Sony has wasted no time in announcing a bunch of Playstation VR games at Paris Games Week 2017.

In addition to the big announcements that you can read about in our roundup, there’s a range of unique titles coming to the PSVR platform. During the conference, Sony’s head of marketing Jim Ryan confirmed a longstanding commitment to supporting PSVR. In an interview with the Telegraph, he described how Sony see a good future for virtual reality.

“I think we definitely see VR as having the potential to be a very significant part of the future of interactive entertainment. Now quite what the horizon is and quite what the rate of pace of adoption is, that’s still a little unclear. But Sony is committed to this and we’re in it for the long haul.”

With over 100 games compatible with PSVR, Ryan also mentioned how SIE was always looking to improve the hardware.

“Sure – Sony’s a hardware company. We’re always looking at iteration – we’ve got nothing to announce right now – but the history of our involvement in gaming has involved iteration and improvement.

We’re looking at the whole thing constantly. Looking at how people use it, the things that they enjoy about it, the things they’d like to see improved and our engineers are constantly innovating and looking at new stuff.”

It’s good to see SIE looking to improve on Playstation VR, particularly if it wants to start competing with more advanced hardware like the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. Tracking technology within the headset is one specific drawback that we assume will be at the top of the to-do list.

This positivity was backed up by a slew of new game announcements for the platform. New titles included Apex Construct, Sprint Vector, Blood & Truth and Megalith, while Dead Hungry, League of War: VR Arena, Ultrawings and the Resident Evil VII DLC, ‘Not a Hero’ also popped up.

Here’s some of the highlights of Playstation VR titles announced

While Ultrawings has been on the other VR platforms for a while, it’s good to see Ultrawings making the jump to PSVR. The open-world flying simulator includes a range of aircraft to pilot as you test your flying skills. Ultrawings has drawn considerable comparisons to Pilotwings and offers a great selection of flying challenges ready to undertake. No specific release date has been given yet.

Fast Travel Games’ first title is Apex Construct. Set in a futuristic sci-fi world, you’re the last human alive. Using nothing but a bow and your wits, you take on the robot inhabitants of the world. Fast Travel Games added: “Between frantic moments of action that pit you against perilous robots, players will have the opportunity to explore the environment and engage in their surroundings, solving puzzles that help to further their understanding of this fractured future world and its history.”

Sprint Vector from Survios is a frantic foot-racer filled with neon lights and unique backdrops. Pitting you against other players in a fast-paced obstacle course, you need to be first to reach the finish line. Players control their speed by swinging their arms back and forth, with better timing equalling increased speed. It’s one of the more unique titles on show and looks like it could be a lot of fun.

League of War: VR Arena is for all you armchair commanders out there. Turn your living room into a battlefield and take on other players in a throwback to classic strategy games. Using infantry, tanks, artillery and aircraft, your mission is to destroy the opposing army’s towers and ultimately, base. It looks great, reminiscent of a boardgame with as you stand at the virtual tabletop and plan your attack.

Another Playstation VR exclusive, Blood & Truth puts you in the shoes of a cockney John Wick and demands you ask questions later. As an expanded version of The Heist, an early selection of PSVR action sequences, Blood & Truth offers a larger experience and proper narrative. There’s no current release date but you can check the announcement trailer above.

Megalith is described as an ‘action-packed hero shooter’ all played out in virtual reality. You take control of a ‘titan’, a huge creature that has immense size and firepower. With customisable abilities, destructible environments and free locomotion, you must team up to fight for supremacy over the enemy team.

While the only gameplay footage is a monster looking at his own hands in confusion, the concept does seem good. The hero shooter market however is saturated so hopefully virtual reality will help it stand out from the crowd.

Probably the most tongue-in-cheek game at the event was Dead Hungry. Less about destroying the dead and more about feeding them, Dead Hungry sticks you in a burger fan and puts you to work.

Sony has kicked off Paris Games Week 2017 with a bunch of announcements for Playstation 4 and Playstation VR. With big budget trailers for The Last of Us 2 and Detroit: Become Human as well as new IPs like Ghost of Tsushima, there’s plenty to look over.

Although the live stream is now finished, there’s going to be plenty more coming from the developers in question. We’ll be going through some of the big announcements and taking a look at these announcements in more detail. This is our hub for all things PGW 2017 so don’t forget to check back here throughout the week for updates.

The Last of Us: Part II

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One of the big flagship titles for Playstation has another cryptic cinematic trailer. It’s pretty grim and features a bunch of new characters. There’s no sign of Ellie but there’s plenty going on, with an unnamed woman being captured and tortured before being rescued by newbies Yara (Victoria Grace) and Lev (Ian Alexander). Whether or not this scene is a flashback is unknown but we’re sure some of these key players will pop up in the sequel.

The Last of Us: Part II is the next title for the vastly successful IP that first appeared on PS3. Developers Naughty Dog has confirmed that Ellie, not Joel, will be the main playable character. Unfortunately, no release date has been confirmed.

You can read our thoughts and theories about the trailer here.

Detroit: Become Human

Detroit: Become Human finally has a launch window of Spring 2018. The hotly anticipated title from French studio Quantic Dream is shaping up to be another dramatic experience, following previous titles Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls. Director David Cage has described Detroit: Become Human as his most complex work, a narrative that revolves around three androids exploring their newfound sentience.

The lengthy gameplay trailer above showcases a scene from the game, with the player controlling android Kara during some particularly nasty family drama.

Ghosts of Tsushima

This completely new IP comes from developers Sucker Punch Productions, best known for the Infamous series. Set during the First Mongol Invasion of Japan, you play as a lone samurai hell-bent on revenge for the atrocities committed during the invasion. At this point in history, the traditional samurai code began to change and the game seems to follow that, focusing more on hit-and-run tactics as well as advanced tech like gunpowder bombs.

Ghost of Tsushima has been teased as an open-world action stealth game, with little details beyond that.

Spelunky 2

Yep, one of the most acclaimed indie games ever made is getting a sequel. Following on from Spelunky released in 2008, Spelunky 2 will continue the cave diving adventures of the original. The official description describes how ‘the story deepens as more randomly-generated adventures beckon’ but there’s not much more beyond that. Expect lots of rogue-like platforming and (hopefully) angry shopkeepers when this drops.

Guacamelee 2

Another unexpected announcement was that Luchador ‘Metroidvania’ Guacamelee is getting a sequel. The original released in 2013 and offered a quirky side-scrolling adventure that quickly became a cult hit. Co-op multiplayer seems to be one of the big new additions, alongside “new levels, visuals, enemies, bosses, mechanics and much more emphasis on the chicken form”.

Guacamelee 2 will release on Playstation 4 ‘soon-ish’. Expect it to hit other platforms not long after.

Megalith

Megalith is described as an ‘action-packed hero shooter’ all played out in virtual reality. You take control of a ‘titan’, a huge creature that has immense size and firepower. With customisable abilities, destructible environments and free locomotion, you must team up to fight for supremacy over the enemy team.

While the only gameplay footage is a monster looking at his own hands in confusion, the concept does seem good. The hero shooter market however is saturated so hopefully virtual reality will help it stand out from the crowd.

Blood & Truth

Another PSVR exclusive, Blood & Truth puts you in the shoes of a cockney John Wick and demands you ask questions later. As an expanded version of The Heist, an early selection of PSVR action sequences, Blood & Truth offers a larger experience and proper narrative. There’s no current release date but you can check the announcement trailer above.

The Hong Kong Massacre

If you couldn’t get enough of Hotline Miami or recent cyberpunk madness Ruiner, The Hong Kong Massacre wants to scratch that itch. A top-down shooter that’s drenched in gunfire and neon lights, expect bullet hell and probably a great soundtrack.

What else to expect from Paris Games Week 2017

Although the livestream is over, we’re sure that plenty of developers will be talking about their games over the week. If you’re looking for more info on Detroit: Become Human or The Last of Us: Part II, make sure to check back and we’ll give you all the latest.

We’ll also be adding more extensive news surrounding the announcements as they’re written so if you want a bit more insight, you can get that too.