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\nThis week on the Eurogamer Newscast<\/a>, we look back on the start of this year’s June hype cycle, the period formerly known as E3<\/a>, now a potpourri of other events and announcement livestreams. <\/p>\n

PlayStation got the ball rolling last night with its latest State of Play broadcast<\/a>, which included a look ahead at its rather meagre first-party plans for the remainder of 2024: a moderately buffed-up port of Until Dawn, online shooter Concord, and the charming Astro Bot. But, as our Ian wrote earlier, even the cute robot has got some people (VR fans) disgruntled<\/a>. Still, as a flat-screen game, surely more people will now play it?<\/p>\n

And then there was Silent Hill Transmission or, this time around, basically just a longer look at the upcoming Silent Hill 2<\/a> and a chance for Konami to promote a load of tie-in tat. Joining me this week are Eurogamer’s Victoria Kennedy and Vikki Blake to discuss.<\/p>\n

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This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we look back on the start of this year’s June hype cycle, the period formerly known as E3, now a potpourri of other events and announcement livestreams. PlayStation got the ball rolling last night with its latest State of Play broadcast, which included a look ahead at its rather meagre first-party plans for the remainder of 2024: a moderately buffed-up port of Until Dawn, online shooter Concord, and the charming Astro Bot. But, as our Ian wrote earlier, even the cute robot has got some people (VR fans) disgruntled. Still, as a flat-screen game, surely more people will now play it? And then there was Silent Hill Transmission or, this time around, basically just a longer look at the…<\/p>\n

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