Here’s everything revealed as part of Sony’s PlayStation Indie Spotlight • Eurogamer.net

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Sony has had a nice twist on the PlayStation Blog, leading to seven announcements and revealing that it may leave PS4 and PS5 owners a bit off. And if you missed it, you’ll find it all bundled into one convenient summary below.

Adam Robinson’s much-loved open-world exploration game A Short Hike, in which a baby bird embarks on a short but totally exhilarating mountain climbing adventure, is coming to PlayStation consoles sometime this fall. We loved this so much when it was released for PC in 2019 – Christian Donlan called it “dreamy brilliance” in his essential review – so it’s definitely something to watch out for.

Short Journey – Playstation ad announcement.

Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals, the sequel to the delicious and frightening 2016 narrative adventure by developer Night School Studio, has been confirmed for PlayStation devices. It’s set to feature an “entirely new” cast of characters — players control Riley Boverley as she investigates strange electromagnetic signals in her hometown of Kamina — while retaining, as the Knight School puts it, “the quirky, honest, and personal experience of original.” Previous word suggested the launch of Oxenfree 2 later this year.

Oxenfree II: Lost Signals – PS4, PS5 Trailer Announced.

Axiom Verge 2, the sequel to famed Metroid-a-like developer Thomas Happ, is coming to PlayStation 4 and PS5 — which we already know. However, what we didn’t know is that the game will not only have one explorable world, but two worlds. As Hap explains, there is the underworld and the second hack world interconnected in an alternate dimension. Players will be able to move between the two layers throughout their adventure, greatly expanding the opportunities for non-linear exploration in Axiom Verge 2.

Axiom Verge 2 – Introducing rags gameplay.

Here’s another good game finally making its way to PlayStation later this year: the acclaimed reverse horror experience from Phobia Game Studio Carrion. Here, players are portrayed as an “amorphous creature of unknown origin” and are released through the mysterious and claustrophobic corridors of a labyrinthine industrial complex. Unsurprisingly, many horrific massacres occurred. Carrion has its drawbacks—Eurogamer contributor Edwin Evans-Thirwell called it “a meandering body horror maze whose combination of controllability and a little regression cramps the creature’s unparalleled design”—but it still earned a recommended badge.

Carrion – PlayStation launch show.

Sol Cresta – Platinum Games’ sequel to classic vertical-scrolling shooters Moon Cresta and Terra Cresta – was also broadcast as part of Sony’s standalone show, with chief game designer Hideki Kamiya taking some time to explain the project’s origins in a new blog post. Sol director Cresta Takanori Sato also detailed two of the game’s core platforms – known as dock-and-split and Formations – on their own Platinum website.

Sol Cresta – Trailer game system.

Next up is news that Wytchwood, from Capsized studio Alientrap Games, will be making its way to PlayStation consoles this fall. Wytchwood, described as a “witch-making adventure,” puts players in the role of an old witch trapped in a dark pact she doesn’t remember making. The ensuing adventure takes her through a mysterious land inspired by classic mythology, with exploration and research on the components of the spell said to be the core of the experience.

Wytchwood – gameplay trailer.

“A weeping maiden is waiting for the return of her lost love,” Alentrap teases, “a feral bear loves nothing more than banging a few heads together, and a cunning prankster in a neat pair of shoes plagues the local market with her deception. Only with your sharp magic and wit will you be able to right these wrongs.”

The latest is Hades, developer Supergiant Games’ critically acclaimed crawler-like crawler (with a twist of Greek mythology), which, as previously announced, is coming to PlayStation 4 and PS5 next Friday, August 13. Supergiant didn’t have much revelation to share, but he did discuss the origins of some of the famous Hades systems in a new blog post. And when I say celebrate, I mean it – Eurogamer (and several other publications) called it Game of the Year in 2020, so it’s definitely worth checking out if you haven’t already.

PlayStation Underground – Hades game.

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