As we go through the Keigh-hole.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year.
And the centrepoint of it all will be today’s Opening Showcase of Summer Game Fest.
Whatison the cards for tonight, then - what should we expect?
Well,Geoff Keighley, obviously, because it’s his show.
For now, though, let’s speculate - what are you hoping hope to see?
Our live coverage of this event has finished.
Good afternoon and welcome.
Today’s the day - yes, it’s Keighley happening.
Lucky Americans, eh?
They can pretend to work while watching the show!
You’re probably right about Microsoft.
I’d love to be wrong, but, yeah.
You are as regular as a migratory bird!
I don’t know what you mean!
Such certainty is very becoming of you.
I used to be a believer like you, until I took a Starfield to the knee.
He does have lovely hair.
But how I had forgotten that terrible sound.
This generation’s consoles are so wonderfully quiet.
There’s a phrase I haven’t heard before.
That’s the spirit!
You’ve got me all giddy with excitement now.
Ooh, yes, this would be nice.
Are you all sitting comfortably?
The tension is mounting!
(Soon to flubber out like air from a whoopie cushion.)
We were talking about this in the office today actually.
Will it be odd that Peter Molyneux isn’t the one to front it?
I do miss his big promises.
And where is Martin, anyway?
Martin, oh Marrrrrrrrrtin!
Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap.
I wonder if Geoff is doing any vocal warm-ups backstage.
I’m not sure if I’m allowed to jot down that on Eurogamer actually.
Sam Lake from Remedy is apparently there tonight to show Alan Wake 2.
I met him once.
We were in the same hotel, attending a conference in Poland.
He’s really nice.
There’s something distinctly Hollywood about him, too.
Ooh, very funky hold music.
Have you ever been caught humming hold music when the person eventually answers on the other end?
Happens to me all the time!
I phone places with hold music especially.
What does everyone have to sip on during the conference?
I see some talk of brandy in the Eurogamer chat.
There’s a mention of olives, too.
Ooh nice, nice.
I have some boring water.
Oh, here we go!
Oh I forgot it’s actually live.
Chris Tapsell is out in LA for us.
I wonder if he’s one of the people cheering.
I bet he isn’t.
I bet he’s got his legs crossed and he’s being hard to hey.
Yes - what is his name!
I can’t remember.
Geoff blowing his own trumpet here.
You’re not a console Geoff!
You don’t have cross-play.
Geoff making sure we hang around.
We’re not expecting this apparently.
Is that Prince of Persia?!
Who said I wasn’t expecting it?
Oh it’s not a mobile game is it?
So it’s a very combatty Prince of Persia?
Is that Orlando Bloom doing the voice?
Can’t be - way too expensive.
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.
I suppose it’s a reboot of the original?
Or a harkening back to the original?
Where’s Wes when you need him?
So this is Mortal Kombat 1, a kind of franchise reboot.
It’s coming this September.
Sub Zero and is that Liu Kang, fighting in a bar.
I love the trashy story.
We’re in Johnny Cage’s flashy apartment now I think.
Oh, yikes, stabbed in the head by Sub Zero.
Nice flamingo rubber ring in the background.
Oh wait,thisis Liu Kang n ow fighting Scorpion.
Looks great to me.
What do you all think?
Ooh there’s that buddy system in action!
I’d quite like a hug from Goro.
Holy shit that’s disgusting.
I mean, it’s Mortal Kombat being Mortal Kombat.
Here’s MK creator Ed Boon to tell us more.
He’s explaining the new timeline now and how we went from MK11 to MK1.
Okay so Liu Kang became a fire god and created a new timeline.
Sub Zero and Scorpion are now brothers, rather than enemies.
This is the buddy system.
Sorry, “Kameo”.
And doing this apparently nets you some of the Kameo fighter’s abilities.
Or Tekken Tag, as Weebleman points out.
So it’s not tag.
You bring in the Kameos as a kind of combo.
THer’es a counter up top apparently - there’s a ring around their portrait.
Lots of the Kameos are nods to the first game.
It’s deliberately nostalgic like that it sounds like.
Jean-Claude Van Damme is in MK1 as Johnny Cage.
Apparently Boon has tried to get JCVD for the game repeatedly over the years.
They’re big fans of Blood Sport; it was a big inspiration for the series.
Good film that - totally ridiculous.
Well don’t speak too soon but, you know, this has been good so far.
I’ve jinxed it haven’t I.
Path of Exile 2.
I mean, that looks alotlike Diablo 4.
Maybe not quite as intricate.
Interesting timing for it, really.
There’ll be enormous interest in this.
Apparently we’re going to find out more on 28th July.
Not sure what that occasion is.
Ryu’s turned into a robot!
We’re getting a Street Fighter 6 update.
Ah, so an AI called Leviathan on an island has taken over Ryu.
What the absolute hell is going on here?
Now there’s a Guile robot!
And Ryu is punching a Ticeratops.
Oh it’s an Exoprimal crossover!
Oh nice, thanks!
July 14th for that Street Fighter crossover.
Onto another crossover now.
Here’s Nicolas Cage in Dead by Daylight.
He’s coming to the game in July.
Oh and here’s Nicolas Cage at the show!
Look how he’s holding that microphone!
Still, he’s a legend, and look at those shiny shoes.
“It’s a museum of horror, right?”
He’s a survivor in the game, by the way.
He plays “heightened, exaggerated version of a film actor” called Nicolas Cage.
It’s like he’s doing an impression of himself.
He’s doing all the voice work for himself in the game, apparently.
He wants us to “fuse” with him.
Someone in his family loves the game, apparently.
“And that really put the hook in,” he jokes.
Apparently he’s never been invited to do a game before.
I wonder if that’s true?
It can’t be, can it?
It took him nothing but a split-second to say yes apparently.
He’s really hitting the PR beats.
PC players can download a test build of Nic Cage on 5th July apparently.
We’re getting a look at him.
It’s like his face is frozen mid-pout.
He’s talking about The Witcher on Netflix.
Ooh we’re getting the wold premier of the new trailer.
I’m looking forward to this all the same.
“I won’t abandon Ciri,” says Geralt.
What like you abandoned the show, Henry?
Shh don’t, don’t.
It’ll feel strange watching a Witcher in the summer.
Ooh yes of course, the Wild Hunt are in this one.
The effects look a little unconvincing from here - maybe it’ll feel different in context.
Did anyone watch the Blood Origins spin-off?
Bobbins, that was.
Oh, hello, it’s the Astronauts, the Adrian Chmielarz studio.
I hope I spelled that right.
A kind of medieval fantasy shoot ‘em up.
Early access starts 20th September.
VR game Crossfire Sierra Squad there.
I’m sure Ian is excited.
I’m not sure what this is.
But it looks ghoulish.
Like a co-op horror shooter.
Did someone say Renmant?
Remnant 2 apparently - thank you!
Coming out 25th July.
So what do you think so far, at the end of the first quarter?
It’s been pretty good, no?
He just ran from the old into the new, and back again.
It’s a 2D Sonic, or 2.5D, and it’s just like the old games yay!
you might play with friends but that doesn’t look particulaly fun.
It’s got new powers.
There’s a blue hedgehog.
Coming in the autumn.
That’s a good way of looking at it!
I can’t listen to the name Honkai Star Rail without giggling.
But yes, massive game.
Lies of P. The Pinocchio-like Soulslike.
And we’re getting a release date.
Let’s see if you’re right!
Love the atmosphere of the game.
Lies of P is coming out 19th September - ding ding ding, you were correct!
And there’s a demo out now!
A new game based on a famous manga, now.
Who can guess it first?
Is it, is it, is it, I have no idea.
Oh so it’s from Toriyama-san, the creator of Dragon Ball.
It’s a desert world, a third-person action-adventure.
There are missiles, uppercuts, tanks, mechs.
Sandland, that’s its name.
We’re getting a tease to see how many we can figure out.
Stray…
NCsoft and Amazon Games collaborated on this F2P MMO.
I wonder if it’s one of these that’s available already in the East but coming West.
It looks pretty but they always do.
Was that some shapeshifting there?
It’s got very active combat like Black Desert Online.
Grappling hooks, shapeshifting and flying - lots of agility.
It’s Throne and Liberty.
There’s a tech test running and they want players.
More online stuff from Nexon now.
It’s like Ubisoft’s For Honour but slashier.
No, you took a mini-break there to get some water!
Hey did you work on it?
We’re going into madness now, apparently.
Ooh it’s my friend Sam Lake!
To talk about Alan Wake.
Look how unbelievably handsome he is.
God, has it really been 13 years since the original Alan Wake?
You’ll get to switch between them at points, it sounds like.
I wonder how free it is.
- is investigating some ritualistic murders and in doing so, find pages of a horror story.
So you start by playing as Saga.
It’s a sequel but also a standalone experience, he says, which obviously makes sense.
He says you’re “free to switch between them”.
Raw gameplay for the first time ever.
I tell you, it’s nice to see gameplay after the PlayStation Showcase.
Love an FBI jacket.
As you do in horror experiences.
She’s come across some kind of settlement.
There’s a stag in there!
It makes her jump.
Now there’s a stag-like humanoid monster thing, coming for her with an axe.
She’s shooting it.
It’s shouting at her.
Suffice to say, they’re not getting along.
Quite reminiscent of Resi gameplay, that sequence.
She’s going back in.
It does look nice, doesn’t it?
So there are visual anomalies you interact with.
The gameplay ends with her examining a tattooed heart.
17th October for Alan Wake 2.
We’re getting a look at co-op gameplay from Saber’s Warhammer 40K game now.
I think it looks pretty good.
Oh this looks like Yes, Your Grace!
I’m assuming it’s a sequel, and it looks much expanded.
Oh or maybe it’s an expansion?
Yes, Your Grace: Snowfall, coming next year.
Saber and Focus Entertainment now.
A horror game inspired by John Carpenter, who wasn’t actually a carpenter.
John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando.
Very tongue-in-cheek, kinda Dead Island in tone.
That frame-rate doesn’t look great, but then, there are a lot of zombies on screen.
If it is totally ridiculous, I’m in.
Baldur’s Gate 3!
We’re going to see a second antagonist now.
And they’re voiced by… can we guess?
It’s Lucius Malfoy!
I love Jason Isaacs!
I cannot wait for Baldur’s Gate.
Hey, that rhymes!
He’s playing a character called Gortash.
Holy moly those were some cheers for Spider-Man 2.
I wasn’t expecting that.
We’re talking about the villains in the game.
Well, they are.
It’s good isn’t it!
It is not Eddie Brok Venom, apparently.
It’s an original story not from a comic.
Isn’t Peter Parker Venom - didn’t we see that in the PlayStation Showcase?
What, Prince Harry?
They’re pushing on a date…
20th October.
I think this is maybe the slower middle part.
It didn’t look too bad though.
Early access coming in January 2024.
Now, an expansion for Black Desert Online.
That game has one of the best character creators I’ve ever seen.
And also, some of the best combat in an MMO I’ve ever encountered.
A Lord of the Rings game!
My partner just bought a replica of Gimli’s axe, you know.
It’s leaning against the wall behind me now.
This looks a bit ropy, the game, though.
An exciting new mobile game!
I doubt it, Geoff.
But it is Final Fantasy…
Is this all one game?
I don’t get it.
It looks part rubbish, part okay.
Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis.
You won’t sleep for excitement tonight, will you?
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden now.
Some ghost hunters in the wilds of North America did he say?
It’s a Focus Home game.
It’s heavily supernatural, perhaps obviously.
You find people who are posessed, and then get to choose who to save or sacrifice.
Oh, okay, so you’re a duo, one living, one a ghost.
A bit like Shadow of Mordor, maybe?
Or maybe it means you’re able to move between worlds.
That is a good question!
I suspect the answer has something to do with money.
But hey, I really enjoyed Plague Tale last year, so there’s hope!
We’re seeing something Yakuza now - I don’t know what.
Like a Dragon: Gaiden - The Man Who Erased His Name.
Yep, no idea.
It’s Under the Waves!
It looks like Subnautica though.
Oh my god look at that thing!
It looks like a popcorn bucket!
Ben Brode now from Marvel Snap.
Donlan interviewed him recently - he was very enthusiastic about it.
Although listening to Brode, I bet he was excited too.
Gosh he’s tall isn’t he?
Note how Geoff wasn’t standing too close.
But he’s not small, you know.
Well there you go.
King Arthur: Legends Rise.
A fantasy squad adventure - god do they really call them that now?
Isn’t that the maker of Marvel: Contest of Champions?
It started off really brightly but it’s slumped in the middle here for sure.
Some good things at the beginning!
Not much in the past half-an-hour or so though.
There are a few games flitting by now.
Not much of obvious note.
But now some kind of Star Trek game, it looks like.
Oh it’s just a CGI teaser with no actual information.
Will Arnett on the screen!
He looks like he just woke up.
I don’t know.
It’s strange when you have a different actor doing the body to the voice.
I know that happened with Darth Vader but there’s a bit of a disconnect here.
Ok so it’s a Twisted Metal TV series coming 27th July on Peacock.
Lis Funga, did they say?
A hack-and-slash time shift game.
There’s a really interesting third-person witch-inspired game that does this already.
I can’t remember it’s bloody name - it’s out on Steam already.
Lysfanga, that’s what the game is called.
Oh we saw this one - Immortals of Aveum - in the PlayStation Showcase.
It’s a first-person magic shooter.
Immortals is out this summer.
Gina Torres is in it too.
I liked the look of this before - it had a lot of energy.
And yes - Dark Messiah!
But maybe a little less slapstick?
This looks a bit more set-piecey.
I get Bulletstorm vibes from that grappling hook you have.
I’m intrigued but equal parts worried it’ll be a turkey.
Nice to see something new, though.
20th July for this.
Not long to wait!
Fortnite Wilds cinematic trailer reveal now.
There’s a big hidden jungle coming.
I just looked that up and I’ve still never heard of it!
Oh we’re coming to the grand finale!
It’s Final Fantasy!
It’s the second part of the remake!
Gosh it’s pretty.
That’s the badger.
Yeah I was just thinking that!
Especially running around outside in those wilds.
Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth coming out early 2024 on two discs!
Oh that really was it.
Strong start, tailed off towards the end.
Christ, is it really 10 years of The Game Awards this December?
Should be a good show.
We won’t be covering it live but we’ll be keeping an eye on all the announcements.
It’s kinda ridiculous isn’t it?
Yeah I think that’s fair.
I guess a lot of that helps fund the show?
I don’t know though.
Thanks for being here with us.
Crikey - that’s a chunky Pinocchio!
We’ll be back live-covering events on Sunday evening for Bethesda/Microsoft, by the way!
You go get some rest!
Very good, very good.
You missed a great start!
But it tailed off after that, with a pick-up at the end with FF7 Rebirth.
I wonder if something was pulled last-minute?
I was sure we’d see Phantom Liberty.
