Summer Game Fest 2022 Recap
Over the last few years, summer has quickly become a gamer’s favorite time of the year. While the winter holiday season tends to be great for sales, it holds nothing on the game announcements and events held in the warmer months.
Since E3 was cancelled this year, many (and we do mean many) game publishers and developers have announced their own industry events. The Summer Game Fest started in 2020, with a need for a place to showcase new games, technology, and to bring together the video game industry during an awful year.
While you could read our recap of the last E3, this year’s Summer Game Fest featured world premieres, talks with developers, and so much more! Take a look through our recap of the Summer Game Fest 2022!
Games Featured
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
We were shown a long trailer that featured cut scenes and gameplay of what’s to come in the next Call of Duty game. It is a direct sequel to the 2019 reboot, and will serve as the nineteenth installment in the overall Call of Duty series. Coming to console and PC on October 28, 2022
The Callisto Protocol
Fight to survive the horrors locked within the walls of Black Iron Prison in this immersive, next-generation take on survival horror. Viewers were shown new raw gameplay filled with jumps, spooks, and fights! Coming to console and PC on December 2, 2022
Routine
Announced a decade ago, Routine is a first person sci-fi horror set on an abandoned Lunar base designed around an 80’s vision of the future. Curious exploration turns into a need for survival when a lunar base goes completely quiet. Searching for answers puts you face to face with a certain enemy, the main threat is you. Discoveries lead to deeper unknowns, and the only way to go is forward. Coming to Xbox and PC
American Arcadia
Welcome to Arcadia! A 70’s retro-futuristic metropolis where all its citizens enjoy a life of luxury and comfort… unaware that they’re being broadcast live 24/7! Arcadia is not an ordinary city, but the most watched reality show on the planet – where a drop in popularity ratings comes at the highest cost: death.
American Arcadia gives you control over two characters in completely different environments and unique playstyles: A 2.5D action side-scroller including challenging platform action, breath-taking chases, stealth and puzzles. As well as a full 3D first-person game, with hacking, exploration, stealth elements, and puzzles to solve. Coming to console and PC
Midnight Fight Express
Imagine John Wick the simulator. That’s this game, but made by one person. A former member of the criminal underworld is lured back into “the life” by a mysterious drone claiming they have until sunrise to prevent a citywide criminal takeover together. Coming to console and PC on August 23, 2022
Neon White
Neon White is an upcoming first-person shooter and puzzle-platforming game. You are White, an assassin handpicked from Hell to compete with other demon slayers for a chance to live permanently in Heaven. The other assassins seem familiar, though… did you know them in a past life? Coming to Nintendo Switch and PC in summer 2022
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Shredder’s Revenge is a side-scrolling action brawler with a pixelated artstyle. In the game, the player assumes control of Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael, April O’Neil and Master Splinter as they combat opponents including the Foot Clan, Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady, and Shredder in locations ranging from New York City sewers to Dimension X. Each character has their own attributes (range, speed, and power) and plays differently. They also have unique super moves and taunts. As the player progresses each stage, they will find pizza boxes, which can be used to heal the player, and other pies that grant players extra strength and infinite supers for a brief period of time. Coming to console and PC on June 16, 2022
Nightingale
We’ve mentioned Nightingale before at Howchoo, and for good reason. Set out on a journey of survival and adventure, into the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms of Nightingale! Become an intrepid Realmwalker, and venture forth alone or with friends – as you explore, craft, build and fight across a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world. Coming to PC Q4 2022
The Quarry
If you think this game looks similar to the Dark Pictures Anthology franchise, then you’d be correct. Made by the same studio, Supermassive Games, The Quarry is a horror-thriller game where your choices matter.
When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive. Coming to console PC June 10, 2022
Other Games To Talk About
Aliens: Dark Descent
by Focus Entertainment Coming to console and PC in 2023
Flashback 2
by Microids Coming to console and PC in 2022
Witchfire
by The Astronauts Coming to PC in Q4 2022 (early access)
Fort Solis
by Fallen Leaf Studio Coming to PC in 2023
Outriders: Worldslayer DLC
by People Can Fly and Square Enix Coming to console and PC in June 2022
Stormgate
by Frost Giant Studios Beta coming in 2023
Highwater
by Demagog Studio and Rogue Games Coming December 2022
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
by Mediatonic Season 1 is free to play starting June 21, 2022
Goat Simulator 3
by Coffee Stain Studios Coming in fall 2022
Midnight Suns
by 2K and Marvel Coming to console and PC in 2022
Honkai StarRail and Zenless Zone Zero
by miHoYo Coming to Android, iOS, and PC
One Piece Odyssey
by BNE Entertainment and Namco Bandai Games America Coming to console and PC in 2022
Soul Hackers 2
by Atlus and Sega Coming to console and PC on August 26, 2022
Saints Row Boss Factory
by CD Projekt Available now on console and PC
Gotham Knights
by WB Game Montreal Coming to console and PC on October 25, 2022
Warhammer 40,000 Darktide
by Fatshark Coming to Xbox and PC on September 13, 2022
Layers of Fears
by Bloober Team Coming to console and PC in 2023
Good news for those in the video game industry (or just fans of game announcements)! The Summer Game Fest will return in person and digitally in Summer 2023.