Sony State of Play September 2025 Live: Final Countdown to PS5 Bombshells, Leaks, and Surprise Reveals
PS5’s next State of Play is primed to deliver fresh looks at anticipated third-party and indie games, plus updates from PlayStation Studios teams.
Sony is back with a State of Play today, and yes, it is one of those quick-hit streams: 35 minutes, all PS5, and aimed at 2025-and-beyond. It lands right in the middle of Tokyo Game Show week, so expect that extra bit of spotlight. If you want the short version: we know one big first-party game is showing up, and basically everything else is a mystery.
What is actually confirmed?
Housemarque is bringing Saros for its first gameplay reveal. If the Returnal devs saying 'new action game' made your eyebrows go up, same here. Expect gorgeous visuals, cruel difficulty, and about five minutes of PS5-captured gameplay. It has been four years since Returnal — still one of the standouts on PS5 — so Saros feels like the studio’s next big swing, seemingly targeting 2026.
'new looks at anticipated third-party and indie titles, plus updates from some of our teams at PlayStation Studios'
That is the official line beyond Saros. Translation: outside of that, we are guessing.
Start time and how to watch
The stream is today, September 24, and it is being broadcast in English with Japanese subtitles — very TGS-friendly. You can watch it on PlayStation’s YouTube and Twitch channels. Times: 2PM PT, 5PM ET, 10PM BST, 11PM CEST, and 6AM JST on September 25.
The rumor mill (shockingly quiet)
I’ve covered a lot of these, and the September 2025 edition is weirdly leak-light. Inside baseball: that almost never happens. One minute people are saying it would be a total shock if anything like Resident Evil Requiem or Nioh 3 showed up; the next minute the Nioh chatter is heating up. Welcome to pre-show season.
- Nioh 3 release date gets announced for February 6, 2026 (Likely)
- Marathon skips this State of Play entirely (Likely)
- Resident Evil 9 shows an older, playable Leon S. Kennedy (Maybe)
- God of War spin-off gets announced (Unlikely)
- Marvel’s Wolverine finally gets a release date (Unlikely)
Temper your expectations (especially for GTA 6)
About those GTA 6 State of Play rumors: don’t bet on it. Rockstar runs on its own clock, and it is not this one. Frankly, you have a better shot at seeing Uncharted suddenly pivot to Xbox than fresh GTA 6 gameplay in this stream.
Where we are right now
As I write this, we are roughly five hours out. Sony is keeping things close to the vest, which either means surprise third-party bangers or a very focused showcase built around Saros and a handful of updates. I’ll be following along live and calling out the big hits (and the misses). If that leaked Nioh 3 date sticks, now we’re talking. If not, well, at least Housemarque is about to make our controllers sweat again.