Kojima Productions’ Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is mere weeks away from official release. As such, video game auteur Hideo Kojima showed off some near-final footage at Summer Game Fest on Sunday at the Los Angeles Orpheum Theater. Joined by host Geoff Keighley and his own translator, Hideo Kojima welcomed the audience before bringing out several special guests, including Troy Baker, Shioli Kutsuna, and Death Stranding 2’s music producer,...

Microsoft and Activision revealed Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 in a dramatic cinematic trailer during the 2025 Xbox Games Showcase. Having two Black Ops games release consecutively is a first for the franchise, and Activision’s Treyarch and Raven studios teamed up to make it happen following 2024’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. The Black Ops 7 trailer is a trippy thing, like something you might expect out of...

Atlus announced a full remake of its ever-popular role-playing game Persona 4 at Sunday’s Xbox Games Showcase. The new version of the role-playing game is officially named Persona 4 Revival and will be released on PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X. Microsoft and Atlus did not reveal a release date for Persona 4 Revival, but confirmed the remake will be available on day one with Xbox Game Pass...

Spiritfarer developer Thunder Lotus Games announced its next project during the Xbox Games Showcase Sunday, At Fate’s End. It’s an action-adventure game where you’ll fight family via emotional sword-fighting and dialogue duels. At Fate’s End is due out sometime in 2026 for Windows PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Game Pass. Notably, neither the Nintendo Switch or the Switch 2 were listed as platforms, though that may change in...

Asobo Studio — the developer behind A Plague Tale: Innocence and its sequel, A Plague Tale: Requiem — has revealed the next game in the A Plague Tale franchise: a prequel called Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy. The news was shared during the Xbox Games Showcase via a reveal trailer that gave players their first look at the game. Set 15 years before the events of the first game, Resonance:...

The nightmare was real, the situation was not. Revenge of the Savage Planet, an adventure spread across a number of distant — and quite savage! — planets, invites nonlinear exploration. To complete its missions and discover all of its secrets, you must leap into an unknown where the otherworldly flora, fauna, and even the inorganic material are primed to kill you. So, shortly after assembling an underwater scooter that allowed my...