Some old friends in new forms.
The fourth "Summer Games Fest" is now underway with its official kickoff show, which featured several Switch announcements.
- The next season of Fortnite, called "Wilds", will be available tomorrow and include a new jungle environment, with Transformers characters available in the Battle Pass.
- A teaser trailer from Annapurna Interactive for their presentation on June 29 included Neon White, though it's not clear if this was a new platform for the game, new DLC, or a follow-up game.
- Dead by Daylight is adding Nicolas Cage - yes, that one - as a playable survivor starting on July 25.
- Fae Farm received a launch date of September 8.
- A gameplay demo for Mortal Kombat 1 (September 19) aired, showing off several fatalities as well as the game's "Kameo" system which allows other characters both playable and otherwise to appear in a form of tag kombat.
- The first original 2D Sonic game since 2017 was revealed as Sonic Superstars, a four player platformer where Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy run through Sonic stages that rapidly change art styles. It will be out "this fall" with an MSRP "starting at $59.99". Sega has confirmed that the co-op will be local, but gave no confirmation of online play.
- After an aborted attempt to remake Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Ubisoft's classic action exploration series is returning to 2D with Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown on January 18, 2024. It will be led by Ubisoft Montpelier (Mario + Rabbids, Rayman.
- Yes, Your Grace: Snowfall is a sequel to the No More Robots-published kingdom management game that will be out next year.