. We won't know for sure until Sony let us know, this will be updated when that happens.

Huge thanks as always

Hi everyone 👋

This is the place for discussions on the Saros launch for PS5:

https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/games/saros/

https://housemarque.com/games/saros

Players control Arjun Devraj, a Soltari Enforcer searching for a lost expedition on the alien planet Carcosa during a chaotic eclipse, featuring intense, fast-paced shooting and a deeply personal story.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/saros

Current Metascore: 88 (from 98 reviews at publication)

Give us your thoughts below!