Five games likely to appear at Summer Game Fest 2026

Summer Game Fest 2026 is underway after the State of Play on Tuesday (June 2), which delivered a number of surprises including God of War Laufey. The main event takes place on Friday (June 5) with hosts Geoff Keighley and Lucy James; organisers have promised "world premiere reveals," but Keighley has kept specifics close to the chest.

Metro 2039, announced in April and slated for a winter launch, has no exact release date yet and could use an SGF slot to show extended gameplay and set a date, despite a crowded release calendar around GTA 6’s November launch. The Blood of Dawnwalker from Rebel Wolves aims to be an open-world RPG where players have 30 days and nights to save a family, with time advancing as the world is interacted with; its emphasis on choice and consequence traces back to the team's work on The Witcher 3, and SGF could be a major moment to demonstrate how those systems come together.

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