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All the big announcements from tonight’s Geoff Fest All the new Summer Games Fest trailers Summer Games Fest means lots of trailers, and we all know there are one or two that you’ll want to see straight away. You can skim through the list below to find the trailers you are most excited about, or keep scrolling to see every last one. We kicked off the evening with the first gameplay trailer forStreet Fighter 6, which included the reveal that franchise mainstay Guile would be returning as a playable character for this sixth mainline outing (as if there was ever any doubt)....

The tenth anniversary unveils another batch of interesting indies Day Of The Devs is probably my favourite part of the summer games jamboree every year because it does wonders for the visibility of indie games and their developers. Slotting in snugly right after Geoff regaled us with theSummer Game Fest stream, this year’s Day Of The Devs showcase marked the tenth anniversary. Tim Schafer and friends revealed more about some stonking looking indies from places as far apart as the Netherlands, Japan and Argentina....

Plus confirmation the game’s coming to early access soon Looking at everything in that Witchfire trailer, I’m reminded of Nate’sFallout 76 review, where he described the gunfire as feeling “like you’re throwing packing peanuts at Jason Momoa”. Even when you’re looking at something well cool happening on screen, like a spell freezing some big flaming demon lads before you shoot and explode them, the physicality of it seems about the same as a baby gently yawning and stroking your face....

Entering beta next year A studio founded by former Blizzard folks today announced their free-to-play real-time strategy game,Stormgate. It’s about the remnants of humanity hopping into mechs to beat back demonic-lookin' alien invaders, and will have a campaign with co-op support as well as competitive multiplayer. Check out these fightbots in the announcement trailer from the Summer Game Fest, below. “The user interface is designed to make RTS more approachable by streamlining inputs, automatically assigning units to control groups, and enhancing gameplay,” the blurb claims....

10% off the best NVMe SSD for gaming. You can’t go wrong with this fast, affordable SSD. That was the strapline for James’review of the WD Blue SN570, a glowing writeup that culminated in the drive’s instatement in the RPS ‘best gaming SSD’ hall of fame. Now, the capacious 2TB SN570 is 10% off for Father’s Day in the US, where you can pick up the drive for $162 at the WD Store when you use codeDADSDAY10....

No, not Goat Sim 2 Goat Simulator 3was announced this evening during Geoff Keigh-3’s Summer Game Fest. Yes, that’s3, despite there never being aGoat Simulator2. The announcement trailer doesn’t show anything in-game, but suggests it’ll still be about causing havoc as a goat, only now with co-op and Epic Games Store exclusivity. Here’s the trailer: The original Goat Simulator grew out of a game jam and quickly garnered an audience through daft GIFs of a floppy, physicsy goat glitching into things....

Now with added sagely beard Summer Game Fest has just kicked off and so has a new combatant for Capcom’s upcomingStreet Fighter 6. Yep, the U.S. Air Force’s finest, Guile, is back. Like some other famous Street Fighters from back in the day, he’s only gone and grown some facial fluff too. Does it deflect blows or something? Judge for yourself after watching the trailer. The brief battles shown tonight were enough to see that Guile’s still got it....

Demagog Studios' post apocalypse is looking prettier than ever First cameGolf Club Wasteland, a post-apocalyptic sports game from Demagog Studios where the world’s remaining elite jetted around golf courses on the ruined surface of Earth. Then, earlier this year, they announcedThe Cub, a side-scrolling platformer telling a parallel story of one of the poor souls left behind on our home planet while the rest of humanity buggered off to Mars. Now, Demagog seem to be expanding their Wasteland-verse with a third entry:Highwater....

For me, anyway I rarely feel as conflicted about a game as I do aboutHonkai: Star Rail. It’s a turn-based RPG and I like those; but it’s a JRPG and I dislike those. It’s got a spacefaring train in it, which I always think is cute; but also it’s got anime waifus in it and those make me cringe. Its new trailer, which you’ll find below, is dynamic and exciting and well-edited; but… it’s got cringy anime waifus in it....

We go hands on with the first 4 hours of Firaxis' new tactics RPG Chance has always been an integral part of Firaxis’ turn-based tactics games. Just ask the many thousands of players who missed a shot with a 90% success chance in one of theirXCOMreboots.Marvel’s Midnight Suns, however, could be the Civilization studio’s biggest gamble yet. Not only is it their first game to mix substantial RPG elements into its tactical combat, but there’s nary a hit percentage in sight....

Amplitude’s historical strategy epic also gets another major patch Humankindis adding six new cultures to its historical strategy roster with the arrival of its second paid DLC pack,AmplitudeStudios have announced at tonight’s Summer Game Fest. It’s also getting another major patch in the form of the “Bolivar Patch”, that’s focused on community features. But first, the DLC. This will explore the heritage of Latin America, letting players progress from the ancient era Caralans through to the Nazca, Taíno, Inca and contemporary Argentinians and Cubans....

A whole lot fun for £2 If you enjoy cutting through hordes of monsters in games likeVampire SurvivorsorCrimsonland, do check out20 Minutes Till Dawn. The arena survival shoot ‘em up today launched into early access yesterday, and it’s a good’un. I alreadyenjoyed the demo, and now it’s bigger, fancier, and full of even more ridiculous combos. Today I had a run so overpowered I was afraid to even shoot, and fled explosions I hadn’t even intended to cause until I finally exploded myself....

I’m mostly afraid of spelling it wrong Summer Game Fest just got scary with the announcement of psychological horrorLayers Of Fears, the next instalment in Bloober Team’s jump-fest series that might really be a remaster, sort of? Bloober say it’s the “psychedelic experience fans know and love” and has “an expanded plotline”, so this doesn’t sound like an entirely new game. The freshly revealed Layers Of Fears is being built in Unreal Engine 5....