Sony Tokyo Game Show 2015 conference live report
Gravity Rush 2, Bloodborne: The Old Hunters, the return of Nioh, the advent of PlayStation VR and more.
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And that's a wrap. The hotly tipped Last Guardian was a no-show, but we did get the announcements of Gravity Rush 2, a PS4 remaster of the first Gravity Rush, a Bloodborne expansion called The Old Hunters, the reappearance of Tecmo Koei's long since AWOL samurai game Nioh, changeable colour plates for the PS4 and Project Morpheus' new name - PlayStation VR. Oh, and a dodgy-looking new online Resident Evil. Please look forward to them, and relive the press conference as it happened below.
Our live coverage of this event has finished.
Good morning from balmy Tokyo, and what in the hell are you even doing up at this hour?
There's just over five hours 'til the conference kicks off, I've just put a wash on in the basement of our Shibuya apartment and I'm now thinking of heading out for a coffee or just eating a banana.
More as it happens.
Cimeas: What's Tokyo like this time of year
Grey, hot and sticky, like an old man who's just climbed several flights of stairs.
MrSec84: Tonnes of potential here! Maybe we'll see a Gravity Rush remake for PS4 or a sequel. New TLG footage. SCEJ are rumored to be making a FF style RPG. PD could show off GT for PS4. Level 5 could show their PS4 exclusive (rumored to be a new Dark Chronicle). Knack or Puppeteer teams could have new games to show. Asian 3rd party PS4 exclusives could be announced. Tonnes of possibilities!!!!!
Or we could just see a new God Eater game! I'm actually quite optimistic, though - more The Last Guardian seems locked in, and I think we'll get at least one other exciting announcement besides that.
More important updates: after visiting Akihabara yesterday I now have a Shy Guy plushie, assorted Mother 2 paraphernalia, and I'm currently mulling over whether £120 is a reasonable amount of money to part with for a Sexy Parodius PCB. I am 34. I have no shame.
OMG, THIS JUST IN! I'm about to go grab a coffee and take a quick walk around Yoyogi Park before this all kicks off. Catch you all in a few short hours!
arkhamtheknight: Someone needs to tell Eurogamer that the show starts at 7am in UK based on the countdown on the YouTube Stream.
According to our invite from Sony the event starts at 4pm JST, which is 8am in the UK. That's what time we're planning on being there!
It's happening! Well, it being Aoife and I sitting in Tokyo Midtown eating bento boxes while we wait for it all to start.
No-one dare eat the egg oblong.
To confirm, and to avoid any confusion over BST/GMT and all that jazz, it all kicks off in 30 minutes from now.
While you wait for it to kick off! We went to check out Akihabara and the arcades yesterday and put together a video podcast that'll help you while away 15 minutes or so.
MrSec84: @arkhamtheknight: hopefully, new announcements of cool stuff always make up for it. BTW @Martin Robinson is that one of those funky oblong omelets?
It is. I'm not touching it.
We are in! Although the Wi-Fi isn't playing nice with my laptop so I'm on my phone, which means I can't see your comments. Sorry!
Of interest! Hidetaka Miyazaki is a few rows ahead of us in the auditorium.
Tokyo Midtown, where the conference is taking place, is also home to Konami HQ. I just took a slash before the conference and I swear I saw Seabass clearing out one of the stalls.
They're pumping out the PS4 menu music, which is super soothing. Enough, combined with my crippling jetlag, to send me to sleep.
IMPORTANT UPDATE! My laptop is now playing nice, you'll all be delighted to hear, so I can now go through all your comments. Which is usually way more entertaining than watching the conference itself, so I'm super relieved.
Lights dim, music starts pumping, let's do this.
Metal Gear! Catweagle! FF15! All the big names! (Oh, and that Gust RPG I can't quite recall the name of).
And a glimpse at Persona 5 - release date please!
Atsushi Morita takes the stage. Last year's conference was his first day on the job.
Sony, somewhat annoyingly, had its conference the past couple of years before TGS itself. But now we're closer to the show, which starts on Thursday.
Let's start big, why don't we? New Vita colours are launching soon in Japan.
Malek86: Nooo, can we turn off the translating voice?
I don't know about you, but I'm finding it quite useful....
We're getting PS4 info, and Vita info. The Vita lives!
I've seen a couple of Vitas out in the wild the past few days, which has been a pleasant surprise. And there have been less 3DS units, if my Street Pass is to be believed.
Shu!
A focus on SCEJ titles. And we're kicking off with Bloodborne.
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!
*ahem* excuse me. Aoife just punched me in excitement when we reliased we're about to see the new DLC for Bloodborne.
Will we finally be able to open that locked door?
Looks like new locations, new enemy types and some cool new mechanics. Fingers crossed this'll be playable on the show floor later this week.
I'm so excited for this my leg's shaking a little bit.
The Old Hunters, it's called.
A full-scale download content. And it's out at the end of November.
24th November, which I hope is the same outside of Japan.
December 3rd there'll be a new pack that contains Bloodborne and the new expansion.
Everybody's Golf next. If you've played the Vita version, you know this is worth taking an interest in.
It looks almost like PlayStation Home has found its way to PS4.
But, y'know, with more golf. That, and lots of standing around waterfalls dancing.
2016 launch for the new Everybody's Golf. Again, not sure how that'll translate for outside of Japan.
Uncharted 4 next, which now has a Japanese release date. No new trailer.
But who cares when we go straight into Gravity Rush on PS4.
It looks like a port rather than a sequel.
A Gravity Rush sequel was announced, quite quietly, at TGS a couple of years back. Is this paving the way for that coming to PS4?
The port is out very soon - 12th October in Japan - and the series is continuing in 2016, we can presume, on the PS4.
Ah, and this is it.
Cripes.
It's not polite - or particularly graceful - to holler at conferences, but god loard it's hard to stop myself yelping a bit at this.
As you'd expect for a PS4 sequel, Gravity Rush 2 (or Gravity Daze, as it's called over here) is rather handsome.
There are more tie-in projects for Gravity Daze , including anime and a Figma model of Kat that's launching soon.
Nothing, in that small SCEJ section on The Last Guardian. Not just yet, anyway.
A release date mic-drop for The Last Guardian would be a good way to end the show.
Anyway, onwards! Ubisoft's here, showing us what looks like For Honour.
Or For Honor or whatever I don't even care.
MrTomFTW: In terms of games 2015 really is Microsoft's isn't it? A shame, I'm really looking for an excuse to buy a PS4.
Yeah, for sure. Microsoft has its own event in a couple of weeks here, too. And there's going to be some eye-catching exclusives there.
So many miles from home, yet I feel like I'm back in Laaaaandan town. A new trailer for Assassin's Creed Unity.
Er, I meant Syndicate, obviously.
Ubi out.
Again, I break all decorum by squeeing a bit when Sega's Nagoshi takes the stage.
We're only just about to get Yakuza 5 in the west, so whatever's being announced here is a long way from our shores, if it ever makes it across at all.
Kiryu just slapped a child in the trailer for Yakuza Kiwami. You wouldn't get *that* at E3.
This is a remake of the first Yakuza, and it's coming to both PS3 and PS4 in January.
In Japan, that is.
And as it's the 10th anniversary, why not announce Yakuza 6? There'll be more details at TGS, and it's a PS4 exclusive, coming out the end of next year.
Malek86: So it's like, the second remaster of the game?
This one's more a remake than a remaster. But, yeah.
We'll try to make our way to Sega's booth to get you more on Yakuza 6 when the show starts proper on Thursday.
Aaaaaand now, The King of Fighters 14.
Assassin's update: we're pretty sure what we just saw was the announcement of a Jack the Ripper-themed DLC for Assassin's Creed: Syndicate. Included in the Season Pass.
Oh, that was brief. It's straight onto Just Cause 3. No room to breathe.
It's got explosions in it.
Phantasy Star Online 2, which will *never* come out on PS4 in the west. Oh it hurts to type that.
Some game with ewoks in it I dunno. Anyway, that's that montage wrapped up, Bandai Namco's going to dim the lights and give us a little loving.
In all the excitement, I completely missed that Ubisoft is doing Jack the Ripper DLC for Assassin's Creed: Syndicate. Saucy Jack! I can't quite believe they're going there.
Anyway, onto One Piece Burning Blood, which is for PS4 and Vita, if that's your sort of thing.
Sheetbike: What's going on with this dude's collar?
I've been starting at it for the last 30 seconds, and I've counted about 27 different things going on with it right now.
Mr. Bandai Namco either looks like he wants to rush off the stage to curl one out, or he's suffering from a big one last night. Or both. Who knows!
JensWeissflog: That man had the worst-fitting suit I've seen in a while.
I think it's two different suits, from what I can tell.
It's okay, Mr. Bandai Namco it's all over now. Go do what you need to do.
Koei Tecmo o'clock, with a whole world of reveals for you.
Koei Tecmo's suit game is much more on point than Bandai Namco's, that's for sure.
Toukiden 2 is up first. Which will make some people happy. And others non-plussed. It's an open world action game, coming to PS3, PS4 and Vita.
This has more graphics than I've seen in a Koei Tecmo game before. You want insight, we've got it here at Eurogamer. I should totally be in charge of the next Digital Foundry face-off.
Ni-Oh, which is what we're being introduced to, is a PS4 exclusive. Which is probably why is has all the graphics.
It was announced way back in 2004, and is based on a script by Akira Kurosawa, who I'm told was quite good at making movie-films.
I'd rather play the game of Ikiru, but each to their own.
And here's Square Enix!
It's Final Fantasy in chibi mode, or World of Final Fantasy as it's also known.
I'm silly enough to be excited for this. PS4 and Vita, coming in 2016 - nothing we didn't know from before.
Star Ocean is teed up.
Star Ocean 4 just freaked me out too much with its weird mannequin-like figures. Star Ocean 5 has a release date - February next year.
The latest in the SaGa series, which was announced last year for Vita.
Whatascoop: Hope it gets translated to honesty and atheism.
10/10 would play.
Kingdom Hearts - it could be 2.9, which leaked recently.
SaGa Scarlet Grace - so we have a title at last, and it's coming to Vita soon.
Sorry, make that 2.8.
I really want to meet the person who comes up with game names at Square Enix. I'm not sure, though, if I want to slap them or pat them on the back.
It's three games in one.
Nothing on FF15 or Final Fantasy 7 remake at the conference today.
An update on 15 is expected during TGS itself at some point, but don't expect anything major.
MrTomFTW: 2.8? Reads more like a 2.9.
Bravo.
Our first look, now at what the Tokyo RPG factory is up to for Square. I'm told they're making SNES-like experiences, and they seem to be on Vita only for now.
13 Sentinel quickly flashes up, and now we have Capcom for what we think will be a new game reveal.
The series' producer is up on stage, telling us how the Biohazard/Resident Evil series is coming up to its 20th anniversary.
He's just announced a logo to celebrate the 20th anniversary.
Oh come on just announce 7. (It's not going to happen).
Instead, we get what looks like a sequel to Racoon City.
A shooting-focussed game with, I believe, a multiplayer focus.
And a weapon called a Zombie Bell, so it's always got that.
Well, this doesn't quite look like what everyone wanted from the Resident Evil series in 2016.
And now it's Spike Chunsoft, showing off its collaboration with tri-Ace, Exist Archive.
The Danganronpa sequel that's been teased is about to be revealed.
Danganronpa V3 is coming to PS4 and Vita, and that's Spike Chunsoft wrapping.
Dragon Quest section. More games we'll never get to play, even if we ask Square Enix really, really nicely.
Maybe if we ask them a little less nicely we'll get results? Dragon Quest Heroes 2 is in development, which we knew.
Another Dragon Quest announcement inbound.
Though I'd be happy for them to just double down and hurry up with 11.
Ah, it's just Dragon Quest Builders, the curious Minecraft-like entry in the series.
This genre, we're told is block-making RPG. Or some just call it Minecraft.
Another surprise - it's coming out the end of January in Japan.
Whatascoop: Surprise! it's not coming to the West
My jaw just dropped.
Indie-me-do o' clock time.
Mighty Number 9, Olli Olli 2, Octodad, Galak-Z (which is *amazing*) and Ultra Time Force, among others.
Which, if you're a discerning player with taste, you've probably got on your hard drive already.
From indie to Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, which feels like quite the leap.
We're getting a trailer tailored for the Japanese audience, which could be something of a treat.
Oh, it looks kind of like the trailers we've seen before but with added Mark Lamia politeness.
'Look at the crunch in his eyes', John Bedford says. You almost see it beyond the glassy stare.
Drop the bomb, Sony - changeable colour plates for the PS4.
Nine colours. NINE of them. Only available from Sony stores, and coming out in November for 2500 yen - which is about £15.
Starting from tomorrow in Japan the beta's live.
Come on Morita-san, more excited. MORE EXCITED. I'm not going to be satisfied 'til you rip your shirt off and scream out every new announcement.
Morpheus now - we're expecting more demos of new titles later this week (and of course we'll update you as and when we get to see them!)
Mostly, though, I'm just looking forward to Hatsune Miku VR edition.
Oh, and Morpheus is now called PlayStation VR.
Sony's going big on PlayStation VR, and there's going to be a whole world of demos at TGS and across Japan this week.
Including that weird pervy game from Harada's Tekken team.
A PS4 price-drop as well, to 34,980 yen. Which is about £190.
(Bear in mind, though, that the exchange rate is currently in our favour).
We're wrapping now, without too much on The Last Guardian.
Which makes me a little sad, and a lot of you as well.
Oh well, here's a mental TV ad for PS4 in Japan to make it all better.
Who cares about a release date for The Last Guardian when you can see a man on a skateboard with fire coming out of his bottom?
And that's a wrap - Gravity Daze 2 and Morpheus re-branding are the headlines.
Resident Evil's first-person shooter spin-off something of a lowlight, and a whole world of games that may never make it out of Japan.
Thank you for joining us - we'll be bringing you plenty more from the show as it happens through the week.