PlayStation to give its next game reveal a nationwide theater screening
PlayStation is set to host a nationwide theater screening for its upcoming game reveal event. The event, known as State of Play, will feature a look at Insomniac's Wolverine game and other major announcements. Tickets for the theater screenings will be free but limited, available starting today.
- ▪PlayStation's next State of Play event will be over an hour long.
- ▪The event will open with a fresh look at Insomniac's Wolverine game.
- ▪Tickets for the theater screenings will be free but limited, available at select Alamo Drafthouse locations.
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PlayStation to give its next game reveal a nationwide theater screening Grant St. Clair 6:25 am Thu May 21, 2026 The PS5. Image: Sony Nothing says "confidence" quite like letting people get tickets to go see the announcement of a lineup of upcoming games in a proper movie theater. Granted, it could also say "let's blast ads to our core audience on as big a screen as humanly possible." Either way, the next State of Play — PlayStation's streaming events where new games are revealed and upcoming games get updates — is on the horizon. According to PlayStation themselves, this one weighs in at more than an hour long and will open with a fresh look at Insomniac's Wolverine game before moving on to a whole lot of announcements and reveals.
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