The Summer Game Fest took place yesterday, bringing with it a slew of announcements, trailers, and news for us to chew on including news on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Geoff Keighley hosted this year’s Summer Game Fest, which featured fresh announcements, trailers, and unexpected surprises.
As predicted, a host of intriguing announcements were made, including a brand-new character for Street Fighter 6 called “Guile,” a video for The Last Of Us Remake, more details on the impending Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and more footage from Gotham Knights.
Aliens Dark Descent, Fort Solis, Routine, Stormgate, Goat Simulator 3, Midnight Fight Express, One Piece Odyssey, Honkai Starrail, and a few others were among the games we got a first look at.
Here is a closer look at some of the announcements:
Street Fighter 6:
Street Fighter 6 has just recently been announced and here we were given an extended look at the gameplay of this next-gen fighting game. In this video, we get to see Guile in action against American rival Luke and veteran fighter Ryu.
Street Fighter 6 – Guile Gameplay Trailer:
Aliens: Dark Descent:
Tindalos Interactive has released Aliens: Dark Descent, a new third-person action game. Dark Descent’s cinematic trailer depicts a small group of Colonial Marines attempting to move through some sort of base. A group of four Marines uses automatic guns and a rocket launcher to impede but not halt an oncoming tide of monsters. The game is set to be released in 2023.
Aliens: Dark Descent – World Premiere Reveal Trailer:
The Callisto Protocol:
CEO for Striking Distance Glen Scofield revealed a new trailer and gameplay footage for the game. He called this trailer the “Schofield Cut” and this video shows just how dangerous space can be. The game takes place in the year 2320, on Jupiter’s moon Callisto, in a prison colony known as Black Iron, which is run by the United Jupiter Company. The player assumes the role of Jacob Lee (Josh Duhamel), a prisoner at Black Iron who finds himself caught up in an alien invasion that appears to have been orchestrated by the prison’s warden.
Summer Game Fest: The Callisto Protocol World Premiere Trailer:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2:
The focus of the information given for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was focused on the new “Dark Water” campaign, which takes place on the Atlantic coast and has special troops pursuing a cargo ship carrying a missile. The game comes out on the 28th of October for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. There was also news that Warzone 2.0 is coming later this year.
Summer Game Fest: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 World Premiere Gameplay Footage:
Flashback 2:
Flashback is receiving a sequel 30 years later, and a release date has been established. The game will be developed by Microids Studio Lyon and will be released later this year.
Summer Game Fest: Flashback World Premiere Trailer:
Fort Solis:
The new thriller et on Mars will be developed by two industry veterans, Troy Baker (The Last Of Us) and Roger Clark (Red Dead Redemption 2). The game’s first teaser previewed the concept: A colony of space settlers has been established on Mars, but something goes wrong. Frantic clips of the base in a state of emergency build-up to a final clip of a guy saying, “Something is going on here, and I need to find out what it is.”
Summer Game Fest: Fort Solis World Premiere Trailer:
Routine:
After being in development for a decade Routine finally got a new trailer which showed that the game is heading to PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Game Pass but the release date is still elusive.
Routine’s re-reveal trailer uses all in-game imagery to transport viewers back to the game’s gloomy and frightening futuristic atmosphere. According to a press release from developer Lunar Software, the team rebuilt the game from the bottom up to better meet its initial idea.
Summer Game Fest: Routine World Premiere Trailer:
Stormgate:
Stormgate is a new game being developed by Frost Giant Studios which boasts many former Blizzard Entertainment developers. Stormgate is a brand-new real-time strategy game with the promise of an “ever-evolving story through thrilling campaign missions where science fiction and fantasy collide.”
Summer Game Fest: Stormgate World Premiere Trailer:
Highwater:
The game is being developed by Demagog and published by Rogue games, the release date is set for this year still so we will be watching out for that. Traverse the bleak flooded world of Highwater in this “Narrative driven isometric survival game”.
Highwater – Teaser Trailer:
Goat Simulator 3:
It seems people can’t get enough goats in their lives, Coffeestain studios have decided to give us a 3rd installment of Goat Simulator. Even though there is no Goat Simulator 2 Goat simulator 3 is coming to PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC via the Epic Games Store later this year.
Summer Game Fest: Goat Simulator 3 World Premiere Trailer:
Marvel’s Midnight Suns:
The team that brought you XCOM is developing a new strange turn-based game. Wanna know more? Watch this amazing new trailer. The release date is set for the 7th of October 2022, pre-orders are open.
Marvel’s Midnight Suns | “Darkness Falls” Trailer:
Cuphead’s Delicious Last Course DLC:
The new DLC will be coming to Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC on the 30th of this month. All aspects have been enhanced and there is even a new playable character called miss chalice for you to enjoy. They also revealed a new boss called Mortimer Freeze that has his own icy arena to play in.
Summer Game Fest: Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course Interview with Maja Moldenhauer:
Honkai: Star Rail:
The makers of Genshin Impact have developed a new Sci-Fi open-world game that follows the story of a protagonist embarking on an interstellar trip aboard the Astral express. The game contains a turn-based battle system in which you must construct a team of diverse warriors, each with their own combat abilities.
Summer Game Fest: HoYoverse Honkai: Star Rail World Premiere Trailer:
Zenless Zone Zero:
The game is being developed by HoYoverse and is said to have “the detail of Genshin Impact with a fast-paced action style.”The futuristic game takes place in New Eridu where there is a vast conspiracy of sorts that is running amok.no release date was shown as of yet.
Summer Game Fest: HoYoverse Zenless Zone Zero World Premiere Trailer:
TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge:
a classic beat-’em-up. Casey Jones, the seventh playable character in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, was introduced at Summer Game Fest on Thursday by developer Tribute Games and Dotemu. Jones, a hockey mask-wearing, stick-wielding vigilante, will join Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Splinter, and April O’Neil in a throwback to the classic Konami Ninja Turtle games.
Summer Game Fest: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge World Premiere Trailer with Casey:
One-Piece Odyssey:
One-Piece Odyssey is a new JRPG being developed by Bandai Namco and is based on the long-running Anime.
Summer Game Fest: One Piece World Premiere Trailer:
Saints Row Boss Factory:
Volition’s upcoming Saints Row reboot, simply titled Saints Row, won’t be out until the 23rd of August – but you can start designing your character now. Saints Row Boss Factory is currently available as a pre-release download on all platforms.
SAINTS ROW – Boss Factory Trailer – OUT NOW (Official):
Nightingale:
Nightingale, Inflexion Games’ first-person fantasy survival game, has a new trailer that shows how the game’s card system interacts with its 3D setting. Nightingale is a shared world, player-vs.-environment game in which players fight and make their way through a Victorian fantasy world, visiting a variety of places. (It appears that the cards are crucial for realm-hopping.)
Summer Game Fest: Nightingale World Premiere Trailer:
Layers Of Fears:
The game will be developed by Bloober Team and this psychological horror is set to be released in early 2023 for PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X. The plot will not be focused on a single figure, but rather will unfold over several generations.
Layers of Fears – Official Reveal Trailer (2022):
Gotham Knights :
Gotham Knights got a fresh demo trailer showcasing the main focus character which is Nightwing as Batman is not in the picture in this game. Nightwing is briefly introduced in the trailer before demonstrating some of his outstanding combat techniques. He wields dual batons, a grappling hook, a projectile-firing weapon, and impressive martial arts skills.
The game will be available on the 25th of October for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
Gotham Knights – Official Nightwing Character Trailer:
The Last Of Us Part 1:
On the 2nd of September, a rebuilt version of The Last of Us will be released on PlayStation 5 and eventually on Windows PC. The Last of Us Part 1 is the new name for the remake, which corresponds to the title of the game’s 2020 sequel for PlayStation 4, The Last of Us Part 2.
Summer Game Fest: Last of Us Part 1 Remake World Premiere Trailer:
There you have it, folks, some very exciting new games on the horizon, as well as a lot of information to take in all at once. Rest assured, we will be covering all of the news for these upcoming releases, so stay tuned.