Cyberpunk cat game Stray gets a release date on PS5, PS4, PC

Cats are nature’s lovable assholes. They knock issues off tables, climb up precarious ledges, and do all of it whereas trying cute and harmless. And through Thursday’s State of Play presentation, Sony shared new a trailer for the upcoming sport Stray, developed by BlueTwelve Studio, the place you get to play as a feline good friend in a crumbling cyberpunk world. The sport shall be launched on July 19.

The State of Play presentation trailer showcases the sport’s cyberpunk setting from a cat’s-eye view. It’s a scary world on the market for a cat — our hero lopes alongside deserted subways, scales up residence complexes, and walks throughout outdated development websites, all whereas avoiding the wrath of creatures that appear to be rats, however much more scary. People are few and much between, as humanoid characters seem to have digital screens for faces.

A trailer, launched final 12 months on July 29, dove into extra feline antics. You utilize your “cat abilities to unravel puzzles and uncover mysteries alongside the best way,” it mentioned. In motion, this seems to be like dropping buckets to jam window followers, pushing barrels off sills to interrupt glass, clawing at merchandising machines, and doing a pleasant climby climb. As a result of it’s a cyberpunk sport, the cat meets just a little drone named B-12 and wears a rad-looking backpack vest with a display screen on it.

Motion seems to largely encompass working, leaping, and kiting these ratlike enemies. B-12 turns out to be useful by giving the cat a method to combat again towards them. There’s additionally some meowing. Which is nice, because you’re a cat.

Stray is coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Home windows PC.