Summer Game Fest 2024
Few big games have been shown this year at Summer Game Fest 2024, but in terms of quantity, it was able to introduce a large number of games in less than 2 hours. But the big thing that happened in this series of Summer Game Fest 2024 was Geoff Keighley's criticism at the beginning of the festival about the closing of the studios and the dismissal of their employees.
What happened at the start of Summer Game Fest 2024?
At the beginning of Summer Game Fest 2024, Mr. Geoff Keighley began his work criticizing the current conditions of the game industry, which is witnessing massive layoffs and studio closures. He also shared with GameDiscover statistics that the gaming industry is being changed by small teams and independent developers, which is evidenced by the presence of small gaming teams and independent developers in 8 successful games out of 10 this year.
8 successful games made by small game teams and independent developers
- Keen Games
- Deep Rock Galactic Survivor
- Hades 2
- Manor Lords
- Balastro
- Super Market Simulator
- Buckshot Roulette
- Palworld
2 successful games published by reputable publishers
- Dragon's Dogma 2
- Helldivers 2
Big companies at Summer Game Fest 2024
Various companies introduced a large number of games in less than 2 hours at Summer Game Fest 2024. From big companies like Capcom to studios and independent publishers from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, Plaion just showed up with the Kingdom Come Deliverance II trailer. But in general, except for Lego Horizon Adventures, Civilization VII, and Blumhouse Productions, other big and significant games were not introduced at this festival.
Another point of this festival is the absence of Xbox Game Studio and Nintendo. Capcom also appeared as an observer and introduced the games Street Fighter 6, Monster Hunter Wilds, Monster Hunter Stories, and Kunitau-Gami: Path of the Goddess.
Guerrilla Games، Studio Gobo
Guerrilla Games, Studio Gobo announced Lego Horizon Adventures for PC, PS5 and Switch platforms and promised to release it in the fall of 2024.
Torn Banner Studio in Summer Game Fest 2024
Torn Banner Studio has unveiled the horror multiplayer shooter No More Room in Hell 2. In this game, players have to find their teammates in the dark environment of the game and survive in the meantime. The CEO of Torn Banner promised that the game will be available to fans in early access on Halloween this year.
Warner Bros. Games
Warner Bros Studio Games has announced Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, releasing on September 3rd for PS4/PS5, Xbox One/Xbox Series X|S, Switch, and PC. Same-sex players can experience this game on the first day in PlayStation monthly games.
2K Games
Contrary to players' expectations, instead of Borderlands 4, 2K Games announced Sid Meier's Civilization VII, with a release date of 2025 for PS4/PS5, Xbox One/Xbox Series X|S, Switch and It will be PC.
Blumhouse Games
Steve Blumhouse Productions has entered the gaming industry by creating the Blumhouse Games studio and introduced 7 horror games at the Summer Game Fest 2024.
- Crisol: Theater of Idols
- Vemila
- Sleep Awake from Eyes Out
- Fear the Spotlight
- Cozy Game Pals
- The Simulation
- Project C
Amazon Games
Amazon Games also announced that it will release the MMORPG New World on October 15, 2024 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The version presented is called New World: Aeternum, which has all the content that was offered for PC along with a bunch of new content. This content includes a PvP zone, new character templates and several other items that are also available for PC.
Uncapped Games
Uncapped Games has introduced an RTS game called Battle Aces, a game focused on controlling and managing a large army and fighting strategy against enemies. David Kim, senior game director of Uncapped Games said that this game is made for any player with any skill level and everyone can master this game as soon as possible.
Other introduced games
- The Paper Cult company introduced a hack-and-slash game called Tears of Metal, which will be introduced in 2025.
- Capcom Company introduced the second season of Street Fighter 6 and the new DLC characters of this season M. Bison, Terry Bogard (Fatal Fury), Mai Shiranui (Fatal Fury) and Elena.
- Digital Eclipse and Hasbro also introduced the brawler game Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind, which can be played on both computers and consoles.
- Cuffbust game was also introduced by Two Star company and will be released in 2025.
- The French company The Game Bakers also introduced the Cairn game. The Survival Climbing game will also be released in 2025.
- Annapurna Interactive and Ivy Road also introduced the game Wanderstop, which is scheduled for release on PS5 console and PC in 2024.
- The creators of the Among Us games, Outersloth, announced an investment fund for indie games and announced that a TV show will be made on CBS based on the game Among Us.
- Outerloop announced a game called Project Dosa, which will be released in 2026.
- The first DLC for Alan Wake II was announced by Remedy Entertainment and Epic Games Publishing. This DLC is called Night Springs and will be released on June 8.
- Dark and Darker is finally back on Steam and Epic Games Store after many struggles.
- Riot Games announced that Valorant will soon be released on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5.
The release date of the games
- Kingdom Come Deliverance II game will be released in 2024 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S platforms.
- The expected game Star Wars Outlaws will be released on August 30.
- Neva game by Nomada Studio and Devolver Digital will be released in 2024.
- Game Science will release Black Myth: Wukong on August 20.
- Starry Studio will release the game Once Human on July 9.
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II will be released by Focus Entertainment Publishing on September 9.
- Metapher: ReFantazio will be released by Atlus on October 11.
- Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero will be released by Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe on October 11, 2024 for the PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC platforms.
- In July, the game Delta Force: Hawk Ops by TiMi Studio Group and Level Infinite will be released as an alpha test on personal computers.
- SNK will release Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves for the Xbox Series X|S and PC platforms in early 2025.
- Ncsoft Company will release the game Battle Crush, which is a 30-player game, on June 27 as Early Access.
- Slitterhead will be released on November 8 by Bokeh.
- Enotria the Last Song by Jyamma Games will be released on September 19.
- The First Descendant game will be released by Nexon on July 2.
- Sonic X Shadow Generations will be released by Sega on October 25.
- Monster Hunter Stories game by Capcom will be released on June 14.
- Kunitau-Gami: Path of the Goddess will be released by Capcom on July 19.
- Hyper Light Breaker will be released by Heart Machine and Arc Games in the fall of 2024.
- The skate game by Full Circle and EA companies will be playtesting for console in the fall of 2024.
- Monster Hunter Wilds game by Capcom will be released in 2025.
