The Summer Game Fest reveals new Harry Potter, Lego and Civilization games — as it happened (2024)

Thanks a bunch for waking up early and watching along with me gamers!

That was a fun time.

I hope you've got something to look forward to in your gaming future from today's show. I know my backlog is already crumbling under the weight of new stuff that landed on my To Be Played list.

I'll catch you next time!

As a Persona fan, seeing more details about Metaphor Re:Fantazio has me really jazzed. As if I wasn't already.

If you'd asked me if I'd be excited for a Power Rangers game before the show, I would have told you to get out of my house, it's 6:30am. But that arcade-throwback style has me intrigued.

And Innersloth's new funding initiative for indie games might be my highlight of the whole thing! I love games. I want to play more of them. But the maths ain't working for so many of the people who make them right now.

A new way for the talented people to create the art we all love, AND get paid so they can eat, is a good thing to me.

On the flipside, we were really missing that BIG TIME announcement surprise from any single company. But it's a weird time in the industry right now, so it's not surprising that smaller studios carried the day.

Oh, and no Silksong. It's OK Team Cherry. I want you to take all the time you need. It's fine. Really.

Flew ... under the radar ... ? I see what you did there, Jenson.

I'd love to know what you loved and what you missed, folks! Hit that leave a comment button up there and tell me.

Quite a bit actually!

Day of the Devs, a one-hour showcase of work from independent game studios is happening right now.

Tomorrow there'll be a showcase of women-led games from 4:30am AEST.

And then on Tuesday the whole thing comes to a close with three big shows from Microsoft, Ubisoft and the PC Gaming Show.

We've known about this for over a year now, and it still looks like it's one for the Souls fans! But there's blood. A lot of it.

The new trailer announces a playable demo if you're lucky to be at Summer Game Fest in person.

We've know about the latest entry in the Monster Hunter series for a little bit, but we're getting a new look today.

The trailer gave us monsters. And they needed hunting. Which honestly is all I need to commit to another 100hrs.

It's getting a simultaneous release in 2025 across PC, PS5 and Xbox.

The super-popular tactial shooter from Riot Games is finally making its way to consoles later this year.

Palworld, the indie hit that got so much traction Nintendo had to issue a rare statement telling folks to stop bugging them about it, is here with some new DLC.

New Pals! New Raids! New buildings!

The Sakurajima Update drops later this month.

For the unitiated, Killer Bean is a series of web shorts from the early 2000s that shot to popularity around 2019 because ... memes.

It's been enough to generate new shots, and as you've found out DT, a whole video game.

And to the Gen Zs out there reading, I respect and appreciate your meme making power, please don't drag my millennial haircut/jeans/socks I'm begging you.

You think he's stopped dancing since The Game Awards last year? Nah.

He's here to announce that critical-darling Alan Wake II will be getting a physical edition soon....and....

Night Springs, three new episodes for Alan Wake II, featuring characters from across the Remedy-verse (is that what we're calling it?).

And it's going to be playable tomorrow.

Here's a new trailer for Dune: Awakening, the open world survival MMO that we've known about for a while now.

If you're tired of waiting for Zendaya's schedule to open up so Denis Villeneuve can shoot the next Dune instalment, you can go live out all your spice-induced dreams in Dune: Awakening soon.

And is it just me, or is the Paul we got in the trailer giving us a glimpse into a future where Bradley Cooper got cast as the Atredies that changed the fate of the galaxy instead?

Fair enough, DT! We're definitely missing some big hitters with Sony already running a presentation, and Microsoft and Nintendo doing their own things in coming days.

I've kinda loved how it's given us time to look at things outside the AAA space though.

Innersloth, creator of the massive hit Among Us, isn't here to announce a new game ... instead it's revealing a new project call Outersloth.

It's a new fund it has created to help fund up and coming indie games ... all powered by the runaway financial success of Among Us.

And in the trailer of games that have already been funded via the program, there's the Aussie banger Mars First Logistics! Woo!

I've said a couple of times how tough the industry is right now. But how cool to see Innersloth using its success to help fund and find the next indie hit! True crewmates!

Thanks Conner! Have to admit that Origins is the only one from the Arkham-verse I haven't got around to playing myself.

Well colour me intrigued.

What started as a colourful, cozy trailer for a game about running a tea shop turned .... darker.

Wanderstop is the latest from the Stanley Parable creators, so we should expect that not all will be as it seems.

We've got a survival climber (new genre alert!) game from The Game Breakers. It's called Cairn.

Climbing games are pretty hot right now thanks to viral hits like Only Up. This looks ... way more serious than some of the other offerings we've got so far.

What're you liking so far? What are you still hoping to see?

Hit the blue comment button up there and let me know.

POWER RANGERS GAME?! Be still my 90s-kid heart!!

Oh we've got a side-scrolling beat 'em up in the style of the classic TMNT arcade games. And MODE 7 style boss fights?!

Folks, that trailer song alone has me fist-pumping out of my chair. I think it might be Morphin' Time.