Every New Game We Performed At Summer Game Fest 2026

SGF was a busy present this yr. You can take a look at the whole lot from the present in our gaming portal, however we additionally wished to drag collectively the whole lot else we steered, fought and fled in the course of the annual gaming showcase. It contains some indie darlings, some triple-A titles nearing launch and presumably your subsequent favourite sport — until it is GTA 6.

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

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

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? Where did everybody come from?), with ever-present robots gently guiding you across the services. The bots additionally clarify your position at D-Topia and your cute condominium, which could be more and more personalized as you progress by way of 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 power. According to 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 shifting with some fundamental arithmetic (and I imply 1+1 ranges of fundamental), though subsequent puzzles add further wrinkles and obstacles. There are not any timers or urgency, at the very least in the course of the early a part of the sport — you possibly can even resolve further puzzles as a type of extra time for further in-game forex. Players can discover the thriller of D-Topia themselves on July 14.

We’ve taken a more in-depth take a look at the making of Resonant right here, however I wasn’t going to overlook out on the possibility to attempt arguably the most important sport accessible to play at SGF 2026. Perhaps like lots of you, I’m a lapsed Control participant (PS4, 2020; Stadia (RIP), 2021; PS5, 2023). You needn’t totally perceive the plot of the unique to rise up to hurry with the stakes and principal characters. Jesse Faden, who you performed in Control, 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 characteristic, it is much less about capturing this time and extra about melee. The playstyle instantly jogs my memory of Devil May Cry the place you will usually juggle foes into the air, slam them into the bottom or hammer a mix of differing weapon assaults on larger enemies till they break. In the early beats of the sport, Dylan quickly unlocks paranormal powers like large leaps, levitation, high-speed dashes and extra. Soon, I used to be rushing by way of the morphing Manhattan, suggesting a fortunately sooner begin than in Control. It took me a beat to determine what the super-powered traversal jogged my memory of: Super Punch’s Infamous sequence. The demo additionally jogged my memory to offer Control one other probability. Maybe on the iPhone?

We performed an early preview of Way of the Sword some time in the past. Still, as the sport approaches its September 25 launch date, Capcom had a much bigger demo to showcase monster fights, exploration and different components of the most recent samurai epic. Onimusha: Way of the Sword seems like a deliberate evolution of the sequence, 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. While the issen counters stay the high-risk gold customary for masters, the demo leaned closely into fundamental parries and dodges that pace up the move of battle, rewarding gamers who look forward to the proper opening to complete off Genma demons. I discovered resisting the urge to assault and as an alternative aiming for a counterattack was the quickest method to filter out enemies. The new demo showcased two distinct demon arms: secondary weapons powered by a gauge that builds up from regular assaults and parries.

One choice 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 fireplace sources to amplify your injury output. You’ll 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 manner. Beyond the fight, the world feels extra consequential and vibrant, with extra civilians both cowering from the demon invasion or working outlets for the protagonist’s profit. Failable facet quests and a few further jeopardy to non-compulsory fights, too.

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

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