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

Highlights More than a decade later, the team behind N++ is back with a multiplayer sequel Grand Theft Auto VI is warping the video game release calendar Final Fantasy VII’s remake trilogy will conclude with Revelation Control Resonant is a sequel — and also a starting point PlayStation is getting back to what it’s good at God of War Laufey is coming to the PS5 Your guide to June’s biggest gaming events Xbox and PlayStation have a lot to prove Yooka-Laylee is back as a karting game.

Super Yooka-Laylee Kart looks like a love letter to an older generation of the karting genre.

But it also has some modern upgrades, like eight-player local splitscreen and rollback netcode for online racing.

There will be a “deep” story campaign, too — maybe it will rival Diddy Kong Racing?

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

In 2026?

Stranger Than Heaven, from Yakuza developer RGG Studio, highlighted Snoop Dogg as a cast member in a trailer last month, and there’s plenty of time for more reveals before its scheduled release in 2027.

Sega 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.” Monster Hunter Wilds is coming to the Switch 2.

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 12 PM ET.

It’s always full of cute things to play.

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.

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

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.

More than a decade later, the team behind N++ is back with a multiplayer sequel Image: Metanet Software Back in 2015, the two-person studio Metanet released N++, a brutally hard 2 D 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.

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.

A bloody good announcement.

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

Grand Theft Auto VI is warping the video game release calendar 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 showcase on Tuesday.

Even before that show, we knew that Wolverine, the next big PlayStation exclusive, would be launching on September 15th.

But now it’s joined by a bunch of major third-party titles: Dune: Awakening (September 22nd), Control Resonant (September 24th), Silent Hill: Townfall (September 24th), Onimusha: Way of the Sword (September 25th), and Ace Combat 8 (October 2nd).

This is on top of other games launching before November that had already been announced, like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 in October.

Final Fantasy VII’s remake trilogy will conclude with Revelation Square Enix has officially announced the third and final game in its Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy: Final Fantasy VII Revelation.

It will release on multiple platforms simultaneously — PC, PS5, Xbox Series X / S, and Nintendo Switch 2 — in spring 2027.

In footage shown onstage at Summer Game Fest Live, there was a lot to take in: You’ll get to fly the Highwind airship, jump off it to land in the game’s open-world, play as Vincent Valentine and Cid Highwind in battle (who weren’t playable in Rebirth), challenge the gigantic Weapons, and visit places from the original game, like Wutai.

You’ll also get to dress up your characters with armors that have special movesets, in what’s actually called the “FITS” system (“Function Integrated Tactical Suitwear”) — it’s intended to be like a jobs system from classic Final Fantasy games.

Tifa can kick Ryu’s ass, and now you can prove it.

Street Fighter 6’s next batch of characters includes a Final Fantasy VII favorite.

The four new fighters will be released in stages, with Tifa dropping early next year.

The Wolf Among Us 2 isn’t dead yet.

It’s had a long development, but it’s apparently going to finally come out in 2027.

The Wolf Among Us Remastered is also set to launch this holiday season.

For those following along at home… By my math, we’re at four (4) puppet or puppet-adjacent appearances so far in the show: Studio MDHR, Billy the Puppet from Saw, the Among Us mascots, and then Capcom action figures.

We’ve known Geoff likes puppets, but I’m excited at just how much he’s committed to it this year.

Palworld 1.0 launches in July.

After blowing up in early access in early 2024, Palworld’s 1.0 release is coming soon: July 10th.

Attack on Titan in its entirety.

If you liked Omega Force and Koei Tecmo’s 2016 hack-and-slash take on season 1 of Attack on Titan (or Attack on Titan 2, which adapted the first two seasons), good news!

They’re back with Attack on Titan 3, and this time the game covers the anime in its entirety.

It’s coming out July 1st on the PS5, Xbox Series X / S, PC, and Nintendo Switch 2.

Another look at Clutch.

Maverick Games revealed its first project, the Forza-like Clutch, earlier in the week.

But the latest trailer really shows how much emphasis the racer will have on story.

Gotta go a little fast.

Sonic and friends appear to be getting their own, adorable Pico Park game.

There are a bunch of new crossovers coming to Sonic Racing: Cross Worlds, too, including TMNT and Godzilla.

A wild expansion has appeared.

007 First Light is getting a new story mission later this year.

It’ll feature more of Lenny Kravitz’s character, Bawma.

Sign me up, 007 First Light ruled.

There’s a surprise drop among us.

If you were wondering what happened to the Among Us animated series that was announced way back in 2023, wonder no more: All 10 episodes of the show are available to stream right now on Paramount Plus.

Another surprise: developer Innersloth announced a spinoff called Among Us Story: On Guard.

A new hope.

Assassin’s cat.

1666 Amsterdam, the next game from Assassin’s Creed creator Patrice Désilets, is launching in early access later this year, and a free demo will be available today on PC and Steam.

It looks pretty eerie, but at one point, there’s a playable cat!