It’s going to be a sizzling summer season… for video video games! Host Geoff Keighley’s annual showcase of what’s to come back on the planet of gaming, Summer season Sport Fest, kicked off Friday with a two-hour extravaganza of recreation trailers, bulletins, and shock reveals.
Along with new seems at Capcom’s Monster Hunter Wilds, Atlus’ Metaphor: ReFantazio, and Funcom’s Dune: Awakening, viewers have been handled to loads of new video games and first seems at gameplay. Right here’s all the things massive introduced at Summer season Sport Fest 2024.
Lego Horizon Adventures
Aloy’s adventures by way of a post-post-apocalyptic wasteland simply received quite a bit… cuter? And foolish! Lego Horizon Adventures is an isometric, Lego-fied tackle Guerrilla Video games’ open-world journey sequence, and it’s coming to Nintendo Swap, PlayStation 5, and Home windows PC later this yr.
Harry Potter Quidditch Champions
The multiplayer Quidditch recreation set within the wizarding world of Harry Potter is coming this summer season. Our first have a look at Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions additionally comes with a launch date: The sport will come to Nintendo Swap, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Sequence X on Sept. 3. It’ll be accessible by way of PlayStation Plus on day one.
Cuffbust
The developer behind horror prepare recreation Choo Choo Charles revealed Cuffbust, a cute, chaotic jail escape recreation during which you play as Jailiens making an attempt to bust out of the hoosegow. It’s out in 2025.
Sid Meier’s Civilization 7
The subsequent entry within the Civilization sequence is lastly official. Sid Meier’s Civilization 7 will deliver the grand historic 4X turn-based technique recreation sequence again and destroy your sleep schedule when it’s launched on PC and consoles in 2025.
Road Fighter 6 yr 2 characters deliver the Capcom vs. SNK
The Road Fighter 6 roster is increasing, with M. Bison (this summer season), Deadly Fury’s Terry Bogard (fall) and Mai Shiranui (winter 2025), and Road Fighter 3’s Elena (spring 2025), Capcom revealed at Summer season Sport Fest.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
The Dragon Ball Budokai Tenkaichi sequence returns with Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero this fall. The high-flying preventing recreation involves PS5, Home windows PC, and Xbox Sequence X on Oct. 11.
Deadly Fury: Metropolis of the Wolves
A brand new trailer for SNK’s Deadly Fury: Metropolis of the Wolves confirms an early 2025 launch window on PC, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Sequence X, in addition to exhibiting new fighters B. Jenet and Vox Reaper in motion.
Monster Hunter Wilds
Capcom’s already proven a lot from Monster Hunter Wilds, the next-game within the open-world action-adventure searching franchise. At Summer season Sport Fest, Monster Hunter aficionados discovered much more, due to an look from sequence producer Ryozo Tsujimoto and a brand new trailer. Tsujimoto promised one other have a look at Monster Hunter Wilds later this summer season at Gamescom Opening Night time Stay.
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Persona followers, take notice. Atlus and Studio Zero revealed extra about Metaphor: ReFantazio, their new turn-based fantasy technique recreation with a brand new trailer and a launch date: Oct. 11 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, and Xbox Sequence X.
Six titles from Blumhouse Video games
Blumhouse, the film manufacturing firm that turns indie-budget horror movies into blockbuster hits (more often than not), is moving into video games. At Summer season Sport Fest, the brand new Blumhouse Video games division revealed its first initiatives: Crisol Theater of Idols from Vermila Studios, Grave Seasons from Excellent Rubbish, Sleep Awake from Eyes Out, Worry the Highlight from Cozy Sport Friends, The Simulation from PlayMeStudio, and Venture C from Sam Barlow and Brandon Cronenberg.
Alan Wake 2: Night time Springs
Extra Alan Wake is coming. Treatment’s first enlargement for Alan Wake 2 presents “mysterious, terrifying, and quirky what-if eventualities,” Sam Lake says, with clear The Twilight Zone vibe. Alan Wake 2: Night time Springs will probably be out this weekend.
Phantom Blade 0
S-Sport’s new trailer for character motion recreation Phantom Blade 0 appeared extra Sekiro-like than ever at Summer season Sport Fest.
Slitterhead
The brand new horror recreation from ex-Silent Hill and Siren builders is probably not what you have been anticipating, however Slitterhead has some fascinating design selections, like the flexibility to make machine weapons, swords, spears, and claws out human blood to battle horribly mutated human beings. Slitterhead additionally received a launch date: Nov. 8.
Dune: Awakening
Funcom’s Dune survival MMO continues to look nice, and in a brand new story-heavy trailer, we get a have a look at the setup for Dune: Awakening: a universe with out Paul Atreides.
Mighty Morphin Energy Rangers: Rita’s Rewind
A brand new Energy Rangers recreation from Digital Eclipse, the developer more and more recognized for its fastidiously researched and lavishly offered archival retro recreation collections, was revealed at Summer season Sport Fest. Mighty Morphin Energy Rangers: Rita’s Rewind takes basic moments from the present and wraps them in retro gameplay types, with a time-traveling twist.
Cairn
The creators behind Furi and Haven revealed their subsequent venture, an intense-looking and classy mountain-climbing recreation named Cairn.
Wanderstop
Annapurna Interactive and Ivy Highway — which is le by Davey Wreden, creator of The Stanley Parable, Karla Zimonja, co-creator of Gone Dwelling and Tacoma, and Daniel “C418” Rosenfeld, the composer behind the music of Minecraft — revealed Wanderstop, which they describe as “a narrative-centric cozy recreation about change and tea.” As fallen fighter Alta, “you handle a tea store inside a magical forest and have a tendency to the shoppers who move by way of,” one thing she doesn’t actually wish to do. Seems like there’s one other layer to this one… Wanderstop is coming to PlayStation 5 and PC.
Sonic X Shadow Generations
Sega’s remaster of Sonic Generations, now with further Shadow the Hedgehog, is coming Oct. 25.
Valorant is coming to PS5 and Xbox
Riot Video games’ tactical team-based shooter is making the soar from PC to console. Valorant’s PS5 and Xbox Sequence X variations launch later this yr, with a restricted beta take a look at kicking off June 14.
Hyper Gentle Breaker
Coronary heart Machine gave Hyper Gentle Drifter followers an extended and attractive have a look at the 3D sequel, Hyper Gentle Breaker, and introduced some excellent news: The brand new recreation is coming to Steam early entry this summer season.
Delta Power: Hawk Ops
Delta Power: Hawk Ops is the most recent installment within the basic Delta Power shooter franchise, and this one consists of multiplayer PvP, an extraction mode, and a full remaster of the unique Delta Power: Black Hawk Down online game, based mostly on the Ridley Scott film.
Neva
Summer season Sport Fest gave us a have a look at Neva, the “emotionally-charged motion journey” from the developer of Gris. Based on the sport’s official description, “Neva chronicles the story of Alba, a younger lady sure to a curious wolf cub following a traumatic encounter with darkish forces. Collectively they embark on a deadly journey by way of a once-beautiful world because it slowly decays round them.”
Black Fable: Wukong
Motion recreation Black Fable: Wukong is a good trying recreation, however the newest trailer is all CG. The PC recreation is coming Aug. 20.
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
Capcom’s fantasy strategy-action recreation Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess received a shock (surprisingly quickly) launch date: July 19.
