1 week ago
4
It’s that time of year again. With E3 done and gone, Summer Game Fest has taken its place, and it always makes for a busy few days in gaming.
The centerpiece of the event is SGF Live on June 6th at 5PM ET, a keynote hosted by Geoff Keighley that, like The Game Awards, is packed with new game announcements as well as updates and trailers for games we already know about. But there are also a handful of other smaller showcases sprinkled throughout the week, including the Access-Ability Summer Showcase (June 6th at 11AM ET), Day of the Devs (June 6th at 7PM ET), the Wholesome Direct (June 7th at 12PM ET), and the PC Gaming Show (June 8th at 3PM ET). And that’s not including standalone events from PlayStation and Xbox.
It’s a lot to keep track of, and you can follow along with the most important updates right here.
The band is back together.
There’s already one excellent Scott Pilgrim beat ‘em up, and now we’re getting another. Tribute Games — the team behind games like TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge — is working with an all-star team on Scott Pilgrim EX. That includes original creator Bryan Lee O’Malley, chiptune rockers Anamanaguchi, pixel artist Paul Robertson, and Scott Pilgrim Takes Off showrunner BenDavid Grabinski. The new game is launching in 2026.
Image: Tribute Games
Great mixtape.
Mixtape, a new “coming-of-age adventure” from Annapurna Interactive, seems like it’ll have a killer soundtrack, including music from DEVO, Roxy Music, Lush, The Smashing Pumpkins, Iggy Pop, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division, the Cure, “and many more,” according to the description of a new trailer.
It’s coming “soon” to PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X / S.
If you thought Deadpool was annoying before...
wait until you hang out with him in VR. (Note: the trailer is age-gated, so you’ll have to click through to watch.)
Lies of Peak.
Lies of P, the Korean Soulslike based on the legend of Pinocchio is back with more puppet pounding action. Lies of P: Overture is a DLC expansion that delves into the history of Krat and gives you more opportunity to play around with a very pretty, very real boy. Even better, the DLC is out....right now.
Shovel Knight’s creators are launching a new game this fall
Image: Yacht Club Games
Yacht Club Games, the studio behind the Shovel Knight series, is launching its next game, Mina the Hollower, on October 31st, the team announced as part of Summer Game Fest on Friday.
Mina the Hollower is a top-down adventure game that looks like it was ripped directly from a Game Boy Color. You play as Mina, a mouse, and you’ll use things like your whip and the ability to burrow underground to take on enemies.
Come along and build on a fantastic voyage.
At Summer Game Fest, Lego has revealed its next game: Lego Voyagers. It’s a co-op adventure game where two players will use Lego to build their way across beautiful bricked-up landscapes. It actually looked really sweet, like the perfect game to play with a young family member. The game will also feature the friend pass program where you and a buddy can play on one copy of the game.
The stop motion renaissance continues.
Killer Inn is Square Enix’s new ‘murder mystery action’ game
Image: Square Enix
Square Enix just announced Killer Inn, a new “murder mystery action” game, as part of Summer Game Fest on Friday.
In a Killer Inn match, 24 players are divided into two teams of “wolves” and “lambs,” and it’s the job of the lambs to discover and kill all the wolves or for the wolves to kill the lambs. (Just to be clear, you play as humans, but with the title of wolves or lambs.) When wolves kill a lamb, they’ll leave clues like a piece of hair or clothing that the lambs can use to try and identify the wolves.
I felt that.
One of the weirdest reveals so far is this puppet fighting game that has the energy of the 2018 movie The Happytime Murders. It’s called Felt That Boxing and it has a soundtrack by none other than Flying Lotus.
More Marvel Cosmic Invasion characters.
She-Hulk and Rocket Raccoon will be playable characters in the Marvel-themed beat-’em-up. I recently talked to Dotemu’s CEO to learn a bit about the game and the rest of Dotemu’s 2025 lineup, which looks great.
Everyone is here.
While we’ve known about Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds for a while, at Summer Game Fest 2025 we got a better look at the racers and a release date. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds launches on September 25th with crossplay and a roster that includes Hatsune Miku, Kazuma Kiryu from the Yakuza series, and the character that got the biggest cheer from the live SGF audience: Persona 5’s Joker.
A Game of Thrones RTS is launching in 2026
I’m not sure how it took so long, but a real-time strategy game set in Westeros is finally in the works. The new game is called Game of Thrones: War for Westeros, and it’s described as a “classic, premium” RTS game for PC that will let players take control of the various houses and factions in George R.R. Martin’s fantasy universe.
The game is being developed by PlaySide Studios, and will include both a single-player campaign and multiplayer options. Here’s the official description:
On the beach.
It wouldn’t be a Summer Game Fest without Hideo Kojima, and he stopped by to show off a new trailer for Death Stranding 2 that weirdly looks nothing like Death Stranding 2.
Here’s a brief teaser of Fortnite’s live Star Wars event.
It kicks off at 2PM ET tomorrow.
The fest begins soon.
Summer Game Fest Live, the centerpiece of the new incarnation of E3, kicks off at 5PM ET, and you can watch along right here.
The Access-Ability Summer Showcase returns with the latest in accessible games
Now in its third year, the Access-Ability Summer Showcase is back to redress the lack of meaningful accessibility information across the ongoing video game showcase season. As we see progress broadly slow down, it’s also a timely reminder of the good work that’s still happening in pursuit of greater accessibility in gaming.
“At a time where we are seeing a slowdown in accessibility adoption in the AAA games space,” organizer Laura Kate Dale says, “we’re showing that there are interesting accessible games being made, games with unique and interesting features, and that being accessible is something that can bring an additional audience to purchase and play your games.”
Summer Game Fest might have a lot of games.
Host Geoff Keighley shared a list of more than 60 “partners” that will be part of Summer Game Fest, including Annapurna Interactive, CD Projekt Red, Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox. And the list is apparently just “Round 1.”
English (US) ·