The Summer season Recreation Fest is again this 12 months with plenty of new bulletins trying to pad out the remainder of 2024 and past. Host Geoff Keighley took to the stage to indicate off plenty of new bulletins together with each new recreation reveals and updates on video games we have seen earlier than. Whereas we have been advised to mute expectations considerably (which means no Kingdom Hearts IV or different dream titles), there was nonetheless quite a bit to absorb from studios huge and small. Here is the total recap of what we noticed throughout the two hour showcase.
Each Summer season Recreation Fest Announcement
LEGO Horizon Adventures
The as soon as rumored LEGO Horizon lastly sees its reveal with a colourful announcement trailer showcasing Aloy, the franchise’s lead gal and machine hunter. LEGO Horizon Adventures will take Aloy and a crew of heroes via the plush wilderness on a quest to avoid wasting the world and uncover the secrets and techniques of her previous. Co-developed by Guerrilla and Studio Gobo, LEGO Horizon Adventures is a playful and light-hearted story impressed by the occasions of the world of Horizon.
Gamers will have the ability to dive right into a grand journey, customise components as a lot as they like, and tackle action-filled battles by themselves or with a good friend utilizing the sport’s co-op system. LEGO Horizon Adventures is coming to PC, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Change this vacation.
No Extra Room in Hell 2
No Extra Room in Hell 2 is an 8-player horror expertise presently in growth by Torn Banner Studios with an anticipated launch on Halloween 2024. This recreation is an intense, permadeath co-op journey into eerie, zombie-filled zones. As a primary responder, it’s going to be as much as you to outlive, scavenge, stockpile, and fulfill your mission – after which do it once more as every expertise adjustments.
The announcement trailer runs via varied in-game eventualities together with gameplay and in-engine cinematics. No Extra Room in Hell 2 might be accessible for early entry on Halloween this 12 months, with a launch anticipated on Steam and Epic Video games Retailer.
Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions
Revealed final 12 months and in varied states of participant testing throughout that point, Warner Bros. Video games has lastly put the date on Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions. That includes iconic areas from the sequence, in addition to characters together with Harry himself, Ron, and Hermione, in addition to different references, the sport will activity gamers with flying throughout area within the roles of a Beater, Chaser, Keeper, or Seeker in plenty of modes. Those that personal Hogwarts Legacy will obtain the Bonus Legacy Pack once they join Quidditch Champions to their WB Video games account.
Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions might be accessible on September 3 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Collection, Nintendo Change, and PC through Steam and Epic Video games Retailer. Moreover, PlayStation Plus subscribers will get the sport day one as a part of their month-to-month releases.
Cuffbust
The announcement of Cuffbust guarantees a enjoyable jail break expertise to have with your pals by equipping instruments, evading guards, and executing your plan to get out of jail. The sport guarantees destructible environments, proximity chat, a large number of escape routes, and 20 participant lobbies.
Cuffbust is coming to Steam in 2025, developed by by Gavin Eisenbeisz (Two Star Video games), creator of Choo-Choo Charles, No Snake Resort, My Lovely Paper Smile, Cloud Climber, and My Good friend is a Raven. The sport is presently accessible to Wishlist alongside its announcement trailer.
Star Wars Outlaws
Ubisoft debuted a brief teaser for his or her upcoming journey recreation Star Wars Outlaws, which is approaching August thirtieth. Whereas the teaser is brief, it does give us a brand new have a look at varied environments, traversal utilizing varied automobiles, acquainted characters similar to Jabba the Hutt, area battles, and levels of fight.
Additional info on Star Wars Outlaws is anticipated to be proven off at Ubisoft’s personal showcase, Ubisoft Ahead, on June tenth at 12PM PDT. There, followers can anticipate an all-new gameplay reveal.
Neva
Neva has returned after a 12 months of silence with an all-new gameplay trailer. That includes a brand new story from developer Nomada Studio, the creators of GRIS, Neva follows the story of Alba, a younger lady who’s sure to a curious wolf cub following an incident that was fairly traumatizing. Collectively they should embark on a journey stuffed with peril, and make their manner via a once-beautiful world because it slowly decays round them.
Neva will launch on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection a while in 2024.
Sid Meier’s Civilization VII
In the end, the subsequent entry within the storied Civilization sequence is revealed with the announcement of Sid Meier’s Civilization VII. Whereas the total gameplay reveal is anticipated in August, the teaser reveals off among the parts one may anticipate from the Civilization franchise. This new technique recreation’s purpose is to empower you to after all create the best empire the world has ever recognized.
You can rule as many legendary leaders from historical past, set up your civilization, assemble cities, and broaden your territory all whereas conquering or cooperating with rival civilizations in pursuit of prosperity and exploring the unknown world. Civilization VII is a technique recreation developed by the staff at Firaxis Video games, and might be accessible throughout all main platforms together with PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Collection, and Nintendo Change.
Black Fantasy: Wukong
Black Fantasy: Wukong is not far off, however that did not cease the builders at Recreation Science from exhibiting off a brand new CG trailer meant to entice individuals to pre-order. This single-player motion RPG is impressed by the basic story Journey to the West, and people acquainted with that story can see a few of that dropped at stay within the new trailer.
Digital pre-orders at the moment are stay for Black Fantasy: Wukong, which can launch on August 20, 2024 for PlayStation 5, Steam, and Epic Video games Retailer. The trailer additionally had a primary have a look at the sport’s collector’s version, which might be seen beneath.
As soon as Human
Starry Studio’s As soon as Human has a launch date, courtesy of a brand new trailer proven off at Summer season Recreation Fest. The multiplayer open-world survival recreation set in a post-apocalyptic future urges pals to unite in opposition to monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for sources, and construct up your individual territory. The trailer reveals off many of those parts with all-new in-engine footage.
With the official launch date set for July 9, 2024, As soon as Human is offered for Wishlist now on Steam and also will be accessible on Epic Video games Retailer.
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Upcoming fantasy RPG from the builders of Persona, Metaphor: ReFantazio, confirmed as much as Summer season Recreation Fest with an all-new gameplay targeted trailer for his or her new RPG, coming to PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection on October 11. The trailer reveals off many in-game battle scenes, in addition to among the anime-style cutscenes chronicling the Kingdom of Euchronia.
Metaphor: ReFantazio could have your principal character journey alongside a fairy companion named Gallica, in an effort to carry a curse from the dominion’s misplaced prince. What units the sport aside from the Persona sequence is a magical energy generally known as Archetype that includes the channeling and mixture of distinctive job courses.
Batman: Arkham Shadow
A brand new Batman recreation is in growth for Meta Quest VR from Warner Bros. Video games. With a brand new story-focused trailer proven off at Summer season Recreation Fest, there’s quite a bit to unpack as Gotham Metropolis comes underneath siege from the mysterious Rat King and his devotees.
Gamers will have the ability to expertise Gotham Metropolis like none different on this full-length entry within the Arkham universe. It is set practically two years after the occasions of Batman: Arkham Origins and contains acquainted characters similar to The Scarecrow, Harley Quinn and extra. Batman: Arkham Shadow might be accessible this Fall on Meta Quest 3.
Road Fighter VI – 12 months 2 Character Reveals
Capcom revealed the subsequent spherical of characters heading to Road Fighter VI throughout 2024 and 2025 with a brand new character-focused trailer highlighting 12 months 2. Becoming a member of Road Fighter for the primary time ever are two visitor characters – Terry and Mai from SNK’s Deadly Fury. Moreover, M. Bison would be the first of the brand new characters launched, accessible this Summer season.
Followers can anticipate to see Terry this Fall, Mai in Winter 2025, and Elena by Spring 2025.
Tears of Metallic
Tears of Metallic was revealed as a brand new action-adventure recreation utilizing a novel drawn fashion. The world premiere trailer has a load of fight, completely different environments, and loads of blood to be shed on this rouge-like journey. Tears of Metallic may even function co-op and can launch sooner or later on Steam.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
Bandai Namco confirmed as much as Summer season Recreation Fest with a brand new trailer for upcoming Budokai Tenkaichi preventing recreation Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, showcasing a bunch of recent gameplay, new characters, and in the end, its launch date. The trailer revealed the likes of Extremely Intuition Goku, Dragon Ball Tremendous Broly, Gogeta, Tremendous Saiyan 2 Gohan, Bardock, Raditz, in addition to much more basic Dragon Ball Z characters and tales.
Sparking! Zero even features a what-if mode, in addition to an Episode Battle mode that may let gamers choose one in every of eight characters to relive key moments all through the sequence. The sport might be accessible on October 11 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection and Steam, and can are available in varied flavors together with two Collector’s Editions.
Delta Drive: Hawk Ops
The builders at Staff Jade showcased a brand new trailer for Delta Drive: Hawk Ops, detailing extra of the free-to-play first particular person shooter presently in growth for a number of platforms together with PC, consoles and cell. The Delta Drive sequence is again with new weaponry, new environments and dynamic world.
The trailer encompasses a sneak peek at two recreation modes: Hazard Operations, which delivers a tense extraction shooter, and a Black Hawk Down marketing campaign recreated in full element and impressed by the film. Delta Drive: Hawk Ops is ready to have a PC playtest this coming July.
Deadly Fury: Metropolis of the Wolves
Deadly Fury: Metropolis of the Wolves is slated for a number of platforms when it launches in early 2025, SNK revealed at the moment. The sport might be accessible for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection, Steam, and Epic Video games Retailer. A brand new trailer reveals off Deadly Fury’s distinctive artwork fashion, together with the affirmation of B. Jenet and Vox Reaper as playable characters.
The sport may even function two distinctive management schemes that profit each previous followers and newcomers alike, in addition to different new options and parts.
Mech Break
Wonderful Seasun’s Mech Break noticed plenty of well-known artists and a beta window revealed. Actual the total particulars in our article right here.
Blumhouse Video games
Movie studio Blumhouse is stepping into the video games enterprise with the creation of Blumhouse Video games. They’re partnering with plenty of indie growth groups to create distinctive experiences throughout a number of consoles that includes the horror style.
As we speak, Blumhouse Video games introduced a number of in-development initiatives together with Concern the Highlight from Cozy Recreation Buddies, Crisol: Theater of Idols from Vermila, Grave Seasons from Excellent Rubbish, SLEEP AWAKE from EYES OUT, The Simulation from Playmestudio, and Challenge C from Half Mermaid.
Energy Rangers: Rita’s Rewind
Energy Rangers is the most recent franchise to see the retro recreation remedy with the announcement of Energy Rangers: Rita’s Rewind. The announcement trailer reveals off the basic Energy Rangers sequence characters with a promise of going again to the start in an all-new motion brawler remixed from the 90’s sequence.
Energy Rangers: Rita’s Rewind is being developed by Digital Eclipse in collaboration with Hasbro, and can launch for consoles and on Steam in 2024.
Deer & Boy
Persevering with with the indie reveals in Deer & Boy, a colourful recreation and cinematic platformer about unlikely companions by Lifeline Video games. Because the title suggests, a boy and a deer should overcome many obstacles that may change their lives perpetually.
Whereas Deer & Boy remains to be coming quickly, the brand new trailer reveals off the titular characters throughout many environments, climate conditions, and potential enemies in its distinctive artwork fashion. Deer & Boy will launch on Steam.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Warhorse Studios shared a brand new have a look at Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, which remains to be scheduled to launch in 2024 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection. The brand new trailer reveals off expanses of environments, character cutscenes, and among the fight system gamers can anticipate within the stunning however unforgiving world of fifteenth Century Bohemia.
The aptly named Saints and Sinners trailer asks the query – will you are taking the trail of righteousness or vice? Will you save the world or punish its sins? Selection is a giant a part of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II’s open-world journey programs.
Slitterhead
Bokeh Studio’s Slitterhead noticed a brand new trailer and launch date at Summer season Recreation Fest. The sport will launch on November 8, 2024, for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection, and Epic Video games Retailer.
The trailer, which encompasses a first have a look at gameplay, zeroes in on Slitterhead‘s densely cluttered streets full of obscurity and chaos. Gamers will take management of the Hyoki, an entity devoid of reminiscence and bodily kind, whose solely motive is to eradicate the monstrosities generally known as Slitterheads. Darkness is not the one facet of Slitterhead, nonetheless, as neon cityscapes and allies will aid you alongside the best way.
CAIRN
CAIRN is a brand new recreation from The Recreation Bakers proven off throughout Summer season Recreation Fest. Whereas there’s not many particulars but, it is an unbiased recreation that is put mountaineering as its focus. Paired with a cel-shaded artwork fashion, CAIRN seems to be like it may be a survival recreation that may take you thru varied environments and uncover the historical past of the mountain because the seasoned climber Aava.
CAIRN is presently in growth for PC and consoles and can launch in 2025.
Wanderstop
The brand new recreation from the oldsters at Annapurna Interactive and Ivy Street is a comfy journey about change and tea. With a give attention to narrative, you will tackle the position of a fallen fighter named Atla as you handle a tea store inside a magical forest and have a tendency to prospects who cease by.
The trailer reveals us that Atla would not actually need to be there, and if it have been as much as her, the tea store would solely be a fleeting reminiscence. Wanderstop is coming a while in 2024 to PC and PlayStation 5.
Unknown 9: Awakening
Bandai Namco’s Unknown 9: Awakening acquired a brand new trailer exhibiting off the sport’s story with cutscenes and a little bit of gameplay. The sport options Anya Chalotra as the primary character Haroona, who should stop humanity’s best-kept secrets and techniques from falling into the mistaken fingers.
Unknown 9: Awakening might be accessible for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection this fall, having missed its unique Summer season 2024 launch.
The First Descendant
Subsequent era looter shooter The First Descendant will launch on July 2 in accordance with a brand new trailer proven at Summer season Recreation Fest. Utilizing prime quality visuals created in Unreal Engine 5, the trailer particulars third-person gameplay and co-op motion in an RPG that focuses on strategic boss fights, thrilling gunplay and distinctive characters.
The First Descendant, developed by Nexon Video games, will launch for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, Xbox One and Xbox Collection as a free-to-play recreation.
Sonic X Shadow Generations
Sonic followers can sit up for the subsequent entry within the sequence when Sonic X Shadow Generations launches on October 25. The trailer proven at Summer season Recreation Fest confirmed off Shadow, who might be accessible in a brand-new story marketing campaign with all-new skills and levels from Shadow’s historical past.
Sonic X Shadow Generations additionally features a full remaster of Sonic Generations, which was a time-traveling journey celebrating the basic pantheon of Sonic levels. This remaster will embody upgraded graphics and new content material when it launches on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Collection, and Nintendo Change.
Dune: Awakening
The ever-popular Dune sequence is stepping into the MMO style with Dune: Awakening. Coming courtesy of Funcom, the open-world MMO reveals off a brand new story cinematic and asks the query “what if Paul Atreides had by no means been born?” This various timeline to the Dune followers know and love opens up a number of alternatives, with visuals impressed by the latest Dune movie sequence by Denis Villeneuve.
Dune: Awakening is presently in growth for PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection, and PC. A launch date has but to be introduced.
Alan Wake II Night time Springs
Treatment’s Sam Lake took to the stage throughout Summer season Recreation Fest to disclose the primary enlargement for Alan Wake II – Night time Springs. Gamers can discover three new episodes that includes acquainted characters who won’t be what they appear.
In Night time Springs, turn out to be the Time Breaker in an effort to manipulate time and rewrite future. There are lots of cosmic mysteries because the North Star, or channel an internal obsession because the Quantity One Fan and combat shadows in pursuit of reality and love. The Night time Springs enlargement drops tomorrow, June 8, and might be accessible to anybody with the Deluxe Version of the primary recreation.
New World: Aeternum
Amazon Video games revealed New World: Aeternum, which can see the New World sequence as an open-world motion RPG set on the supernatural island of the sport’s namesake. As a shipwrecked explorer, you will need to make your individual future in a spot full of hazard, but in addition alternative.
New World: Aeternum will launch for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection on October 15, 2024.
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
Capcom’s Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess will launch on July 19, the writer revealed at the moment throughout Summer season Recreation Fest. The trailer options new gameplay with the distinctive Japanese-inspired visible fashion. Gamers will take management of Soh, and make strategic choices utilizing skillful dancing sword actions. We additionally acquired a have a look at the sport’s Spirit State and new gameplay with a Festering Seethe – creatures who come out throughout the nighttime.
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is popping out for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection, in addition to further help revealed for PS4 and Xbox One.
Hyper Gentle Breaker
Developer Coronary heart Machine introduced their rouglite motion recreation Hyper Gentle Breaker will enter Steam early entry later this Summer season. Additionally they launched a brand new trailer exhibiting off new gameplay – together with a recent have a look at the Overgrowth, co-op multiplayer gameplay, and extra by no means earlier than seen footage.
Hyper Gentle Breaker is a brand new entry within the franchise with a novel story realized in 3D for the primary time. The hack-and-slash journey options a number of weapon sorts, together with ranged weapons and devices, and a procedurally-generated open world.
Skate
The brand new Skate recreation remains to be in growth, in case you have been questioning. It is nonetheless actually early, and being framed by a weird Tim Robinson video, however we take a look at some pre-pre-alpha footage. For now.
Palworld – Sakurajima Replace
The wildly profitable Palworld is because of get a brand new replace. The Sakurajima replace, which launches on June 27, will see a brand new island together with a bunch of recent content material. A few of the highlights embody new Buddies, a brand new faction and chief, a brand new stronghold, many new constructing sorts, and participant vs participant battle arenas.
The Xbox model may even see devoted servers, with cross-play with PC presently underneath growth.
Valorant
Valorant took up a sizeable time on stage to inform us that it is lastly coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection. A free restricted beta will start for PS5 on June 14, with a full launch scheduled for each platforms later this 12 months.
Monster Hunter Wilds
Close to the top of the present, Capcom confirmed off a brand new trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds, their subsequent huge motion RPG coming in 2025. The brand new trailer reveals off the Balahara Leviathan monster, and the Hunter’s foray into the Forbidden Lands in addition to colourful characters and seamless gameplay.
Capcom additionally confirmed that Monster Hunter Wilds could have cross-play throughout all platforms, and that the subsequent trailer will drop in August at Gamescom.
Phantom Blade Zero
S-GAME closed out the present with a brand new trailer for Phantom Blade Zero, that includes all-new footage of the sport’s fight and new weapons. Whereas we have nonetheless no launch date, there are a number of demo alternatives for gamers this 12 months together with Summer season Recreation Fest itself, ChinaJoy in July, Gamescom in August, and Tokyo Recreation Present in September.
Phantom Blade Zero is presently in growth for PC and PlayStation 5.
That about wraps it up. So what did you suppose? Have been there any video games that caught your eye? Something you appreciated to see extra of? Sounds off in our feedback part along with your high selections.
