Summer Game Fest Impressions | June 9th, 2022
- Storm
- Jun 9, 2022
- 1 min read
Updated: Jun 10, 2022
Doing this real quick on my lunch break because I'm at work. This means I'll probably miss half the show which is a big bummer, but I'll catch up after work instead! (And the post-show or Day of the Devs if they're doing that again.)
(Edit: I'm back after a long gruelling day at work to finish this bad boy. It should be done soon, if not now.)

Summer Game Fest is starting! Viewer discretion is advised. There is a lot of disturbing and violent stuff going on. (Oh boy! 3 AM!)
Geoff Keighley here to narrate the opening. Live in LA.
Wish I could've seen it in an IMAX theatre!
Kicking it off with Street Fighter VI
World premiere
Confirming character: Guile
Exclusive first gameplay footage of Guile, with the rockin' music in the background
Man, what do you have to do to get that ripped?? He might be actually as big as three of me
2023
ALIENS: Dark Descent
World premiere
Focus / 20th Century Fox
Aliens and scary dudes fighting them
New game announcement
2023, PS, XBOX, PC
The Callisto Protocol
Wait a second, the Callisto Protocol was revealed here?? 2 years ago?? I forgot
Striking Distance
More Gore trailer woohoo. Man that is gory af
December 2, 2022, console and PC + Epic
Glen Schofield shows up to talk bout exclusive gameplay. Also bragging about Geoff. Me too dude
The gameplay looks AMAZING!! Also they had to kill the protagonist didn't they. Introducing a mechanic called the "grip" that can move fans and send dudes flying into them, shredding them to pieces
CoD: MWII
World premiere gameplay
Johanna Faries, GM of Call of Duty, here to talk about the gameplay
Single level playthrough. Game looks gorgeous, that's for sure. Also smooth as butter.
The audio design is same as usual though
Pre-order for early access to beta, out October 28th
Jeff Negus and Johanna appeared to talk about the game. MWII and Warzone will be in a shared universe/world, linked across games by many things like characters/gameplay.
Sharing engines for Warzone 2.0 with a "separate Warzone original game" for original Warzone lovers. Also mobile and Steam etc.
Warzone 2.0 will be an extension of MWII universe.
I think they discovered how predatory systems like F2P lootbox games print money so they're going all in...
Flashback 2
World premiere
Microids
30 years lter, finally this game is coming back: The return of Flashback^2
Coming to all consoles including Switch in Winter 2022
Witchfire ⭐
World premiere gameplay
Early Access soon -- wishlist now, coming to Epic
FPS from Polish studio
Dark fantasy + guns?!
The music is ripping man
This game looks AMAZING and is on my to watch list
Fort Solis
World premiere
Indie Europe Studio Fallen Leaf / Black Drakkar Games
Fort Solis?
Roger Clark, Julia Brown, Troy Baker. Roger and Troy here to talk to Geoff
Coming to Steam
Tight thriller = Dead Space, performance capture, etc. Talking about stunt coordinator and the cool experience really acting out the fights
ROUTINE ⭐
World premiere
Mick Gordon writes the score
Another space game?
Really creepy CRT-like footage
Okay this game made me jump in my seat...
Steam, XBOX, GamePass
Lunar Software x Raw Fury
Black Adam movie trailer ft. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
DWAYNE THE ROCK JOHNSON IS HERE???
He's in the gym advertising Zoa Energy?
Why is he here?? Why is he so muscly??? LOL
Working with Epic and Fortnite
Talking about "Black Adam" the movie and advertisement on Oct 21st
Outiders Worldslayer trailer
Switch trailer of upcoming games
Fall Guys trailer for F2P
STORMGATE ⭐
World premiere
New game and universe:
Frost Giant Studios
This game also looks highly cool, register for 2023 Beta
Tim Morten here to talk about the game, coming from Blizzard (are they now independent?)
Pushing genre for approachability--free to play but no NFTs etc. Will be co-op and three player, RTS franchise.
Highwater
Indie game
demagogue studio and Rogue
Guy on a boat game
2022
Adventure-strategy game in a world torn by climate change
REPLACED
SadCat Studios, affected by war in Ukraine
Will share at future show
American Arcadia
World premiere
Out of the Blue & Raw Fury
If you are "voted down" enough you need to run for your life
Coming to PC and console "soon"
Goat Simulator 3
World premiere
Epic Games & Coffee Stain
Fall 2022
Epic, XBOX, Playstation
Marvel Midnight Suns
World premiere
2k and Firaxis
It's XCOM but Marvel!
October 7
Epic, Steam, XBOX and PS
Cuphead in The Delicious Last Course
World premiere
Studio MDHR's studio director and executive producer, Maja Moldenhauer, here to talk about the game
According to Geoff it "feels like its own game"
New boss gameplay with Miss Chalice. Coming to all platforms June 30th!
Advertising Netflix Geeked Week's Cuphead Show
Neon White
World premiere
PC & Switch
First Person dungeon crawler? Looks vaguely anime-inspired
Card-based speed-running game??
June 16th
Midnight Fight Express
World premiere
A single father in Poland made this adventure shooter TP game
Co-writor of Destiny 2 DLC
August 23, coming to all platforms + GamePass published by Humble
Demo out now, part of next week's Steam Next Fes
Warframe
Megan Everett, Community Manager for Warframe here to give a small secret that will be revealed at TennoCon later this year
Teaser for the next expansion, the Diviri Paradox
World premiere. Watch reveal at TennoCon in July
Honkai Starrail
World premiere
By MiHoYo/Hoyoverse
English voice acting
There are only anime girls lol
"Coming soon"
Zenless Zone Zero
Also by Hoyoverse
World premiere
More anime girls and big dudes with guns
This one's in Japanese and it looks more action-based
No coming soon?
TMNT: Shredder's Revence
World premiere
Revealing an exciting part of the game: new character! Casey Jones
THE MUSIC IS SO GOOD
AAAAH THE MUSIC IS SO GOOD
6-player local and online mode!
Dotemu and Nickelodeon. Available JHune 16th on all platforms
Super People trailer
Final beta starts August 17th
Dev livestream on June 16th
Humankind
Amplitude, Sega
Cultures of Latin America DLC
But wait, it's also coming out on console (PS/XBOX) and GamePass!
One Piece Odyssey
Geoff said "Monkey de'Luffy" LOL
Original story by Oda-sen
It looks a lot more 3D than before
Okay, this original story actually looks really good! (Have not played any of the previous games)
Steam, PS, XBOX
Toei Animation, Bandai Namco, Unreal Engine, ILCA
2022
Soul Hackers 2
English Voice cast reveal. (Not interested at all LOL)
More Devil Survivor games should have a female protagonist
August 26th
Nerdwallet ad
Epic Mega Sale ad.
Epic Summer Showcase coming to twitch.tv June 10th at 1 PM CST
Rocket League + announcements
Samsung Gaming Hub advertisement
Gathering all of the gaming streaming services into one TV lol. No downloads or storage limits
Capcom Arcade Stadium 2
Capcom
Coming to all consoles and PC, preorders open for bundle/collection.
Out July 22nd
Mario Strikers Battle League trailer
June 10
Nintendo
Metal Hellsinger
World premiere
Steam and XBOX demo out now.
Coming to PC, XBOX and PS
Slay to the beat and screaming!
September 15
Funcom, Outsiders, Level Infinite
The Quarry
Excellent reviews and out tomorrow
Launch trailer
2k, Supermassive Games
Nightingale ⭐
World Premiere
Revealed last Game Awards (I remember this one at least).
Shared-world survival crafting game, FP
Inflection Games
In-depth exclusive new look @ pre-alpha footage
Saints Row
World Premiere
Releasing August 23rd
Launching the demo for PC and console!
"Saint's Row Boss Factory" demo launches today!
Console and PC, but Epic exclusive
Warhammer 40k Darktide
Co-op action FPS
XBOX and PC
fatshark & Warhammer
World Premiere gameplay
September 13th
Layers of Fears
Unreal Engine 5
World Premiere
bloober team & Anshar Studios
Unreal Engine 5 is seriously insane, you can see the dust wiped off a painting in detail!
Psychedelic horror chronicle
Early 2023, PC and console
Gotham Knights
Montreal, WB Games' executive producer Fleur Marty to share information about the game.
Batman (deceased)'s family protects Gotham
October 25
World Premiere
Showcasing Nightwing one of the four characters of the game
PC and console
Naughty Dog's what's next...?
Neil Druckmann from Naughty Dog here to talk
Talking about Last of Us series
Standalone multiplayer game currently being worked on...?
Has a story and a unique way to unveil it
Will see more of this game coming soon!
Last of Us show for HBO filming with Playstation Studios; last episode films tomorrow!
Want a "definitive" version of the game that was not marred by any technological limitations
Last of Us Part 1 (remake) September 2, 2022
Also coming to PC (PS5 first?)
Neil also working on mysterious new project?
Summer Game Fest will also be in-person and online next year!
Day of the Devs (Double Fine & Iam8bit)
10 Year Anniversary
Time Flies
World Premiere
Michael Frei
(He made KIDS and Plug & Play, both really weird and good games)
Collab with Raphael Munoz
About the life expectancy of a fly
PS, Switch, PC
timeflies.buzz
Planet of Lana: An Off-Earth Odyssey
Adam St. Jarnljus from Wishfully (Sweden)
Published by Thunderful
(I've seen this before)
Side-scrolling platformer to save a girl's sister with a black pet...thing
Getting real Inside vibes... come to think of it I haven't played the game SILT that just came out
XBOX, PC, 2022
Choo-Choo Charles
Gavin Eisenbeisz, solo dev at Two Star Games
On the rails shooter (literally) -- shooting on a train. Open world horror train game where you shoot this freaky spider horror clown train called Charles
Goal: summon Charles and 1v1 him to death by upgrading train
Is this a roguelite?
2022, Steam
Escape Academy
Coin Crew Games
Design escape rooms in real life and now making a game
Single-player or co-op game where you are a student at an escape room learning puzzle game
No repeats, a huge number of puzzles solvable with just game
Lots of eclectic characters
XBOX, PlayStation, PC, July 14th. Also coming to GamePass
A Little to the Left
Max Inferno
Cozy puzzle game about fitting things just right, tidying up a house.
Oh boy the Unpacking trend is going to start?
I wonder why there aren't 10000x more games like Goose Game... That might have been just a fluke?
Daily puzzle challenge?
Steam and Switch
Bear and Breakfast ⭐
Gummy Cat from Romania
World Premiere
Laid back management adventure game where you run a bed and breakfast... but you are Hank, an awkward bear
New gameplay!
Linear story advanced by crafting furniture and fixing old abandoned shacks
Cooking guests through a mini-game
(This is not quite what I thought the game would be like but it's looking pretty cool)
Launching later this summer!! Steam, Switch, July 28th
Animal Well ⭐
Shared Memory (solo dev) ⭐
Pixel art Metroidvania
This looks freaking gorgeous, so many secrets to explore
Got this slightly creepy feel to it I love.
Using pixel art in a new way not for nostalgia
By the way he has a screen behind him... secret?

Picross 3D? lol
Definitely a standout! He says there is a puzzle in the video, and whoever figures it out will get a free copy lol. I'm not going to try but it's probably got something to do with this screen.
PS and Steam
Naiad
HiWarp (solo dev?)
Relaxing adventure game about a water nymph swimming around a world
Help the animals in the river
Prevent humans from killing the rivers with polluition
Wholesome game
PC and consoles by 2022 winter
Roots of Pacha ⭐
Cooperative lifesim and farm sim game by
Soda Den
set in Stone Age and IT LOOKS LIKE TRIBES GAME FOR PHONES
I am highly interested.
Stardew Stone Age? Heck yea
New demo live now!
Desta: The Memories Between
World Premiere
From Monument Valley & Alba creator
Ustwo Games
A really profound character-driven game
More info coming soon
SCHiM
Shadow platformer, graphically minimalistic
Netherlands dev Ewoud Van Der Werf
You are a "schim" who can only move in shadows and platform to end of level. Coming to Steam
Asobu
Anne Ferrero from Asobu in Tokyo, a hub of indie Japanese game devs
Monthly "Indie Collection" stream
Asobu Showcase this summer
2 Japanese titles below
狐ト蛙ノ旅 アダシノ島のコトロ鬼
"The Journey of Fox and Frog: The Kotoro Demon of Adashino Island" (my translation)
By Yokaze and Riasu
3D island exploring Japanese styled game that has a lot of mysterious creatures (ayakashi/oni)
Will take a few years
Goodbye World
ADV game about two indie game devs. Pixel graphics.
Fujii You is solo dev
Influences: Ghost World (comic) The Beginner's Guide (game) Mother 3 (obvs)
13 Chapters
Steam 2022
asobu.dev
Birth
Madison Karrh
Point and click adventure puzzle game
August 2022
How to Say Goodbye ⭐
Play as someone who has just died and is trying to move past it.
By Florian & Baptiste
Narrative puzzle game where you must move correctly through a series of levels
2022
Doseone at Bandcamp made the sounds for this event
Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland
New Kickstarter coming up!
Note: Annapurna Interactive Showcase coming back July 28th.
So the games I'm especially interested in, I have starred. I am also reluctantly and kind of embarrassedly impressed at the two new game trailers introduced by Hoyoverse even though I swore off Genshin LOL
Anyway, it was a great show, I thought there were a lot of really creative ideas found! I still think that Geoff Keighley's shows tend to lean little too far mainstream for my tastes but I love that he exists and it exists. I'm a big fan.
Thanks for reading this far!
Storm
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