The Summer Game Fest featured a spate of new announcements and updates again this year, including the new Prince of Persia action-adventure platformer by Ubisoft. In coming in 2024, you take on the role of Sargon to rescue the prince, not just by killing enemies and fighting bosses, but also by solving puzzles. Bandai Namco launched , a new adventure game featuring character designs by Akira Toriyama wherein you’ll have to play as the demonic prince Beelzebub, as well.
Meanwhile, Sega revealed its new take on Sonic the Hedgehog in , with updated graphics and a split-screen view, launching this fall. As for Remedy, creative director Sam Lake made an appearance at the event to show off some new gameplay for . The game will have two protagonists — Alan Wake and FBI agent Saga Anderson — and the game will be split 50-50 between them. You’ll play one or the other throughout the game, but there are parts where you’ll have to choose which POV to see.
, which is coming out on November 9th 2023, was also featured at the event. It’s the next entry in the Yakuza series and will again star Kiryu, who previously faked his death. Epic Games also released a cinematic trailer for latest season, dubbed , that’s commencing on June 9th. Finally, Square Enix has launched a premiere trailer for , the second chapter of the remake, that has been pushed back to early 2024.
You can watch all those announcements and more in under 20 minutes in the video above.