To kick off Summer season Sport Fest, the ringleader of the successor to E3, Geoff Keighley, showcased a set of recreation trailers for video games we have heard of and others debuting for the primary time.
Whereas Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo have trended towards their very own showcases, with E3 gone Summer season Sport Fest has grow to be the large midyear multiplatform launch present. And this 12 months, we noticed an enormous collection of video games massive and small within the two-hour showcase.
From large and rumored video games like Civilization VII and Black Delusion: Wukong to the VR recreation Batman: Arkham Shadow, to a Lego tackle the Horizon journey video games and a lovely new recreation from the makers of Gris, the trailers we noticed had been fascinating however not the whole lot we noticed within the two-hour showcase. Here is the highest 5 we preferred:
Watch this: Prime 5 Trailers From Summer season Sport Fest 2024
For folk wanting extra, under are the most important trailers we noticed on the showcase — a few of which had been teases, others confirmed gameplay, and almost each one revealed one thing we hadn’t seen earlier than.
Civilization VII
The subsequent nice civilization-building recreation, Civilization VII, received a vibes trailer coming to PC and consoles in 2025. Whereas we did not get any gameplay on this trailer or any trace at what’s new within the newest of the storied recreation franchise, Sid Meier himself mentioned in a Zoomed-in video that we’ll get a full reveal of the gameplay later this summer time.
Lego Horizon Adventures
The most recent Lego recreation of a preferred story is Lego Horizon Adventures, adapting the world of Horizon Zero Daybreak and Horizon Forbidden West with Lego’s cute and lighthearted aesthetic (in addition to with on-line and sofa co-op). The sport comes out on PS5, Change and PC through the vacation 2024 season.
Alan Wake II DLC
Alan Wake II was the most effective video games of 2023, and studio Treatment promised DLC was coming — then surprise-dropped the primary of two promised expansions at Summer season Sport Fest, accessible on June 8. Night time Springs, because it’s known as, may have three chapters to play, every starring a member of the so-called Remedyverse of video games: Sheriff Shawn Breaker (launched in Alan Wake II), superfan and waitress Rose (launched within the unique Alan Wake) and Federal Bureau of Management Director Jesse Faden, who debuted in Management
Alan Wake II’s Night time Springs DLC is included within the Growth Move of the Deluxe Version of the sport, or normal version homeowners pays $20 to improve to the Deluxe version, based on IGN.
Black Delusion Wukong
Whereas the trailer did not give us an excessive amount of, it is yet one more presentation of vibes for a recreation we cannot have to attend for much longer to see: the sport is out on Aug. 20, 2024 for PS5 and PC.
Metaphor ReFantazio
We received one other trailer of Metaphor ReFantazio, from the makers of the Persona video games. This trailer targeted on a characteristic that is on the core of the sport: archetypes — like personas, they embody human feelings like concern and anxiousness, gaining expertise and turning into extra highly effective. The sport is now accessible for preorder and popping out on Oct. 11 for PS4, PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S and PC.
Batman Arkham Shadow
The subsequent Batman recreation, Batman Arkham Shadow, received a trailer teasing the tone and enemies — together with the mysterious Rat King — of the brand new VR recreation, which is out for Meta Quest 3 in fall 2024.
Harry Potter Quidditch Champions
On the heels of the wildly profitable Hogwarts Legacy, one other recreation within the Harry Potter world is coming quickly, this time centered across the broom-based recreation of quidditch. It can launch Sept. 3 for PS5, Xbox One X/S, PC and Change.
The First Descendent
Seen on the State of Play final week, The First Descendent is a looter shooter that can be popping out quickly on July 2 for PS5, Xbox One X/S and PC. The trailer has weapons, grenades, acrobatics and funky scenes, although little of what seems to be like direct gameplay.
Star Wars Outlaws
The most recent trailer for Star Wars Outlaws reveals extra gameplay and story content material for the sport, Ubisoft’s heist-focused recreation stuffed with scoundrels and smugglers, which is due out on August 30, 2024.
Slitterhead
The gross and terrifying reveal of Slitterhead makes extra sense when you realize it is coming from the creator of Silent Hill. The sport is due out on Nov. 8, 2024.
Dune: Awakening
We’ve not heard a lot about Dune: Awakening, a recreation set on the earth of Frank Herbert’s science fiction traditional that dominated the silver display screen with Denis Villeneuve’s movie diversifications. Whereas we did not get any gameplay, the trailer for Dune: Awakening teases the main target of the sport: Paul, inheritor of home Atreides, utilizing his Kwisatz Haderach powers of foresight to look at what might need been.
No Extra Room In Hell 2
No Extra Room In Hell 2 seems to be like a gameplay inheritor to multiplayer co-op zombie shooters like Left 4 Useless. The trailer confirmed survivors preventing their method by means of hordes of enemies and falling gruesomely. The sport has a giant map, eight-player co-op and permadeath. The sport can be accessible in early entry this Halloween.
Neva
From the creators of the visually gorgeous platformer Gris comes Neva, a stunning pastoral journey starring a woman and her wolf. It seems to be to have related gameplay to Gris: 2D side-scrolling with attractive foreground and background visuals. Neva will come out later in 2024.
Skate
It has been 4 years since Skate 4 was introduced at E3, and now it is lastly being proven off once more at Summer season Sport Fest (now simply known as “Skate”). The trailer reveals the state of San Vansterdam, a metropolis overrun by skaters now that the company overlords at M-Corp have fallen from grace.
Whereas there isn’t any launch date but, console playtesting goes to open up in fall 2024.
