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Now that the Summer Game Fest weekend is over and the buffering video’s caught as much as the audio feed eventually, we will look again over the competition of trailers and bulletins and say, hey, what about that one factor we had been anticipating to listen to about (or in some instances—cough, Destiny 3, cough—are simply attempting to manage into existence)?
In the flurry of reveals from Summer Game Fest (the Xbox Games Showcase, the Future Games Show, Sony State of Play, the PC Gaming Show, and the remaining) what video games are lacking?
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The Witcher 3 DLC
Harvey Randall, Staff Writer: Bit too soon to talk Witcher 3 DLC, especially after the rumour mill ground the rumour grain into rumour flour and made rumour bread. After a ton of speculation, CD Projekt accidentally let slip it was working on a Witcher 3 DLC via its own storefront, oops! And while we’ve enjoyed plenty of details, SGF didn’t give us the goods. Gamescom isn’t far, though, and it seems a far more reasonable date to get us back in Geralt’s boots for one last go before Ciri takes over.
Arkane’s Blade
Ted Litchfield, Associate Editor: I remember saying last week, verbatim, “If we don’t see Blade this year, I’m going to be seriously worried for Arkane”—It’s been three years since we saw its announcement teaser, and online editor Fraser Brown was already nervous about it being a no-show at last year’s summer trailer bonanza.
Arkane’s US half was shuttered by Microsoft two years ago, leaving its Lyon branch, which created Deathloop, to carry the triple-A immersive sim torch. I’m not one for Marvel superheroes these days, but I will always make an exception for Blade, and Arkane’s mood-setting first trailer is still incredibly enticing.
We know this is set to be Arkane’s first third-person action game, but Blade will almost certainly retain the open-ended, reactive design the studio is known for. A similar union of cinematic console design and classic PC crunch has worked out well for both MachineGames and IOI in recent years, leaving me optimistic for the project—I just hope Microsoft lets Arkane fully do its thing.
Injustice 3
Fallout 3 Remastered
Jody: After the successful shadow-drop of Oblivion Remastered, every time a Bethesda logo pops up at the Xbox Games Showcase there’s an intake of breath as we contemplate the possibility of a Fallout 3 remaster arriving out of the blue. Or even a remaster of New Vegas, which we still cradle an old photo of like the Wolverine meme. But no, it was just a case of another year, another Fallout 76 update trailer.
Fallout: New Vegas Remastered
Ted: Currently cradling an previous photograph of this just like the Wolverine meme.
Divinity
Well, provided the studio can properly recover from the AI debacle from earlier this year—though I can’t imagine it’d be enough to sink the absolutely enormous good ship Divinity.
Tides of Annihilation
Jody: It was a big year for sword-combat spectacle fighters made by Asian studios. Eclipse Glow Games, the Sichuan studio behind Tides of Annihilation, was notable by its absence, however. Admittedly Tides of Annihilation is a little different thematically, since it’s so English it stars Jennifer English, who fights Arthurian legends across a crumbling modern London. Though it debuted at Sony State of Play last year, maybe Tides of Annihilation is another one for ChinaJoy or Tokyo Game Show in 2026.
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra
Jody: Variety not too long ago confirmed Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra was “still in the works”, however Skydance New Media’s World War II team-up between Captain America and Black Panther was absent from this 12 months’s showcases. It’s additionally one other 12 months with out something to be seen of Arkane’s Blade, and there is been full radio silence about EA Motive’s singleplayer Iron Man recreation too.
Mass Effect Next
Jody: Maybe BioWare is maintaining its head down whereas Exodus does an extremely Mass Effect-adjacent take on a space opera RPG. Maybe there will be a trailer on November 7, the unofficial fan holiday for Mass Effect that sometimes results in a blog post or some artwork. Maybe this needle full of hopium will last until then.
Jet Set Radio/Golden Axe
Kingdom Hearts 4
Deus Ex Remastered
Jody: Aspyr’s remodeling of the antique immersive sim caught so much flak when it was first revealed that it was delayed indefinitely and all preorders were refunded. We could be disappointed to still not have any updates on the situation, but since the announcement of Nightdive’s Thief: The Dark Project Remastered we’ve been too busy drooling over that to care.
FromSoftware, like, in general
Beyond Good & Evil 2
Destiny 3
Rory Norris, Guides Writer: As of writing, it’s been 2,919 days since Bethesda officially announced TES6. If you ask me, coming up on eight years is way too long between a game’s announcement and, well, literally any news about it, let alone it actually releasing. According to a former lead earlier this year, it was only announced so far in advance to make sure “people were not just pissed at us” for revealing Starfield instead. I don’t think it’s panned out quite like that so far.
As much as the Xbox (sorry, XBOX) showcase did have some very promising games—shoutout to Vivarium—the absence of TES6 is getting real awkward now. Still, I’ll patiently wait. And play lots of The Elder Scrolls Online in the meantime.
Star Wars Jedi 3
Rory: Outside of Andor, I stand by the belief that the Jedi games are the best Star Wars anything in ages. With a four-year gap between Jedi: Fallen Order and Survivor (the latter of which launched in 2023), it was speculated that we’d see whatever’s next for Cal Kestis soon. It’s yet to be officially unveiled, but back in a 2024 investor meeting, EA entertainment and tech president Laura Miele confirmed that “Respawn is working hard to bring the final chapter of this thrilling story to players.” Perhaps next year, then.
Knights of the Old Republic Remake
Harvey: Where is XCOM 3? Who knows? Its continued absence really is a bit of a marvel, given it seems like a straightforward slam-dunk. XCOM 2 is regarded as one of the best turn-based strategy games basically ever, and it’s over a decade old at this point. Heck, our “What we want from XCOM 3” article isn’t that far behind.
There’s been Chimera Squad in the interim, and while it has its defenders, I want my grand strategy doomsday clock fix, dangit!
Darksiders 4
Harvey: This one’s a simpler bet: While Darksiders 4 is absolutely on its way, it’s being published by THQ Nordic, which has its own showcase that usually rolls around late July/Autumn. Hence no apocalypses, for now. It’s being developed by Gunfire Games, who made the third recreation—in addition to one in every of my private favourites, Remnant 2.
An announcement on the way forward for Xbox
Jody: While we weren’t anticipating Asha Sharma to carry out Phil Spencer in a wicker man and ritualistically gentle him on hearth or something, it appears odd to have an Xbox Showcase with a brand new Xbox CEO, however not have a buzzword-laden assertion about the way forward for the model. She did seem briefly to say Gears of War: E-day could be unique to Xbox (don’t fret, it is coming to PC as properly), however in any other case let the “look to the past” nature of the showcase communicate for itself.
Note: This article initially acknowledged that XCOM creator Julian Gollop had been engaged on cancelled life sim Life By You, however that was XCOM designer Jake Solomon.
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