Summer Game Fest - June 9, 2022

[Moonface]

Here is a summary of all the news and announcements from the June 9 Summer Game Fest presentation, as well as the entire video presentation below for those who wish to watch it:

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Street Fighter 6 | Guile Reveal Trailer
Check out Guile's new and classic moves - and grizzled goatee - in this character reveal trailer for Street Fighter 6.

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Aliens: Dark Descent | Trailer
Revealed with a cinematic trailer very reminiscent of James Cameron's take on the Aliens universe, Aliens: Dark Descent is a top-down shooter where squads of Marines are shown fighting off waves of Aliens. It isn't known yet whether the game will be a co-op only experience or if the entire squad is controlled by one player.

Aliens: Dark Descent releases in 2023 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

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The Callisto Protocol | Gameplay Footage
The team at Striking Distance offers a first look at gameplay footage for The Callisto Protocol with a two-minute clip that feels very similar to Dead Space, but does it have enough to carve out its own identity?

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II | Gameplay Footage
Take a look at a full level from the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, in a mission called Dark Water as your squad of soldiers infiltrates a stormy oil rig in the middle of the ocean to stop a missile launch.

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Flashback 2 | Trailer
Check out the first trailer for Flashback 2, the long awaited 2.5-D sequel to the 1992 sci-fi platformer.

Flashback 2 is expected to release in Winter 2022.

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Witchfire | Trailer
First announced back in 2017, developers The Astronauts are back with a new look at Witchfire, a fantasy first-person shooter that's going into Early Access later this year in 2022.

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Fort Solis | Trailer
Featuring Troy Baker, Roger Clark, and Julia Brown, Fort Solis is a third-person narrative focused horror game brought to life by Fallen Leaf Studio.

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Routine | Trailer
Featuring music by Doom's Mick Gordon, get your first chilling look at the first-person sci-fi horror game Routine, coming to Xbox and PC.

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Stormgate | Trailer
Check out the mysterious and exciting cinematic reveal trailer for Stormgate, the upcoming game from ex-Blizzard developers Frost Giant Studios. Players can register for Stormgate's beta which will launch in 2023.

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Highwater | Trailer
Demogog Studio presents an adventure action game exploring the world after the effects of climate change, due for release some time later this year.

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American Arcadia | Trailer
Get your first look at this 2.5D indie side-scrolling adventure set in a stylized version of a dystopian future.

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Goat Simulator 3 | Trailer
The goats are back to cause more chaos in Goat Simulator 3, due for release in Fall 2022.

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Marvel's Midnight Suns | Trailer
A new trailer for Marvel’s Midnight Suns has revealed that Spider-Man will be a playable hero in the game, and he will be voiced by Yuri Lowenthal.

Marvel's Midnight Suns releases on October 7 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

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Cuphead in The Delicious Last Course | Gameplay Footage
Check out one of the boss fights in Cuphead's upcoming free DLC, The Delicious Last Course, due for release on June 30.

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Neon White | Trailer
A brand new trailer is here for Neon White, which releases next week on June 16.

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Midnight Fight Express | Trailer
Developed by a single man, fight your way across the city in a brutal romp that mixes old school brawlers and fast-paced motion-captured combat in Midnight Fight Express.

Midnight Fight Express releases on August 23 for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC.

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Warframe: The Duviri Paradox | Trailer
Check out this teaser trailer for the reality-bending open world of The Duviri Paradox, with more to be revealed at TennoCon on July 16.

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Honkai: Star Rail | Trailer
Check out the story trailer for the fourth instalment in the Honkai series, Honkai: Star Rail, an open-world action RPG set in space in the HoYoverse.

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Zenless Zone Zero | Trailer
Take a look at the combat in MiHoYo's upcoming third-person action brawler Zenless Zone Zero.

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TMNT: Shredder's Revenge | Trailer
A new trailer for TMNT: Shredder's Revenge has revealed that you can play with up to six players at once both locally and online.

TMNT: Shredder's Revenge releases on June 16 for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC.

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One Piece: Odyssey | Trailer
Get a new look at One Piece: Odyssey, due for release later this year.

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Soul Hackers 2 | Trailer
Atlus has released the first English voice-over trailer for Soul Hackers 2, which is dubbed “The Calling.”

Soul Hackers 2 releases on August 26 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC.

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Metal Hellsinger | Trailer
Strike terror into the hearts of demons and devils as you fight your way through eight Hells. Metal: Hellsinger is a rhythm FPS, brimming with diabolical enemies, powerful weapons, and metal music. Set out on an infernal journey in order to achieve the purest of goals: Vengeance.

Metal: Hellsinger releases on September 15 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC, and a free demo is available now on all of those platforms.

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Nightingale | Gameplay Trailer
Get your first look at the fantastical gameplay of Nightingale, which blends first-person survival, crafting, and deck-building.

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Saints Row | Trailer
Get a head start on creating your character for the upcoming Saints Row with this demo called Boss Factory, which lets you play with all the character creation options for the game and import your character into the full game when it releases on August 23.

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Warhammer 40,000: Darktide | Gameplay Trailer
Take a look at this gameplay trailer for Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, showing off dark and grim visuals as players work together to fend off hordes and complete tasks in this four player co-op shooter.

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide releases on September 13 for Xbox Series X/S and PC.

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Layers of Fears | Trailer
Built on the foundations of the original Layers of Fear, Layers of Fear: Inheritance, and Layers of Fear 2 in Unreal Engine 5, Layers of Fears will feature an expanded plotline and gameplay direction for a complete experience, which means more horrific sceneries and terror in a beautiful new package.

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Gotham Knights | Trailer
Get a teaser of Nightwing's gameplay and story background in this new character trailer for Gotham Knights, set for release on October 25.

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Untitled The Last of Us Multiplayer Game | Concept Art
Neil Druckmann revealed new details about the upcoming standalone multiplayer game set in the world of The Last of Us, sharing that it is "as big as any of our single-player games that we've done, and in some ways bigger" and that it will feature its own story with a brand new cast of characters. No footage or an official name for the game were given, but we did get to see a piece of concept art that indicates the game will take place in San Francisco in some capacity.

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The Last of Us TV Show | Discussion Thread
We got our first front-on look at Joel and Ellie in the upcoming The Last of Us TV series, and Neil Druckmann also shared another surprise about the show.

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The Last of Us Part 1 | Trailer
With modernized gameplay, improved controls, and expanded accessibility options, The Last of Us Part 1 is a complete remake coming to PS5 on September 2, with a PC release coming at a later date.

There are also two special editions available for the game, which you can check out along with visual comparisons between the original game and this remake over at the PlayStation Blog.

[Dragon Lord]

I'd just like to quickly point out that Honkai Star Rail is actually a turn-based RPG, and not action RPG.

Anyways, other than the new stuff for Honkai Star Rail and Zenless Zone Zero (hoping to get into the closed beta for this one, missed out on the Star Rail second one), there's nothing here of any interest to me. I couldn't even find anything online about any of this stuff except for the Last of Us Remake (yawn) and the Honkai and ZZZ stuff. Tells you how bad SGF was, kek.

[Maniakkid25]

That's probably because Soul Hackers was first teased in a survey Atlus did a month or two back, so no one is saying anything because it was already known. And yes, I am very excited about it, and you can bite me if you want to tell me otherwise.

[Moonface]

I think most of the games here were already announced prior, so a lot of them wouldn't break headlines when it's just new trailers.

Overall the show was put together well, even if looking at it a lot of games weren't my cup of tea. The only absolutely awful part of the whole show was when The Rock showed up and babbled on for too long about a million things.

[Mr EliteL]

Did see the entire thing live, watching alongside a streamer (Maximilian Dood). Yeah The Rock part was awful, actually thought he was meant to be in a game, but nah blabbering on and promoting Black Adam. Eh. Also after SF6 was shown at the start it was almost an endless string of the same type of game almost that got tiring to sit through. Was good at the first game, Dark Decent, then oh a much more gorier than Aliens space game, then great CoD so not interested in that, then oh another shooter/space games (OK Flashback was in between them). Yeah I get a bit hypocritical by saying Star Rail got me finally interested in a space themed game out of the rest that was shown, not fully sure if I want to play that or Zenless yet. Thought Soul Hackers would be up a certain someone's alley on here.

Anyway the game that stood out to me was Shredder's Revenge though, yeah I did know about it before but I used to play beat 'em ups, namely The Simpsons and I think I played a TMNT one too on an old PC when we access to a bunch of arcade games (that I don't have anymore). So I might pick this up. 6 players and Casey joins the roster, nice! Even though I won't ever have 6 players to play with.

[queenzelda]

So far only 3 games interested me; The Callisto Protocol, Honkai: Star Rail, & Zenless Zone Zero. Everything else just wasn't my jam. DreamCastGuy and RGT 85 were not impressed with the Summer Game Fest announcements. I know I wasn't but I'm also not into shooters. I do want to see more of that horror game as I want to see some game play for before I decide if I want it or not. *shrug* Though I am a bit worried that the games that are releasing through miHoYo might be freemium games. T_T

[Moonface]

I think this tweet summarizes the games shown in this quite well:

@Dragon Lord: Forgot to address this before but my bad on the wrong genre. I grabbed the genre from IGN which says it all.

@queenzelda: Likely those MiHoYo games will be similar to Genshin and their other games, which (I think) are all free to play but offer a lot of things that can be attained with money (not necessarily solely with money but the money notably helps).

[queenzelda]

It would not surprise me at all. smh I'd love a game I could pay for without the monetization, but when it comes to MiHoYo games it's a nope. <_<

[Moonface]

Metal Hellsinger | Trailer
Strike terror into the hearts of demons and devils as you fight your way through eight Hells. Metal: Hellsinger is a rhythm FPS, brimming with diabolical enemies, powerful weapons, and metal music. Set out on an infernal journey in order to achieve the purest of goals: Vengeance.

Metal: Hellsinger releases on September 15 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC, and a free demo is available now on all of those platforms.

I tried this out last night and hot damn it's so much fun! My only gripe with the demo is once you get the dual pistols no other weapon feels worth using because they're slower and require you to be at close range, so you spend too much time not doing actions to the beat.

I saw Shredder's Revenge is reviewing ridiculously well too, although I don't know if I want the game or not since I've never really touched the genre that it sits in.

[Mr EliteL]

I saw Shredder's Revenge is reviewing ridiculously well too, although I don't know if I want the game or not since I've never really touched the genre that it sits in.

It is? Cool.  Also untrue sort of in that you haven't touched the genre. Think Tekken Force from Tekken 3, and you get the gist of Beat 'em up. Specifically T3 as it's the side-scrolling type which is similar to Shredder's Revenge.

[Moonface]

I saw Shredder's Revenge is reviewing ridiculously well too, although I don't know if I want the game or not since I've never really touched the genre that it sits in.

It is? Cool.  Also untrue sort of in that you haven't touched the genre. Think Tekken Force from Tekken 3, and you get the gist of Beat 'em up. Specifically T3 as it's the side-scrolling type which is similar to Shredder's Revenge.

True, I forgot about that because of it being a minigame.
The game does come off as being rather short though; I've seen multiple streamers play it and they get through all the episodes rather fast. I assume that's how the genre works although I wonder what the replay value is besides just doing it with a different character every time.

[Moonface]

Since it was announced in this event I'll share something amusing about Goat Simulator 3 here rather than General Game Chat:

So myself and many others were questioning when Goat Simulator 2 came out. Turns out it doesn't exist, and the developers said they wouldn't make a GS2 and to stick by that, just skipped straight to naming the sequel GS3 instead.
This would be like Valve leaning into the "can't count to 3" joke by naming their next games Portal 4 and Half Life 4 and never letting any of their games exist with a 3 in the name. XD