Tonight brings our first proper look at Concord, as part of the latest PlayStation State of Play.
The first new game developed by Sony’s Firewalk Studios, Concord is a sci-fi shooter for PlayStation 5 and PC with a beta in July and a full launch on 23rd August.
There’s bags of character on show in the game’s cinematic reveal trailer – which clearly owes a lot to James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy. Interestingly, Sony has said that each week will bring another small slice of story via a similar vignette, containing deeper dives at the game’s characters and ongoing narratives.
Concord’s actual gameplay is going to need a little longer to sink in, though. Firewalk’s developers say it’s influenced by fighting and strategy games, though visually it seems closest to Overwatch.
Here’s a look at both: