The best games from PlayStation’s March 9 “State of Play” presentation

Enlarge / Exoprimal is a promising-looking new co-op battler from Capcom, and it's not just coming to PlayStation consoles. (credit: Capcom)

If you didn't catch Sony's latest State of Play video presentation, which concluded earlier today on YouTube, consider this a quick guide to the presentation's best reveals of previously unknown games—along with mostly good news for players outside the PlayStation console family, thanks to many cross-platform launch assurances.

Exoprimal gameplay reveal

Exoprimal (PS5, PS4, XSX/S, XB1, PC) — “2023”

This brand-new series sees Capcom entering the class-based co-op shooter universe, and the results look like a cross between Overwatch and Earth Defense Force. In Exoprimal, Earth has been overrun by, er, dinosaur outbreaks—so much so that TV weather reports revolve around whether or not a mysterious floating orb might emerge and dump hundreds of ravenous dinosaurs onto cities on a given day. To drive this point home, the trailer begins with a ridiculous number of velociraptors falling from the sky and stomping through city streets. Other dinosaur species soon follow. (I'm going to call that a "high-pressure system.")

Earth's mightiest mech-suit warriors show up during dino outbreaks in four-player co-op teams, each emphasizing familiar co-op battling roles (tank, DPS, etc.) and having their own special abilities to contend with waves of dinosaurs. While I wish this was somehow connected to Capcom's classic Dino Crisis series, the trailer didn't leave any space to make such a connection. Still, should this game feel anywhere as good as Capcom's better-every-year Monster Hunter series, it could be a welcome over-the-top co-op option.

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