State of Play Japan will last about 40 minutes and can be followed on YouTube with subtitles in English and Japanese. The presenter will be voice actor Yuki Kaji, a seiyū very popular and with a long history in both the anime and video game sectors. Many will know him for being the voice of Eren Yeager in Attack on Titan, Shoto Todoroki in My Hero Academia or Ayato Kirishima in Tokyo Ghoul. It is not very common for a State of Play to be focused on games from a region like Japan, which traditionally already has a strong presence at events organized by Sony.
Sony has studios in Japan and many partners among large publishers, while in other Asian regions such as China and India it maintains a presence through Hero Projects. For example, titles such as Lost Soul Aside and FIST: Forged In Shadow Torch have received support from Sony through the China Hero Project. Also supported by this initiative is Loulan: The Cursed Sand, an action RPG that we recently saw in motion.
Being a State of Play starring Asian games, we do not have to expect news about Western teams, which rules out the assistance of Marvel's Wolverine (Insomniac Games), Saros (Housemarque) or Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet (Naughty Dog). Yes, the next proposal from Team Asobi (Astro Bot), Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls (which does not yet have a release date) or Knack 3 could make an appearance. However, the American and European appearance, whether through its own or third-party studios, is not completely ruled out because Sony also talks about «other interesting developments.»
The last standard edition of State of Play was held at the end of September and the main protagonist was Marvel's Wolverine, who took advantage of the occasion to show his first gameplayAlso see Saros, Nioh 3 or Code Vein II.