Each New Recreation We Performed At Summer season Recreation Fest 2026

SGF was a busy present this yr. You possibly can try every thing from the present in our gaming portal, however we additionally wished to drag collectively every thing else we steered, fought and fled throughout the annual gaming showcase. It consists of some indie darlings, some triple-A titles nearing launch and presumably your subsequent favourite sport — except it is GTA 6.

My colleague Jessica Conditt has additionally collated all of the bulletins and divulges from a busy summer season week of gaming information. You possibly can test that you have not missed something right here.

With muted colours and white robots à la Portal, D-Topia is a soothing puzzle sport set in a utopia that may not be so good.

My transient demo at SGF teased mysteries and was a welcome, cozy palate cleanser in comparison with the raids on tombs and dinosaur assaults I performed the identical afternoon. Like Grave Seasons (development alert!) there is a not-so-cozy-as-it-seems undercurrent. The sport begins as quickly because the protagonist arrives (or was he born? The place did everybody come from?), with ever-present robots gently guiding you across the amenities. The bots additionally clarify your function at D-Topia and your cute residence, which might be more and more custom-made as you progress by the sport. A visible system swap lets your character see what others cannot, serving to you to identify points and talk with damaged robots throughout the ability. Based on the press launch, choices will matter in D-topia, with storyline implications based mostly on what you do (or do not do) contained in the confines of this muted utopia.

The puzzles themselves are initially easy block transferring with some fundamental arithmetic (and I imply 1+1 ranges of fundamental), though subsequent puzzles add further wrinkles and obstacles. There are no timers or urgency, no less than throughout the early a part of the sport — you possibly can even clear up further puzzles as a type of extra time for further in-game forex. Gamers can discover the thriller of D-Topia themselves on July 14.

We have taken a better have a look at the making of Resonant here, however I wasn’t going to overlook out on the prospect to strive arguably the most important sport obtainable to play at SGF 2026. Maybe like lots of you, I am a lapsed Management participant (PS4, 2020; Stadia (RIP), 2021; PS5, 2023). You need not absolutely perceive the plot of the unique to stand up to hurry with the stakes and essential characters. Jesse Faden, who you performed in Management, is lacking, and it is as much as her highly effective brother, Dylan, to search out her whereas battling the mysterious menace known as the Hiss.

As we talked about in our feature, it is much less about capturing this time and extra about melee. The playstyle instantly jogs my memory of Satan Might Cry the place you will repeatedly juggle foes into the air, slam them into the bottom or hammer a mix of differing weapon assaults on larger enemies till they break. Within the early beats of the sport, Dylan quickly unlocks paranormal powers like large leaps, levitation, high-speed dashes and extra. Quickly, I used to be rushing by the morphing Manhattan, suggesting a fortunately quicker begin than in Management. It took me a beat to determine what the super-powered traversal jogged my memory of: Tremendous Punch’s Notorious collection. The demo additionally jogged my memory to present Management one other probability. Perhaps on the iPhone?

We performed an early preview of Manner of the Sword some time in the past. Nonetheless, as the sport approaches its September 25 release date, Capcom had an even bigger demo to showcase monster fights, exploration and different components of the newest samurai epic. Onimusha: Manner of the Sword seems like a deliberate evolution of the collection, buying and selling the static dread of the previous for a richer, extra reactive fight loop. The meticulous temple recreations are again, however they’re now crawling with creepier monsters that demand extra than simply senseless sword slashes. Whereas the issen counters stay the high-risk gold customary for masters, the demo leaned closely into fundamental parries and dodges that pace up the circulation of battle, rewarding gamers who watch for the right opening to complete off Genma demons. I discovered resisting the urge to assault and as a substitute aiming for a counterattack was the quickest strategy to filter enemies. The brand new demo showcased two distinct demon arms: secondary weapons powered by a gauge that builds up from regular assaults and parries.

One possibility is twin daggers that allow you to maintain your self with a health-drain ability, whereas there was additionally a wind-powered spear designed for crowd management. The latter is especially satisfying, using area-of-effect slashes that may even suck in close by hearth sources to amplify your injury output. You may want that energy to cope with new threats like Rashogan, a grotesque, fingery boss able to sprouting chain-link limbs to hurl timber and demon vitality your method. Past the fight, the world feels extra consequential and vibrant, with extra civilians both cowering from the demon invasion or operating outlets for the protagonist’s profit. Failable aspect quests and a few further jeopardy to non-obligatory fights, too.

Once you’re unable to drag collectively pals to play the unique Amongst Us, strive Amongst Us Story: On Guard. This new title seems to be a part of a full-court press for Amongst Us, together with the just-released animated series. I am not bought on the title, however maybe it is being arrange for a collection of standalone video games. The demo was frustratingly quick, a part of Nintendo’s Change 2 third-party showcase at SGF, however hit the appropriate playful tones of a detective-style sport, as you combat to show your innocence utilizing much more proof than most of my Amongst Us protection speeches. You run across the acquainted spaceship environments, though the demo funnels you thru to the handful of interactions and conversations obtainable within the transient preview. It performs round with the basics of the bottom Amongst Us expertise, like transient minigames and sabotage, repurposing them right into a narrative problem-solving distraction. I am unsure there’s sufficient storytelling weight to make a couple of sport out of it, however the demo was a enjoyable distraction. There is no launch date but, but it surely’ll ultimately launch on PC and Change.

Anticipate a lengthier preview very quickly, however I acquired to play an prolonged demo of Star Wars Galactic Racer. I am not an enormous Star Wars fan (or a racing sport fan), however I used to be intrigued that it was being made by Fuse Video games, a UK-based studio based by former lead builders and co-founders of Criterion Video games – the oldsters behind Burnout, my favourite racing sport collection. Full impressions are coming quickly after they’re allowed.