Multi 2025 Summer Game Fest (RIP E3)

[dimmerwit]

Event	Date	Start Time
State of Unreal	June 3	6:30 AM PT / 8:30 AM CT / 9:30 AM ET / 2:30 PM BST
Sony State of Play	June 4	2:00 PM PT / 4:00 PM CT / 5:00 PM ET / 10 PM BST
Summer Game Fest	June 6	2:00 PM PT / 4:00 PM CT / 5:00 PM ET / 10 PM BST
Day of the Devs	June 6	4:00 PM PT / 6:00 PM CT / 7:00 PM ET / 12:00 AM BST (June 7)
BALL x PIT: The Kenny Sun Story (Devolver Digital)	June 6	5:00 PM PT / 7:00 PM CT / 8:00 PM ET / 1:00 AM BST (June 7)
IOI Showcase	June 6	6:00 PM PT / 8:00 PM CT / 9:00 PM ET / 2:00 AM BST (June 7)
Wholesome Direct	June 7	9:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM CT / 12:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM BST
Women Led Games	June 7	10:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM CT / 1:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM BST
Latin American Games Showcase	June 7	11:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM CT / 2:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM BST
Southeast Asian Games Showcase	June 7	12:00 PM PT / 2:00 PM CT / 3:00 PM ET / 8:00 PM BST
Future Games Show	June 7	1:00 PM PT / 3:00 PM CT / 4:00 PM ET / 9:00 PM BST
Green Games Showcase	June 7	1:00 PM PT / 3:00 PM CT / 4:00 PM ET / 9:00 PM BST
Frosty Games Fest	June 7	4:00 PM PT / 6:00 PM CT / 7:00 PM ET / 12:00 AM BST (June 8)
Xbox Games Showcase & The Outer Worlds 2 Direct	June 8	10:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM CT / 1:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM BST
PC Gaming Show	June 8	12:00 PM PT / 2:00 PM CT / 3:00 PM ET / 8:00 PM BST
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach Game Premiere	June 8	7:00 PM PT / 9:00 PM CT / 10:00 PM ET / 3:00 AM BST (June 9)
Black Voices in Gaming	June 9	9:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM CT / 12:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM BST

This is a thread for the glut of summer news that will be coming out from this weekend. The Summer Game Fest show itself is on Friday. See the table above which I shamelessly stole. There's also some non-event stuff like IGN Live.

Already some news as IOI, makers of Hitman, announced the name of their James Bond game as 007: First Light.

 

[dimmerwit]

Also if you're wondering about Sony the word is they will hold an event sometime in June, but nothing is confirmed. We do see Sony stuff elsewhere though, and there's the Death Stranding 2 premiere on Sunday.

Nintendo are probably busy with Switch 2. Their next showing is the Pokemon Direct on 22 July.

 

[dimmerwit]

The Unreal event is starting soon. It is a tech-focused event, but there will be some Witcher IV footage.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Oh hey, new Witcher game.

 

[dimmerwit]

Wow. If it really looks like that at 60FPS on console that's very impressive.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

The fact that this Metahuman shit looks so good live is crazy.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

So, that was more to show off what Unreal 5.6 can do as opposed to announcing a bunch of new games using Unreal. Should have figured that, but the Witcher footage suggested to me that maybe more games would truly be announced instead of a bunch of concept footage.

 

[Rachel]

I like that devs can keep up to the first million

 

[dimmerwit]

Well, Sony have confirmed their State of Play for June, which is in fact going to be tomorrow.

The hot rumours suggest Resident Evil 9 might make an appearance either tomorrow or sometime else this week.

 

[Ben]

The hot rumours suggest Resident Evil 9 might make an appearance either tomorrow or sometime else this week.

I really don't know how to feel about that series anymore.

4 was great and iconic, but started straying from the whole "zombie virus" roots. Still, it worked.

5 was good too but started leaning too hard into the action "I'm going to punch this boulder" territory, and just got weirder with the parasite goo stuff.

6... I don't even know what to say about 6. That was just a clusterfuck.

I didn't play 7 but from what I know it was pretty fucked up and hillbilly like.

8 was very fun and had some creepy fucking enemies, especially the Vârcolac, but at the end of the day you were fighting a mushroom. I don't remember what happens in the 8 sequel where you play as Rose, whether they wrapped up that storyline or what.

I guess I'd just love for them to return to good old fashioned zombies and not come up with some new weird shit that Umbrella apparently had their hands in.

 

[rktaker]

I think the only things I'm really looking for are Palworld ( i know not everyone likes it but I do) and state of decay 3. I'm surprised there's no devolver showcase this year

Edit: Oh they are having a showcase, I can't read

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Man, I wish the Sony one was earlier like the Unreal one was yesterday.

 

[dimmerwit]

Kick off is in 2 and a half hours.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Me: This game looks kinda bland.

Sony: Sudo51

Me: oh... oooooooh....

 

[dimmerwit]

Wild intro though. I've always wanted to swim through someone's bloodstream.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Wild intro though. I've always wanted to swim through someone's bloodstream.

I missed a good chunk of it. I'd say I only got the last couple minutes. I might not get to see much live if its only about an hour long.

 

[dimmerwit]

Nioh 3 announced for 2026 with a demo today. That's a good bit of news.

Plus 5 more Astro Bot challenge levels.

 

[dimmerwit]

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls announced, a 2D Marvel fighting game by ArcSys.

Along with the 2D Mortal Kombat collection unveiled earlier.

It closed the show. No Resi Evil 9, although since apparently they don't have a marketing deal with Sony any more that's no great surprise.

 

[rktaker]

if i was good at fighting games I’d probably be more excited for the marvel fighting game.looks cool though

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls announced, a 2D Marvel fighting game by ArcSys.

oooooh, I need to see how that looks

 

[Fool's Requiem]

if i was good at fighting games I’d probably be more excited for the marvel fighting game.looks cool though

I'm bad a fighting games. Still like them... well, most of them. Don't like Mortal Kombat.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Ok, watched the Marvel Token trailer. Looks like Marvel vs Capcom mixed with Guilty Gear Strive. 4v4 tag team would suggest a large roster of character.

I'm interested. Would like to see more.

 

[dimmerwit]

It was a decent show. Nothing amazing, but it's not surprising that Sony's cupboard is a little empty after their teenage Live Service phase.

 

[dimmerwit]

Also, since this seems appropriate for this thread, leaker NateTheHate (who nailed the Switch 2 announcement date) says that there will be a current-gen upgrade to Red Dead Redemption 2.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Also, since this seems appropriate for this thread, leaker NateTheHate (who nailed the Switch 2 announcement date) says that there will be a current-gen upgrade to Red Dead Redemption 2.

Oh nice. It's pretty rare to see a Rockstar game on a Nintendo console, not including Gameboy games. The Switch got the GTA trilogy demakes, Red Dead 1 (and the zombie DLC), and LA Noir. Before that, the Wii got Bully, Manhunt 2, and Table Tennis. The Gamecube only got Smugglers Run Warzones. Before that, as DMA Design, Body Harvest (N64), Space Station Silicon Valley (N64), Lemmings (NES), Lemmings 2 (SNES), and Uniracers (SNES).

Bully, Smugglers Run, and Table Tennis were not done by Rockstar North/DMA Design.

Also, watched the Bond trailer. Nice to see a new Bond and a young one, at that. Dude grinning all over the place like he definitely enjoys this shit. Perfect James Bond.

 

[Spiner202]

I thought it was ok. The only really interesting things to me were the 007 game and the new Astro Bot levels.

 

[dimmerwit]

Oh nice. It's pretty rare to see a Rockstar game on a Nintendo console, not including Gameboy games. The Switch got the GTA trilogy demakes, Red Dead 1 (and the zombie DLC), and LA Noir. Before that, the Wii got Bully, Manhunt 2, and Table Tennis. The Gamecube only got Smugglers Run Warzones. Before that, as DMA Design, Body Harvest (N64), Space Station Silicon Valley (N64), Lemmings (NES), Lemmings 2 (SNES), and Uniracers (SNES).

Bully, Smugglers Run, and Table Tennis were not done by Rockstar North/DMA Design.

This rumour was specifically about coming to PS5 and Series consoles, although it's coming to Switch 2 as well. He said those other platforms would be a few months after the Switch 2 release.