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As of this writing, Sony’s only confirmed game at the show is Wolverine, which will kick off the showcase. Insomniac’s latest superhero game is coming to PS5 on September 15, so this will probably be the beginning of a big marketing push as the game nears launch.

Sony isn’t going to be the only company talking about its games at the State of Play. The company has a marketing agreement with Rockstar for Grand Theft Auto 6, and while that game doesn’t need anyone’s platform to make a big marketing splash, if it were going to show up anywhere in these summer showcases, it would likely be here. But don’t get your hopes up too high. No need to spam angry comments if the open-world crime drama doesn’t show up, as it sounds like it’s still on schedule to launch later this year. Last year’s summer State of Play included a ton of games big and small, from Cairn

According to the official Twitter account, the rising PlayStation Plus prices are simply down to “ongoing market conditions” in the world of video games. When the prices of hardware in its consoles, handhelds, and peripherals it was easy enough to connect the dots and realise that Sony was suffering from the rising prices of components, just like Xbox and Nintendo — two other platform holders who have increased their prices in recent months. Vital things like RAM, SSDs, and more are being bought up in bulk by corporations, leaving consumer-grade products to suffer. Instead of tanking these cos