Get ready for some gaming news. It’s officially June, which means splashy new events from PlayStation, Xbox, and gaming hype man Geoff Keighley, as well as a bunch of smaller events with hidden gems.
PlayStation kicked things off with a big event that featured a new look at Wolverine ahead of its September launch, a September release date announcement for Control Resonant, and an extended reveal of a brand new God of War title. The show was mostly about premium single-player games — a statement from PlayStation that it’s getting back to what it’s good at.
At Summer Game Fest Live on Friday, the biggest news was Final Fantasy VII Revelation, the third and final game in the FFVII Remake trilogy. But we also got announcements of a Resident Evil: Code Veronica remake, a January 15th release date — and a Tupac casting announcement — for RGG Studio’s Stranger Than Heaven, and new Cuphead titles from Studio MDHR.
Xbox’s big show is still to come on Sunday at 1PM ET. But so far, one of the biggest throughlines of the show has been everyone avoiding Grand Theft Auto VI’s November 19th release date, which is warping the release calendar. And this year’s events are taking place at a difficult time for the industry. The prices of consoles and gaming hardware have skyrocketed, with all of the three major console players announcing price hikes and PC handheld makers jacking up hardware costs as well.
We’ll be tracking the biggest news of the June gaming events season right here.
- A cozy interruption.
- Get your knives out for this one.
- Screenbound, a game that can be both a 2D and 3D platformer simultaneously, launches in September.
- I know Threads of Time isn’t newly announced, but it looks so cool.
- More than a decade later, the team behind N++ is back with a multiplayer sequel
- Fortnite’s next season tests the extraction waters.
- A bloody good announcement.
- Grand Theft Auto VI is warping the video game release calendar
- Final Fantasy VII’s remake trilogy will conclude with Revelation
- Tifa can kick Ryu’s ass, and now you can prove it.
- The Wolf Among Us 2 isn’t dead yet.
- For those following along at home…
- Palworld 1.0 launches in July.
- Attack on Titan in its entirety.
- Another look at Clutch.
- Gotta go a little fast.
- A wild expansion has appeared.
- 007 First Light is getting a new story mission later this year.
- There’s a surprise drop among us.
- A new hope.
- Assassin’s cat.
- Virtua Fighter Crossroads is the next Virtua Fighter game.
- It’s the Sebulba game!
- Titled Goose Game.
- Control Resonant is a sequel — and also a starting point
- Who doesn’t love a good cube?
- PlatinumGames is making another TMNT game.
- Stranger Than Heaven is coming out in January — and features Tupac?
- Fumito Ueda’s next game is Gen Atlas.
- Uh oh, the xenomorph is back.
- Cuphead returns.
- Capcom is remaking Resident Evil: Code Veronica.
- No Highguard-esque ending today.
- TGI(SG)F.
- Minecraft Dungeons II could launch this September.
- Paramount is making a unified games studio.
- It’s going to be a hot Tarnished summer.
- Crystal Dynamics used “AI-assisted tools” while developing the Tomb Raider reboot.
- PlayStation is getting back to what it’s good at
- God of War Laufey is coming to the PS5
- Remedy’s Control sequel launches in September
- Until Dawn gets a little sun.
- Marathon season 2 kicks off.
- A different take on Silent Hill.
- Onimusha: Way of the Sword launches in September — and a demo is launching today.
- Arrakis on console.
- Dino crisis.
- The Tomb Raider reboot is getting a small delay.
- Yokai-slaying fun.
- Dave the Diver is getting a prequel game.
- Rayman reimagined, revealed.
- A little more Marvel.
- Here’s seven bloody minutes of Wolverine on the PS5
- Strange Scaffold’s next game launches in July, and it looks out of control.
- PlayStation’s next big State of Play kicks off soon.
- Looking clutch.
- Your guide to June’s biggest gaming events
- Xbox and PlayStation have a lot to prove
- There won’t be Project Helix news at the Xbox Games Showcase.
- Microsoft delays Fable (again) to avoid GTA VI
- Lots of games to think about.
