Summer Game Fest, aka Geoff-con/Keighley-palooza, has come and gone. The E3 replacement included multiple online showcases and onsite events, each aimed at drumming up excitement for a flood of upcoming games. Which games rocked? Which ones sucked? Which ones will become video game industry touchstones while the rest fade from memory? We tried to play as many of them as we could to find out.
After flying back from LA, throwing all our dirty laundry in the corner, and passing out, we started gathering every single game we got a chance to actually go hands-on with during Summer Game Fest, from Marvel Rivals to Phantom Blade Zero, and all of the indies in-between. In some cases, we only got mere minutes with the the games as their developers and brand managers pitched us on what made them great. But for other games, like Star Wars Outlaws, we were able to roam new worlds at our leisure and chew on them for a while.
We saw loud monster truck races, real-time strategy battles, Souls-likes, sidescrollers, hotly anticipated Overwatch knockoffs, and much, much more. Every game we got a chance to try out is here for your perusal, along with details on where they’ll launch and when.
