Summer Game Fest kicked off a busy week for the world of video games, just ahead of the start of E3 2021.
Geoff Keighley’s show had a ton of announcements to share, clocking in at nearly an hour and a half. Getting the obvious out of the way, the biggest announcement was a World Premiere look at Elden Ring, with an actual gameplay trailer and release date of January 21, 2022. It still looks very Dark Souls, but in a more open-world environment with rideable mounts and everything.
Some of the other more notable announcements were the new game from Gearbox, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, which follows in the looter-shooter footsteps of Borderlands. Hideo Kojima appeared to announce Death Stranding Director’s Cut coming to PS5. Other star power appeared with Jeff Goldblum announcing Jurassic World Evolution 2, and former devs from Treyarch revealing their brand new studio Deviation Games, which will be partnering with PlayStation. In terms of everything else, here are all the announcements at Summer Game Fest’s Kickoff livestream.
- Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands – A spinoff of Borderlands and separate game releasing in early 2022. Has a major fantasy focus with spells, dragons, and more.
- Metal Slug Tactics – A reboot of the classic 90s franchise that turns it into a grid-based tactics game.
- Death Stranding Director’s Cut – A new trailer announces the Director’s Cut of the game coming to PS5.
- New Footage and Song For Sable – The gorgeous indie game Sable had a live performance of the song “Glider” by Japanese Breakfast, along with some new footage. Launching September 23, 2021, more info will be shared at the Tribeca Film Festival.
- Jurassic World Evolution 2 – A sequel to the management sim coming later in 2021 on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.
- LostArk From Amazon Games – The Korean action-MMO is coming West in Fall 2021.
- Black Ops Cold War and Warzone Season 4 – Call of Duty: Warzone Season 4 kicks off on June 17 with new weapons, maps, and even dragons.
- Among Us Hide and Seek Mode and More – Among Us is getting a brand new Hide and Seek mode along with new characters, roles, and costumes.
- Free Guy New Look and Release Date – Ryan Reynolds showed up to give a new look at Free Guy and the new release date of August 13, 2021.
- Chicory: A Colorful Tale Available Now – A new trailer for painting-centric title Chicory, available today on PS4 and PS5.
- Salt and Sacrifice – Developer Ska Studios announces the sequel to Salt and Sanctuary, featuring local co-op and online play.
- Solar Ash – The makers of Hyper Light Drifter show off a new trailer for Solar Ash.
- Chivalry II Available Now – Chivalry II launches today with a new trailer.
- Valorant’s New Agent – Valorant teases a new agent for Episode 3.
- Escape From Tarkov – New look at the Streets of Tarkov area under development.
- Two Point Campus – Two Points Studios and Sega announce the new simulation management game Two Point Campus.
- Stranger Things Characters Coming to Smite – Stranger Things Characters including Eleven and the Demogorgon are coming to Smite Season 9.
- Prime Matter Announces Payday 3, Painkiller, and More – Koch Media announces a new publishing label called Prime Matter and details ten IPs it will focus on, including Payday 3.
- The Anacrusis – Four-player cooperative shooter announced, set aboard a space station infested with aliens.
- Fast 9 Pack Coming to Rocket League -Three cars from Fast 9 are coming to Rocket League via DLC.
- Vampire the Masquerade: Blood Hunt – Developer Sharkmob announces a new multiplayer shooter set in the Vampire the Masquerade universe.
- New Trailer for Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes – Supermassive Games shows off a new trailer for House of Ashes, the third Dark Pictures Anthology game.
- Tales of Arise Game Fest Trailer – Tales of Arise from Bandai Namco gets a new story trailer. More info coming over the next week.
- Sky from Thatgamecompany Comes to Switch – Mobile multiplayer title Sky, from the makers of Journey, comes to Switch on June 29.
- Planet of Lana – Swedish indie studio Thunderful announces a new platforming title called Planet of Lana.
- Overwatch 2’s New Skins – Game Director Aaron Keller shows off new Overwatch 2 skins for Baptiste and Sombra.
- Paladins and Gen: Lock Crossover – Paladins is getting a crossover with the Roosterteeth animated series Gen: Lock in July, 2021.
- Monster Hunter Stories 2 New Trailer – Capcom shares the new story trailer for Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin.
- Wave Break and New Weezer Song – Weezer performed their new song “Tell Me What You Want,” featured in Wave Break.
- Endless Dungeon New Trailer – Amplitude Studio and Sega show off a new look at Endless Dungeon.
- NieR Automata 2B Costume For Fall Guys – A 2B costume from NieR: Automata comes to Fall Guys on June 18.
- New Developer, Deviation Games, Working With PlayStation – Dave Anthony and Jason Blundell, formerly of Treyarch, announce their new studio Deviation Games, and a partnership with PlayStation.
- Back 4 Blood Gets New Boss Enemy – Back 4 Blood shows off a new boss-type enemy and the start date of August 5 for the beta.
- Tribes of Midgard Release Date – A new trailer for Tribes of Midgard from developer Norsfell.
- New Trailer For Evil Dead – Evil Dead: The Game gets a fresh gameplay trailer narrated by Bruce Campbell.
- World Premiere of Elden Ring Gameplay – FromSoftware finally provides a first look at gameplay for Elden Ring, along with the release date of January 21, 2022.
