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All the big video game events in 2023

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After a tumultuous few years, video game events are back on track and in full swing for 2023. That means plenty of in-person meet-ups, global showcases, and much more besides. Even organisers who spent the last two years online have now transitioned to a hybrid system – providing spaces for those who are able to attend physical events, while keeping fans around the world in the loop online.

From pop culture celebrations to major video game presentations like E3 and The Game Awards, here’s every major video game event for 2023, and what to expect in the coming year.

This article will keep track of all the notable game-related events for developers and video game enthusiasts throughout 2023, and will be periodically updated to reflect the latest information. If you have a video game event you’d like to see listed, get in contact via email . (Last updated: 12 April 2023)

Monthly Highlights

Supanova comic con & gaming: gold coast.

15-16 April 2023 Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast, Australia

The first major Supanova convention of 2023 will kick off in the Gold Coast, Queensland. During the show, you’ll be able to attend panels, meet celebrity guests, buy merchandise and artwork from local creators, visit a number of pop culture-themed shops, and even sit down for a gaming session with friends.

Red Bull High Grounds

20 April 2023 & 4 May 2023 (Qualifiers) & 27 May 2023 (Finals) Fortress Sydney (Qualifiers), The Star Sydney (Finals)

Red Bull Australia is launching a new live event, known as Red Bull High Grounds , in April 2023. This competitive Fortnite showcase will offer amateur esports players the chance to compete with a ‘celebrity dream team’, and take home an AU $50,000 prize pool. An online component will offer players from around Australia the chance to participate.

Supanova Comic Con & Gaming: Melbourne

22-23 April 2023 Melbourne Showgrounds, Ascot Vale, Australia

The Supanova show in the Gold Coast will be followed swiftly by the Melbourne version of the event. This will feature similar activities and celebrity guests, although it will spotlight new local creators and artists, and feature different panels.

DreamHack Melbourne

28-30 April 2023 Melbourne Olympic Park, Melbourne, VIC

DreamHack, one of the world’s biggest esports events, is returning to Melbourne in April 2023. Attendees will be able to take part in massive LAN tournaments, and there’ll also be a number of other on-site gaming activities throughout the exhibition, including tabletop gaming sessions and showcases from local independent studios.

LudoNarraCon 2023

4-8 May 2023 Steam (Online)

LudoNarraCon, the long-running online celebration of narrative games, will return in 2023 with fresh showcases for upcoming games, and deep dives into past gaming hits. As usual, we’re expecting LudoNarraCon to feature an array of developer special guests, and plenty of unique insights into the games industry.

GamesBeat Summit 2023

22-23 May 2023 Marina del Rey Marriott, California, United States

The GamesBeat Summit returns in 2023, with its 15th annual showcase of games industry thought leadership and innovation. This yearly event brings together a host of prominent industry members to talk the ‘big picture’ – and this year, will play host to folks from Skybound, Hasbro, YouTube, Unity, Fable Studio, and more. A digital GamesBeat component on 24 May 2023 will invite everyone into the party.

Oz Comic-Con: Adelaide

3-4 June 2023 Adelaide Showgrounds , Adelaide, Australia

The Adelaide leg of the latest Oz Comic-Con tour hits in June, amidst a number of other events, exhibitions, and conventions. Following this, a variation of the same show will hit Melbourne, before moving onto other states.

Tribeca Festival

7-18 June 2023 New York City, United States

The Tribeca Festival is a celebration of all things entertainment and culture, including video games. The 2023 event will feature folks from across TV, film, immersive entertainment, and gaming talking about the global creative industries, and their triumphs.

Summer Game Fest

8 June 2023 Online & YouTube Theatre, Los Angeles, United States

As E3 shifted its gears, games journalist and industry advocate Geoff Keighley, known for creating The Game Awards , started to use his influence to bring developers and publishers together in the middle of the calendar year to collect and curate a clump of new game reveals and announcements. The Summer Game Fest for 2023 will feature exactly that, with everyone invited to tune in for a wallop of new reveals and surprises. Stay tuned for more details as we get closer to the event.

Oz Comic-Con: Melbourne

10-11 June 2023 Melbourne International Convention Centre, Melbourne, Australia

As in Adelaide, the Melbourne leg of Oz Comic-Con will feature cosplay, merchandise, gaming sessions, celebrity guests, and plenty of activities for pop culture fans of all ages.

Supanova Comic Con & Gaming: Sydney

17-18 June 2023 Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park , Australia

In June, the Sydney leg of Supanova will kick off. This will feature fresh celebrity guests, new panels, local artists and creators, cosplay, gaming sections, and plenty of activities for all ages.

Supanova Comic Con & Gaming: Perth

24-25 June 2023 Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre, Perth, Australia

Finally, the first half of Supanova’s yearly events will hit Perth, giving visitors a chance to enjoy cosplay, gaming with friends, celebrity panels, and pop culture-themed shopping.

GDC Showcase 2023

27-29 June 2023 Online

The GDC Showcase is a digital event designed to allow game developers to connect with and celebrate the global games industry without needing to go to a physical venue. This year’s online showcase will feature speaker Q&As, interactive panels, keynotes, interviews, and much more, for those who purchase tickets.

Brazil International Game Festival 2023 (BIG Festival 2023)

28 June – 2 July 2023 São Paulo Expo, Brazil

Brazil’s Best International Games Festival 2023 has been running since 2023, catering to the public and industry for the Latin American region. The 2023 iteration promises to be the biggest yet, with publishers like Atari and Devolver having been announced.

BitSummit Let’s Go!!

14-16 July 2023 Miyako Messe Exhibition Center , Kyoto, Japan

BitSummit is an annual independent games exhibition for Japanese developers, and it returns with a major show in 2023. This year’s theme is ‘to the future’, and this will likely be clear in each showcased title. The event takes place in person and is open to the public, with news trickling out to the rest of the world post-show.

Games for Change 2023

18-20 July 2023 Times Center, New York City, United States

Games for Change is the annual conference that brings developers together to talk about serious games – games for the purposes of education and societal change. It will return in 2023 with a multi-day in-person event, and feature industry spokespeople holding panels about education, wellness, environmental sustainability, and more essential topics.

San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC)

20-23 July 2023 San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, United States

While not as games-focussed as other events on this list, SDCC is usually worth tuning in for, even if you’re only a fan of gaming. In previous years, comic-adjacent game adaptations have been shown off, and this year’s show may prove to be the same. Keep an ear to the ground for more news.

Gen Con 2023

3-6 August 2023 Indiana Convention Center, Indiana, United States

Gen Con is the largest tabletop gaming convention in North America, with each annual exhibit featuring the latest and greatest in card, board, and TTRPG gaming. This event is where the biggest titans of the tabletop industry gather to show their wares, and it’s a fantastic place to connect with keen players.

10-13 August 2023 Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center, Grapevine, Texas, United States

QuakeCon is finally returning to a physical event in 2023, after years of being a digital-only show. This year, the convention will focus on the BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) LAN portion of the event that originally put it on the map. QuakeCon 2023 will also have a range of livestreamed component featuring talks and potentially, new game announcements from parent company Bethesda.

23-27 August 2023 Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany

Gamescom remains one of the world’s absolute biggest consumer video game conventions. Following a successful return to in-person events in 2022, it will again open its doors to the games industry and the public in 2023. Expect to see a number of big game reveals, along with plenty of indie games showcased during proceedings, and potentially some surprise announcements along the way.

Nintendo Live 2023

1-4 September 2023 Seattle, USA

Nintendo is bringing its previously Japan-only live fan event to the West for the first time in 2023, with the event planned to have a large, themed area for family-friendly activities. Previous events have featured themed concerts, game tournaments, and other activities to celebrate the company’s various properties. The event will coincide with PAX West.

Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser has remarked that the event hopes to give attendees ‘a chance to celebrate together with family, friends and the broader Nintendo community in the spirit of fun and creating long-lasting memories.’

1-4 September 2022 Seattle Convention Centre , Seattle, USA

The West Coast version of PAX returns in 2023, featuring all the things you can typically expect from the conference. There’ll be hands-on sessions with upcoming video games, panels with developers and gaming personalities, and areas dedicated to tabletop and free play.

Tokyo Game Show (TGS)

21-24 September 2023 Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan

The Tokyo Game Show, as you might expect, plays host to a slew of Japanese developers and publishers. While it used to be quite a significant video game event for Western audiences to keep an eye on, many of the companies typically featured have now established themselves more firmly in other English-speaking events during the year. Still, there should be some surprises from Japanese devs during the 2023 show.

Melbourne International Games Week

30 September to 8 October 2023 Various locations, Melbourne, Australia + Online

Australia’s premier calendar event celebrating video games and the local industry encompasses two major conventions, PAX Aus and Games Connect Asia Pacific. In addition, a slew of individual events and workshops that take place both online and in-person across Melbourne feature throughout the week. 2023 will again feature an in-person show, as well as online components.

Games Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP)

2-4 October 2023 Melbourne International Convention Centre, Melbourne, Australia + Online

GCAP represents the industry-focussed side of Melbourne International Games Week, and features a series of talks and workshops for game developers to learn from each other and hone their craft. GCAP also plays hosts to networking events that connect developers to publishers and funding opportunities, as well as students to knowledgeable industry veterans.

The Australian Game Developer Awards feature as part of GCAP.

PAX Australia

6-8 October 2023 Melbourne International Convention Centre, Melbourne, Australia

The only PAX-branded convention to take place outside of the USA, PAX Aus has been one of the highlights of Australian video game culture since 2013. It plays host to international developers showing off their upcoming titles, as well as panel discussions, workshops, opportunities to play video games and tabletop games, and a whole section dedicated to local indie development.

After a successful 2022 run in a physical format, the convention will return in 2023 .

Read: PAX Aus 2023 badges are on sale now

EGX London 2023

12-15 October 2023 ExCeL London, United Kingdom

EGX, the largest video games convention in the United Kingdom, returns in 2023 with another blockbuster show. This event is expected to play host to four packed days of gaming celebrations, attracting crowds of dedicated fans for on-site multiplayer tournaments, panels, and other excitement.

SXSW 2023: Sydney

15-22 October 2022 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

For the first time ever, the iconic SXSW festival is coming to Australian shores, with a weeklong celebration of arts, music, film, gaming, and culture coming to Sydney in 2023. This event will directly follow PAX Aus 2023 and pick up similar threads, via panels and showcases for local and international creative minds.

Read: SXSW Sydney 2023 announces first speakers, events, badge details

Gamescom Asia

19-22 October 2023 Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre, Suntec City, Singapore

Gamescom Asia returns in October 2023, with a showcase bringing the worlds of computer tech and gaming together. This will largely be an in-person event, and function as a hybrid public and trade show for games and emerging technologies.

Freeplay Parallels

TBC October 2023 TBC Location

A mini-showcase run by the folks at the Freeplay Independent Games Festival , Parallels is a night to celebrate some of the most promising upcoming work from Australian game developers. In the past, games like Untitled Goose Game , Unpacking, and Frog Detective 3 have been shown, so it’s well worth paying attention to – and attending, if you’re able.

Supanova Comic Con & Gaming: Adelaide

4-5 November 2023 Adelaide Showground, Adelaide, Australia

The second half of Supanova’s yearly events will begin in Adelaide. As in other years, these shows will feature celebrity guests, art and merchandise stands run by local creators, cosplay, panels, gaming sections, and plenty of other activities for all ages.

Supanova Comic Con & Gaming: Brisbane

11-12 November 2023 Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australi a

The final Supanova show of the year will take place in Brisbane, and feature much of the same activities as in past years: cosplay, art and merchandise stands, comic shops, gaming sections, and more. The event will loop around again in 2024.

PAX Unplugged

TBC December 202 3 Pennsylvania Convention Center , Philadelphia , USA

PAX Unplugged is a PAX convention that focuses primarily on tabletop games. You’ll have opportunities to play unreleased games, attend panels, and visit the numerous vendors in the tabletop space to see their latest wares. While the new dates for 2023 have yet to be confirmed, stay tuned for more information.

The Game Awards 2023

TBC December 2023 Streaming Online & United States

Geoff Keighley’s Game Awards finish the year off with a celebration of some of the best games that have been released in the year prior. However contentious the award categories usually are, the reason to tune in is to catch the high number of new games that are revealed.

Xbox even revealed a console there once.

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Every summer 2023 gaming showcase: full schedule of live streams

Summer is one of the most exciting times to be a gamer, as it’s when most video game developers and publishers tease what’s coming next. For years, this was all centered around E3, but since that show went away during the COVID-19 pandemic, publishers have switched things up and held a variety of reveal-focused live-stream events throughout the entire season. This year has been no different, especially with E3 2023 is canceled .

PlayStation Showcase: May 24

Meta quest gaming showcase: june 1, monster hunter rise sunbreak: final digital event: june 7, guerrilla collective showcase: june 7, summer game fest: june 8, day of the devs: summer game fest edition: june 8, devolver direct: the return of volvy: june 8, access-ability summer showcase 2023: june 9, tribeca games spotlight: june 9, wholesome direct: june 10, future games show: june 10, otk games expo: june 10, xbox games showcase and starfield direct double feature: june 11, pc gaming show: june 11, ubisoft forward: june 12, capcom showcase: june 12, xbox games showcase extended: june 13, guerrilla collective presents dames 4 games and black voices in gaming: june 13, uploadvr showcase: june 14, grasshopper direct: june 14, rgg summit summer 2023: june 15, nintendo direct: june 21, sonic central 2023: june 23, behind the sims: june 27, annapurna interactive showcase: june 29, limited run games showcase: july 12, indie live expo summer spotlight: july 31, devolver delayed showcase | 2023-2024 edition: august 7, pokémon presents: august 8, thq nordic digital showcase: august 11, destiny 2 showcase: august 22, gamescom opening night live: august 22, into the infinite: august 23, future games show @ gamescom: august 23, panic games showcase: august 29, the mini indie showcase: august 30, space marine 2 & banishers: ghosts of new eden gameplay showcase: august 30, nintendo direct: september 14, rgg summit fall 2023: september 19, xbox digital broadcast: september 21, tgs 2023 capcom online special program: september 21.

On May 24, Sony kicked things off with a PlayStation Showcase that revealed games like a Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eate r remake and that Bungie is reviving the Marathon series. In June, though, the number of showcases ramped up. Now, things are winding down with new Tokyo Game Show-related events, as well as a second Nintendo Direct. It can be a lot to keep track of, but we’re here to help. This is every important, announcement-filled video game live stream that has taken place throughout summer 2023.

The PlayStation Showcase kicked things off this year on May 24. The livestream was packed with new game announcements, including Haven Studios’ Fairgame$ , Konami’s Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater , Bungie’s Marathon , Firewalk Studios’ Concord , Arrowhead Studios’ Helldivers 2, and Square Enix’s Foamstars .

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The first major announcement-filled livestream of June was the Meta Quest Gaming Showcase, where we got a look at a lot of games coming to the Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest Pro, and the newly announced Meta Quest 3. The biggest reveals of this event included Samba de Amigo, Bulletstorm VR , and Asgard’s Wrath 2 .

On June 7, Capcom revealed a lot of new information on the Bonus Update for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak . This was also the final digital showcase dedicated to Monster Hunter Rise and its expansion, so Capcom also held a developer roundtable where they discussed the game and expansion’s developments.

Those who enjoy indie games tuned into the Guerrilla Collective Showcase on June 7. This will likely turn out to be one of the best summer showcases for indie games, as a wide variety of developers and publishers will show off what they have in the works via new announcements and trailers. Highlights included Europa, Demonschool, Sticky Business , and Gori: Cuddly Carnage .

Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest showcase returned yet again on June 8, and it was a surprisingly packed showcase. We got new looks at known games like Mortal Kombat 1 , Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth , and Alan Wake 2. That said, it also featured some surprising new announcements, like Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown , Sonic Superstars , and John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando .

Just as Summer Game Fest returned on June 8, the Days of the Devs: Summer Game Fest Edition that directly follows it is also coming back. This showcase put the spotlight on upcoming indie games. Specifically, it featured Beastieball, Hyper Light Breaker, Simpler Times, Viewfinder, Hauntii, Cart Life, Helskate, Henry Halfhead, Cocoon, Ete, Summerhill, Eternights, Retro Gadgets, Mars First Logistics, and Saltsea Chronicles .

Devolver Digital loves to inject a little bit of insanity into the video game reveal season every year, and 2023 is no different. On June 8, it aired Devolver Direct: The Return of Volvy . This year’s show was centered around Volvy, a totally real gaming mascot that Devolver claimed has been present for over 30 years and has appeared in games like Hotline Miami and Cult of the Lamb . If you know anything about Devolver’s shows, you know things with Volvy get weird. If you’re just concerned about games, Devolver showed off Baby Steps, Human Fall Flat 2, The Talos Principle II , and Wizard with a Gun .

On June 9, YouTube creator LauraKBuzz held the Access-Ability Summer Showcase 2023. It included 15 games that are accessible to disabled players. Some of the games featured include Mythwrecked, Skye Tales, Space Boat , and Stories of Blossom .

The Tribeca Festival once again held a game showcase to highlight its selections this year. This showcase gave us new looks at seven games: A Highland Song, Chants of Sennaar, Despelote, Goodbye Volcano High, Nightscape, Stray Gods , and The Expanse: A Telltale Series when it was streamed on Tribeca’s YouTube Channel on June 9.

Cozy games that trade in intense combat and dark themes for more lighthearted aesthetics are a growing trend in the game industry, and they even have a dedicated gaming showcase. During a June 10 live stream, Wholesome Games showed footage and announcements from 70-plus indie games, including Mineko’s Night Market and Beastieball . There was also the surprise release of Smushi Come Home .

GamesRader+ held another Future Games Show on June 10. It featured more than 40 new trailers for games coming out across all major gaming platforms. Some highlights from the show included new trailers for Highwater , Lords of the Fallen, and Life By You , as well as the announcements of The Precinct and VR Wallace and Gromit game The Grand Getaway .

Streamer-run media company OTK held its second annual OTK Games Exp on June 10. This event was hosted by content creators Asmongold, Emiru, Esfand, Mizkif, and Sodapoppin and it featured new trailers for games like Atomic Picnic, Gangs of Sherwood , and Alien Hominid Invasion . OTK also used the event to reveal its new publishing label Mad Mushroom.

On June 11, Microsoft held two showcases back-to-back. First was the Xbox Games Showcase , which featured a killer lineup of titles, including Avowed , Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Fable , South of Midnight, Star Wars Outlaws , and more. Immediately after that came the Starfield Direct, where Bethesda Game Studios’ provided a meaty deep dive into its sci-fi RPG ahead of its September release.

On June 11, PC Gamer held yet another PC Gaming Show. The primary purpose of this showcase was to highlight upcoming indie and AA games intended to release on PC over the coming months. It featured the reveals of titles like Last Train Home , Stampede: Racing Royale , and Islands of Insight , alongside new trailers for games like Frostpunk 2.

On June 12, Ubisoft held a Ubisoft Forward Live event . It didn’t reveal any brand-new games at this show. Instead, it used the showcase to give extended gameplay showcases for titles like Prince of Persia: The Last Crown ,  Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Star Wars Outlaws , and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora .

On June 12, the third annual Capcom Showcase was held. The Street Fighter 6   publisher used the show to give us new looks at titles like Exoprimal and Dragon’s Dogma 2, replay the trailers for things like Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess , and even give us a gameplay debut and delay announcement for Pragmata .

Following up Microsoft’s two June 11 presentations was Xbox Games Showcase Extended on June 13. This live stream was slower-paced and provided deeper dives into some of the games shown off during the June 11 live stream, like Avowed, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 , and 33 Immortals . It also contained some smaller-scale announcements, like DLC for High On Life and a major update for Hi-Fi Rush .

Guerrilla Collective followed up its previous showcase with more programming on June 13. It began with the Dames 4 Games showcase, which highlighted women who work in the video game industry and the games that they make, like Wrestle Story, Sanya , and Dead Pets Unleashed . After that came the Black Voices in Gaming show, which did something similar for game developers from the Black community while promoting games like Breeze in the Clouds, RollerGirl , and Coreupt.

Following up the Meta Quest Gaming Showcase was the more indie-focused Upload VR Showcase which highlighted some of the smaller and more experimental VR titles on the horizon. That includes games like Barbaria, MADiSON VR, B99 Overclocked, Mindset , and more.

Grasshopper Manufacture, the Japanese studio founded by eclectic developer Suda51, held a showcase of its own on June 14. The showcase featured “exciting new announcements from Goichi “SUDA51” Suda and the rest of the Grasshopper Manufacture team.” Namely, we saw more of the remaster of Shadows of the Damned that was announced alongside this event.

RGG Summit Summer 2023 took place on June 15, and Sega developer RGG Studios gave us new looks at the games it is working on. That included Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name,  which got a November 8 release date at Summer Game Fest, and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth , which got a new trailer and an early 2024 release window at the Xbox Game Showcase.

Another Nintendo Direct took place on June 21, giving us a deep dive into Nintendo’s surprisingly packed fall lineup . Mario is set to dominate the Switch’s lineup this fall, as a Super Mario RPG remake, WarioWare: Move It!, and Super Mario Bros. Wonder were all announced. Titles like Pikmin 4 and Detective Pikachu Returns also flesh out the Nintendo Switch’s 2023 exclusives lineup.

Sega held a Sonic Central livestream on June 23. There, it revealed more details about Sonic Frontiers ‘ next update and Sonic Superstars  in addition to highlighting a bunch of brand partnerships featuring the blue hedgehog.

EA and Maxis held another Behind the Sims live stream on June 27. During that time, the developers revealed more information about The Sims 4 Horse Ranch Expansion Pack , updates for The Sims Mobile and The Sims Freeplay , and Project Rene , the next entry in the long-running series. Project Rene , in particular, is shaping up to be a gorgeous-looking title that’s playable across PC, consoles, and mobile.

Boutique indie game publisher Annapurna Interactive announced it would hold another showcase during the Summer Game Fest kickoff live stream. The Annapurna Interactive Showcase then took place on June 29 and featured a bunch of intriguing announcements . Cocoon, Thirsty Suitors , and the Xbox version of Stray all got release dates, while games like Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth , To a T , Ghost Bike , and Lushfoil Photography Sim all got announced.

Limited Run Games held its third annual showcase on July 12. During this live stream, the physical games publisher and distributor revealed not just the next games it’s releasing physical copies of, but some new games and remasters as well. For example, Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore  is a new platform inspired by the terrible The Legend of Zelda Phillips CD-i games. On the remaster side of things, Ocean Software’s Jurassic Park games are coming to modern platforms alongside remastered collections for series like Tomba and Gex.

On July 31, Indie Live Expo held its first Summer Spotlight showcase. It featured reveals and new trailers for lots of indie games, including The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily , Chicken Police: Into the Hive , and more.

The Return of Volvy isn’t the only gaming live stream Devolver Digital held this summer. In its typical tongue-in-cheek fashion, Devolver held a brief showcase on August 7 to reveal that three games had been delayed into 2024. The three titles in question are The Plucky Squire, Skate Story , and Pepper Grinder .

On August 8, another Pokémon Presents live stream took place ahead of this year’s World Championships. The Pokémon Company highlighted a lot of upcoming animated web shows and also gave us significantly deeper looks at Detective Pikachu Returns and the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero   expansions . 

The third annual THQ Nordic Digital Showcase took place on August 11. The Embracer Group-owned game publisher highlighted several of its upcoming games, including new ones based on South Park and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . The full list of games shown includes South Park: Snow Day! , Titan Quest II , a remake of Gothic , Outcast – A New Beginning, Space for Sale, Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy, Alone in the Dark, Tempest Rising, Last Train Home, Way of the Hunter’s Tikamoon Plains DLC, Wreckreation , and TMNT: The Last Ronin .

On August 22, Bungie finally held the Destiny showcase promised during the PlayStation Showcase in May. This showcase was primarily focused on revealing more about Destiny 2’s Season of the Witch, the upcoming The Final Shape expansion, and its live service plans for the game. We learned more about how The Final Shape will celebrate and cap off the story Bungie’s told across two Destiny games for the past decade and also learned that Seasons will be replaced by an Episode structure after The Final Shape launches on February 27, 2024.

Geoff Keighley’s annual Gamescom showcase returned on August 22. Like Summer Game Fest, Gamescom Opening Night Live is a place where developers of all shapes and sizes from different corners of the industry showed off their upcoming games ahead of this large European gaming trade show. We got new looks at games like Starfield , Alan Wake 2 , and Assassin’s Creed Mirage , release dates for games like Tekken 8 and Sonic Superstars , and the reveals of titles like Little Nightmares III and Expeditions during the show.

Tencent threw its hat in the summer gaming showcase ring with Into the Infinite: A Level Infinite Showcase on August 23. This showcase focused on highlighting games coming from the company’s Level Infinite publishing label and featured titles like Assassin’s Creed Jade, Delta Force: Hawk Ops, Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story , and more.

Keighley isn’t the only one who held two showcases this summer. GamesRadar+ put on another Future Games Show on August 23. The showcase mainly featured neat-looking indie and AA games like Pacific Drive , Stop Dead, Streets of Rogue 2, Eternights, RoboCop: Rogue City, AK-xolotl , and Tormented Souls 2 .

Indie developer Panic — best known for publishing Untitled Goose Game and releasing the quirky Playdate handheld — held a showcase of its own on August 29. The showcase featured Nour: Play With Your Food, Arco, Thank Goodness You’re Here!, Time Flies, and D espelote . Publishing partnerships with Okomotive and House House were also revealed.

Six One Indie held another indie game-focused video game showcase on August 30. The showcase gave us a new look at 33 lesser-known indie games that are coming out soon, like  Horla, An Ankou, Extra Coin, Wrestle Story, BioGun, and Squirrel with a Gun.

European game publisher Focus Entertainment got in on the showcase fun as well on August 30. Everything shown at this event is right there in the title. We got extended looks at gameplay from Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2  and Banishers: Ghosts of New Ede n, which are the publisher’s most notable games on the horizon.

Nintendo is holding two Nintendo Direct presentations this summer, with the second set to take place at 7 a.m. PT on September 14. As for what will be shown, Nintendo simply says that the Direct will feature “roughly 40 minutes of information focused on Nintendo Switch games releasing this winter.”

At the end of its summer summit, RGG Studio confirmed that it would hold another presentation later on in September. We’ll once again likely learn more details about Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth there, as we’re now closer to the release of both titles. The summit will air on Sega’s Twitch and YouTube channels at 8 p.m. PT on September 19.

As part of Tokyo Game Show 2023, Microsoft will hold an Xbox Digital Broadcast at 2 a.m. PT on September 21. An Xbox Wire post about the show says the people tuning in will see “progress updates from Xbox and Bethesda Softworks and see a creatively diverse collection of games from creators predominantly located in Japan and across Asia,” in addition to some new Xbox Game Pass titles.

To end the summer season of game showcases, we’re getting another showcase from Capcom to line up with Tokyo Game Show 2023. This livestream will take place at 7 a.m. PT on September 21 and feature games like Street Fighter 6, Exoprimal, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy , and Monster Hunter Now , plus the VR mode for Resident Evil 4’s remake.

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• Sorry Starfield, but Chants of Sennaar is now my most anticipated September game
• Summer Gaming Marathon

Crash Team Rumble initially feels like a unexpected diversion for the long-running Crash Bandicoot series, but it’s a lot more fun than you might expect. I went hands-on with Crash Team Rumble at Summer Game Fest Play Days, and once I got the hang of its Wumpa-collecting match objectives, I had a blast discovering winning strategies with my teammates. Still, it feels like a pretty significant shift for developer Toys for Bob, which spent the 2010s working on Skylanders, Spyro Reignited Trilogy, and Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time.

Crash Team Rumble™ - Gameplay Launch Trailer

You'd think that after spending four days at Summer Game Fest playing dozens of games (including heavy-hitters like Mortal Kombat 1 and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown) that we'd be a little demoed-out. But nothing rejuvenates my excitement about video games more than playing innovative indies that are unlike anything I've ever seen before. That's exactly what this year's Tribeca Fest delivered this year, with seven eye-catching games that were playable at the festival.

This year's selections are a diverse bunch of games hailing from studios all around the world; the list included titles from Australia, Ecuador, and even Qatar. It isn't just their countries of origin that makes them stand out though. Each title on display this year is entirely unique, offering a wide range of play experiences that prove how much more ground there is to break within the medium.

Digital Trends attended Summer Game Fest Play Days once again this year, as well as events held by Xbox and Ubisoft, and we were able to play demos of a variety of upcoming games from all corners of the industry. We played or saw a hands-off demo of over 30 games slated to release throughout the next year or so. From new entries in long-running series like Mortal Kombat or Armored Core to more quirky and experimental indies that are pushing the video game medium forward, there was a lot for us to like at this Summer Game Fest Play Days and its surrounding events. Still, we talked and narrowed things down to our ten favorites so you could have a succinct list of some of the best-looking video games that are on the horizon. In no particular order- with the exception of our Game of the Show - here are our 10 favorite games we played last week as part of Summer Game Fest. Game of the Show: Cocoon

It’s incredibly difficult to describe what makes Cocoon so special; it’s truly one of those games you need to actually play to understand. The atmospheric, insect-themed adventure game transported me to another world entirely during my demo session, letting me get fully lost in its sci-fi ambiance. Part of that is due to the astonishingly tight game design that had me traversing its visually striking environments and naturally solving puzzles with no explanation necessary. It’s an experience that stuck with me long after I put the controller down, and I wasn’t the only one. It was the one game on my peers’ tongues all weekend, as both press and content creators couldn’t stop praising it despite not being able to describe why. That makes it an easy pick for our game of the show, beating out some impressive Titans on this list. ~ Giovanni Colantonio Armored Core VI: Flames of Rubicon

• Category: Events

Xbox Games Showcase 2023 and Starfield Direct Double Feature: Every Announcement and Reveal

For the first time ever, today saw not just one, but two enormous showcases from Xbox and Bethesda , revealing a line-up of our most ambitious games ever. In Xbox Games Showcase 2023, we showed off the future of our platforms – from console, to PC, and beyond – and brought you the games you’ve been asking most to see more of, with definitively next-gen titles in the form of Starfield , Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II , Forza Motorsport (which we announced will arrive on October 10), Avowed and more.

During the Xbox Games Showcase, we shared 27 games (21 of which will be available for Xbox Game Pass and/or PC Game Pass). After that, Starfield Direct shot for the stars to offer you unprecedented access to Bethesda Game Studios’ first new universe in over 25 years.

Starting at the end, we showed off the biggest chunk of Starfield gameplay yet seen as part of our Starfield Direct. Ahead of its September 6 launch, Bethesda Game Studios’ Starfield Game Director Todd Howard and his team provided a deep-dive on character customization, exploration, ships, and much more.

From our own Xbox Game Studios, we revealed new projects built for Xbox from Compulsion and inXile in the form of South of Midnight and Clockwork Revolution , and provided exciting updates on the likes of Fable , and the future of the Microsoft Flight Simulator franchise . We even unearthed a treasure no one could have seen coming with Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island .

And from our partners around the world, we showed off the breadth of games coming to Xbox platforms. We had showstoppers like Star Wars Outlaws, Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess and Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty , unique and ambitious games from independent developers in the shape of Dungeons of Hinterberg and 33 Immortals   and continued our amazing relationship with RPG masters Atlus as they brought Metaphor: ReFantazio , Persona 3 Reload, and Persona 5 Tactica .

Everything in today’s show will be playable on PC and on the world’s most powerful and affordable consoles, Xbox Series X and S. Speaking of those consoles, we’ve heard your feedback on two fronts. We’ve been able to increase our supply on Xbox Series X globally , and we know you’ve wanted more storage with the Xbox Series S, so we had some news for you there, with the announcement of a black Series S with 1TB of storage . Here’s every single announcement and reveal from Xbox Games Showcase 2023 and Starfield Direct:

Upcoming Titles from Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda

Avowed Launches in 2024

Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, Steam, Cloud – Coming to Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass Day One

Set in the world of Eora (a location known to fans of the Pillars of Eternity series), Obsidian Entertainment’s Avowed will see players embark on a journey through the Living Lands – a plagued, foreign island full of mysteries and secrets, danger and adventure, choices and consequences. It’s a land that feels foreign yet somewhat intrinsic to you; a place calling out for your help. In this first-person fantasy RPG, players will explore diverse ecosystems and meet companions along the way, while uncovering the darkness plaguing these lands. For more information, visit the Xbox Wire article here . 

Avowed will be released in 2024 on Xbox Series X|S, Windows 10/11, and Steam. It will also be available on day one with Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass. 

inXile entertainment Announces Clockwork Revolution

The creators of Wasteland and Arcanum are bringing an incredible time-bending steampunk action RPG to Xbox Series X|S and PC. After stumbling across an incredible invention that allows you to travel into the past, you discover the city you call home—the vibrant steam-powered metropolis of Avalon—has been carefully crafted through the alteration of key historical events. By traveling back in time, your interactions and choices in the past will have a butterfly effect on the deep, narrative-driven world and characters of Avalon, causing them to change and react in unprecedented ways. Learn more on Xbox Wire .

Fable: A New Beginning for the Legendary Franchise

Playground Games presented Fable , its upcoming open-world Action RPG and new beginning for the legendary and much-loved franchise. Welcome to Albion, the home of heroes and where Fable takes place. It’s in this immersive fairytale land of adventure that myriad challenges, treasures and stories await.

Forza Motorsport Announces October Release Date and Much More

Turn 10 showed off the latest look at Forza Motorsport , announcing pre-orders and a launch date of October 10 on Xbox Series X|S and PC. Also shared were more details on Forza Motorsport ’s cover cars with General Motors: the stunning 2023 No.01 Cadillac Racing V-Series.R racecar and 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray will be available for fans to drive in Forza Motorsport .

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024: The Next Generation of the Legendary Franchise

Pursue your dream of an aviation career with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 . This brand-new simulator is designed to take advantage of the latest technologies in simulation, cloud, machine learning, graphics and gaming to create the most sophisticated, immersive and awe-inspiring flight simulator of all time. To achieve this unprecedented level of accuracy, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is powered by the significantly evolved Asobo Studio engine. 

Available day one on Xbox Game Pass, PC Game Pass, Xbox Cloud Gaming, Windows 10/11, and Steam. Coming 2024. For the latest information on  Microsoft Flight Simulator , stay tuned to  @MSFSOfficial  on Twitter.

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II Reveals a New Look at Its Dark World

Everything has led Senua to this moment. Sink deep into the next chapter of Senua’s story with this showcase of cinematic immersion, beautifully realised visuals and encapsulating sound from the team at Ninja Theory. An intimate journey of overcoming the darkness both within and without awaits in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II , coming 2024.

South of Midnight Announced for Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, Steam, and Game Pass

From the creators of Contrast and We Happy Few , South of Midnight is a spellbinding third-person action-adventure game set in the American Deep South, coming to Xbox Series X|S (with Xbox Game Pass), Windows PC (with PC Game Pass), and Steam. As Hazel, you will explore the mythos and encounter creatures of Southern folklore in a macabre and fantastical world. When disaster strikes her hometown, Hazel is called to become a Weaver: a magical mender of broken bonds and spirits. Imbued with these new abilities, Hazel will confront and subdue dangerous creatures, untangle the webs of her own family’s shared past and – if she’s lucky – find her way to a place that feels like home. Find out more in our exclusive interview with Compulsion Games .

Starfield Direct Reveals New Info and Gameplay

As soon as Xbox Games Showcase ended, Starfield Direct began, with Game Director Todd Howard and the team at Bethesda Game Studios sharing details and stories from the upcoming sci-fi RPG. The Direct began with details on the game’s character customization – which has allowed to the team to introduce higher fidelity models than ever before. We learned about the game’s main questline, which will send intrepid explorers on a mission to discover the secrets of the universe. We also got a new look at how the game handles your ship’s crew and Companions – the Companions you bring with you, and the crew you hire on, will provide different bonuses to your ship and outpost.

Speaking of your ship, we also got a look at how you’ll be able to build, customize and upgrade your roster of ships, and got a further look at how Starfield will handle exploration. From the surfaces of over 1000 planets to the space in between, discovering what’s out there is nearly limitless. All of this is powered by new technology, which allowed Bethesda Game Studios to create completely unique experiences for every player, while still applying all of the hand-crafted care players have come to expect.

Starfield launches on Xbox Series X|S and PC on September 6. Play it day one with Game Pass.

Towerborne Announced: The Next Adventure from the Creators of The Banner Saga

Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC, Steam, Cloud – Coming to Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass Day One

Towerborne is the newest game from Stoic, creators of the award-winning Banner Saga series. Packed with fun combat, customization options, and lore to be uncovered, Towerborne has something for everyone. You’ll find yourself in the ruins of the City of Numbers, with a lone tower keeping survivors safe from a looming evil. You play as an Ace, a hero destined to bring hope to humanity in a time of darkness. Multiplayer supports up to four players at a time, so join your friends or set off on your journey solo. Either way, Towerborne is made with player choice in mind.

Available day one on Xbox Game Pass, PC Game Pass, Windows and Steam. Coming 2024. Check out our exclusive interview with the team now .

World Premieres and New Games from Our Partners

33 Immortals Is a Co-op Action Game… for 33 Players at Once

Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, Cloud – Coming to Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass Day One

33 Immortals is a co-op action-roguelike for 33 players. Play a damned soul, and rebel against God’s final judgment. Dive straight into epic 33-player co-op battles with instant “pick-up and raid” matchmaking. Cooperate with your allies to survive against hordes of monsters and massive, challenging bosses. Expand your arsenal and equip powerful new relics to permanently upgrade your soul. Face the wrath of God in a fight for your eternal life.

Cities: Skylines II Coming to Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC on October 24

Soon you can build the city of your dreams! Cities: Skylines II is coming to Xbox and PC on October 24, 2023, and the Xbox Games Showcase 2023 brought a first-ever gameplay trailer. Start planning your road layouts, zone some new homes, and grow your empty plot of land into a thriving metropolis this fall! Pre-order today to add a selection of landmarks from around the world to your cities when Cities: Skylines II launches in October.

Dungeons of Hinterberg Is a Fantastical Alpine Adventure

Armed with a sword and a tourist guide, explore the beautiful alpine village of Hinterberg and uncover the magic hidden within its dungeons! Master magic, solve puzzles and slay monsters; all this and more await you in Hinterberg!

Prepare to go on a vacation to a modern-day village in the Austrian Alps, but instead of hiking or skiing, you’ll be slaying monsters, hunting for loot and solving puzzles! 25 magical dungeons have recently appeared around Hinterberg, and monster slaying has become a major tourist attraction, drawing adventurers from all over the world to the small village.

Jusant Is a Unique, Climbing-Based Action-Puzzle Game

Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC, Cloud – Coming to Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass Day One

From Don’t Nod, the makers of Life is Strange , Vampyr , and Tell Me Why , Jusant is a new action-puzzle game based on climbing. A narrative game told without spoken dialogue, this meditative journey will see you scaling an immeasurably tall tower, covered with different biomes to explore, accompanied by the Ballast, a mysterious companion made entirely of water. Jusant will be released in fall 2023 for Xbox Series X|S.

Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku (RGG) Studio Debuted a First Look at Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth , launching in early 2024 highlights an unexpected chain of events that sets two legendary yakuza, Kasuga Ichiban and Kazuma Kiryu, on a larger-than-life RPG adventure.

Metaphor: ReFantazio Marks the First Fantasy RPG from the Team Behind Persona

Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC

From the creative minds of the Persona series – Metaphor: ReFantazio marks ATLUS’ first ever, full-scale fantasy RPG, brought to you by director Katsura Hashino, character designer Shigenori Soejima, and composer Shoji Meguro. Write your destiny and rise above fear as you step into a fantasy world unlike anything you’ve seen before. Fraught with unsettling mystery, the kingdom stands on a precipice. Now, you must embark on a journey, overcoming obstacles and transforming your bonds with friends into strength. Metaphor: ReFantazio is developed by Studio Zero.

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess – A New Tale of the Kami Awaits

Fend off foul creatures and lead the Spirit Stone Maiden on her path. Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is a brand new title which upholds Capcom’s legacy of original and innovative works. This labor of love follows in the tradition of truly unique titles such as Okami and Shinsekai – Into the Depths . Explore an incredible world in which traditional Japanese aesthetics are brought to stunning life by the power of RE Engine. Enjoy a unique gameplay experience blending action and strategy. Witness an epic clash between the spirit realm and mortal man.

Payday 3 Gets a First Ever Gameplay Trailer

It is with great excitement that we present this first look at the gameplay of Payday 3 . This gameplay trailer takes place at a branch location of Secure Capital Bank somewhere in the bowels of New York City. We follow Dallas, Chains, Wolf and Hoxton as they don their masks and show the world that nowhere is safe enough from the Payday Gang.

Persona 3 Reload Is the Rebirth of the RPG Classic

Step into the shoes of a transfer student thrust into an unexpected fate and enter the hour “hidden” between one day and the next. Awaken an incredible power and chase the mysteries of Tartarus, fight for your friends, and leave a mark on their memories forever. Play the game like never before with a revamped battle system, cutting-edge graphics and gameplay, enhanced audio featuring all-new English voice-over, a remastered soundtrack with new arrangements, and much more. Dive into the Dark Hour and awaken the depths of your heart!

Persona 5 Tactica Is a Thrilling New Spin-Off

After a strange incident, the Phantom Thieves wander into a bizarre realm where its citizens are living under tyrannical oppression. Surrounded by a military group named Legionnaires, they find themselves in grave danger until a mysterious revolutionary named Erina rescues them and offers an enticing deal in exchange for their help. What truth lies behind Erina and the deal she offers to the Phantom Thieves? Overthrow your enemies and fight corruption with powerful Personas, an assortment of weapons, and wipe them out with style in this fresh new tactical RPG from the award-winning Persona 5 game.

Star Wars Outlaws Revealed: The First Open World Star Wars Game

Experience the first-ever open world Star Wars game, Star Wars Outlaws , set between the events of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. Explore new and iconic locations across the galaxy, and risk it all as Kay Vess, an emerging scoundrel seeking freedom and the means to start a new life, along with her companion Nix. Fight, steal, and outwit crime syndicates as you join the galaxy’s most wanted. If you’re willing to take the risk, the galaxy is full of opportunity.

The Chinese Room Plunges into Narrative Horror with Still Wakes the Deep

Still Wakes The Deep is a return to the first-person narrative horror genre from the creators of the critically-acclaimed Dear Esther, Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs . A Glaswegian oil rig worker must fight for his life through a visceral storm, claustrophobic surroundings, thick, dark and perilous North Sea waters. All communications are cut off, all exits are gone, the only way to defeat the horror aboard is to face it.

Rush to escape the terrifying, strange entity that has besieged the rig. It’s aware of you, and it needs you… Climb, hide and swim through tight, warping corridors and storm-lashed iron decks. Search for your crew and help them survive – someone is trapped in the galley; another needs you to restore the power, and something strange is happening to your pain-in-the-arse boss. Through it all, you just pray to hear your daughter’s voice one last time.

Hardware Announcements

Back in Black, the New Xbox Series S Has 1TB of Storage

Experience next-gen speed and performance with Xbox Series S in Carbon Black, now with a 1TB SSD .  With Xbox Series S – 1TB you’ll make the most of every gaming minute with Quick Resume, lightning-fast load times, and gameplay of up to 120 FPS.  Choose from thousands of digital games from four generations of Xbox to find your next favorite game. Worldwide pre orders start today for $349.99 USD (ERP) at xbox.com or microsoftstore.com .  Availability starts September 1 at participating retailers. 

Introducing the Starfield Limited Edition Wireless Controller and Headset

Embark on a journey into the stars with the Starfield Limited Edition wireless controller and headset, essential navigation pieces in every voyager’s collection. The crisp, clean designs are inspired by real world spacecraft, and are custom built to transport you right into the cockpit of a true space explorer.

Available now – buy the Xbox Wireless Controller – Starfield Limited Edition for $79.99 USD ERP and the Xbox Wireless Headset – Starfield Limited Edition for $124.99 USD ERP, while supplies last (game sold separately; available on September 6, 2023). Visit Xbox.com or your local retailer, including Microsoft Store, for more information. 

New Updates for Live Games

Pre-order Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Today

Xbox Series X|S

During the show, CD Projekt Red’s official trailer for Cyberpunk 2077 ’s upcoming expansion provided a glimpse into the shadowy world of spies. The trailer was introduced to the world by Keanu Reeves — who is reprising the role of rebel rockerboy Johnny Silverhand for the expansion. In Phantom Liberty , players will dive deep into the brand new district of Dogtown — where they will meet sleeper agent Solomon Reed (Idris Elba), taking on a high-stakes mission of intrigue and espionage. This spy-thriller adventure features a host of new characters, a gripping, choice-filled narrative, and new gameplay mechanics. The expansion releases on Xbox Series X|S on September 26th and you can pre-order it right now!

The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom – Prepare for a New Elder Scrolls Adventure

Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC, Steam, Cloud

The Elder Scrolls Online offers tons of adventures for RPG fans of any play style with thousands of stories to play, zones to explore, and characters to meet. During today’s showcase, ZeniMax Online Studios shared a never-before-seen look at the latest adventure in ESO – Necrom – giving Elder Scrolls fans a look into the “return” to Morrowind and Apocrypha along with the mind-bending story full of mysteries to uncover.

Xbox players can prepare to check out the Necrom adventure on Xbox consoles on June 20. But adventurers don’t need to wait until then, they can jump into ESO right now via Xbox Game Pass. The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom is now available on PC/Mac.

Fallout 76 – Road to Atlantic City Trailer

Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC, Steam, Cloud – Available for members of Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass

During the Xbox Games Showcase, Bethesda Softworks and Bethesda Game Studios celebrated Fallout 76 ’s 15 million players who have made the Wasteland their home, showcasing all it has to offer in an all-new trailer. The trailer also revealed that coming soon players should prepare to let the good times roll, because Fallout 76 is headed on an Expedition to an all-new location outside of Appalachia – Atlantic City! Stay tuned for more details on the next adventure. 

Become a Dune Ornithopter Pilot in Microsoft Flight Simulator’s Free Expansion Coming November 3

Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, Steam, Cloud – Available for members of Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass

The planet of Arrakis comes to life in Microsoft Flight Simulator – Dune Expansion! We are delighted to announce our partnership with Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures to bring the renowned Dune film franchise to life in the Microsoft Flight Simulator – Dune Expansion . See ‘Dune: Part Two’ only in theaters worldwide and experience Microsoft Flight Simulator – Dune Expansion on November 3, 2023.

We worked closely with the team at Legendary, Warner Bros., and a key member of the Dune design team to create an incredibly detailed Atreides Ornithopter. Every system and control of the cockpit has been authentically recreated and the unique aspects of the flight model have been captured. Master the complex controls of one of the most dynamic aircrafts ever conceived as you pilot your ornithopter through awe-inspiring locations across the mysterious desert planet of Arrakis.

For more details about the Microsoft Flight Simulator – Dune Expansion , tune into Xbox Games Showcase Extended, streaming live on official Xbox channels on June 13, 2023. For the latest information on the “Dune: Part Two”, please follow @dunemovie .

Overwatch 2: Invasion Is Coming, the Game’s Biggest Content Drop Yet

Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One – New Heroes Starter Pack coming for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members

Overwatch 2: Invasion is almost here! Immerse yourself in all-new ways to play with Story Missions, a new Support hero, Flashpoint Game Mode, Hero Mastery, Firing Range, and group up with friends in an brand-new Co-op experience. New maps, new missions, new game modes and new experiences await in the largest Overwatch 2 content drop yet!

Claim the Overwatch 2: New Heroes Starter Pack with Game Pass Ultimate Perks at release on August 10 to get instant access to six new heroes, legendary skins, and in-game cosmetics. Find out more about this huge update in our full Xbox Wire post .

The Legend of Monkey Island – A New Sea of Thieves Crossover

Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island is a new collaboration between Rare and Lucasfilm Games that brings together two beloved pirate universes to tell a new tall tale of Guybrush Threepwood’s adventures in the Sea of Thieves, featuring Guybrush, ghost pirate LeChuck, and more characters from the Monkey Island game series.

Comprised of three Tall Tales delivered in instalments, as free updates, to owners of any Sea of Thieves edition and all Xbox Game Pass members – beginning on July 20. Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island is a hilarious and heartfelt love-letter to the iconic Monkey Island adventure game series and the first chapter will be available for all Sea of Thieves players across Xbox, PC and Steam on July 20, 2023. Check out an exclusive interview on Xbox Wire .

That’s not all for Xbox, however. Join us on Tuesday, June 13 at 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm UK for Xbox Games Showcase Extended. The event will offer deeper dives into what you saw from Avowed, Towerborne, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom, and Microsoft Flight Simulator – Dune Expansion , as well as games from our creative partners that we didn’t show you today. We’ll have in-depth interviews , behind-the-scenes features, gameplay walkthroughs with brand new footage, and more! And you may even see some very special guests show up, perhaps even one celebrity…

Summer 2023 Gaming Showcase Lineup Schedule & Rumors

So many showcases, so many games.

With the Summer festivities underway, keep track of the entire showcase lineup here to see what presentations fans can expect to look forward to over the next several months!

Even though E3 2023 was cancelled, there are still a ton of events coming for gamers to get excited about. As video game developers and publishers begin to set their lineups and schedule when they plan on showing their games off to the world, we also still have questions about some of the industry’s biggest names and when they will peak their heads out and show us something new!

Here is the full list of all of the confirmed events coming for the Summer of 2023:

Playstation showcase.

As was rumoured, the PlayStation Showcase is happening sooner than usual in terms of E3 festivities with the event happening May 24th, 2023 at 4:00 PM EST , with the potential for an announcement on the Konami exclusivity of Silent Hill, Metal Gear Solid, and Castlevania being heavily rumoured again. Surprisingly, they’ve moved away from the State of Play branding for this one, so that could be an indication of a much larger, announcement-heavy event.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

IGN Summer of Gaming

IGN’s Summer of Gaming is returning for its fourth year with an entire month of announcements, spanning June 1st-30th . As more of a slower-paced, exclusive reveals and interviews show, plan on seeing several things trickle out across the month from IGN.

Meta Quest Gaming Showcase

Kicking things off in the realm of virtual reality, the Meta Quest Gaming Showcase is coming on June 1st at 1:00 PM EST . With games slowly trickling onto the platform and the newest competition in the PlayStation VR2 , Meta should plan for a solid lineup of games.

Apple will unveil new products at its Worldwide Developers Conference this year, which begins Monday, June 5th, 2023 at 1:00 PM EST with a keynote event in California, with more announcements set over the course of the week, ending on June 9th.

iOS 17 — VISION PRO

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak – Final Digital Event

Capcom is hosting a Final Digital Event for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak on June 7th, 2023 at 10:00 AM EST. The live stream will contain information on the bonus update Version 16, including a developer roundtable.

Guerilla Collective Showcase

The Guerilla Collective Showcase will begin on Wednesday, June 7th at Noon EST with a “truckload” of announcements after announcing over 40 games last year.

Summer Game Fest

With the cancellation of E3, Geoff Keighley has firmly grasped onto the Summer’s premiere gaming showcase, with his own Summer Game Fest coming all day on Thursday, June 8th , with more events across the week, and the main presentation starting at 3:00 PM EST . Geoff always has a few curveballs ready to go, so this should be a fun one for sure.

ANNOUNCEMENTS – MORTAL KOMBAT 1

Day of the Devs: Summer Game Fest Edition 2023

Day of the Devs is an indie-games-focused showcase that takes place immediately following the Summer Game Fest at 5:00 PM EST on June 8th, 2023 . Headed up by Double Fine and iam8bit, this presentation showed some incredible indie titles last year and will look to do the same again this year.

Devolver Direct: The Return of Volvy

The world’s most beloved video game mascot returns with new game reveals, announcements, and surprises – it’s Volvy! Tune in on June 8th, 2023 at 6:00 PM EST for The Return of Volvy!

Access-Ability Summer Showcase

On June 9th 2023 at 11:00 AM EST , the first annual Access-Ability Summer Showcase will be aired live, showcasing recently released and upcoming video games made by disabled game developers, and featuring accessibility settings designed to help ensure more people are able to play.

Tribeca Games Spotlight

As a part of the Tribeca Film Festival, there will be a games-centric showcase on June 9th, 2023 at 6:00 PM EST . The event will give deeper dives and new looks at the following games: A Highland Song, Chants of Sennaar, Despelote, Goodbye Volcano High, Nightscape, Stray Gods , and  The Expanse: A Telltale Series .

Future Of Play Direct 2023

The description from the event’s upcoming YouTube stream set for June 10th, 2023 at 11:00 AM EST states: “Future Of Play Direct is a fresh spin on video game showcases bringing you exciting new games from across the galaxy — inspired by the quintessential hype machine, Toonami.”

Wholesome Direct

On June 10th at 12:00 PM EST , the Wholesome Direct returns to bring those cosy gamers all of the cutest, cuddliest goodness you can imagine!

Future Games Show

The sister site to PC Gamer is throwing its own showcase with the Future Game Show coming on Saturday, June 10th at 1:00 PM EST , from the team at GamesRadar+. A great place to find some of those castaways who didn’t make it into the other showcase lineups, the Future Games Show is certainly worth a watch.

The OTK Games Expo

From the official website: “The OTK Games Expo will be a live-streamed celebration of the games industry hosted by OTK. During this 3-hour digital exposition, 30 video game titles spanning a dozen genres will be showcased in a live studio and include OTK’s Asmongold, Emiru, and Esfand as expert game panellists.” – Coming June 10th, 2023 at 3:00 PM EST .

Xbox Games Showcase & Starfield Direct

Starting at 1:00 PM EST on Sunday, June 11th , Microsoft will present its own Xbox Games Showcase lineup, followed immediately by a presentation from their partners at Bethesda, who will be showing off the highly-anticipated Starfield with its own Direct ahead of its September release .

An extended Xbox Games Showcase will also air on Tuesday, June 13th at 1:00 PM EST , with deeper dives into everything shown on the 11th.

ANNOUNCEMENTS – FABLE – STARFIELD – PAYDAY 3

PC Gaming Show

Following Microsoft’s Xbox Game Showcase and Starfield Direct on Sunday, June 11th at 4:00 PM EST , is the PC Gaming Show presented by PC Gamer. Always a winner for those PC users wanting to see what crazy indies or bigger releases will make their way to PC before hitting consoles. The PC Gaming Show is annually a treat.

Final Fantasy XVI Pre-Launch Celebration

Celebrating the launch of the highly-anticipated Final Fantasy XVI , Square Enix is throwing a live stream on June 11th, 2023 starting at 6:00 PM EST . No word on what other announcements could be shown—if anything—but if you’re a Final Fantasy fan, this one’s for you!

Ubisoft Forward Live

After being the nail in E3 2023’s coffin , Ubisoft is moving forward with their own event for the first time, with Ubisoft Forward Live coming Monday, June 12th at 1:00 PM EST , in Los Angeles.

ANNOUNCEMENTS – STAR WARS OUTLAWS – ASSASSIN’S CREED – PRINCE OF PERSIA – AVATAR

Capcom Showcase

Starting on Monday, June 12th, 2023 at 6:00 PM EST , the Capcom Showcase looks to share “new information about Capcom’s upcoming releases and future titles with our fans around the world!

Dames-4-Games

Starting June 13th, 2023 at 4:00 PM EST , the Dames-4-Games showcase is “a new show highlighting women creators in the gaming industry and fans of gaming culture.”

Black Voices in Gaming

As part of their 2023 Summer Showcase, Black Voices in Gaming have partnered with several other shows to reveal upcoming releases from underrepresented folks in the game industry. The presentation is on June 13th, 2023 at 6:00 PM EST .

Upload VR Showcase

Continuing with the VR announcements following the Meta Quest Showcase, we should see several more titles that may come to PSVR 2 and Vive and other platforms on June 14th at 2:00 PM EST for the UploadVR Showcase .

Grasshopper Direct

Announced during the Devolver Direct, the Grasshopper Direct will take place on June 15th, 2023 at 12:00 AM EST on Grasshopper Manufacture’s official YouTube channel .

RGG Summit Summer 2023

Fans of the Like a Dragon and Yakuza series can tune in for updates about upcoming titles, community efforts, developer discussions and more on June 15th, 2023 at 11:00 PM EST for those late-night announcements!

Nintendo Direct – June 2023

A Nintendo Direct has finally been announced for June 21st, 2023 at 10:00 AM EST ! With that finally out of the way, fans can get pumped for the upcoming lineup for Nintendo for the rest of 2023!

ANNOUNCEMENTS – SUPER MARIO RPG – PIKMIN 4 – DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS

Sonic Central 2023

SEGA will host a new Sonic Central 2023 presentation on June 23rd, 2023 at 11:00 AM EST , the company announced. With the announcement of Sonic Superstars, fans should look forward to more information on that, as well as other upcoming projects!

Behind The Sims

On June 27th, 2023 at 12:00 PM EST , EA and Maxis—the developer of The Sims—are holding an event to show off The Sims 4 Horse Ranch Expansion Pack , updates for  The Sims Mobile  and  The Sims Freeplay , and more!

Annapurna Interactive Showcase

Annapurna Interactive Showcase 2023 will take place on  June 29th, 2023 at 3:00 PM EST , the company announced at the Summer Game Fest.

Bandai Namco Summer Showcase at Anime Expo 2023

Teasing “exciting announcements and game reveals,” the summer showcase from Bandai Namco is planned for July 1st, 2023 at 7:30 PM EST during the Anime Expo.

ID@Xbox Showcase

This special ID@Xbox Showcase premieres on  July 11th, 2023 in partnership with IGN. Get ready for some indie goodness!

Limited Run Games Showcase

A 2023 version of LRG3 will be shown this year on July 12th, 2023 at 4:00 PM EST , with over 20+ physical and digital release announcements set for the small-batch physical-release publisher.

INDIE Live Expo “Summer Spotlight”

After a successful May event , the digital showcase is now getting a Summer-edition on Monday, July 31st, 2023 at 5:30 AM EST ! With more than 300 games shown in May, you can expect a ton of indie announcements coming from this one as the Summer comes to a close.

THQ Nordic Digital Showcase

On August 11th, 2023, at 3:00 PM EST , expect the third annual THQ Nordic Digital Showcase to have a ton of surprises, as the Embracer Group-owned game publisher has been acquiring intellectual properties faster than ever.

Destiny Showcase

Love Destiny and can’t wait for the next big update? Here you go! Announced during the PlayStation Showcase above, the Destiny Showcase will take place on August 22nd, 2023 at a time yet to be determined.

Gamescom Opening Night Live

After opening the year with Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest, he has also partnered with Gamescom for their Opening Night Live presentation for the past few years. Starting at 2:00 PM EST on August 22nd , this event will surely bring several games from our friends over in Europe, as well as tons of other surprises Geoff has saved in his back pocket.

Future Games Show @ Gamescom

Also returning to close out the summer, the folks over at GamesRadar+ will partner with Gamescom to present another Future Games Show on August 23rd .

INTO THE INFINITE – A Level Infinite Showcase

Prolific mobile developer and publisher, Level Infinite, is getting in on the Summer fun with their own showcase during Gamescom on Wednesday, August 23rd at 1:00 PM EST .

RGG Summit – Fall 2023

RGG Studio confirmed that it would hold another presentation in September following up on its Summer showcase found above. More information on Like A Dragon and Yakuza is on the way!

With all of the festivities over the Summer and into the latter half of the year, fans have a ton of future announcements and showcases to look forward to!

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Everything announced at Summer Game Fest 2023 as it happened

Here's all the biggest announcements and reveals from 2023's summer game fest..

June and the not-E3 season has rolled around once again, and you know what that means: trailers, world premieres, and more for the most exciting new games and experiences coming in 2023 and beyond. As it so often does, the fun began with the Summer Game Fest show that was hosted by Geoff Keighley and was streamed live from the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles on June 8.

Microsoft didn't have anything big to share during this presentation — don't forget, the Xbox Games Showcase is coming Sunday — but there were plenty of reveals from other publishers and developers in the industry. You can still check out all our live coverage of the event below to see what the Summer Game Fest 2023 show had in store for players around the world, including early looks at what could be some of the best Xbox games coming in 2023 and beyond.

Summer Game Fest 2023: The Highlights

• Summer Game Fest 2023: All announcements and reveals
• Mortal Kombat 1 : Our first look at its gory gameplay debut
• Sonic Superstars : A new 2D Sonic game coming to Xbox and PC this year
• Remnant 2 : The sequel's release date revealed
• Alan Wake 2 : Gameplay shows intense survival horror experience
• John Carpenter's Toxic Commando : This co-op horror shooter looks perfectly campy
• Fortnite Wilds : Epic's Transformers collaboration revealed
• Xbox X Porsche : You could win one of 75 limited edition consoles
• Human Fall Flat 2 : The beloved physics puzzle game gets a sequel
• Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Tactica leaked : Atlus wishes it could rewind time

Latest Summer Game Fest 2023 updates

Hello, everyone, I'm Zachary Boddy. Welcome to Windows Central as we cover the latest and greatest game announcements and reveals coming out of Summer Game Fest 2023! The Summer Game Fest is one of the biggest video games events of the year every time it comes around, so we're expecting a lot of great stuff.

Windows Central will be contributing our unique expertise and perspective to the Summer Game Fest throughout the show and even into tomorrow as we collect our thoughts and react to what was revealed. Stay tuned to this space, as we'll be updating this page constantly with the latest information. I'm excited to see what the Summer Game Fest will show us this year. — Zachary Boddy, Windows Central Staff Writer

Hello all, I'm Brendan Lowry. Team Windows Central is excited to welcome you to our live coverage of Summer Game Fest 2023! There's not much that can pull me away from Diablo 4 right now, but a flashy showcase full of world premieres, surprise announcements, and new trailers definitely did the trick. Sorry, Blessed Mother — you'll have to wait until tonight for my attention.

As my colleague Zachary said, we'll bring you predictions, live news updates, and analyses before, during, and after the showcase. On top of that, we'll share our full thoughts on what we're hoping to see, as well as what we actually do see. We're hope you're as excited for the show as we are! — Brendan Lowry, Windows Central Contributor

How to watch Summer Game Fest 2023

Want to check out the show with us live? It's being livestreamed on a variety of different platforms, including both YouTube and Twitch. For links and embeds you can use to watch as well as additional details, make sure you read our full guide on how to watch Summer Game Fest 2023 .

Like previous Summer Game Fest presentations, this year's showcase will be around two hours long. It's scheduled to begin at 12:00 p.m. PT / 3 p.m. ET / 9 p.m. CEST, so make sure you're in one of the streams by then. — Brendan Lowry

What to expect from Summer Game Fest 2023

While there will no doubt be plenty of surprises during the showcase, there are also several games we know will appear thanks to announcements from publishers, developers, and Geoff Keighley himself. We've listed all of these titles below to give you an idea of what to expect from Summer Game Fest ahead of the show.

• Alan Wake 2
• Baldur's Gate 3
• Fortnite Wilds
• Immortals of Aveum
• Mortal Kombat 1
• Thorne and Liberty

In addition to the games listed above, we also know that the stylized puzzle-platformer COCOON from LIMBO and INSIDE designer Jeppe Carlsen will feature during DoubleFine and iam8bit's Day of the Devs show, which is slated to take place right after SGF. Right after, there's also the Devolver Direct, in which Devolver Digital will show off some of the new games it's publishing.

It'll be awesome to finally see gameplay of Remedy Entertainment's Alan Wake 2, as the original was one of my favorite action-adventure games of the 2010s. We're hoping to see details on Cyberpunk 2077's "spy-thriller" Phantom Liberty expansion (featuring Idris Elba), too, and who can say no to some ultraviolent Mortal Kombat 1 footage?

Larian Studios' Baldur's Gate 3 is also making an appearance, with the next entry in the legendary series scheduled to release later this year on August 31, 2023 on Windows PC and PS5. As someone who adored Divinity: Original Sin II and is always down for a new isometric RPG, I'm definitely hyped to see more of this one. Sadly, it's been delayed on Xbox due to technical problems , so the developers haven't announced a release date for that version of the game yet. — Brendan Lowry

Here's what Team Windows Central wants to see at SGF 2023

Summer Game Fest 2023 is only an hour away now! Ahead of the presentation, I asked some of my colleagues what they're hoping to see during the show and why. Here's what they said:

"I just want a shadow drop. At this point, I don't even care what it is a shadow drop of, I just like the hype of them."  — Cole Martin, Contributor

"I just want to see interesting, creative games from a wide variety of teams and developers. I want exciting trailers that feature gameplay, and I want to see games I can play in the next year or two. It'd be nice for Summer Game Fest to highlight great indie games, too, not just AAA blockbusters. I'm certainly not interested in watching 30 ads that aren't properly disclosed as ads." — Zachary Boddy, Staff Writer

"I'm interested in seeing more of new Mortal Kombat. I'm intrigued as to how the classic MK characters are going to be reimagined in this new rebooted universe and what the story will be like this time since Liu Kang (the series' protagonist) is now a god. I'm also interested in seeing the new Kameo Fighter mechanic to see if it will turn Mortal Kombat into a tag assist-based fighting game like Marvel vs. Capcom/Dragonball FighterZ or if it's gonna be like Assist Trophies in Super Smash Brothers." — Alexander Cope, Contributor

"Geoff Keighley always does an excellent job hyping up his games showcases. In recent years we've seen the team invest more time and energy into making Summer Game Fest a must-watch show. With Xbox and PlayStation listed as official partners, I'd be stoked to see these major players bring noteworthy first-party reveals to the event." — Miles Dompier, Contributor

"I want to see a major reveal that  isn't  CGI. Don't get me wrong, I've been excited at stuff like the Mass Effect reveal before, but it would be really cool to see a major game get announced with actual in-engine footage." — Samuel Tolbert, Contributor

"I'm really looking forward to seeing more of Alan Wake 2 gameplay. This sequel looks like it could be a whole lot darker than the original and I'm intrigued by what we've seen thus far." — Rebecca Spear, Gaming Editor

And me? While I'm definitely with Rebecca on the Alan Wake 2 hype train, some gameplay for Armored Core 6 and/or a new trailer for Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC is what my heart truly desires. I've had some of my favorite and most memorable gaming experiences in FromSoftware titles (Elden Ring in particular might be my new favorite game of all time), so I'm always ecstatic to see more of what the studio is cooking up next. There's a solid chance we'll see the developer appear at the show, too; after all, Elden Ring's official gameplay reveal trailer was shown during SGF 2021. — Brendan Lowry

We've got about 15 minutes until SGF 2023 starts, so grab some snacks and get comfy! I'd make some popcorn, but I'm in charge of this live blog, and I need to keep my keyboard clear of melted butter. You, fortunately, don't have to worry about that problem. — Brendan Lowry

Here we go! Summer Game Fest 2023 has begun, and its various reveals, announcements, and trailers are imminent. We'll bring you details on all the goods as soon as they're shown, so stay tuned! Hopefully Geoff Keighley has a great show for us. — Brendan Lowry

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown announced, coming January 18, 2024

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown from Ubisoft has been announced with an action-packed gameplay trailer that showed off the game's action-platformer style. More on the game will be shown during Ubisoft Forward on Monday, June 12. — Brendan Lowry

Our first look at Mortal Kombat 1's gameplay was bloody brilliant

One of SGF 2023's opening reveals was a gameplay debut trailer for Mortal Kombat 1, a reboot of the beloved fighting game franchise releasing September 19, 2023. The trailer showed off vicious battles between iconic Mortal Kombat characters like Sonya, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, and more. — Brendan Lowry

New Path of Exile 2 gameplay trailer shown, more coming July 28

Grinding Gear Games showed a new gameplay trailer for Path of Exile 2 that showed off some powerful magic attacks you'll be able to use with your character. The trailer confirms that we'll learn more about the game on July 28. — Brendan Lowry

Nicholas Cage is coming to Dead by Daylight on July 25, because why not?

Nicholas Cage, of all people, made a surprise appearance at Summer Game Fest 2023 to announce that he'll be a playable character in the popular horror game Dead by Daylight. His chapter will be added on July 25, though PC players will have an opportunity to test him early on July 5. — Brendan Lowry

Trailer for The Witcher Season 3, Henry Cavill's final season, shown

A trailer for The Witcher, Netflix's live action adaptation of the beloved fantasy series, was shown. Notably, it will be Henry Cavill's final season as protagonist Geralt of Rivia. Season 3 is slated to release on Netflix June 29. — Brendan Lowry

Remnant 2, the sequel to Remnant: From the Ashes, is coming July 25

The sequel to Remnant: From the Ashes, a popular third-person shooter with Soulslike elements, will release on Xbox, PC, and other platforms on July 25. The release date was revealed within a high-octane gameplay trailer . — Brendan Lowry

Lies of P is coming September 19, demo out now

A demo of Lies of P, a steampunk Soulslike from Neowiz Games and Round 8 Studio, is available now on Xbox and PC. Its arrival was accompanied by a new trailer and an official September 19 release date. — Brendan Lowry

Annapurna Interactive Showcase announced for June 29

Publisher Annapurna Interactive of Journey, Stray, and Outer Wilds fame, announced that it plans to hold its own showcase on June 29. Much like Summer Game Fest, the presentation will show off the publisher's upcoming projects. — Brendan Lowry

Remedy gives us our first look at Alan Wake 2 gameplay

During the Summer Game Fest show, Remedy Entertainment gave the gaming community its first look at unedited Alan Wake 2 gameplay in which the game's second playable character, Saga Anderson, investigates reports of a murder in Bright Falls. The game is scheduled to release October 17, 2023.  — Brendan Lowry

Warhammer: 40K Space Marine 2 trailer reveals Winter 2023 release

A new co-op campaign gameplay trailer for Warhammer: 40K Space Marine 2 has revealed that the gory third-person shooter is scheduled to release on Xbox, PC, and other platforms in Winter 2023. — Brendan Lowry

Sonic Superstars is a new 2D Sonic game coming to Xbox and PC this year

One of the most surprising games shown during SGF 2023 so far was Sonic Superstars, a new 2D Sonic game that seems to switch to 3D sequences at times. The game is coming to Xbox, PC, and other platforms in Fall 2023. Learn more about it here . — Brendan Lowry

Palworld is Pokemon with guns and I am absolutely HERE FOR IT

A new gameplay trailer for Palworld, a bizarre and hilarious-looking shooter in which players team up with Pokemon-like creatures that wield tons of different firearms, was shown. It's coming to Xbox and other platforms, with Early Access available in January 2024.  — Brendan Lowry

Like a Dragon Gaiden: A Man Who Erased His Name is the worst title ever, but I'm still excited

A game that's totally not Yakuza called Like a Dragon Gaiden: A Man Who Erased His Name was shown, and I have to say, that might be the worst title I've ever seen for something. Still, we're excited, as the Yakuza games are awesome. — Brendan Lowry

Xbox celebrates Porsche's 75th Anniversary with unique console giveaways

The high-performance sports automobile manufacturer Porsche is 75 years old, and to celebrate, Xbox is giving away 75 unique consoles and controllers inspired by the company's cars. Learn how to enter the sweepstakes and get a chance to win one here . — Brendan Lowry

SGF 2023 teases everything coming in Call of Duty Warzone 2 Season 4

During the show, Activision shared a look at everything that's coming to the popular battle royale game Call of Duty Warzone 2 in Season 4, which is scheduled to go live June 14. To learn more, don't miss our guide on Call of Duty Warzone 2 Season 4 . — Brendan Lowry

Immortals of Aveum gameplay trailer shows intense magic action

Ascendant Studios' Immortals of Aveum made an appearance during SGF 2023, with the developer showcasing a brand new gameplay trailer with lots of colorful and explosive magic abilities. Shown moves include homing missiles, defensive shields, bursts of staggering explosive energy, and more. — Brendan Lowry

Summer Game Fest 2023 forgot to bring the heat

Summer Game Fest 2023 is over, and we have to admit, we at Team WC are feeling a bit underwhelmed by the show. While there was certainly some great stuff on display — we loved getting to see more of Alan Wake 2, Mortal Kombat 1, and Lies of P — the pacing of the show definitely felt awkward and off, and ultimately, we were left wanting more.

In particular, we were surprised that the Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty DLC didn't make an appearance. With the price of the expansion and GOG.com preorders leaking recently, it was widely predicted that it would appear at SGF 2023. Maybe we'll see it during the Xbox Games Showcase on Sunday. — Brendan Lowry

Star Trek: Infinite announced, full reveal coming June 16

Nimble Giant Entertainment announced Star Trek: Infinite, a new "grand strategy" game set in the famous sci-fi universe. The developers revealed the game with an ominous cinematic trailer at SGF 2023, but say that a full reveal will come on June 16 — Picard Day. — Brendan Lowry

COCOON gets new gameplay presentation, coming to Game Pass in 2023

During the Day of the Devs indie game show after SGF 2023, Geometric Interactive's COCOON got a new gameplay presentation. The game, helmed by LIMBO and INSIDE designer Jeppe Carlsen, tasks players with solving puzzles that require them to jump between worlds contained within other worlds. It's releasing at some point later this year, and will be available on Xbox Game Pass , PC Game Pass, and Xbox Cloud Gaming via Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. — Brendan Lowry

Fortnite Wilds gets cinematic trailer at SGF 2023

A cinematic trailer for Fortnite Wilds, the next season in Epic Games' popular battle royale title, was shown during SGF 2023. Fortnite Wilds is scheduled to go live June 8 (tomorrow), and is inspired by the arrival of the new film Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.  — Brendan Lowry

Here's everything that was announced during Summer Game Fest 2023

Summer Game Fest 2023 has now wrapped. If you missed the show and are looking for a recap of everything that was shown during the presentation, don't miss our complete roundup of all announcements and reveals from Summer Game Fest 2023 . — Brendan Lowry

The Summer Game Fest 2023 show may be over, but we're far from done! Stay tuned, as we're bringing you live coverage of Devolver Digital's showcase that's starting shortly. The presentation is scheduled to begin in about 15 minutes, so this is a great time to get up and stretch your legs. — Brendan Lowry

Party Animals finally gets a release date, comes to Xbox Game Pass on Sept. 20, 2023

Party Animals is a highly anticipated jelly brawler that was announced ages ago for Xbox and Windows PC, and is a day one addition on Xbox Game Pass. During Summer Game Fest 2023, it finally got a release date of Sept. 20, 2023. Aw, yeah. — Zachary Boddy

Devolver began its Direct by gaslighting everyone about its mascot, Volvy

Do you remember Devolver Digital's mascot, Volvy? We don't, either, but the Devolver Direct began with a full 10 minute sequence of the publisher trying to gaslight the internet into believing he's real. It was basically one giant meme, and we loved every second of it. — Brendan Lowry

New Wizard With a Gun trailer revealed, Steam demo releases

The first game shown during the Devolver Direct was Wizard With a Gun, a top-down cooperative sandbox survival game coming to Xbox, PC, and PS5. The game is coming at some point in 2023, and there's a new singleplayer demo you can play on Steam here . — Brendan Lowry

Baby Steps, an absolutely bizarre game about a guy who sucks at walking, is coming in 2024

With one of the weirdest announcements I've ever seen, Devolver has announced Baby Steps. In it, you'll play as Nate, a middle-aged man who does nothing but lay around in his parents' basement, eat, and watch TV. As a result, he's terrible at walking, but after he gets teleported to a strange place, that's exactly what he'll need to do. We expect intentionally terrible controls and other shenanigans when it releases on Windows PC and PS5 in 2024.  — Brendan Lowry

Devolver announces Human Fall Flat 2 for PC and consoles

The final game shown during the Devolver Direct was Human Fall Flat 2, a sequel to the critically acclaimed and hilarious physics-based puzzle game Human Fall Flat. The game doesn't have a release date yet, but it's been confirmed to come to both consoles and Windows PCs. The first game is available on Xbox, so we expect the second game will be as well. — Brendan Lowry

The Talos Principle 2 gets gameplay trailer, coming to Xbox and other platforms

Another game Devolver showed off in its presentation was The Talos Principle 2, a follow-up to the popular first-person puzzler. In it, you'll need to overcome mind-bending challenges in a world where humanity is extinct, but our culture lives on in robots. The game is scheduled to release in 2023, and is coming to Xbox, PC, and PS5. — Brendan Lowry

And that's a wrap on Summer Game Fest 2023 and its Day of the Dev and Devolver Digital follow-up shows! Overall, I thought it was an okay day of news, though I was hoping for some more exciting reveals from the SGF showcase in particular. There's no doubt in my mind that Microsoft will blow everyone away with its Xbox Games Showcase on Sunday, though, so I'm looking forward to that (and don't worry, we'll be live blogging that, too).

Over the course of the next 24 hours, Team Windows Central will continue to update this blog with our SGF 2023 reactions, analyses, opinions, and more. We'll also bring you any breaking news that didn't make its way into the presentation itself, so keep an eye out for it!  — Brendan Lowry

Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Tactica leaked, coming to Xbox Game Pass

Immediately after SGF 2023's conclusion, two new games in the Persona series named Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Tactica have leaked on an Instagram account run by franchise publisher Atlus. Screenshots and a gameplay trailer show that Persona 5 Tactica is a strategy spinoff of Persona 5, while Persona 3 Reload is expected to be a remake or remaster of the original Persona 3.

Notably, the leak suggests that both games will launch on Xbox and Windows PC, with Persona 3 Reload coming in 2024 and Persona 5 Tactica arriving on Nov. 17, 2023. Additionally, it reveals that both games are coming to Xbox Game Pass. 

Since the aforementioned trailer had Xbox branding, it's clear these games weren't supposed to be announced until the Xbox Games Showcase on Sunday. Oops! — Brendan Lowry

I want these four games shown today on Xbox

There were some great games show throughout today, with many of my favorites being some creative indie titles from a variety of developers and publishers, including Devolver Digital. Hauntii, COCOON, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, and Wizard with a Gun were all highlights, and they're all coming to Xbox.

There were four indie games shown today that I'd love to play on my console of choice, though, that aren't coming to Xbox at launch (and aren't confirmed to be coming to the platform at all). This is my public declaration that I want these games , sooner rather than later. I have access to other platforms, but Xbox is where the majority of my games are (and I like collecting Gamerscore from achievements).

1. Eternights from Studio Sai is a unique dating action game that looks stupidly adorable, and it's coming to Windows PC and PlayStation at launch. It may eventually come to Xbox and Switch, too, though, so there's at least hope for this quirky title. Maybe I won't have to wait an eternity.

2. The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood from Deconstructeam and Devolver Digital looks unbelievably stunning, and is a narrative adventure game surrounded by tarot cards and a mysterious society of powerful witches. Unfortunately, it's only confirmed for Windows PC and Nintendo Switch. Consider me a sad witch.

3. Saltsea Chronicles from Die Gute Fabrik combines dashing good looks and unique art design with a campaign centered around a deep conspiracy, and I can't get enough of its vibrant, pastel art and diverse cast of interesting characters. This, too, is only confirmed for Windows PC and Nintendo Switch at the moment. Yes, I am a little salty.

4. Finally, Bleak Sword DX from more8bit and Devolver Digital is a brutal dark action game that manages to squeeze surprising levels of personality and depth out of some of the most simplistic pixel art character design I've seen in a game. Ferocious, difficult combat is the core of this game and the reason I want to play, but it launched only on Windows PC and Nintendo Switch today. Yeah, thinks are looking bleak.

I hope all of these games eventually find a home (and a new community) on Xbox, because I'd love to play them all on my personal first choice gaming platform. If any of these publishers (or any and all indie games publishers, honestly), want to put their games on my radar, you know how to reach me. — Zachary Boddy

I'm excited for these 5 games shown at Summer Game Fest 2023

It's been several hours since the SGF 2023, Day of the Devs, and Devolver Direct showcases concluded, and I've been thinking a lot about all of the games that we got to see today. I liked the look of most of the games shown during all three shows, but there were five in particular that I can confidently say were my favorites.

1. Lies of P — FromSoftware didn't make an appearance with Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC or Armored Core 6 like I was hoping it would, but at least Neowiz and Round 8 gave us a closer look at the style of its upcoming Pinocchio-themed Soulslike Lies of P. The game's dark and horror-filled steampunk world instantly captivated me and reminded me of Bloodborne (with more of a mechanized look, of course), and everything I've seen of its gameplay so far looks very polished and stylish. I'm looking forward to trying the game's playable demo on Xbox and PC as soon as the not-E3 craze is over, and am eagerly anticipating the September 19 release. Don't miss our hands-on Lies of P preview by my fellow WC Contributor Alexander Cope!

2. Palworld — Next to Devolver Digital's Baby Steps, this is probably the wackiest game that was shown today, and I think it looks absolutely hilarious. I can't say I've ever wondered what Pokemon would look like if it was a third-person shooter, but I'm glad developer Pocketpair decided that someone needed to find out. When its January 2024 Early Access rolls around, I'm totally giving it a try.

3. Path of Exile 2 — Truth be told, I never played much of the first Path of Exile, but my love of the recently released Diablo 4 has rekindled my appreciation for ARPGs. The trailer for Path of Exile 2 showed off gorgeous environments and some deadly magic abilities that have me reaching for my Sorcerer in Diablo 4, so I'm excited to see more come July 28.

4. Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 — New co-op games always pique my interest, as these days, there just aren't enough good non-PvP games to play with friends. Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 including co-op support rules, and what we saw of the game today looked incredibly fun. Winter 2023 can't come fast enough.

5. Human Fall Flat 2 — There wasn't much for Human Fall Flat 2 today beyond the announcement that it exists, but that was enough to get me hyped. The original game is uniquely special to me since it was one of the games I regularly played with my girlfriend while we were long distance a few years back, and now that we're living together, I can't wait to play the sequel with her at my side. Hopefully we get a concrete release window soon.

Also, an honorable mention for Larian Studios' Baldur's Gate 3. While its appearance at the show didn't wow me — it was basically just a short introduction of the character Gortash, voiced by Jason Isaacs — it's still undoubtedly one of my most anticipated games of 2023. Divinity: Original Sin 2 has convinced me that if anyone is capable of bringing Baldur's Gate back in a big way, it's the folks at Larian.  — Brendan Lowry

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Games Industry Events in 2023

Taipei Game Show 2023

Feb. 2, 2023 - Feb. 6, 2023

Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Taipei City, Taiwan

The 2023 event will run on a hybrid model, encompassing both in-person and online-only events, and the theme this year will be "Come in Gameverse"

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D.I.C.E. Summit 2023

Feb. 21, 2023 - Feb. 23, 2023

D.I.C.E. Summit 2023 is an exclusive high-level conference, gathering the brightest and most creative minds dedicated to exploring approaches to the creative process and artistic expression as they uniquely apply to the development of interactive entertainment.

DevGAMM Gdańsk 2023

March 1, 2023 - March 2, 2023

AmberExpo, Gdańsk, Poland

DevGAMM Gdańsk 2023 is the first conference that DevGAMM organizes in Poland. It will be held on March 1-2, at AmberExpo. The event will be done in collaboration with Digital Vikings. Expect Showcase, Digital Vikings Awards, Career Wall with job offers and more. Submit games until January 25.

March 20, 2023 - March 24, 2023

Moscone Center, San Francisco, United States

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) brings the game development community together to exchange ideas, solve problems, and shape the future of the industry across five days of education, inspiration, and networking. Attendees include programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, and business leaders

PAX East 2023

March 23, 2023 - March 26, 2023

Boston, MA, United States

PAX East is a celebration of gaming and gaming culture featuring thought-provoking panels, a massive expo hall filled with the best publishers and studios, new game demos, musical performances, tournaments, and a community experience unlike any other.

London Games Festival 2023

March 29, 2023 - April 9, 2023

The London Games Festival is a multi-day celebration of the art, culture and business of video games. Back for its seventh year, the London.

Game Dev London Expo 2023

March 29, 2023 - March 29, 2023

26 Leake St, London, United Kingdom

GDLX 23 is the latest edition of this event, and it promises to be an exciting and informative experience for attendees. It will feature a variety of indie games, which will be available to play, giving attendees the opportunity to discover new and exciting games, and learn more about the developers behind them.

W.A.S.D 2023

March 30, 2023 - April 1, 2023

W.A.S.D is the central playable and interactive feature of London Games Festival. Expect developer presentations, loads of indie games, tabletop, meet and greets, careers advice and loads more

Reboot Develop Blue 2023

April 24, 2023 - April 26, 2023

Dubrovnik, Croatia

The renowned Croatian developer conference returns to its usual April slot, once again inviting game makers and industry professionals to Dubrovnik. The ourganisers will also introduce variety of additional satelite events during the Reboot Develop week and right after.

Riyadh Games Expo

May 3, 2023 - May 5, 2023

Riyadh International Convention & Exhibition Center, Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia

The first and largest games and toys expo in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, aiming to gather developers, publishers, investors, toys companies and more under one roof to exchange knowledge, experiences, services, new products and innovations

GamesBeat Summit 2023

May 22, 2023 - May 23, 2023

Los Angeles, US, United States

GamesBeat returns with its largest conference for leaders in gaming. Going onto its 15th edition, GamesBeat Summit will take place over the course of three days. The first two days will take place in Los Angeles where attendees will be able to network in an incredible and fun venue with over 500 in-person attendees followed by a third day of online content.

Barclays Games Frenzy 2023

May 25, 2023 - May 25, 2023

This year Barclays are planning an even bigger and better games Industry event with their annual Games Frenzy at their headquarters in Canary Wharf. Barclays Games and Creative Team invite you to join them for leading games industry expert panels and exhibitors from Creative UK, local games uni students, mobile games studios, Code Coven and much more. The event will be followed by drinks and food and an opportunity to network and make new connections

DevGAMM Vilnius 2023

June 20, 2023 - June 21, 2023

Vilnius, Lithuania

DevGAMM comes back to Vilnius again! Two days of industry sessions, games activities, such as showcase, job offers from the leading companies, quest, parties, and much more.

BIG Festival 2023

June 28, 2023 - July 2, 2023

São Paulo Expo, São Paulo, Brazil

Best International Games (BIG) Festival is the largest international games, creation, business and networking event in Latin America

Medway Gaming Festival

July 1, 2023 - July 2, 2023

Chatham Historic Dockyard, Chatham, United Kingdom

In partnership with GameDev London, join publishers, including AAA publisher Dovetail Studios, and several universities for 2 dates of showcases, talks, panel discussions and portfolio reviews as part of the vast Medway Gaming Festival. For students and Indie publishers showcase placements are entirely free (subject to availability) to show to peers and the wider audience at this fast growing festival in a truly stunning venue

First Playable 2023

July 6, 2023 - July 7, 2023

Florence, Italy

Italy's leading international event about the games business, encompassing talks, pitching opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and the Italian Video Game Awards

Central Asia Game Show 2023

Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

An important event at CAGS'23 will be the International Conference for professionals in the GameDev industry, digital content, and IT education. The conference will feature presentations of new games and applications from developers in Central Asia.

Develop:Brighton 2023

July 11, 2023 - July 13, 2023

Brighton, United Kingdom

Develop:Brighton is the only event in the UK that brings the entire game-making industry together - from global superstars to micro indies, to learn from each other, share ideas and experiences, network and do business in a friendly and inclusive environment. And they've been doing it since 2006.

GamesIndustry.biz Summer Party 2023

July 12, 2023 - July 12, 2023

Horatio's Bar on Brighton Pier

Fish & Chips! Two Free Drinks! Retro Games! Co-hosted by Amiqus, Lighthouse Games and Renaissance

BitSummit 2023

July 14, 2023 - July 16, 2023

Kyoto International Exhibition Hall, Kyoto, Japan

Now in its 9th year, BitSummit specializes in B2B, focusing on attending developers, publishers, media, and sponsors, in addition to welcoming general attendees

Taipei Summer Game Show 2023

Taipei City, Taiwan

Launched in 2003, the Taipei Summer Game Show features speaker sessions and keynotes in B2B and B2C zones, in addition to showcasing games and sharing trends and insight among gamers and game industry professionals.

Games For Change Festival 2023

July 18, 2023 - July 20, 2023

The Times Center, New York City, United States

The must-attend gathering for changemakers, developers, executives, and fans who believe in the impact potential of gaming and immersive media. Games for Change's mission is to elevate and drive real-world change through video games

ChinaJoy 2023

July 28, 2023 - July 31, 2023

Shanghai New International Expo Center, Shanghai, China

Now in its 20th year, ChinaJoy showcases online games, console games, web games, and hardware products related to digital entertainment. Bringing together brand corporations, products, technologies and capital, the B2B Area provides comprehensive industrial business services, communication and partnership between domestic and foreign game companies.

SIGGRAPH 2023

Aug. 6, 2023 - Aug. 10, 2023

Los Angeles Convention Center, California, United States

Celebrating it's 50th anniversary this year, SIGGRAPH 2023 is the premier conference for computer graphics and interactive techniques worldwide.

Devcom 2023

Aug. 20, 2023 - Aug. 22, 2023

Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany

Developers head to Cologne to learn from a wide range of conference talks, show off their projects and services at the expo, and connect with other businesses via matchmaking.

Gamescom 2023

Aug. 23, 2023 - Aug. 27, 2023

The world's largest event for computer and video games and Europe's leading business platform for the games industry is entering the next round. From August 23 to 27, 2023, gamescom will once again exude its unique festival feeling in the Cologne exhibition halls and throughout the city. A tried and tested hygiene and security concept will ensure your safety and a high quality of stay. The on-site experience will be combined with an extensive digital program.

GI Investment Summit Seattle 2023

Aug. 31, 2023 - Aug. 31, 2023

Get Your Game Funded

New Zealand Game Developers Conference 2023

Aug. 31, 2023 - Sept. 2, 2023

Wellington, New Zealand

The New Zealand Game Developers Conference (NZGDC) is a professional game development and interactive media conference for New Zealand and Australian audiences. It focuses equally on actionable and inspirational content, while providing networking opportunities within the New Zealand industry and with visitors from abroad.

PAX West 2023

Sept. 1, 2023 - Sept. 4, 2023

Seattle Convention Center, Washington, United States

PAX West is a celebration of gaming and gaming culture featuring thought-provoking panels, a massive expo hall filled with the best publishers and studios, new game demos, musical performances, tournaments, and a community experience unlike any other.

Latinx Games Festival

Sept. 5, 2023 - Sept. 17, 2023

Long Beach, California, United States

Latinx Games Festival covers a wide range of topics in their panels that are important to Latinx game development. They provide career advancement opportunities, showcase games curated throughout Latin America, and celebrate Latinx game developers with the Latinx Game Awards.

Sept. 6, 2023 - Sept. 8, 2023

Parq Vancouver, Canada

Established in 2013, External Development Summit (XDS) is the only annual, international games industry event with a primary focus on external development for art, animation, audio, software engineering, QA and localization.

W.A.S.D x IGN 2023

Sept. 14, 2023 - Sept. 16, 2023

The Truman Brewery, London, United Kingdom

The WASD x IGN event will showcase a giant collection of new, current, and retro games in a larger space in the Truman Brewery.

Tokyo Game Show 2023

Sept. 21, 2023 - Sept. 24, 2023

Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan

For the first time in four years, the Tokyo Game Show 2023 will utilize the entire Makuhari Messe halls with over 2,000 booths and 200,000 visitors expected.

D.I.C.E. Europe 2023

Sept. 25, 2023 - Sept. 27, 2023

Hotel Reykjavík Grand, Iceland

Past D.I.C.E. Europe attendees included major publishers and developers, some of the brightest and most influential interactive entertainment industry leaders, decision makers and visionaries.

Horizon(s) 2023

Sept. 26, 2023 - Sept. 28, 2023

National Opera of Bordeaux, France

Horizon(s) is a video games forum aimed at games executives, which takes place in the beautiful Bordeaux National Opera. After a successful first edition in 2022, Horizon(s) is back to review the current situation of the video games industry and explore the challenges and opportunities ahead.

GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit 2023

Sept. 27, 2023 - Sept. 27, 2023

195 Piccadilly, London, UK

Tackling The Biggest HR Issues Facing The Video Games Industry

Game Devs of Color Expo 2023

Sept. 27, 2023 - Sept. 30, 2023

The 8th annual celebration of game developers of color features a variety of new voices, games, and experiences.

Melbourne International Games Week 2023

Sept. 30, 2023 - Oct. 8, 2023

Melbourne, Australia

Join Australian and international influencers, businesses and industry for the Asia Pacific’s largest digital games celebration.

Games Connect Asia Pacific 2023

Oct. 2, 2023 - Oct. 4, 2023

MCEC, Melbourne, Australia

Games Connect Asia Pacific 2023 (GCAP) is Australia’s professional development and networking event for the game development industry, focused on up-skilling and connecting the Australian sector via education, knowledge sharing and the provision of extended personal and business networks.

Dutch Game Day 2023

Oct. 4, 2023 - Oct. 4, 2023

Beeld & Geluid, Hilversum, The Netherlands

Dutch Game Day powered by Control is a yearly game developer conference with talks from national and international speakers. There is also a central expo, where companies can showcase their games and products or look for customers, partners, employees or trainees. The day will end with a networking reception followed by the presentation of the Dutch Game Awards 2023 orgainsed by the DGA.

Game Industry Conference (GIC) 2023

Oct. 5, 2023 - Oct. 8, 2023

Poznań International Fair, Poland

The Game Industry Conference takes place alongside the Poznan Game Arena, one of the largest game expos in Europe. Over 76,000 visitors enjoy the show by testing games and hardware from more than 220 expositors.

United By Games 2023

Oct. 5, 2023 - Oct. 5, 2023

Rich Mix, London, United Kingdom

United By Games is a one-day convention for community professionals to learn from each other, participate in panels and fireside chats, and be celebrated.

PAX Australia 2023

Oct. 6, 2023 - Oct. 8, 2023

PAX or Penny Arcade Expo is a festival for gamers to celebrate gaming culture. The first international PAX was held in Melbourne, Australia in 2013 to sold out crowds.

Women in Games Annual Global Conference 2023

Oct. 10, 2023 - Oct. 10, 2023

The Women in Games Global Conference will return this October, once again providing the opportunity to highlight the importance of gender equality, diversity and inclusion within the games and esports industries.

Serious Play 2023

Oct. 11, 2023 - Oct. 13, 2023

Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada

Serious Play offers a full track of sessions serving every major application for the use of serious games and simulations in training or education, as well as a full track on instructional/game design. Harness the strength of game-based learning for your school or organization and gain skills that will advance your career.

Brasil Game Show 2023

Oct. 11, 2023 - Oct. 15, 2023

Expo Center Norte, São Paulo, Brazil

The Brasil Game Show brings together the biggest names in the gaming industry, showcasing the latest developments in the PC market, console, mobile, virtual reality, card games, and board games.

Unwrap Festival 2023

Oct. 12, 2023 - Oct. 13, 2023

Nelson Mandelaplein 2, Kortrijk, Belgium

Unwrap Festival is a combination of a career fair, conference, and showcases and afterparties. With over 1,000 attendees coming from game, media, and music industry, it is an event where pitching, connecting, and networking are key.

GI Investment Summit London 2023

London Excel, Platinum Suite

The GI Investment Summit features talks, panels and roundtables from leading investors, publishers and platform holders. This is followed by meetings that take place throughout the afternoon (meeting system is also open on Friday). The event includes lunch, plus a four-day pass to the EGX consumer show.

EGX London 2023

Oct. 12, 2023 - Oct. 15, 2023

ExCeL London, United Kindgom

The UK’s largest video games event, drawing tens of thousands of visitors to a four-day celebration of all things gaming.

GameSoundCon

Oct. 17, 2023 - Oct. 18, 2023

Burbank, California, United States

GameSoundCon is the leading professional conference for anyone involved with game audio, from composers and sound designers to researchers and dialogue specialists. The 2-day features over 70 panels and sessions from the leaders in game sound and music. GameSoundCon is fully hybrid, with both in-person and remote attendance options.

SXSW Sydney Games Festival 2023

Oct. 18, 2023 - Oct. 22, 2023

Sydney, Australia

The SXSW Sydney 2023 Games Festival will be the place to experience the current trends and exciting future of the Games industry in Australia and beyond. From virtual and augmented reality projects to cinematic RPGs and tabletop games, the SXSW Sydney 2023 Games Festival will cover it all

Games Aid Gala 2023

Oct. 19, 2023 - Oct. 19, 2023

One George Street, Westminster, London, United Kingdom

The GamesAid Gala is an annual black-tie fundraising event that spreads the word about what GamesAid does, promotes the charities they support - and helps raise even more money for those who need it most.

Gamesforum North America 2023

Oct. 24, 2023 - Oct. 24, 2023

Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Seattle, Washington, United States

Gamesforum North America brings together UA, Ad Monetization, Product and ASO professionals under the same roof, for a one day highly focused conference with opportunities to network and learn from the best.

Sweden Game Conference 2023

Oct. 25, 2023 - Oct. 26, 2023

Sweden Game Arena, Skövde, Sweden

Like previous conferences there will be numerous talks and panels diving into both business and development disciplines in the games industry. There will also be Indicator expo, Sweden Game pitch and SAGA, award ceremony.

Scottish Games Week 2023

Oct. 30, 2023 - Nov. 3, 2023

Edinburgh, Dundee, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

SGW23 is the platform for the whole Scottish gaming community to come together and celebrate its successes, learn from its challenges and showcase its talent.

Paris Games Week 2023

Nov. 1, 2023 - Nov. 5, 2023

Paris Expo - Porte de Versailles, France

After the success of the "Restart" edition, which brought together the entire video game ecosystem and visitors, the French reference video game event is returning to Paris Expo - Porte de Versailles from 1 to 5 November 2023.

Nov. 2, 2023 - Nov. 4, 2023

Kondapur, India

Now in its 15th year, IGDC is the biggest and the most significant developer conference in India and South Asia. Its goal is to support and empower game developers with insights, upskilling and networking opportunities in the presence of industry leaders and investors.

Game Day 2.0 2023

Nov. 3, 2023 - Nov. 3, 2023

The Exchange, King's College, London, United Kingdom

Game Day 2.0 is an immersive experience offering a blend of innovation, talent, and networking opportunities within the game industry. You can try and test games that have been developed via the Springboard programme, and connection with industry leaders during a pitching session.

Nov. 8, 2023 - Nov. 9, 2023

Montréal, Québec, Canada

For its 20th anniversary, MIGS will focus solely on Business to Business (B2B) opportunities, helping further develop Québec and Canada’s video game industry through global networking opportunities, speakers, and a B2B exhibit space.

DevGAMM Lisbon 2023

Nov. 16, 2023 - Nov. 17, 2023

The Oitavos, Lisbon, Portugal

DevGAMM Lisbon 2023 is two days of industry sessions and games activities. The conference is aimed at developers, publishers, game designers, programmers, artists, business development managers, recruiters, journalists, and everyone involved in the game industry.

CiGA Developer Conference

Nov. 17, 2023 - Nov. 17, 2023

Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center, China

CiGA Developer Conference 2023 is a conference organized by CiGA for game developers and game industry practitioners that covers game design, visual art, programming, narrative, platform, marketing and more.

Milan Games Week 2023

Nov. 24, 2023 - Nov. 26, 2023

Fiera Milano Rho, Milan, Italy

Milan Games Week & Cartoomics is Italy's largest consumer show dedicated to gaming, esports and pop culture in all its nuances, from comics, fantasy fiction, role-playing and board games to cinema, entertainment, and cosplayers.

Tentacle Zone Games Industry Social

Nov. 28, 2023 - Nov. 28, 2023

1 Baker's Yard, London, United Kingdom

Careers chats with other games industry professionals, networking, meet studio founders, hear from guest speakers and play games with fellow devs.

WN Conference 2023

Nov. 29, 2023 - Nov. 30, 2023

Intercontinental David, Tel Aviv, Israel

Key topics to be discussed during WN Conference 2023 include team building, game analytics, success strategies, fundraising insights, the impact of AI on game tech, and more.

Africa Games Week 2023

Nov. 30, 2023 - Dec. 2, 2023

The Watershed, Cape Town, South Africa

Now in its 6th year, Africa Games Week has established itself as the premium business event in Africa for the video game industry. Developers, content creators and industry leaders come from across Africa and the globe to connect, engage and grow the African Game Industry.

PAX Unplugged 2023

Dec. 1, 2023 - Dec. 3, 2023

Pennsylvania Convention Center, USA

Friends, families, and tabletop gamers from Philadelphia and around the world will have the opportunity to go hands-on with the hottest and most anticipated tabletop titles, meet the creators of their favorite games, and watch live events including panels and tournaments featuring iconic gaming personalities.

GGaide 2023

Dec. 6, 2023 - Dec. 6, 2023

Mila Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The 2nd edition of GGaide is a day of conferences and virtual activities organised by Techaide and the Quebec video game industry to raise funds for Centraide of Greater Montreal. The event is an opportunity for people in the games industry to come together, help the community, learn, and have a positive impact.

Playtopia 2023

Dec. 7, 2023 - Dec. 9, 2023

The Homecoming Centre, Cape Town, South Africa

Playtopia sees South African and global creators and players celebrate the African gaming industry. It is a place for people to come together to share ideas, connect across continents and disciplines, and to exhibit work.

Gamedev.world 2023

Dec. 9, 2023 - Dec. 10, 2023

Gamedev.world is a global game developer conference featuring 30+ speakers from around the globe, where you can learn from top developers in talks and meetings.

HIT Games Conference 2023

Dec. 14, 2023 - Dec. 15, 2023

HIT Games Conference is an online conference focused on developing, marketing, and growth in the games industry.

Bilbao International Games Conference 2023

Dec. 15, 2023 - Dec. 16, 2023

Bilbao Exhibition Centre (BEC), Barakaldo, Spain

The BIG Conference continues the path opened by the Fun&Serious Game Festival, held in Bilbao for the first time in 2011. After the pandemic hiatus, which forced the event to hold an online edition and a hybrid one the following year, the BIG Conference rebrands to become an exclusive event aimed at industry professionals.

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Every announcement from the Xbox Games Showcase 2023

Every last trailer and new game reveal

Arguably the main event of this year's NotE3 and Summer Game Fest season, tonight's Xbox Games Showcase had more fresh game announcements than you can shake a Series X at. If you missed it or just want a handy recap of every new trailer that went down, we've got you covered. Here's everything that was announced at the Xbox Games Showcase 2023 .

A big old look at lovely Fable, with Richard Ayoade playing Dave the giant grocer

Kicking things off with a bang, we got our first proper look at Playground Games' Fable . It will be a Day One Game Pass game, too, and will feature a giant veggie enthusiast called Dave played by British comedian Richard Ayoade. It sure looks like Fable all right, with daft jokes, fart jokes and other flavours of jokes. Us Brits like our jokes, all right? We also got to see tiny glimpses of its magic combat and the legendary beasts we'll be fighting. Still no release date, though.

New game South Of Midnight is a stop-motion stunner

A crusty stop motion musician called Shakin' Bones took centre stage here to introduce a brand-new game called South Of Midnight. In it, a modern-looking female warrior rocks up in a swamp asking where she could find a big old nasty monster. Mr Bones isn't very talkative, it seems, but in classic fashion, said monster then rises up from the swamp behind her. The trailer doesn't give much else away, but it will be a third-person action adventure set in a magic realist American South. No release date for this one yet, either.

Ubisoft's Star Wars game is called Outlaws

The only thing we knew about Ubisoft's open world Star Wars game before today was that Ubisoft was making an open world Star Wars game. Now, we've got our first look at it, albeit in cinematic form rather than any actual gameplay. In this flashy reveal trailer for Star Wars Outlaws, we see scoundrel heroine Kay Vess escape from some bad dudes and head to her ship. A proper look will be coming tomorrow during Ubisoft's Forward showcase, and it will be launching in full in 2024.

33 Immortals is a new co-op roguelike from Thunder Lotus

Also coming in 2024 is a new game from Thunder Lotus called 33 Immortals. This co-op action roguelike will see 33 (yes, 33) players come together to fight monster hordes and biff bad bosses. If you enjoyed Thunder Lotus' previous games Jotun and Sundered, you'll probably dig this too.

Pay Day 3 is stealing onto PC on September 21st

After the intensely disappointing Crime Boss Rockay City this year, Pay Day 3 is back to show other bank heist games how it's done. Probably. Personally, I'm amazed any of these bank robbers can see where they're shooting with so many flashy effects going on, but I guess that's just the way of things these days. Can't claim you're 'next gen' unless you've got sparks blasting from every crevice now, can you? It's coming September 21st.

Atlus formally unveils Persona 3 Reload Remake

After accidentally leaking it during Geoff Fest on Thursday, Atlus gave us the first proper trailer for their Persona 3 remake, Persona 3 Reload. It's coming in early 2024 and will be on Game Pass just like the other Personas. Huzzah.

Avowed is finally coming in 2024

It's been a hot minute since we last saw Avowed , but that changes today with a very flashy-looking gameplay trailer. Obsidian Entertainment's first person magic RPG looks like it's shaping up very nicely indeed based on this footage, and I know Bethesda are in the family and all that now as well, but seriously, Elder Scrolls 6 eat your heart out. If all goes well, Avowed will be coming out next year in 2024, on PC and Game Pass.

Sea Of Thieves is visiting Monkey Island on July 20th

What a very pleasant surprise. In the next free chapter for Sea Of Thieves , you'll be visiting Monkey Island and hanging out with Guybrush Threepwood. Your adventure will begin on Mêlée Island, and Rare say this will be a "love-letter" to the classic adventure game series. You'll be able to play it solo or with pals, and there will be three Tall Tales coming to the game over the next three months. The first one arrives on July 20th.

Flight Sim gets a bunch of new jobs next year

Loads of new jobs are coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator in 2024, and lots in particular for helicopter enthusiasts, including search and rescue, cargo transport, and air ambulances to name just a couple. There will also be mountain rescue missions, agricultural aviation flybys, skydive aviation, aerial construction jobs, industrial cargo transport and loads more. Seriously, the list is very long. You can even pretend you're in an episode of Succession with its VIP charter service flights. Just make sure Logan Roy doesn't get on your plane. Nobody wants that. And if that wasn't enough, there will also be a Dune tie-in when the new film comes out later this year.

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II is coming in 2024

In a new trailer for Hellblade II , returning heroine Senua crawls into a creepy looking cave that may or may not also be the stomach of a giant nasty monster. Like the first game, Senua's journey deep into the belly of whatever this mysterious thing is will be accompanied by the voices of the Furies, articulating Senua's inner thoughts as the landscape shifts and morphs around her. They seem a bit nicer this time round, at least, so that's something. The trailer as a whole is a lot more enigmatic than ones we've seen before for Hellblade II, but hey, at least we got a vague release window this time. It will be out in 2024.

Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth has a very cheeky Ichiban

Nope, it's not Like A Dragon 8 . It's another Yakuza game called Infinite Wealth. Goodness knows what it's about, or what kind of game it is. But it will star Like A Dragon's hero Ichiban, and from the looks of things a very naked Ichiban at that. He wakes up dazed and confused on a beach, seemingly in America this time, but until Sega tell us more, your guess is as good as mine on this one.

Fallout 76 is now on Game Pass

It's Fallout 76 . On Game Pass. That's it. That's the headline.

Kunitsu-Gami: Path Of The Goddess is a gorgeous new hack and slash from Capcom

Holy heck Capcom, sign me the hell up for whatever this is. Steeped in Japanese mythology, this stunning-looking action game is one of the most colourful things I think I've ever seen in my entire life. It's called Kunitsu-Gami: Path Of The Goddess, and from the looks of things you'll be hacking and slashing all manner of eye-popping demon lads in the mountains of Japan, like a realistic Okami. Consider me psyched. It will be a Day One Game Pass game too.

Forza Motorsport sure looks like more Forza Motorsport

The official trailer for Forza Motorsport, everyone. Nope, I got nothing for this. I guess the cars look nice? It's coming out on October 10th.

Elder Scrolls Online's Necrom expansion got another trailer

ESO Online's Necrom expansion came out earlier this week , but just in case you forgot or needed more persuading to give Bethesda's Elder Scrolls MMO a try, here's another trailer for it showing off its new locations, monsters and other mushroom-y based things you'll be facing.

Overwatch 2 really wants you to think it's cool

A new trailer for seemingly the basic concept of Overwatch 2 was up next, although looking further into it, the trailer was actually about Overwatch 2: Invasion, a big new update coming on October 10th. It will also come to Game Pass on that day as well, bringing with it new Story missions, a new PvP mode and a new support hero.

Persona 5 Tactica is a new Persona strategy game

What a time to be alive for Persona fans. Arriving on November 17th, Persona 5 Tactica is a new strategy RPG featuring the Phantom Thieves of Persona 5 along with some new faces. If you ever wanted to know what Persona might look like as XCOM-like, well, I think this might have the answer. It will also be on Game Pass.

Don't Nod are making a chill climbing game called Jusant

Man alive, Don't Nod sure are busy bees these days, aren't they? Justant is a new climbing game with lovely cartoonish visuals that almost certainly won't be one for anyone who's afraid of heights. Then again, Xbox say it will be a "brand-new action-puzzle climbing game with meditative vibes", so maybe it won't be quite so vom-inducing as it first appears. In any case, we'll find out for sure whether we'll be losing our lunch over it later this Autumn.

The Chinese Room are back with oil rig horror Still Wakes The Deep

Well I don't think I'd have pegged an oil rig to be a good location for a horror game, but yep, The Chinese Room have sold me on it. Coming in early 2024, Still Wakes The Deep looks like The Chinese Room will be returning to their Amnesia: Machine For Pigs vibes with this creepy first-person spook 'em up. According to the press release, you'll be playing an offshore oil rig worker who's fighting for their life in a vicious storm out in the North Sea. There's no exit, no one on your radio, and only a terrible something or other for company. Consider my interest piqued.

Cel-shaded adventure Dungeons Of Hinterberg revealed

Coming in 2024, action adventure Dungeons Of Hinterburg looks like it has everything you could possibly want from a video game: there's monster fighting, puzzle solving, magical powers and a lovely Alpine setting that's seemingly tinged with an alternate fantasy reality. I'm intrigued by its visuals too, which look part cel-shaded and part rotoscoped. It certainty looks like a feast for the eyes, but whether it will be a feast for the thumbs remains to be seen. I guess we'll find out next year.

Keanu Reeves talks up Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

We already know Cyberpunk 2077 has an expansion called Phantom Liberty coming, but tonight we had a little live chat with Keanu Reeves about it, who was teed up to introduce the official trailer for it. But why are you wasting time reading this when you could be reading Ed's proper hands on thoughts of it ? He's been to play it in LA, so go on, off you pop. Then come back to read the rest of this. Phantom Liberty is coming out on September 26th.

Cities: Skylines 2 looks real neato and is coming October 24th

City planners rejoice. Paradox didn't just reveal a snazzy new trailer for Cities: Skylines 2 this evening, but we've also got a release date: October 24th. And if all that wasn't enough, it will also be on Game Pass Day One. How very pleasant. I could tell you about its bridges, nuclear plants, road planning and housing layouts, but honestly, the trailer does a much better job of showing those off. Go and have another watch of it.

The makers of Persona have an incredible new RPG on the way

I could not tell you what the heck was going on in the trailer for Metaphor: Re Fantazio, at least not without watching it several more times in a row, but the only things you really need to know is that it's a new RPG from the makers of Persona 3, Persona 4 and Persona 5, and it has the most incredible looking menu screens in existence. Seriously, just look at the things. That is some seriously gorgeous UI design right there. The battles don't look half bad, either. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to watch that trailer another dozen odd times to soak in those lovely menus.

Towerborne is a new co-op game from The Banner Saga devs

Oh! A new game from the makers of The Banner Saga , Stoic, what a nice surprise. Towerborne is a co-op adventure game set in an ever-changing world according to the trailer, and it looks positively lovely. Very colourful. With some good looking frog lads, to boot. It certainly looks a lot more lighthearted than The Banner Saga, too, that's for sure, and quite the departure in genre too, as an interview with Xbox Wire reveals this will have seasonal updates that constantly add new things to do in the world over time. It's coming next year in 2024.

ClockWork Revolution is a new FPS from InXile

Capping off the Xbox Games Showcase was a brand-new first-person action RPG from InXile Entertainment called Clockwork Revolution. It's being led by the creators of Arcanum, but is it me, or does its steampunk world of Avalon look suspiciously like an alternate reality cousin of Bioshock Infinite 's Columbia? Time travel is doing to be a major theme in Clockwork Revolution, as the evil Lady Ironwood appears to have been rewriting history behind the scenes thanks to a mysterious device she's got hold of. It's still quite early in development, InXile say, as it will be out "in due time", according to the trailer.

NotE3 and Summer Game Fest 2023 is over for another year. You can find out all the latest news by visiting our E3 2023 hub , or you can catch up with our round-up posts of everything that was announced at Summer Game Fest , the Xbox Games Showcase , the PC Gaming Show , Day Of The Devs , and our top highlights from the Wholesome Direct .

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PlayStation Showcase May 2023: The Biggest Games And Announcements

These games and announcements had us on the edge of our seat during the show.

By Gabe Gurwin on May 24, 2023 at 3:11PM PDT

Sony's PlayStation Showcase aired on May 24, and it certainly brought the goods from both first-party and third-party studios. Alongside expected games like Spider-Man 2, the presentation gave us the surprise return of Marathon, a remake of Metal Gear Solid 3, and several live-service multiplayer games coming to PS5 and PC. We also saw a sneak peek at Sony's new hardware--not a console, but a special handheld system--and were very pleasantly surprised by a high-octane Chinese action game with Devil-May-Cry-like flair, Phantom Blade Zero. Here are the biggest games and announcements from the PlayStation Showcase.

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The Metal Gear Solid series was heavily featured during the PlayStation Showcase, and the biggest announcement was Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater . A remake of Metal Gear Solid 3 for the PS5, the new game did not get a release date, but the pre-rendered trailer featured Naked Snake in all his glory, along with a look at the wildlife chowing down on each other. Alongside the remake announcement for PS5, the show also revealed the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection containing the original Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2, and Metal Gear Solid 3. It's out this fall. What a thrill!

Spider-Man 2 gets extended gameplay

The biggest chunk of time was, as expected, allotted to Marvel's Spider-Man 2 . The slice we saw focuses on both Peter Parker and Miles Morales, with the former seemingly being influenced by a symbiote, complete with more violent abilities and a raspy voice. At the beginning of the trailer, the villain Kraven, in Predator fashion, selects New York City as his target for a worthy opponent, discovering Peter and Miles from his harrier while they're both trying to stop Lizard's rampage through the city. The gameplay footage gave us a good look at the two Spider-Men's abilities, ranging from an electric attack as Miles to Peter's devastating Venom-like moves. Spider-Man 2 releases for PS5 this fall.

Assassin's Creed Mirage makes us nostalgic

Confirming what we've heard over the last several months, Ubisoft showed off Assassin's Creed Mirage during the PlayStation Showcase. The gameplay trailer looked far more like the original Assassin's Creed in style than its successors, with protagonist Basim moving smoothly across rooftops, stealing from pockets, and delivering one-hit killing blows. The events look to set up what comes later with the character in the recent Assassin's Creed games, but expect to play a social stealth action-adventure game rather than an RPG when Assassin's Creed Mirage arrives on October 12.

Fairgames announced from Haven Studios

The first game from Jade Raymond's Haven Studios, which is a first-party PlayStation developer, Fairgames is a competitive "heist experience" game that is headed to both PS5 and PC. It kicked off the PlayStation Showcase with a pre-rendered trailer that showed off a group of ragtag "modern-day Robin Hood" types as they work to shift the balance of power by stealing from the extremely rich. It bears a slight resemblance to the Watch Dogs series, though it didn't appear that any of the heroes were using actual firearms, and the game's competitive multiplayer will feature "emergent sandbox" gameplay. No release date or window was offered, but it's coming to PS5 and PC.

Helldivers 2 is real, and it's spectacular

At long last, Helldivers 2 is finally a real thing. The sequel to the acclaimed original shoot-'em-up game looks to be taking things in a slightly different direction, as the gameplay trailer shown during the PlayStation Showcase made use of a traditional third-person perspective. What has not changed, however, is the enemy: big, nasty bugs. In glorious Starship Troopers fashion, the presentation is satirical and over the top, with the trailer coming via the Super Earth Ministry of Truth. It's possible that this has all been a giant misunderstanding and the bugs just want to be our friends. But probably not. The game arrives on PS5 and PC in 2023.

Ghostrunner 2 lets you drive a motorcycle down a skyscraper

The original Ghostrunner managed to combine speedrunning gameplay with Dishonored-like combat to brilliant effect, and its sequel Ghostrunner 2 looks to be kicking things up a notch in an unexpected way. As seen in the PlayStation Showcase trailer, you'll still be parkouring your way across cyberpunk environments and slashing enemies with your swords without stopping, but you'll also be riding motorcycles down skyscrapers. Not through the floors of a skyscraper, but down the literal side of one. It remains to be seen if developer One More Level can pull it off, but we're giving it the benefit of the doubt based on the original. It'll be out in 2023.

Phantom Blade Zero is a stylish-as-heck action game

One of the most impressive games to come out of the PlayStation Showcase is actually a "spiritual rebirth" of a mobile game never previously released outside of China. Phantom Blade Zero , developed by S-Game, stars an assassin named Soul, who must uncover the cure for a mysterious ailment in 66 days or perish forever. The game makes use of a semi-open world, and though the aesthetic may remind you of Team Ninja's work at first glance, the combat looks to draw more heavily on fast-moving action series like Devil May Cry and Bayonetta. The trailer goes from 0 to 100 in no time, and we can't wait to see more.

Alan Wake 2 stars someone aside from Alan Wake, too

Alan Wake 2 finally has a release date, and it's not that far away. The game arrives on October 17, and in a new trailer, we see just how far Remedy Entertainment is going into horror territory with the game. First playing as an FBI agent moving through a small building, we see some sort of aggressive monster burst forward and attack, and we also see series writer Sam Lake playing a character who looks exactly like him. As the trailer concludes, the agent asks a bearded man for his name, to which he does not reply before the trailer concludes, but it's pretty clearly the title character.

Marathon is coming back, for real

Is this real life? Yes, Bungie has revived the Marathon franchise. For those who don't know, it served as the spiritual predecessor to Halo, but the studio is doing something a little different--and undoubtedly contentious--with the revival. The new game is a competitive extraction shooter for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, and will support cross-play and cross-save. Battles take place on a moon installation just next to earth, and the cyberpunk art style feels like some of Bungie's more recent work has been an influence. Marathon will not feature a single-player campaign, and it appears to still be fairly early going on the project.

Project Q is a PS5 companion handheld

BREAKING: PlayStation unveils a new handheld cloud gaming device, bluetooth earbuds, and more! Get your first look here #PlayStationShowcase #ProjectQ pic.twitter.com/ObCJOPGfAv — GameSpot (@GameSpot) May 24, 2023

Sony is indeed creating a handheld device, but it's not a competitor to the Switch or even to the Steam Deck. Instead, the device currently known as Project Q is a streaming handheld that you can connect to your PS5 to play games on the go. It comes outfitted with a sizable screen and all the same controls as the DualSense controller--just split on each side. At the same time, Sony also announced new PlayStation earbuds, which bear a striking resemblance to Apple's Airpods and should be a good companion for the handheld. We'll hear more about it this year.

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Xbox @ gamescom 2023: Presentations, Playable Games at Booth, Livestreams, and More

Games, games, and more games from all over..

Another years comes another gamescom, and of course all the goodies that the Xbox booth brings. This year marks the company’s biggest gamescom booth, with over 30 playable games across 150 battlestations and a 300-seat theatre for exclusive presentations of Starfield, Forza Motorsport, and Ara: History Untold. Towerborne will be playable for the first time as well as over 25 plus games such as S .T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Payday 3, ARMORED CORE VI: Fires of Rubicon, and more. And of course, three days of livestreams will be available for nonattendees to watch deeper dives into the many games at the booth.

FanFest prizes will also be up for grabs: make sure to tune in August 23 rd , 11:30am PT / 20:30 CEST at  twitch.tv/xbox . Reminder that gamescom runs from the 23rd to the 27th, so make sure to check out the streams.

Have a gander at the full Xbox Wire post below for more details on Xbox’s gamescom ’23.

Xbox at gamescom 2023  by Maxi Graeff, Integrated Marketing Lead Xbox, DACH • Aug 2, 2023 @ 5:00amWe’re excited to meet Xbox players at gamescom in Cologne, Germany this August,  with fan experiences that are bigger and better than ever! It’s the fans that make gamescom the biggest gaming event in the world, and we’re thrilled to greet you this year with the largest booth we’ve ever had at gamescom. Attendees will be able to experience a huge amount of exciting new games coming to Xbox, PC and Game Pass with fantastic photo opportunities and the return of Xbox FanFest.  If you can’t make it to Cologne this year, don’t worry. We’ll bring the Xbox booth directly to you, with deep dives, gameplay and developer interviews live streamed across three days of the show. We can’t wait! Keep reading for more details on everything we’re up to at gamescom 2023.  Xbox Booth   Did we mention that the Xbox booth is bigger than ever this year? Because it is! We’ll have over 30 titles in the booth awaiting eager players, spread across over 150 gaming stations, amazing photo ops and experiences, and a specially constructed 300-seater theatre. Attendees will be able to check out exclusive theatre presentations from Bethesda Game Studios’ highly anticipated  Starfield,  as well as upcoming Xbox Game Studios releases  Forza Motorsport  from the developers at Turn 10 Studios, and  Ara: History Untold  from the team at Oxide Games.  Towerborne,  the newest adventure from the developers at Stoic and unveiled at the Xbox Showcase, will be hands-on for the first time and we’ll have the latest content coming to  The Elder Scrolls Online  and  Microsoft Flight Simulator.  Over 25 titles from our third-party partners and ID@Xbox friends will be playable on the booth. This includes the world debuts of GSC Game World’s  S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2,  Overkill Software and Starbreeze Studios’  Payday 3,  DontNod’s recently announced  Jusant,  FromSoftware’s  ARMORED CORE VI: Fires of Rubicon , Recreate Games’  Party Animals , CD PROJEKT RED’s  Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty , Spotlight by Quantic Dream’s  Under the Waves , Sega Atlus‘  Persona 5 Tactica  and many more. Attendees can also come and help us celebrate 10 years of ID@Xbox and experience a diverse range of ID@Xbox titles for hands-on, including Paradox’s  Lamplighter’s League , Thunderful’s  SteamWorld Build , Amplifier’s  Lightyear Frontier , and lots more. Whatever you’re into, the Xbox booth will have something for you. For the full list of titles playable on the Xbox booth visit  here. And make sure you don’t miss out on the PC Game Pass Challenge! This adventure offers participants a fun opportunity to win thousands of exciting prizes including PC Game Pass memberships, OMEN gaming laptops, HyperX headsets, and NVIDIA GeForce NOW Ultimate memberships. Get ready to discover your next favorite PC games with PC Game Pass and reach new possibilities to game however, wherever you want.Xbox remains committed to the belief that gaming should be  safe, inclusive, and accessible for all . We’re ensuring that all areas of the booth are wheelchair accessible and Xbox Adaptive Controllers will be available on request, as well as select demo stations with adjustable height desks. We will also have multiple American Sign Language (ASL) and German Sign Language (DGS) interpreters and “Here to Help” staff to assist players of all abilities. Additionally, we’ll have sensory aids and a quiet room for anyone who needs them. You will be able to find us at Hall 8 of the Koelnmesse, North entrance. See below for the consumer show opening times:   Thursday, August 24 – 10:00am – 8:00pm CEST   Friday, August 25 – 10:00am – 8:00pm CEST   Saturday, August 26 – 9:00am – 8:00 pm CEST   Sunday, August 27 – 9:00am – 8:00pm CEST  Xbox @ gamescom 2023: Live From The Showfloor No matter where you are in the world, we will bring gamescom 2023 to you, with three days of approx. 3 hour live streams direct from the Xbox booth.  On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, join Team Xbox and friends for a series of streams taking a deeper dive into some of the highly-anticipated games at gamescom 2023, with gameplay, developer chats and community segments to give you a flavour of the show. Whether you join us for every stream, or just dip in for the latest on your most anticipated titles, we’re looking forward to connecting with fans across the globe and showing off some of the amazing games coming to Xbox.  Keep an eye on Xbox Social channels for the full content schedule in the days leading up to gamescom. The live English-language broadcast from Xbox’s gamescom booth will be available in German, Castilian Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish and Latin America Spanish along with ASL and English Audio Descriptions. You can catch the Xbox Booth @gamescom Live Stream on regional Xbox channels on YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, and elsewhere.  Xbox FanFest @ gamescom 2023   Celebrate Xbox at gamescom 2023 with Xbox FanFest’s in-person and virtual experiences. Fans are invited to join the After-Hours Booth event for early access to the Xbox gamescom booth, connect with Team Xbox and fellow Xbox players, play FanFest Trivia, and more! If you’re planning on being in the Cologne area, opt in for a chance to win tickets at  xbox.com/fanfest . No Purchase Necessary. Open to registered Xbox FanFest fans, 18+. Ends 8/8/23.  See Official Rules for details . Can’t make it to gamescom? No problem! Join our virtual event on August 23 rd , 11:30am PT / 20:30 CEST at  twitch.tv/xbox . Play Xbox FanFest Trivia with fans from all over the world for the chance to win awesome prizes. Learn more at  xbox.com/fanfest  ( See Official Rules ).  Calling all game developers to devcom   This year, Xbox is a proud sponsor of devcom, the official game developer event of gamescom and Europe´s biggest game developer community-driven conference. If you’re a developer, stop by the  Community Clubhouse  - a free networking and learning hub for all those who live and breathe community and player experience. This amazing event is being hosted by Xbox, Two Hat, Keywords Studios | Helpshift, Affogata, and Odin. We’ll focus on how to successfully plan and build online game communities and explore exemplary end-to-end player experiences in games.  Community Clubhouse event details:  Date : Tuesday, August 22, 2023  Duration : 8:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. CET  Venue : Microsoft Office Event Space  Location : Holzmarkt 2, 50676 Köln, Germany At devcom, you’ll also have plenty of opportunities to learn from experts at studios including Niantic, SEGA, Next Games, Rovio Entertainment Group, Supercell, and others on topics including Player Support & Engagement, Moderation, Community Management, Player Insights, Trust & Safety and more. Highlights include:  “Accelerate Your Game with the ID@Xbox Developer Acceleration Program” (Tuesday, August 22)  – The ID@Xbox Developer Acceleration Program aims to empower underrepresented creators with the resources and information needed to bring their creativity, innovation, and originality to Xbox. Join Program Manager Annette Gonzalez to learn more about the program’s offerings, how to apply, and more!  “Pitch It!” Mixer (Tuesday, August 22 at 5PM)  – Developers will have an opportunity to pitch their games to representatives from ID@Xbox and the Developer Acceleration Program. Please note that the “Pitch It!” Mixer is exclusively for developers, publishers, and investors with a business pass or above. For developers unable to attend the “Pitch it!” Mixer, please visit  ID@Xbox  to learn more.  For more details and updates on our talks and events as we get closer to devcom, remember to visit  the Microsoft Game Dev blog  and follow  the Microsoft Game Dev social channel .  Xbox Social Media Coverage  For all the latest updates on Xbox at gamescom this year, stay tuned to the @Xbox  X (Twitter) ,  Facebook ,  Instagram  and  YouTube  social channels, and the @XboxDACH  Twitter ,  Facebook ,  Instagram, TikTok  and  YouTube  social channels. We’re using #Xboxgamescom as our event hashtag.  Wherever and however you choose to join in the fun of gamescom 2023 we look forward to welcoming you to the show!   Xbox Wire gamescom ’23

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Discussion:.

Do you think we will get any surprise announcements?

Tomorrow starts the Livestream from the Showfloor.

Date: August 23 | 4:00 PM CEST | 7:00 AM PT

• ID@Xbox: 10 Year Celebration
• 33 Immortals
• 33 Immortals (Interview)
• Phil Spencer Interview
• Microsoft Flight Simulator
• Age of Empires IV

Date: August 24 | 4:00 PM CEST | 7:00 AM PT

• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
• Forza Motorsport
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
• Alan Wake 2
• Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
• Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
• Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
• The Elder Scrolls Online
• ARA: History Untold

Date: August 25 | 4:00 PM CEST | 7:00 AM PT

• Cities: Skylines II
• Sea of Thieves: An Update From Rare
• Party Animals
• Dungeons of Hinterberg
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2: Behind The Scenes With Ninja Theory
• Still Wakes The Deep

What exactly are they live streaming? Is this like when Nintendo would do a Treehouse and they’re showing you gameplay for like 20 minutes of each game? I wonder if Stalker 2 gets a release date this week. Looking forward to seeing more of Towerborne.

Here I thought it was gonna be either a stage show or a stream like we had in June.

I wonder what they are going to show from Stalker 2 and if a release date will be announced at all. And I see Alan Wake 2, interesting. Really thought Sony had the marketing on that.

And the Hellblade 2 stuff, sorry, but I sleep. Behind the scenes is something we’ve been a few times now. It’s time for more.

That’s what they write on Xbox Wire (it’s also in the OP)

No matter where you are in the world, we will bring gamescom 2023 to you, with three days of approx. 3 hour live streams direct from the Xbox booth. On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, join Team Xbox and friends for a series of streams taking a deeper dive into some of the highly-anticipated games at gamescom 2023, with gameplay, developer chats and community segments to give you a flavour of the show.

So if I have to guess it’s probably, like you said, something like Nintendo Treehouse or Xbox E3 Showcase Extended.

doubt this works well, but going to try and co-stream it.

A good 2-part interview with Phil Spencer:

Another interview with Phil Spencer, this one is from the main Xbox livestream. I’ve timestamped the link to start right at the interview at 2:02:35:

https://www.youtube.com/live/TGlCHdfvqJQ?si=Tpz90Dagm1jmB0K6&t=7355

A brief overview of the Xbox booth. I could do without the antics, but still… if you’re not at the convention, it does give you an idea of what people are seeing on the ground:

They show some gameplay bits and I think it’s new?

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E3 2023 schedule: Xbox, PlayStation, Ubisoft, Starfield, and more announcements for Summer Game Fest

Even with E3 2023 canceled, there are still plenty of presentations and showcases worth watching out for at Summer Game Fest

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Other potentials, not at e3 2023.

The E3 2023 schedule is full steam ahead, despite the fact that the physical E3 2023 event has been canceled . This would have been the first physical event in three years, however, the show was plagued with uncertainty as publishers failed to publicly commit to the show and then the show was eventually cancelled on March 30.

However, publishers and developers alike are keeping the E3 2023 season alive by still putting on showcases during the same period. That's what you'll find below, where we'll go over how the E3 2023 schedule is shaping up, from the big presentations from publishers like Xbox, Bethesda, and Ubisoft to other digital showcases such as the Future Games Show and Summer Game Fest. 

E3 2023 news

E3 2023 has officially been canceled. While the industry was anticipating the return of the annual showcase, the ESA issued a statement on March 30 recognizing that "interested companies wouldn’t have playable demos ready and that resourcing challenges made being at E3 this summer an obstacle they couldn't overcome." 

This would have been the first year where E3 was run by Reedpop – the people behind PAX, Comic Con, and other events – after the ESA announced that  E3 2023 would be both in-person and digital  after years of Covid-related disruption. Sadly, we learned on March 30, 2023, that Reedpop and the ESA canceled " both the digital and physical events for E3 2023 ". 

However, that doesn't mean the E3 2023 schedule is dead - quite the opposite. We're going digital again, with names like Xbox, PlayStation, Ubisoft, and more doing showcases this year. 

• Xbox Summer Showcase will feature new games and updates on major titles
• Xbox promises "much, much more" about Starfield at its summer showcase
• Ubisoft is skipping E3 2023 after all and holding its own show instead
• Nintendo confirms it's skipping E3 2023
• Cyberpunk 2077 devs are showing off the Phantom Liberty DLC at Summer Game Fest
• Ubisoft confirms Assassin's Creed Mirage and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora for June showcase

E3 2023 dates

When is e3 2023.

E3 2023 would have run from June 11 - 16 2023, with those dates including several different segments of activities. 

Originally, Tuesday, June 13 to Thursday, June 15 was set to be E3 Business Days, reserved for industry professionals and the media. And Thursday, June 15 and Friday, June 16 would have been E3 Gamer Days, where the event would have be open to the public. Sadly, with the E3 2023 cancellation, this set of events will no longer continue. 

However, we are still seeing developers and publishers holding events during this specific time window, with the E3 2023 schedule starting on June 8 and currently running through until June 13. You can see what's been confirmed so far below. 

E3 2023 showcases

While E3 2023 has been canceled, that isn't to say that there aren't still events in the E3 2023 schedule that you shouldn't pay attention to. Between the Xbox and Bethesda conference, Ubisoft Forward, and Summer Game Fest , there are still plenty of game reveal opportunities to look forward to this June.

And you can catch up with all the announcements by heading to our E3 2023 coverage page, or hitting the links below for individual major showcase rounds-ups as they wrap:

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Ubisoft Forward 2023

WHEN: June 12 at 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 6PM BST / 7PM CET

Ubisoft will host a Ubisoft Forward on June 12, 2023. Ubisoft confirmed to GI.biz that it was "excited to showcase our strong line-up in Los Angeles in June" as part of the revamped event. We expect to see at least Assassin's Creed Mirage make an appearance, but there are a lot of Ubisoft titles in development.

Capcom Showcase

WHEN: June 12 @ 3PM PT / 6PM ET / 11PM BST / 12AM CET (June 11)

Capcom has come in late with an announcement for its own showcase on June 12, with a Capcom Showcase running for approximately 36 minutes. It's tipped to bring us "the latest Capcom updates" along with information about "upcoming releases and future titles". 

Watch on: YouTube , Twitch

Xbox Games Showcase Extended

WHEN: June 13 @ 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 6PM BST / 7PM CET

Microsoft will also be airing a second showcase as part of the E3 2023 schedule. The Xbox Games Showcase Extended will drop on June 13 and offer "in-depth interviews focused on the news from our Xbox Games Showcase as well as game updates from our partners". Usually this is the space where we get further looks at everything announced at the core showcase, so it's a lovely addendum. 

How to watch: Xbox Twitch ,  Xbox YouTube ,  Xbox Twitch ASL , Xbox Facebook  

RGG Summit Summer 2023

WHEN: June 15 @ 8PM PT / 11PM ET / 4AM BST (June 16) / 5AM CEST (June 16)

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio is hosting an RGG Summit Summer 2023, which will no doubt shed more light on Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, which just got a November 9 release date. 

Watch on: TBC

Annapurna Interactive Showcase 2023

WHEN: June 29 @ 12PM PT / 3PM ET / 8PM BST / 9PM CEST

Annapurna Interactive is hosting its very own showcase on June 29 - so technically not in the E3 2023 window but we'll allow it in here. Expect "reveals, announcements, and one of our biggest announcements yet". 

Watch on : YouTube , Twitch

Sony, Nintendo, and the others

As for Sony and its PlayStation Studios, it hasn't done anything with E3 for a number of years now, instead choosing to set its own agenda with its State of Play live streams for its upcoming PS5 games . Instead, this year we got the May 24 PlayStation Showcase, which presented a number of game reveals and updates for PS5 titles.

It's looking unlikely there will be other showcases confirmed at such a late stage, but we'll of course keep you posted if that changes. 

EA Play Live

EA Play Live didn't happen in 2022, with EA instead opting instead to update us on games as and when they're ready to be shown off – a little like what Sony does with its State of Play spotlights. 

However, we're not yet sure what EA will do for E3 2023. EA Play has traditionally bucked the E3 trend, with the first few years seeing the event run in the days leading up to E3 week, and then 2021's version debuting in July - a full month after the traditional E3 window. 

With Reedpop mentioning that the E3 2023 schedule will be running from June 11 with "partnered digital events", it might be that we see EA Play return to its usual slot.

Nintendo has officially confirmed it will be skipping E3 2023 . As Nintendo tells  VentureBeat in a statement: "We approach our involvement in any event on a case-by-case basis and are always considering various ways to engage with our fans. Since this year’s E3 show didn’t fit into our plans, we have made the decision to not participate. However, we have been and continue to be a strong supporter of the ESA and E3." Rumor has it that Nintendo's skipping this year's event because it simply doesn't have enough games to show , but Nintendo itself hasn't confirmed this. 

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Sony announced an hours-worth of news focused on the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation VR 2 release schedule in a PlayStation Showcase on Wednesday . The show included new games from PlayStation Studios as well as third-party and indie game developers.

Plenty was announced during the event, including a bunch of PlayStation VR 2 titles, the Metal Gear Solid 3 remake , Bungie’s new game Marathon , and a bevy of indie games. Of course, Insomniac Games’ Spider-Man 2 headlined the event, giving us a closer look at the anticipated follow-up to its earlier Spidey titles.

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Haven Studios, led by Jade Raymond, announced its first game, Fairgame$ , was the first game showcased at the PlayStation Showcase on Wednesday. PlayStation acquired the studio in March of last year. The teaser trailer didn’t show much gameplay, but focused on the game’s steal-from-the-rich vibes.

Helldivers 2

Next up in the showcase was Helldivers 2 from Arrowhead, a follow-up to the 2015 top-down shooter game. It’s coming to PlayStation 5 and Windows PC in 2023, and appears to keep the series’ original style of humor.

Immortals of Aveum

From Electronic Arts and Ascendant Studios, Immortals of Aveum is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Windows PC on July 20. The new trailer shown Wednesday gave us a look into both story and gameplay elements in the lead-up to its summer release date.

Ghostrunner 2

Ghostrunner 2 , published by 505 Games and One More Level, was announced early on in the PlayStation Showcase. It’s expected out this year on PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X, bringing action-forward first-person platforming to the new generation of consoles.

Phantom Blade 0

Phantom Blade 0 , from S-GAME, looks to be full of fast-paced, swords-based combat. No release date was given, but blood was shed.

Sword of the Sea

Sword of the Sea is from the developer of Abzu and The Pathless , and looks like a chill journey — literally, like Journey , but with skateboarding.

The Talos Principle 2

The Talos Principle 2 is expected out this year, a follow-up to the critically-acclaimed The Talos Principle , which was released in 2014. The series is known for its use of philosophy and puzzles to create something truly unique.

Nomada, the developer behind Gris , is working on a beautiful game starring a swordfighter and a white wolf with antlers — and looks to be a serious heartbreaker, judging from the trailer. It’s heading to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X in 2024.

Square Enix’s colorful shooter Foamstars promises like a huge foam party, with play clearly inspired by Splatoon .

The Plucky Squire

The Plucky Squire , published by Devolver Digital, is a super cute storybook game.

Teardown , like its name suggests, is all about breaking stuff. The voxel chaos, already out on PC, is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X this year.

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Konami announced its Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater remake , known as Metal Gear Solid Δ , with a watery trailer. It’s coming to PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X.

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Final Fantasy 16 ’s latest story trailer debuted at the PlayStation Showcase on Wednesday ahead of its June 22 release date.

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Revenant Hill

Worker-owned cooperative The Glory Society announced Revenant Hill . The trailer was just a teaser, but the developer shared more information about the game — which has a similar aesthetic to Night in the Woods, which was created by the studios’ co-founders — in a blog on PlayStation website . Revenant Hill stars a cat named Twigs and the community that surrounds him.

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Resident Evil 4

Resident Evil 4 is coming to PlayStation VR 2. No release date was given.

One of the more exciting prospects from the PlayStation Showcase is Marathon , Destiny 2 creator Bungie’s new, colorful shooter. Name sound familiar? That’s because Bungie published Marathon originally in 1994 on Mac.

Something called Concord is coming to PlayStation 5 in 2024, but the trailer didn’t give us much to work with. Looks colorful.

Gran Turismo

Gran Turismo is a movie now, coming in August. But... it’s about kids who play Gran Turismo . Twist. Expect lots of shiny cars.

Sony will release its own remote play-based handheld device, currently dubbed Project Q at the company. Basically, it’s a DualSense controller with an 8-inch screen in the middle. The device is expected out later this year.

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Our GDC 2023 Presentations

During the 2023 Game Developers Conference, our team was honored to showcase the remarkable journey behind the creation of our game, God of War Ragnarök.

Our developers prepared an array of insightful presentations that delved into topics such as our unique animation process, innovative AI systems, comprehensive playtesting for accessibility, and even a nostalgic trip to our 2013 multiplayer game, God of War: Ascension.

We hope these presentations inspire, educate, and spark engaging conversations with our fellow developers and our community of players and fans. Please enjoy!

Animation in 'God of War Ragnarök ’

• Bruno Velazquez , Animation Director
• David Gibson, Animation Director
• Mehdi Yssef, Lead Gameplay Animator
• Erica Pinto, Lead Narrative Animator

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Join Santa Monica Studio's Animation Leads and Directors for four quickfire presentations intended to highlight the studio's diverse approach to animation. From shot breakdowns and cinematic storytelling tricks to dismemberment systems and directorial challenges, the four segments will illustrate the various ways Santa Monica Studio uses animation to further the player experience.

Playtesting ‘God of War Ragnarök’ Accessibility Options

• Sue Pacete, Senior User Researcher

Playtesting the full experience of your linear or open world story driven game can feel daunting—even more so when trying to evaluate the game with a limited pool of accessibility consumers. This presentation will take you through the journey of tackling these challenges and their accessibility approach and methods with God of War Ragnarök.

Reinventing the Wheel for Snow Rendering

• Paolo Surricchio, Senior Staff Programmer

Peek behind the curtain at the decision-making process that led the rendering team at Santa Monica Studio to rewrite their snow displacement solution.

Dive into the technical details of the previous and current solutions, showing and comparing limitations of the previous and new systems, how and why each component is developed, and what problems they solve. See the visual breakdown of how each part contributes to the final image, and how artists interface with the system.

Through examples, understand how it's possible to design and implement reusable rendering components—while both solving a specific problem and leaving the door open to future changes.

Automated Testing at Santa Monica Studio

• Ben Hines, Senior Staff Devops Engineer

Automated testing continues to grow in importance within the game industry. Santa Monica Studio has extensively used automation to test various aspects of the game for over a decade. The team created a test framework called "TestMonkey," which includes game tests that can be run locally or remotely on a server as part of a Continuous Integration process.

This presentation will go through their experience and lessons learned when implementing this testing framework. Ben Hines, Staff DevOps Engineer at Santa Monica Studio, will give demos of their internal website, which displays test results for users—and talk about how they integrate different platforms into the system.

Test suites to be discussed include: Visual Tests, Smoke Tests, SAN / ASAN Tests, Determinism, Gameplay, and Code Integration tests. Additionally, they can talk about the scripting languages used for the automated tests.

Real-Time Neural Texture Upsampling in ‘God of War Ragnarök’

• Xuanyi Zhou, Programmer

This presentation gives a detailed breakdown of the run-time neural texture upsampling system in God of War Ragnarök—including how the networks are designed to directly output BC compressed image blocks, how the process is optimized to take full advantage of PlayStation 5's GPU hardware, how all the components evolved during the prototyping and development process, and the limitations of the specific approach adopted in the system.

The Making of Vistas

• Ethan Ayer, Senior Environment Artist

The God of War series is known for its grand scale including epic beautiful vista environments that span across the horizon. God of War Ragnarök continues this tradition.

This presentation will be the definitive how-to-make awesome vista environments for AAA games. It will begin by covering the various functions of vistas, from level-swapping LOD backgrounds to epic hero landscapes. It will then dive deep into the process of making vista environments, starting with the overall composition, then asset creation, and bringing it to ship quality.

Examples taken from God of War Ragnarök will be used to identify the various challenges of working on such a large scale. Artistic methods and techniques commonly used to address these challenges along with optimization will be discussed in finer detail.

Preparing AI Systems for ‘God of War Ragnarök

• Göksu Uğur, AI Lead

More enemy variety, more companions, a more-lived world with a lot more characters and wildlife: The AI team had their work cut out for them as the studio transitioned into creating the sequel for God of War (2018).

This presentation goes into multiple AI systems that were either implemented from scratch or improved massively based on the needs of the new game. Specific topics include the challenges and problems solved while migrating engineering and design teams to using behavior trees instead of Lua scripting, systems implemented to give AI more awareness about their surroundings and the new enhanced movement in vertical combat spaces.

The Final Battle of ‘God of War Ragnarök’: Techniques for Delivering High-Stakes Sequences

• Vicki Smith, Senior Staff Level Designer

One of the hardest parts of game development is ending the game well. This is particularly true when teams are big, expectations are high, and schedules are tight. Usually launched later in the design cycle, end-game level creation sometimes can feel like a team going into combat.

In this presentation, a senior level designer on God of War Ragnarök explores the difficulties and rewards of bringing the climactic battle of Ragnarök to life. The presentation offers practical lessons, from combat pacing to art optimization, from team structure to data organization, learned in the trenches of Asgard.

Rendering ‘God of War Ragnarök’

• Stephen McAuley, Lead Rendering Programmer

How do you approach rendering a cross-generation, first-party title? This presentation not only describes some of the major technical features of God of War Ragnarök, but also discusses the leadership and decision-making required along the way.

The presentation begins with the features needed to realize the narrative of the game, before moving onto lighting and art workflow improvements, from automation to eliminating areas of high production cost. It then explains differentiating features for the PlayStation 5 hardware, including raytraced cubemaps and contact hardening shadows. It concludes with optimization strategy and techniques, from brainstorming presentation with the rendering team to art tools and novel GPU optimizations.

In addition to the attached presentation above, anyone is able to view the full video presentation of this talk on the GDC website, found below.

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Modernizing Multiplayer Services for 'God of War: Ascension' (PS3)

• Eric Gottesman, Senior Staff Devops Engineer

In 2013, Santa Monica Studio released "God of War: Ascension" on the PlayStation 3, a game unique to the franchise with its inclusion of multiplayer modes. When AWS announced the shutdown of EC2-Classic in 2022, the multiplayer environment for the game was set to be impacted, and the team had to lead, architect, and deploy a new solution in a time frame of about two weeks.

This presentation covers the transition from a set of static, unmanaged Amazon EC2 hosts to a fully containerized, Terraform-managed Amazon ECS on AWS Fargate cluster and the unexpected challenges that were faced. Learn about the value of maintaining servers for older games, best practices, and the challenges we're all likely to encounter in the future as more games depend on third-party services.

‘God of War Ragnarök’ Visual Scripting Solution

• Sam Sternklar, Senior Programmer

As games become larger and larger, designers are tasked with scripting more complex systems and sequences. Programming departments across the industry are responsible for ensuring that the environments and APIs available to designers are simultaneously flexible, safe, and efficient.

For the development of God of War Ragnarök, Santa Monica Studio found its existing scripting solution lacking, and set out to alter both the tools available for scripting and how their designers approach scripting as a whole—and in the process give more freedom to designers and programmers alike.

This presentation discusses using event-based scripting, command deferral, and strong collaboration with designers in the context of creating a flexible, safe, and efficient scripting environment.

Breaking Barriers: Combat Accessibility in ‘God of War Ragnarök’

• Adam Oliver, Senior Combat Designer

The God of War franchise has its roots in delivering approachable, expressive combat for players of widely varying abilities. However, its complexity also provides unique opportunities for unintended barriers for players with disabilities, conflicting with those very roots. In crafting the latest entry, God of War Ragnarök, Santa Monica Studio pushed many aspects of its combat further than ever before—and accessibility was no exception.

Practical Tools for Transitioning into Leadership Roles

Transitioning into leadership roles can be an intimidating and challenging process. Driven by Göksu Uğur‘s own experience going through this transition, this presentation will focus on toolsets that will help anyone who would like to start improving on those skills before they are in a leadership role—or to figure out if they would like to be in the future.

God of War Ragnarok': Building the UI for a AAA Sequel

• Zach Bohn, Senior Staff Technical UI Designer

In this presentation, Zach Bohn, Sr. Staff Technical Designer at Santa Monica Studio, will discuss the development of God of War Ragnarök's User Interface (UI) and, more broadly, the role of a UI team/individual on a project.

In further detail, this presentation covers the unique role of the UI discipline in game development and the challenges it faces from design/engineering and artistic perspectives, how to best structure a UI team to ensure its success, and the internal Santa Monica critique of God of War (2018) and how it formed the foundational cornerstones of developing the sequel's UI.

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Companion Traversal in ‘God of War Ragnarök'

• Salaar Kohari, Programmer

This presentation covers how the God of War Ragnarök team creates AI behaviors, level design systems, and animation tech to support the player and multiple companions traversing independently within the same systems.

It describes how navmesh is utilized to support character-specific traversal and pathing for areas that may include many characters, and explains the AI behaviors and components created to facilitate a simple and flexible way for level designers to setup companion traversal. Lastly, this presentation touches on animation techniques that are utilized to ensure smooth visuals and dynamic positioning during traversal.

Joint-based Skin Deformation in ‘God of War Ragnarök’

• Tenghao Wang, Senior Programmer

In this session, Tenghao Wang, Senior Technical Artist at Santa Monica Studio, gives a detailed breakdown of how to achieve a high level of fidelity skin deformation with joint based rigging in the new God of War.

He will present a systematic joint-based rig to fit the curve fiber structure of the muscle to achieve volume preservation, as well as discuss the implementation details of a new dynamic bone technique that can be used to approximate muscle, fat, and skin jiggle effect. In addition, Tenghao will showcase how this technique can enhance the impact feel of combat,

How to Build a Home: Designing Narrative for Sindri’s House in ‘God of War Ragnarök’

• Harleigh Awner, Technical Narrative Designer

Home bases in games have long been a player-driven experience: Supporting characters lack agency and believability.

In this presentation, Harleigh Awner, Technical Narrative Designer at Santa Monica Studio, describes an approach to creating a home base that is character-driven: What it means to give characters the independence to act, why it’s important, the challenges the team faced, and the solutions they found.

‘God of War Ragnarök’: Designing AAA Low Vision Game Accessibility

• Mila Pavlin, Former Lead UX Designer

An in-depth investigation into the design process of God of War Ragnarök's low vision gameplay features. This talk covers the four-year process within the Santa Monica Studio team to increase accessibility for navigation, puzzle, and general gameplay. Take a specific look at how large scope games can approach barriers in gameplay and scope to impact problem spaces for players with low visions. Learn the successes and pitfalls in large scale accessibility design thinking, and how they can be applied in all games.

For the latest updates around God of War Ragnarök, make sure you follow Santa Monica Studio on Twitter , Facebook , and Instagram .

To join the conversation with other fans, head to the official Santa Monica Studio Discord !

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As Summer Game Geoff, aka Keigh3, aka The Keighleys, aka Summer Game Fest 2023 , winds down, there are a few more big developer presentations left, including today’s Ubisoft Forward 2023.

You can watch the livestream on Twitch or YouTube at 1PM ET / 10 AM PT / 6PM BST. Since we’re global here at The Verge , if we haven’t included your timezone, Ubisoft has got you covered, tweeting a bunch more global start times.

Ubisoft has already had a couple of reveals sprinkled throughout Summer Game Fest. Last week, we were treated to the world premiere of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown — a brand new side-scrolling platformer that harkens to the original 1989 Apple II Prince of Persia. Speaking of Prince of Persia , it’s unlikely that we see anything of Ubisoft’s Sands of Time remake since the developer recently announced that its development has been rebooted. But if we do, it’ll be a very nice surprise.

During the Xbox presentation, Ubisoft also revealed a first look at Star Wars: Outlaws , an open-world Star Wars game that takes place between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Since the Xbox presentation only revealed Outlaws’ trailer, hopefully Ubisoft saved some blue-milkier details for its own showcase later today.

Skull and Bones , the game that refuses to die but also refuses to be launched , will probably also get an update today — probably another delay, but who knows.

And, of course, no Ubisoft presentation would be complete without a copious amount of Assassin’s Creed news. Mirage has a release date , we know a mobile game is in the works, and there are also the two other mainline Assassin’s Creed games, codenamed “Red” and “Hexe,” that might be revealed today.

The Ubisoft Forward livestream event begins at 1PM ET.

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After winning every major Game of the Year award in 2023, Baldur's Gate 3 is now cleaning up in 2024 too

Larian's hit RPG claimed five wins at the 2024 BAFTA awards, including Best Game.

We said in January that Baldur's Gate 3 had completed its Game of the Year sweep by claiming the top honor in the 2023 Steam Awards. What we did not anticipate is that it would continue kicking ass through 2024. Maybe we should have been a little more forward-thinking on that one, because Larian's D&D RPG just claimed the Best Game title, and four others, at the 2024 BAFTA Awards .

Baldur's Gate 3 beat out a slate of very impressive contenders for the win including Alan Wake 2, Dave the Diver, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, and Super Mario Bros. Wonder. The trophy will sit nicely alongside earlier Game of the Year hardware taken home from The Game Awards, the Golden Joysticks, and the Steam Awards. It's a genuinely remarkable stretch of domination for a game I honestly thought might have a shot at doing business with oldster RPG players and fans of Larian's past work when it was announced in 2019. A gross underestimation, as it turns out.

Along with the Best Game title, Baldur's Gate 3 also took home wins for best music, narrative, performer in a supporting role—specifically, that went to Andrew Wincott for his portrayal of the charming devil Raphael —and the EE Players' Choice Award, the only BAFTA award voted on by players.

Larian boss Swen Vincke was somewhat more restrained in his acceptance speech than he was at GDC, when he pointedly blamed "greed" among game industry executives for " fucking this thing up for so long ." Instead, he took the more traditional awards show route of thanking family, friends, and everyone who worked on the game.

"There's really a truckload of partners who helped us make this game," he said. "We didn't do this on our own. I once counted, I came to over 2,000 people that worked on Baldur's Gate 3, which is incredible, over six years." He also made a point of calling out the Baldur's Gate 3 actors, "who spent so much time in those suits."

Despite being a story-based RPG that came out more than eight months ago, Baldur's Gate 3 remains one of the most popular games on Steam: There are at this moment more than 77,000 people playing it, good enough for the 12th spot on Steam's Most Played chart . 

And despite that monstrous, runaway success, Larian has officially and emphatically said its time with the famed RPG series is over: It will continue to support Baldur's Gate 3 (and a new hotfix actually just dropped yesterday) but Vincke said in March that the studio will not be making any DLC or sequels .

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Larian is finished with Baldur's Gate 3, but it may not be finished collecting awards: The game is nominated in multiple categories, including (of course) Game of the Year, in the 2024 Gayming Awards , which will take place in June. Will the midpoint of 2024 finally signal the end of Baldur's Gate 3's genuinely awesome demolition of its rivals? At this point I have to imagine that every other game studio on the planet is hoping so.

The full list of 2024 BAFTA Award winners is below.

🏆 Animation - Hi-Fi Rush 🏆 Artistic Achievement - Alan Wake 2 🏆 Audio Achievement - Alan Wake 2 🏆 Best Game - Baldur's Gate 3 🏆 British Game: - Viewfinder 🏆 Debut Game - Venba 🏆 Evolving Game - Cyberpunk 2077 🏆 Family - Super Mario Bros Wonder 🏆 Game Beyond Entertainment - Tchia 🏆 Game Design - Dave the Diver 🏆 Multiplayer - Super Mario Bros Wonder 🏆 Music - Baldur's Gate 3 🏆 Narrative - Baldur's Gate 3 🏆 New Intellectual Property - Viewfinder 🏆 Performer in a Leading Role - Nadji Peter (Miles Morales, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 ) 🏆 Performer in a Supporting Role - Andrew Wincott (Raphael, Baldur's Gate 3 ) 🏆 Technical Achievement - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom 🏆 EE Players' Choice Award – Baldur's Gate 3

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Artists UMI (left) and Louis VI (right) teamed up with the Museum for the United Nations - UN Live to re-release songs with nature sounds for Earth Day. Ryusei Sabi, Orson Esquivel. hide caption

Nature has a mixtape. The U.N. hopes young people will listen to it

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Middle East

Have counterstrikes shifted the political and military landscape in the mideast, why europe is the fastest-warming continent on earth.

by  Rebecca Hersher

The NBA has announced its finalists for 7 end-of-the-season awards

Volkswagen vote sets a new trajectory for labor unions in the american south, opening statements to get underway in former president trump's hush money trial.

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U.S. raises alarms that China is helping Russia reconstitute its defense industry

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A TikTok ban in the United States took a step closer to becoming a reality

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