Whether you call it Summer Game Fest, ‘Keigh 3’, ‘Not E3’, ‘Summer Geoff Fest’, we’re right in the middle of the traditional summertime video games bonanza. Sure, it’s still very different to the full fat E3 carnival, and seems decidedly smaller scale, but there’s still been some pretty big or interesting announcements. So… let’s round up all the gaming news!
In the News This Week
OK, so the best way to round-up everything that’s been announced is actually to give you a round-up of round-ups, starting with the bigger of the fishes that have swum up stream so far.
- All the announcements from Summer Game Fest 2022
- Every game from Day of the Devs at Summer Game Fest 2022
- Netflix announce new Dragon Age, Castlevania: Nocturne & more shows
- Netflix mobile games revealed – Queen’s Gambit, Desta, Spiritfarer & more
That should have you mostly covered, but here’s a few particular highlights (and more general news)
- The Last Of Us Part 1 Remake is officially announced.
- Spider-Man joins the Midnight Suns character roster – Out on 7th October
- Guile confirmed for Street Fighter 6 – See some fresh gameplay
- Desta: The Memories Between is the next game from the Monument Valley devs
- New Lord of the Rings game will go beyond Tolkien’s books
- 2022 Samsung TV’s will ship with the Xbox app, allowing you to game without a console
- Halo Infinite campaign co-op beta test flights will go live in July
- F1 Manager 22 August release date and gameplay revealed in new trailer
Make sure to tune in on Sunday for the Xbox & Bethesda Showcase in particular, but there’s other streams through today and tomorrow that will have a bunch of announcements. Here’s the rest of the schedule:
- Guerrilla Collective – 11th June 8AM PDT / 11AM EDT / 4PM BST / 5PM CEST
- Wholesome Games Direct – 11th June 9:30AM PDT / 12:30PM EDT / 17:30PM BST / 18:30PM CEST
- Future Games Show – 11th June 12PM PDT / 3PMM EDT / 8PM BST / 9PM CEST
- Xbox & Bethesda Showcase – 12th June 10AM PDT / 1PM EDT / 6PM BST / 7PM CEST
- PC Gaming Show – 12th June 12:30PM PDT / 3:30PM EDT / 8:30PM BST / 9:30PM CEST
- Capcom Showcase – 13th June 3PM PDT / 6PM EDT / 11PM BST / 12AM (14th June) CEST
Games in Review
Let’s start with the clutch of reviews that we had this week:
- Ynglet – PC – 8/10
- Winter Ember – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, PC – 4/10
- Samurai Riot Definitive Edition – NSW, PC – 3/10
- Mario Strikers: Battle League Football – NSW – Review in Progress
Featured Stories
Last weekend saw the annual Pokémon Go Fest, and Nic was our man roaming parks and catching cutesy monsters for the two-day Poké-bonanza. Was it worth paying for, though? Did Niantic screw everything up with bad communication and abysmal shiny rates? You betcha! Here’s his Pokémon Go Fest 2022 report.
Dom felt like he was visiting some old friends when diving into the opening chapters of Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes – you too can check this out with the free demo. Meanwhile, I took up dangerous park management again with the Dominion Biosyn Expansion for Jurassic World Evolution 2. Here it is in action.
Following the latest lump sum investment in a video games company by the Saudi ‘Public Investment Fund’, Tuffcub dove into gaming as a whole to see whether you can actually still do any kind of gaming with a free conscience over the human and global toll of this industry. Here’s how to be a guilt free gamer or: Why humans are just awful.
Finally What We Played featured Jurassic Park Evolution 2 Dominion Biosyn Expansion and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. Long game names are the best, eh?
Trailer Park
See the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 oil rig level playthrough
Layers of Fears announced by Bloober Team, annoying everyone who was hoping for Silent Hill
The Last Of Us Part 1 Remake is officially announced
The Plucky Squire is a gorgeous adventure split between 2D and 3D
Be a bear and run a B&B in Bear & Breakfast – coming out in July
Your Achievements
Here’s what you in our community has been up to this week:
- willbuchanan got in a little Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars on PS3 and Everybody’s Golf on PS4, but plans for much more gaming this weekend.
- And while hornet1990 has been concentrating on watching Netflix as he runs out his subscription, he did try the Dishonored 2 trial. He’s enjoying the broader level design, after years of being spoilt by signposting and linear games.
Enjoy your weekend and hopefully you’ll pop in every now and then to see what else has been announced!
