Jay Peters
Welcome to the jungle.
Dave the Diver is getting jungle-themed DLC: Dave the Diver: In the Jungle. It’s launching on June 18th.
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Jay Peters
Good dog.
Game Freak shared another look at Beast of Reincarnation, its upcoming Soulslike where you’re teamed up with a big dog. Looks great, though if the dog dies at the end, I’m going to be mad.
The game launches on August 4th.
Andrew Webster
Thief sneaks into 2026.
A remaster of the classic and influential Thief: The Dark Project is on the way, and it’s launching this winter on a big range of platforms: PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and the Switch.
Jay Peters
It’s a climbing roguelike, so I had to post about it.
Ascenders: Beyond the Peak combines two of my favorite genres — seems promising. It will be out in early access in Q3, and a demo is available now.
Jay Peters
The developer of Citizen Sleeper is announcing their next game.
Here’s the first trailer for Signet City, “a first-person fungalpunk RPG” from Gareth Damian Martin. I’m intrigued. It’s in development for PC, though it doesn’t have a release date yet.
Jay Peters
Not much longer to wait for Forever Ago.
Annapurna Interactive’s new game, which stars an old man “on a journey north in search of redemption,” launches on October 8th. I have a hunch this one will be a tearjerker.
Andrew Webster
Asking the important questions.
The new teaser for Virtue and a Sledgehammer doesn’t reveal much about the game, but the good news is that there’s a Steam demo you can check out right now.
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Jay Peters
Fable will be getting a story expansion sometime after launch.
According to the Fable website:
Fable: Order of the Hero features a brand-new region that brims with danger, wonder, and whispers of long buried power. As you explore, your deeds earn the cultist’s admiration, and you rise to become their latest (and greatest) celebrity overseer.
With your newfound authority, you’ll guide their rituals and shape the cult into your own heroic vision, whether noble, nasty or just plain weird. But becoming the new boss does beg a darker question. If the cult has a vacancy for a new Heroic leader…
…what happened to the last one?
You’ll get it as part of the Premium Edition.
Andrew Webster
Melee takes Manhattan.
There’s been an awful lot of Control Resonant at SGF, and here’s yet another trailer. I’m not complaining, though — it looks great. Don’t believe me? Check out our hands-on preview with the game.
Jay Peters
Sega used generative AI as part of making the new Crazy Taxi, apparently.
As spotted by Kotaku, the Steam page for the newly announced World Tour says that:
At SEGA Corporation, we utilize generative AI as a support tool for developers, aiming to provide better content to our users and enable developers to focus more on creative tasks.
We have used such generative AI support tools during development of Crazy Taxi: World Tour. No AI was used in reference to the performers in the game.
I’m not exactly sure what this all means, though, and I’m glad it at least wasn’t used “in reference to the performers in the game.”
Andrew Webster
Terrence O'Brien
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie crosses the $1 billion mark.
It’s the first film of 2026 to rake in more than a billion dollars, and on a budget of only $110 million. It’s unlikely to be the last movie to cross that threshold this year, however, with two Marvel movies and Toy Story 5 on the horizon.
Andrew Webster
Another look at Call of Duty.
The next CoD was actually announced ahead of Game Fest, but here’s five more minutes of Modern Warfare 4, which launches in October.
Andrew Webster
Jay Peters
Spyro’s back.
Activision’s new Spyro game is Spyro: A Realm Beyond, and it’s launching in spring 2027. It’ll be available on Xbox, PS5, PC, and Nintendo Switch 2.
Jay Peters
A spooky new Castlevania for October.
Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, made by teams who worked on Dead Cells, will be released on October 15th. Despite the pedigree of its developers, it’s not a roguelike.
Andrew Webster
Fly over some national parks.
The next big update for Flight Simulator gives you a chance to explore over 30 American landmarks and national parks without bothering with a road trip. It launches, appropriately, on July 4th. Also you can fly the Goodyear blimp.
TC Sottek
“Television’s not her thing.”
Recently-fired 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley has some words for the clowns now running CBS. “It would have been so much better if Bari Weiss had been offered this job and said ‘Oh, that’s not for me; I don’t know how to do that,’” he tells the Times. The full interview is worth your attention:
Scott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at ‘60 Minutes’
[The New York Times]
Andrew Webster
Crazy Taxi is going on tour.
As promised, Sega’s Crazy Taxi is coming back with a new game called World Tour, and based on the first trailer it seems like it’s capturing some classic vibes. It’s launching in 2027.
Jay Peters
The DLC for Doom: The Dark Ages adds a throwable spear.
Sign me up. Doom: The Dark Ages Revelations launches on July 7th. It costs $19.99, though it’s included if you already have the game’s Premium Edition or Collectors Bundle.
Andrew Webster
Back to hell.
The unsettling psychological horror of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is getting an action-oriented follow-up with a new game called simply Senua. It’s coming to Xbox, PS5, and PC sometime next year.
Jay Peters
Bad Magpie looks like Untitled Goose Game with a different bird.
I mean that in a complimentary way — it seems silly and fun! It’s launching in 2027.
Andrew Webster
It’s not Persona 6, but…
at least we got some Persona news, with Persona 4 Revival coming to the Xbox on February 18th.
Jay Peters
State of Decay 3 launches in 2027.
The zombie apocalypse game will be available on Xbox, PC, and PS5.
Jay Peters
Andrew Webster
Terrence O'Brien
Andrew Webster
Jay Peters
The Xbox Games Showcase is starting soon.
The event kicks off at 1PM ET. Once the showcase is over, it will transition directly into a presentation focused on Gears of War: E-Day, which is scheduled to launch sometime this year.
Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Death Stranding director says the movie is “its own thing.”
”You might see some characters from the game pop up,” Michael Sarnoski told IGN, but don’t expect a straightforward adaptation of the games. He’s working on revisions to the script with Hideo Kojima and A24 right now and said:
“Kojima has been really generous in letting me play in his world but letting me tell a story with my own characters and my own sort of corner of this world, but keeping it honest to the game and doing something that fans will really like. So it’s been a great process so far, and I’m really excited to share it.”
Terrence O'Brien
Jay Peters
Signing off!
I’ll be back tomorrow with more of the Verge crew to keep covering Summer Game Fest. The Xbox Games Showcase starts at 1PM ET and the PC Gaming Show kicks off at 3PM ET. See you all then, and if I missed any cool games, tell me about them!
Jay Peters
No Devolver Direct right now.
There have been a lot of events recently, but Devolver’s next big show will happen “later in the year.” Still, with the Xbox Games Showcase and the PC Gaming Show on Sunday, there’s plenty to look forward to.
Jay Peters
Exodus sure looks like Mass Effect.
The sci-fi RPG, developed by a studio with ex-BioWare staff and published by Wizards of the Coast, is giving off serious Mass Effect vibes. But with no word yet on when the actual next Mass Effect game is coming out, next year’s Exodus looks like it could scratch the itch until that’s released.
Jay Peters
The dino is back.
According to a new look at the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot, Legacy of Atlantis, moments in the game like the T-Rex battle will be “transformed into epic gameplay encounters on a cinematic scale.”
We’ll see how cinematic it really is when the game launches on February 12th.
Jay Peters
Chronoscript: The Endless End has a terrible name for such a cool-looking game.
In the game, you play as some kind of sword fighter in a book-inspired platformer world. I’m definitely interested. It’s launching on PS5 and Steam this fall.
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