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United Kingdom Summer Game Fest 2023 – Find all the game announcements here ...
Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest (or ‘Keigh-3’ as it’s known in some circles) is currently underway for 2023, a major showcase of upcoming video games that kicks off a month of additional publisher presentations, and sets the landscape for the future of video games both big and small, known and unknown. It takes over from E3 as the industry’s most prominent showcase.
It’s streaming simultaneously to everyone through YouTube (embedded below), as well as Twitch, Twitter and other social media platforms.
We’re watching the event live, and keeping this article updated with all the game announcements, demos, trailers, and surprises as they happen.
Keep this page bookmarked (do people still do that?) and come back during and after the show for a comprehensive wrap-up.
Read: Summer Game Fest 2023 – Schedule of events and showcases
This article will be continually updated as Summer Game Fest 2023 unfolds.
Ubisoft kicked off Summer Game Fest with the reveal of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, a 2D action platforming game with an edgier-looking prince, wielding dual swords with a fast and flashy combat style. We see him battle several beasts. We’ll see more of it at Ubisoft Forward.
It’ll be released on 18 January 2024.
Mortal Kombat 1NetherRealm Studios followed Ubisoft with an extended look at Mortal Kombat 1, with a better look at the gameplay and story, which involves a completely rebooted version of the Mortal Kombat Universe.
Kicking off with a fight between a brand new version Kung Lao and Sub Zero, we see Liu Kang recruit several familiar characters to his cause (after brutally beating them in several fights, of course) only these versions of the characters have never interacted with each other before, and have brand new narrative relationships. For example, Sub-Zero and Scorpion are now brothers, rather than bitter rivals.
We see a young Raiden and Johnny Cage for the first time, as well as sisters Kitana and Mileena kick off a new version of their sibling rivalry. We also see characters like Sonya, Kano, and Kenshi. It appears there will be about 24 characters at launch, based on an early look at the roster screen.
We see glimpses of the new ‘Kameo’ system, a tag team system that allows players to call in for assist attacks, as well as several new gruesome fatality finishers. In a presentation following the trailer, creator Ed Boon revealed that the roster of Kameo fighters will be completely separate to the playable character roster – though some characters will have a presence on both.
Path of Exile 2New Zealand’s Grinding Gear Games then showed off a brief first look at the sequel to their popular action RPG, Path of Exile, which has been long in development. More of the game will be shown on 28 July 2023.
Street Fighter 6Capcom then had a bit of a weird announcement for its upcoming dino shooter Exoprimal, revealing that robotic versions of Street Fighter characters Ryu and Guile would be in the game.
Nicholas Cage and Dead by DaylightThis was followed by Nicholas Cage taking the stage as part of his collaboration with asymmetrical multiplayer horror game, Dead by Daylight, where he plays an exaggerated version of himself.
He talked a bit about how he got involved, and the process of recording voiceover lines and grunts for games, which was a new experience to him.
The Witcher on NetflixThe cast of The Witcher then briefly introduced an action-packed trailer for Season 3 of the Netflix show, which will see Geralt (Henry Cavill) searching for Ciri (Freya Allen), fighting all manner of monsters, and growing an emotional attachment.
Witchfire, Crossfire Sierra Squad, and Remnant 2A trailer for a new first-person shooter called Witchfire was then revealed, revealing an early access launch date. It involves a Victorian-era-inspired world with guns, monsters, and magic.
It was quickly followed by a trailer for Crossfire Sierra Squad, a VR first-person shooter launching in August on Meta Quest.
A trailer for Remnant 2 was next, the third-person shooter roguelike series, which mixes steampunk-looking technology with hard sci-fi elements for a cooperative experience.
Sonic SuperstarsSega then announced a brand new Sonic The Hedgehog game, which appears to pay homage to the 2D Sonic games, only with 3D art style. Playable characters include Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy Rose.
Honkai Star RailA new trailer for the popular gacha game Honkai Star Rail was shown, celebrating its upcoming release on PlayStation 5.
Lies of PA release date was shared for Lies of P, an upcoming Souls-like game where you play Pinnochio in a Victorian reinterpretation of the story, which features several horrific monster designs and some fetching architecture.
It’ll be released on 19 September 2023, and a demo is available on all platforms now.
SandLandA trailer for SandLand a game based on the manga series by Akira Toriyama (Dragon Ball Z) was revealed. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic desert world, where you play the demon prince Beelzebub on a quest to find water.
Throne and LibertyThe new open-world MMORPG from NCSoft and Amazon Games was then shown, featuring a high fantasy world with towering beasts, large environments, and the ability for protagonists to shapeshift into animals, like birds!
It’ll be released on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.
WarhavenA trailer for a new game from Nexon was then revealed, that features flashy medieval-style battles against hoards of enemies in trepidatious environments.
This was followed by a brief series of trailers for Party Animals, as well as a content update for Dying Light 2, and also Crash Team Rumble.
Alan Wake 2Remedy’s Sam Lake then took the stage to talk about the much-anticipated thriller, Alan Wake 2. Described as Remedy’s ‘first survival horror game’, it will feature both Alan Wake and his co-protagonist, FBI Agent Saga Anderson, in equal measures.
It’s being treated as a standalone experience, as you begin the game playing as Saga, investigating a series of ritualistic murders, and uncovering the mysteries of the author Alan Wake, who is trapped in the Dark Place. It sounds like you’ll be free to switch characters between the characters throughout the game, and unravel the intertwined story as you like.
A brief gameplay demo was then shown, featuring Saga investigating a dark forest early on in the game. She stumbles across and abandoned, dilapidated rest stop, where she’s ambushed by a terrifying-looking cultist, wielding an axe. She’s shown using her torch to expose a weak point through the darkness enshrouding the assailant, and firing away.
Once he’s taken care of, she unlocks a freezer in the same way, discovering a human heart.
Alan Wake will be released on 17 October 2023.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2A gruesome-lookingtrailer was then shown for the sequel to the beloved Space Marine. It’s a third-person cooperative shooter set in the Warhammer 40K universe. It’ll be released in Winter (Northern Hemisphere)
Yes, Your Grace: SnowfallA trailer for a sequel to Yes, Your Grace was then shown, a game where you play as the ruler of kingdom, and must make decisions to manage your kingdom.
John Carpenter’s Toxic CommandoFrom Saber Interactive, Focus Entertainment, and horror cinema legend John Carpenter comes Toxic Commando, a first-person shooter seemingly about a squad of mercenaries taking on hoards of zombies and other monstrosities, both on foot and from the safety of their armoured vehicles. It looks like Left 4 Dead-style cooperative shooter. It’s arriving in 2024.
Baldur’s Gate 3A new trailer for the upcoming RPG showed off a new antagonist, Gortash, voiced by Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter). The game is arriving 31 August 2023.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2Insomniac’s Creative Director Bryan Intihar then took the stage to talk a bit more about the studio’s upcoming sequel, revealing the box art and talking about its villains – Kraven and Venom – though he suggested there will be more. He also revealed that the Venom of this universe will not be Eddie Brock, which is an enticing revelation for Spider-Man fans.
A release date for the game was also announced: 20 October 2023.
This article will be continually updated as Summer Game Fest 2023 unfolds.
