Sony To Reveal New PlayStation 5 Details On March 18 Ps5 Reveal Date

Sony Interactive Entertainment says it will reveal new details about the PlayStation 5 on Wednesday, March 18, at noon EDT. The company will do so through its PlayStation Blog.

PS5 lead system architect Mark Cerny will “provide a deep dive into PS5’s system architecture, and how it will shape the future of games” on Wednesday, . PlayStation fans can watch the reveal via the PlayStation Blog.

The planned reveal of new details on PS5 comes shortly after .

were announced in April 2019, when Cerny laid out the next-gen console’s system specs to Wired. The PS5 will be powered by a CPU based on the third-generation AMD Ryzen processor and a GPU based on AMD’s Radeon Navi, which will support hardware-accelerated ray tracing and resolutions up to 8K. The PS5 will also come with a solid-state drive, support PlayStation 4 games through backward compatibility, and work with PlayStation VR.

Sony later confirmed a release window for the PS5: .

Since then, Sony has been from Counterplay Games and Gearbox Publishing.

Despite Sony’s plans to launch the PS5 this year, the company — for the second year in a row. Instead, Sony said it plans to participate in “hundreds of consumer events across the globe” this year, but it’s unclear how many of those events will focus on Sony’s next-gen PlayStation or how the global coronavirus pandemic will impact the game maker’s plans.