Summer Game Fest 2026: All the news from gaming’s busiest week

Summer Game Fest 2026: All the news from gaming’s busiest week

  • Richard Lawler

    Wait, Tupac was in a Summer Game Fest Live trailer? In 2026?

  • Jay Peters

    The original Hitman trilogy is getting remastered.

    Hitman Classic Trilogy Remastered will include updated versions of Hitman: Codename 47, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, and Hitman: Contracts for modern platforms. It’s set to launch on PS5, Xbox Series X / S, and PC in 2027, and will add “enhanced visuals, improved performance, Photo Mode, and the ability to switch between classic and remastered presentations at any time.”

  • Jay Peters

    Monster Hunter Wilds is coming to the Switch 2.

  • Andrew Webster

    A cozy interruption.

    If you need a change of pace from the bombast of last night’s SGF Live, the Wholesome Direct, an indie-focused showcase, is streaming at 12PM ET. It’s always full of cute things to play.

  • Andrew Webster

    Get your knives out for this one.

    The team behind Duck Detective announced what they describe as a Knives Out-inspired mystery, which is really all I need to hear to be curious about Apple Crumble. It’s launching on PC at some point this year.

  • Jay Peters

    Screenbound, a game that can be both a 2D and 3D platformer simultaneously, launches in September.

  • Sean Hollister

    I know Threads of Time isn’t newly announced, but it looks so cool.

    I just introduced my 9-year-old to Chrono Trigger, possibly my favorite game of all time, and this love letter to it (and other JRPGs of the era) hits me just right. I might be as excited for this one as FFVII Revelation.

  • Andrew Webster

    More than a decade later, the team behind N++ is back with a multiplayer sequel

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    Image (3)

    Image: Metanet Software

    Back in 2015, the two-person studio Metanet released N++, a brutally hard 2D platformer that was a decade in the making, building off of previous releases dating back to the freeware Flash title N. At the time, cofounder Raigan Burns issued some famous last words: “We hope it’s not another 10 years before we come up with a game.” But now here we are, more than a decade later, and N is getting another sequel. And this time the focus is on multiplayer.

    The new game is called, absurdly, N Plus Infinity Times Two. Whereas N++ was meant to be the ultimate single-player version of the N concept, this game is described as “the ultimate virtual couch party game with a low skill floor and no skill ceiling.” That means the same slick, acrobatic platforming action and gorgeous graphic design-inspired visuals, but now built around playing competitively or cooperatively with pals across a handful of different modes. It’s launching on the PS5, Xbox, Switch 2, and PC at some point in 2027.

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  • Jay Peters

    Fortnite’s next season tests the extraction waters.

    In Fortnite: Runners, you can seek out cute little sprites that give you powers, and if you extract them before a match is over, you can spend a special currency to start the next match with a sprite equipped. Not super surprising that Fortnite is trying extraction out, given the rise of games like Arc Raiders and Marathon.

    Runners, which is expected to be playable later tonight, will also feature a comic book-style John Wick.

  • Andrew Webster

    A bloody good announcement.

    The studio behind cult classics Nidhogg and Wheel World is back with Blood Dungeon, a game described as a “2D platforming autoshooter with a killer soundtrack.” Even better, it’ll be out pretty soon, launching in the summer.

  • Andrew Webster

    Grand Theft Auto VI is warping the video game release calendar

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    Lucia_Caminos_02

    Image: Rockstar Games

    Who’s afraid of the next GTA? Based on the last few days of Summer Game Fest, just about everyone. Grand Theft Auto VI hasn’t been present at any of the keynote events, but its presence was felt every time a release date was announced. The month of November, when GTA VI launches, is virtually empty. The rest of the fall, meanwhile, is absolutely packed.

    It started at Sony’s State of Play

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