Sony's June State of Play kicks off summer gaming season tonight with more than 60 minutes of announcements, but the real story isn't what Sony is showing. It's what you'll never be able to play on PC. The June 2 broadcast opens with an extended gameplay reveal for Marvel's Wolverine from Insomniac Games, the studio's first major release since Marvel's Spider-Man 2 in 2023. The game launches exclusively on PS5 on September 15.
Pre-orders are expected to open shortly after the showcase. PlayStation Studios CEO Hermen Hulst confirmed in a May 18 town hall that Wolverine will remain a permanent PS5 exclusive, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier reported. The decision ends Sony's six-year practice of porting narrative single-player titles to Steam, a strategy that began with Horizon Zero Dawn in 2020 and later extended to God of War, Marvel's Spider-Man, and Ghost of Tsushima.
Hulst's directive applies to all future first-party narrative games. Multiplayer and live-service titles like Marathon and Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls remain exempt. For PC gamers who spent the last six years expecting timed exclusivity, the message is unambiguous: playing Wolverine, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, and any future Sony narrative game requires buying a PS5. The pressure on Sony tonight is real. With Marathon and Saros having shipped earlier this year, the next confirmed first-party release after Wolverine is Marvel Tokon in August. The show must demonstrate that Sony's studios can deliver the kind of exclusives that justify increasingly expensive PlayStation hardware, without the PC revenue cushion the company previously relied on.
Beyond Wolverine, Sony hasn't confirmed any other titles. The 60-minute runtime leaves room for multiple segments.
Naughty Dog's Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, a God of War spin-off starring Faye, and Guerrilla Games' Horizon Hunters Gathering are among the projects expected to appear based on development timelines and prior reporting. Santa Monica Studio's God of War trilogy remake, announced at February's State of Play, could also resurface. For the first time, Sony is bringing the State of Play to movie theaters. Free screenings run simultaneously at select Alamo Drafthouse locations in Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, New York City, Raleigh, and the San Francisco Bay Area. The broadcast streams live at 2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m.
ET on PlayStation's YouTube and Twitch channels, with Japanese subtitles available. The full presentation remains available as a replay after the event ends.
Wolverine's September 15 launch places it in the same season as Grand Theft Auto VI, confirmed for November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. By making its flagship superhero game impossible to play anywhere else, Sony is betting exclusivity can compete with the industry's most anticipated release in years.
