The Biggest Announcements from Summer Game Fest Week!
So many new game trailers. Check them out!
If you are excited by trailers for new games, this week’s newsletter has you covered! Summer Game Fest, Microsoft, Sony and Epic all had press conferences to show off their latest games. We have a lot to cover, so let’s dive in. Let’s go!
Summer Game Fest
Summer Game Fest has become the predominant virtual event for video game fans. Originally envisioned as competition for a now-deceased event called E3, Summer Game Fest evolved into a week of press conferences hosted by various publishers and gaming companies.
The actual Summer Game Fest live stream is the main event for the week. The show took place last week in Los Angeles. You can watch it in its entirety above or read about everything announced, but we picked out some of our favorite trailers from the event.
Atomic Heart 2
The alternate history game that imagines Russia as a technology power returns. This time it is even weirder. No release date yet.
Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver
The iconic New York rap group returns with its first new video game in nearly 25 years. Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver was announced as the group kicked off their farewell tour.
Lego Voyagers
A new two-player cooperative Lego game about building a rocket.
Resident Evil Requiem
Return to Raccoon City in the latest game in the classic horror franchise. The fright arrives Feb. 27, 2026 on PlayStation, Xbox and PC.
Sony’s State of Play
Early last week, Sony kicked off the parade of new game trailers with their State of Play event. You can check out everything announced or watch the full press video, but here are a few of our favorites.
Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles
A remake of the original 1997 Final Fantasy Tactics is coming September 30.
007 First Light
IO Interactive, known for their critically acclaimed Hitman games, are making a new James Bond title. The game is scheduled to launch next year.
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls
An old-fashioned tag-team fighting game featuring Marvel super heroes. It is slated for release in 2026.
Xbox Game Showcase
Microsoft’s Xbox Game Showcase appears to be the biggest event of the weekend, with a ton of major announcements. You can watch the entire event above or check out everything announced, but, you guessed it, here are just a few of our favorites.
Keeper
From the studio that brought us PsychoNauts comes a new game where you play as *checks notes* a walking lighthouse. If you are intrigued by this beautiful and strange game, you can find it on Xbox and PC Oct. 17.
Grounded 2
The unofficial “Honey I Shrunk the kids” game returns, in a much bigger arena. Build what you need to survive (or a whole city, if that is your thing), and try to withstand the giant spiders, ants and other animals in a local park. Grounded 2 arrives July 29 on Xbox and PC.
Clockwork Revolution
No timeline on this Steampunk build-your-own revolution game, but it sure does look cool.
The Outer World 2
The new space corporation game arrives on PlayStation, Xbox and PC Oct. 29. It will also be Microsoft’s first confirmed $80 video game.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
Activision’s annual soldier game takes on a high-tech feel in their latest Call of Duty game. No details on a release date, but it can be expected late in 2025.
Even more announcements!
As we mentioned, there were additional virtual events last week, including the PC Gaming Show, the Future Games Show and the Day Of The Devs showcase. While most were not as big as those mentioned before, there were a few games that caught our eye.
The Witcher 4 Tech Demo
This preview came from an Unreal Engine demo at their own developer festival. Still, an in-depth look at an upcoming huge game like The Witcher 4 had people talking.
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn
This trailer was revealed at the Future Game Show, and fans of the series seem pretty excited about the new game.
Relooted
“Is it stealing to take back what was stolen?” This is the question asked in Relooted, where players steal artifacts from Western museums and return them to Africa.
Which games are you most excited to play? Let us know in the comments or on BlueSky.
Side Quests (more stories worth reading)
🎮 Did you get a Switch 2? Here are the games that launched along with the new Nintendo console.
🐱👤 Electronic Arts cancelled a Black Panther game that was in production and closed the studio working on it.
❎ Microsoft and Asus announced the ROG Xbox Ally X, an Xbox-branded handheld device that runs on Windows 11.
📊 The Entertainment Software Association says that 64% of Americans (roughly 205 million people) play games for more than an hour per week.
🐉 Giant Skull, a studio founded by the former director of the Star Wars Jedi series, is making a Dungeons & Dragons action-adventure game.
🗓️ Hollow Night: Silksong showed up again this week at Microsoft’s showcase, and continues to promise a 2025 release date.
🥤 Why Switch 2 preorders from Walmart came with Coca-Cola and Pringles.
❎ Final Fantasy games are coming to the Xbox, with the Final Fantasy 7 remake coming this winter and Final Fantasy 16 available now.
⚀ Some Switch 2 games were found to work on the Switch 1.
🎧 Nintendo also let Switch 2 GameChat users know that “Your chat is recorded.”
❎ Black Myth: Wukong is coming to Xbox consoles on August 20, exactly one year after it was released on PlayStation and PC.
🤼🏽♀️ WOW - Women of Wrestling revealed their first-ever collectable card game.
👋🏻 Multiple executives from publisher Build A Rocket Boy are leaving the company before their new game MindsEye launches this week. Not a good sign.
🍖 A new 3D Super Meat Boy game was announced for next year.
🔫 A Deadpool virtual reality game created for the Meta Quest is slated to arrive later this year and stars Neil Patrick Harris.
🧾 A GameStop damaged new Switch 2 screens by stapling receipts to the box. Don’t worry, the store is replacing them.
New Releases this week:
Check out our article on 12 New Games to Play in June.
6/10: Dune: Awakening (PC)
6/10: MindsEye (PlayStation, Xbox and PC)
6/10: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Master Crafted Edition (Xbox and PC)
6/13: The Alters (PlayStation, Xbox and PC)
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