Sony's All-New First-Party PlayStation Fight Stick 'Project Defiant' Goes On Sale in 2026

It's 2025, and Sony PlayStation has yet designed its ain wireless combat instrumentality for PS5 and PC.

Edwin Foo, VP of merchandise improvement astatine Sony Interactive Entertainment, said the instrumentality — codenamed internally arsenic Project Defiant — volition springiness players "more flexibility to play their favourite warring games."

Sony promises ultra-low latency done a wireless transportation connected PS5 oregon PC, arsenic good arsenic the enactment to play with a wired connection. This is indispensable for warring crippled fans who request their combo inputs to beryllium arsenic precise and arsenic instant arsenic possible.

It besides boasts an ergonomic design, a "high-quality integer stick" that's been custom-designed by Sony, and toolless interchangeable restrictor gates, truthful players tin take betwixt square, circle, oregon octagon, each of which tin beryllium stored successful the controller's useful compartment erstwhile not successful use. It adjacent comes with a sling transportation case.

What we don't yet cognize is the cost, oregon erstwhile it volition spell connected sale: close now, Sony volition lone perpetrate to a 2026 window.

Sony's combat instrumentality is well-timed, fixed it's moving connected Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, a caller 4v4 Marvel warring crippled from Arc System Works, the developer of the Guilty Gear series. That's besides retired 2026, truthful possibly we'll spot the crippled and instrumentality travel retired astir the aforesaid time.

Sony kicked disconnected the summertime uncover play with a bang, presenting a smorgasbord of caller games to whet our appetites going into Summer Games Fest Week. Here's everything announced astatine PlayStation State of Play 2025 past night, including 007 First Light, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Romeo is simply a Dead Man, and Silent Hill f's merchandise date.

If you're caller to warring games oregon it's been awhile since you indulged, here's our picks of the 10 champion warring games of each time. Did your favourite scope the apical spot?

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.