Starts 10pm UK time.
Don’t they roll around quickly?
It’s Summer Games Fest time again!
Yes that’s right: 10 hours ofGeoff Keighleyshowing us every gaming trailer he can get his hands on.
Clarification: I was being silly when I said it would last 10 hours.
It will last two.
I’m not sure about that name, Toyama-san.
There’s a lot of otherSummer Game Fest showcase activitygoing on, though this may be the centrepiece.
See you later on?
Our live coverage of this event has finished.
What do you hope to see?
Talk to me dirty.
Let’s see what’s been going on then.
Bokeh Game Studios' horror game Slitterheadhas already leaked ahead of the show.
I have just wolfed down a sandwich in anticipation.
Chai tea - mmm.
I am a fan!
I’m not sure how I feel about Lego Horizon.
Still: lego dinosaurs!
We’ll only refer to it as Heretic!
We shall refuse to acknowledge any other name.
I like this lista lot!
This music is a bit of a mess, isn’t it?
Do people specialise in making pre-show music or is it just repurposed music?
Eurogamer: asking the big question.
Do something outrageous that we can all see on stream!
Those washboard abs are just around the corner!
The showcase begins
10, 9, 8, 7… “like welcome to the stage, the creator of The Game Awards, Geoff Keighley.”
And there he is, wearing a trendy jacket-blazer thing.
He feints left, and then he does, he mentions the layoffs!
He’s talking about small teams and how they’re having great success.
Helldivers 2 is in there, Balatro, Hades 2, Palword.
It’s a reminder to big companies that…" They have to treat their teams right.
“There are many paths to success.
And that’s what makes this industry great.”
At least he didn’t ignore it this time.
And now the games.
Lego Horizon Adventures announced
First up, it’s Lego Horizon.
She’s very chirpy - the game seems very chirpy.
She can co-op with her pals The world is very appealing.
She can make homes.
They’re… having a disco for some reason.
There’s a huge Thunderjaw enemy - it’s a big boss battle moment.
She made a hotdog cart.
Lego Horizon Adventures announced.
It’s coming to PC, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch.
Couch and online co-op.
This is No More Room in Hell 2, a sequel to famous Source mod.
Eight players start separately in the dark and it’s up to you to find your friends and survive.
Zombies are in the world.
There are bodies everywhere, the whole place has been ravaged.
It’s dark, it’s creepy.
Co-host Curiousjoi here now to announce a new Harry Potter Quidditch Champions game.
Launches 3rd September for PC and consoles.
A social kind of party game now from the creator of Choo Choo Charles.
It’s 3D and you play as a kind of koala?
It’s very cutesy and silly.
But now there are riot police.
The koala things are digging at the walls with spoons, they’re busting out.
It’s bright and colourful it looks quite fun.
They all escaped on a helicopter but then it blew up.
Cuffbust it’s called.
It’s a bombastic-looking Star Wars blockbuster.
It looks good to me.
Out 30th August - not far away now.
We’re now getting a shot of the audience behind Geoff.
CHRIS WHERE ARE YOU.
It chronicles the story of Alba, a woman bound to a wolf club.
And we’re getting a first look at gameplay.
It’s a pastel dream, as you might expect from the team that made Gris.
We’re going to see more in the Day of Devs stream apparently.
Now, what’s this?
A montage of historical figures.
It’s Civilization 7.
And here’s Sid Meier!
I haven’t seen him in an age.
Civ 7 is coming to PC and consoles next year.
A full reveal is happening sometime this summer, he says.
Black Myth Wukong now.
A short cinematic, but that’s it.
That was… brief.
What a legend he is.
A chance to catch our breath maybe.
Geoff’s first guest now.
They’re working on a fantasy RPG called Metaphor.
It’s Katsura Hashiro and Shigenori Soejima from Atlus and the Persona series.
Now, a trailer.
We’re getting a look at new Batman game!
The crowd goes wild.
The crowd goes less wild.
It’s Arkham Shadow.
We’re seeing a story trailer.
There’s comissioner Gordon, by the looks of things.
None of this is in-game.
The official gameplay trailer is coming at Gamescom apparently.
It’s Fatal Fury!
We’re seeing an anime-style cinematic for it, giving us a rundown of the characters.
But hang on, there’s the Street Fighter logo.
What is going on?
A portal in SF6 has opened.
M. Bison, Terry, Elena and Mai are coming to SF6.
And straight onto a curious-looking blend of strategy and action game.
A William Wallace like warrior tears around a sketched-looking battlefield, cleaving apart foes.
Roguelike, co-op, hack n' slash.
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is coming 11th October.
It looks like… Dragon Ball.
I don’t know why they have to make it so loud!
The free-to-play Delta Force game flashes by in a montage of ‘looks super familiar’.
We’re getting a look at the story content linked to Black Hawk Down, the Ridley Scott movie.
I’ve still never seen it, you know.
Is it any good?
Ohnowwe’re getting an update on Fatal Fury.
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, coming early 2025.
God are we only 40 minutes in.
There’s not much shape to this show is there.
It’s a bit of a slosh of announcements.
Blumhouse Games announces a lot of horror games
Crisol Theater of Idols by Vermila Studios.
Crave Seasons from Perfect Garbage.
Sleep Awake from Eyes Out.
Fear the Spotlight from Cozy Game Pals.
The Simulation from Playmestudio.
Sam Barlow is involved somewhere.
There are a lot of games coming out under the label, evidently.
It’s a bit like a platform, or an anthology?
It’s not really clear.
Here’s Jason Blum, the founder of the company, here to tell us all about it.
What a Hollywood smile he’s got.
They’re working on a sequel to Five Nights at Freddie’s he says.
Louise Blain, the creative lead of Blumhouse Games now.
She’s telling us there’ll be all kinds of horror sub-genres explored under their label.
There’s psychological stuff, cosmic horror.
To be fair, it did look like a very eclectic list.
Bless her, she’s frozen a bit on stage.
Fear the Spotlight is the first release coming later this year.
Creepy but with a narrative.
First trailer coming at Day of the Devs after the show.
A brand new Power Ranger game now with a retro feel.
It’s like a pixelated beat-‘em-up, like Turtles.
It looks very big and wild.
Oh and how it’s changed to 3D for a motorbike section.
I think this looks quite good.
Mighty Morphin Power Ranges: Rita’s Rewind, from Degital Eclipse.
Oh what were they!
Oh that’s interesting.
Deer & Boy flashed past while I was chatting, a kind of pensive exploration game.
From a one-person creator who now has a small team.
A new look at Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 now.
There seems to be a strong focus on a more lively story this time around.
It looks like the same hero from the first game to me?
I’m a bit out of the loop with this one.
Hmm, it’s hard to tell.
It’s coming this year.
Horror game Slitterhead formally announced
Well, this one leaked but here’s Slitterhead for real.
This is from Bokeh Studios.
It’s all gone a bit wild.
Giant mantis are attacking a thin feminine character whose hands suddenly mutate into long thin claws.
Now, they’ve manifested some kind of blood spear.
Now, some kind of blood chaingun.
Mulitple character are working together - multiplayer?
They’re swinging around the city.
8th November, that’s coming.
I think those are very valid concerns.
Killer Bean, there, a wacky Roguelike shooter made by a single developer in LA, apparently.
It’s a survival climber.
The climbing gameplay will be “very intense and realistic”.
“It’s a face off between you and the mountain.”
Again, more of it later at Day of the Devs.
But here’s a first look.
It’s a cel-shaded, slightly stylised take on reality, but it’s slow, painstaking climbing progress.
But you’re not free climbing - you have a rope.
You have a tent, too - you have to camp out on the rock face.
It’s an exploration in solitary climbing, this game, with all the frustration that comes with that.
Stanley Parable creator’s Wandershop shown
We’re seeing the new game from the Stanley Parable creator now.
It’s Wandershop, a game about running a fantastical kind of tea shop.
It’s a bit like a 3D Stardew Valley, to my eyes.
But there’s something darker going on behind all of this colour, soething subversive, I think.
But what, we don’t yet know - the trailer ends.
Wandershop is coming this year.
That was a cracking moustache - probably literally, given how rigid it looked.
Among Us devs announce indie dev fund
Wonderful look over the shoulder from someone in the audience there.
They looked distinctly unimpressed.
Victoria Tran and Forest Willard are here from the Among Us team now!
They’re joking about announcing Among Us 2 and 3, and 4.
But they do have something real to announce.
They’re referncing the layoffs and saying they wanted to help out a bit.
Outersloth is an indie fund that’s going to help some devs get their games out of the door.
“Outersloth is our passion project and dream for a better and more sustainable industry.”
We’re going to see a line-up of games they’ve managed to fund.
Thirsty Suitors dev announces new game
Outerloop Games new game Project Dosa is part of the fund!
That’s the Thirsty Suitors dev.
We’re going to get a sneak peak of the Among Us TV show now.
It looks like an Among Us cartoon show.
Sonic X Shadows Generations release date
A huge cheer for Sonic X Shadow Generations there!
We’re going to see Shadows powers and footage of his standalone campaign.
And we’re getting a release date.
Bit of dub step for the trailer there.
Or is that jungle?
Regardless, it fits really well.
I hope it’s in the game.
It’s called Battle Aces and we’re going to hear more about it from David Kim.
It’s an RTS!
It looks a bit StarCrafty.
The idea is to make it approachable like HearthStone did card games, he says.
Conan Exiles was good.
I’m curious to see how they’ll weave the storyline into that kind of game.
Survival fits well with Dune, too.
I bet the sandworms will be impressive!
A new level here for The Finals, it looks like, themed around ancient Japan.
Season 3 is coming… oh next week.
Alan Wake 2 expansion Night Springs out tomorrow!
Hearthrob Sam Lake is here doing a brief reprise of his dance from Alan Wake 2.
He’s so dreamy.
Alan Wake 2 news.
it’s possible for you to pre-order from tomorrow.
“It was a chance for us to really go out there.”
It’s a shadow drop!
Night Springs is coming out tomorrow!
Amazon Game Studios now.
Is this New World?
So, hang on, it has the characters from Control and Quantum Break in it?
New World Aeternum flashed by there.
The guides team will hate that I know nothing about Honkai.
Dark and Darker is out now!
This blew up in a demo on Steam not so long ago - like, really blew up.
It’s a multiplayer, team vs. team kind of heist game.
We’re seeing much more variety in it now than I saw in the demo!
Dark and Darker is live now, today!
Kunitso-Gami: Path of the Goddess from Capcom here.
Avery colourful hack-and-slash game that takes place in a kind of Japanese nightmare, albeit a bright one.
Now Hyper Light Breaker, with full campaign co-op.
It’s coming late summer.
A cute little animals fighting game!
In the style of Gang Beasts.
Is it an add-on or a full game?
It’s not Gang Beasts at all.
It hadd kart racing and a kind of Uno-looking game too.
Skate is coming this autumn
Skate now!
We’re seeing pre-pre-alpha footage.
“We’re still working it out,” the trailer says.
Multiple characters all skating together, although it’s not clear if that’s what the game is like.
That was an elaborate tongue-in-cheek moment!
Valorant coming to console this year
Live service game update time - this is the world we live in.
I wish I could play these games in the way they’re being shown - pin-point accuracy.
Valorant is coming to console.
PlayStation 5 and Xbox S/X this year.
Limited beta from 14th June.
Everything we just saw was caught on console.
Riot sure paid for a long slot here.
I’ll totally watch the film.
The character looks like he’s taken from a PS1 game.
The film is out next week by the way.
It’s all money in the Geoff bank.
Funnily enough, Chris Donlan just wrote about Squad Busters in What We’ve Been Playing.
Monster Hunter Wilds time.
Here’s Ryozo Tsujimoto, the series producer.
The game is launching in 2025.
They’re deferring to Gamescom as well.
The first hands-on is going to be there.
All we’re seeing here is a trailer.
Characters ride through a desert area on birdy dino beasts.
Worm-like monsters burst out of the ground.
There’s mounted combat.
We’re getting a lok at a slithery, dragony monster thing.
A bit of a Monster Hunter montage now.
God that series has good monsters - I suppose it ought to.
The show is apparently going to close with a gameplay trailer for Phantom Blade Zero.
This is the Sekiro-looking game.
A twisted kind of action game.
There are some wonderfully weird enemies.
Show closes
That really is it.
Geoff wasn’t lying when he said it was light.
There weren’t a lot of actual new announcements here at all.
Geoff made a conscious effort to include them.
Whether that was because he was light on actual announcements otherwise, we’ll probably never know.
Nonetheless, it’s nice to see them up there.
That’s a nice summary.
Fleeting looks at most of them, but they’ll likely all turn out well.
Ah it’s not I’m afraid - I’m off to bed.
But you’re of course welcome to chat here!
We will mop up the announcements afterwards though.
Ah that sounds perfect.
Thank you for joining us and see you again on Sunday for the Xbox showcase/pantomime jeering.
