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The PlayStation State of Play Event PlayStation's future has looked uncertain in recent years, despite the PS5's strong sales and profitability. The brand is no longer the market leader it was during the PS2 era. To address this, Sony held a State of Play live-stream event, revealing several new games. Marvel's Wolverine and Other Reveals The event showcased Marvel's Wolverine, an exceptionally violent game from developer Insomniac, set to release on 15 September 2026. Other reveals included: Silent Hill: Townfall | 24 September 2026 - a horror game set in a misty Scottish town. Onimusha: Way of the Sword | 25 September 2026 - a Japanese-mythology action game. Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis | 12 February 2027 - a remake of the first Tomb Raider game. The Lost Wild | 2027 - an upcoming title with no confirmed details. Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls | 6 August - a comic-book-style fighting game. The Impact on PlayStation's Gaming Strategy These reveals aim to revitalize PlayStation's gaming offerings and compete with rivals like Xbox and Nintendo. The event demonstrated Sony's efforts to diversify its game portfolio and revive classic franchises. The Future of PlayStation As the PS5 lifecycle enters its later stages, Sony is focusing on delivering high-quality games to maintain its market position. The success of these titles will be crucial in determining the future of the PlayStation brand.

The LeadLike the rest of the western world, our household is currently binging medical drama The Pitt, revelling in its visceral depiction of life in a modern emergency department. So far the series has yet to inspire a video game tie-in (though there has been an amusing parody), but fans wishing to try their hand at tense medical (mal)practice, should not despair. Here are eight of the best hospital games spanning more than 40 years of gruesome interactive surgery. Microsurgeon (1982, Mattel Intellivision) Created by lone developer Rick Levine, this early oddity shrank players down and put them into the bloodstream of a sick patient where they had to blast diseased cells and unclog arteries. Clearly inspired by the movie Fantastic Voyage, the title features strange, colourful, almost psychedelic depictions of human anatomy. Life & Death (1988, PC, Mac, Atari ST, Amiga etc) This point-and-click abdominal surgery simulation was groundbreaking in its realism. Players had to diagnose a variety of conditions (kidney stones! aortic aneurysm!), before ordering tests and scans and finally operating while an ECG display showed your victim’s – sorry, patient’s – heart rate. Sanitarium (1998, PC, smartphones from 2015) The asylum has always been a popular trope for horror games, from the imaginatively titled 1981 adventure Asylum to the Silent Hill series. I’m going for this disturbing psychological thriller in which a patient wakes up in a seemingly abandoned sanatorium, his memory gone, his face completely bandaged. Emergency Call Ambulance (1999, arcade) You’ve no doubt heard of Crazy Taxi, Sega’s hectic arcade game about careering around a city picking up annoying passengers. But did you ever play its stablemate, Emergency Call Ambulance, about driving around a city picking up desperately ill passengers? Trauma Center: Under the Knife (2005, Nintendo DS) If you thought the Nintendo DS was all about cosy puzzle games, you were wrong. Developed by veteran publisher Atlus, this fascinating game was part surgery sim, using the handheld’s touchscreen and stylus for realistic operations, and part visual novel as lead character Dr Derek Stiles navigated life in a futuristic hospital. Surgeon Simulator (2013, PC, PlayStation, Switch, Xbox) Surgeon Simulator is a game where you play as a surgeon with a goal to perform operations. The game became famous for its challenging gameplay and realistic physics.