Studio MDHR came to SGF with two announcements: a new hand-animated Cuphead game in early development, and a smaller spin-off called Mighty Cuphead Adventure, an 8-bit action platformer programmed in Assembly Language and built to the exact specifications of the Sega Master System. It will release on modern consoles and PC, and physically on Sega Master System cartridge. The commitment to the bit is very MDHR. More details on both in the months ahead.

Fumito Ueda’s next game is finally named. gen Atlas - formerly Project Robot - is a single-player, open-world action-adventure from genDESIGN, published by Epic Games. The DNA of Shadow of the Colossus and The Last Guardian is all over it, though there are guns now, which is new for Ueda. No date or platforms beyond Epic Games Store, PS5 and Xbox Series. Extraordinary that this is real and that we can see it. Day one.

24 Entertainment and NetEase revealed a new story trailer for Blood Message, their AAA single-player action-adventure set during China’s Tang Dynasty in 848 AD. You play a nameless messenger fighting east across a war-torn landscape with his young son to deliver a message that could change the fate of their homeland. The comparisons to God of War and The Last of Us aren’t entirely unfair - the combat looks brutal, the emotional core is clearly a father-son bond under pressure. No release date yet.

Swedish studio Dead Astronauts - former Massive Entertainment and Epic Games devs - revealed their debut game Haex. It’s a co-op survival FPS set in an alien-scarred sub-Arctic wilderness, built around investigating the appearance of a massive monolith and tracking down missing expedition members. The vibe is atmospheric and strange, with survival systems amongst an open world. Heading to Steam and Epic Games Store in early access in 2027. Interesting.

Rebel Wolves confirmed The Blood of Dawnwalker is launching September 3 on PS5, Xbox Series and PC - and then surprised everyone with a second teaser revealing the saga will eventually move into a contemporary, 21st-century setting. The main game remains a self-contained origin story set in the medieval Carpathian Mountains, following Coen’s feud with vampire lord Brencis. Made by the team behind The Witcher 3.

The first game from Maverick Games - the ex-Forza Horizon team led by former creative director Mike Brown - is a story-driven open-world racer called Clutch. The full SGF reveal fleshed out the narrative: Tosin Cole plays Theo Martial, a driver living a double life across elite professional racing and an underground street scene. It’s launching 2027 on PS5, Xbox Series and PC, and it looks cinematic and ambitious in ways the racing genre doesn’t often attempt. Cautiously keen.

After nearly a decade of delays, studio closures, and long silences, Telltale’s The Wolf Among Us 2 finally has a 2027 release window. Bigby Wolf is back, investigating new murders across the Fables world, and from what the trailer showed it looks tonally bang-on. Co-published with PM Studios, officially licensed by Warner Bros. on behalf of DC. A remaster of the original is also confirmed for later this year.

SHIFT UP is back with a sequel nobody quite expected this soon. Blood Rain picks up after the original and introduces a new protagonist, Evie, who swaps Eve’s sword for a set of shape-shifting gauntlets and unsurprisingly, still wears very little of anything. The trailer had a different energy to the first game - darker, bit more grounded. SHIFT UP will self-publish this one. No platforms or date yet.

Santa Monica closed the show with its next God of War, and for the first time Kratos isn’t the lead. You play Faye, his deceased wife from the 2018 reboot, awakening in the afterlife of the gods, joined by a talking cube (???) and an enchanted ribbon-sword. Cory Barlog has confirmed it’s not a prequel but a continuation picking up right after Faye’s funeral pyre. No date yet.

Mintrocket announced a standalone Dave the Diver prequel built around fan-favourite sushi chef Bancho. Set in 2004, nineteen years before the original, it follows a young Bancho travelling across Asia to learn from master chefs, blending cooking sim, RPG and adventure, and trading the pixel art for 3D. No date yet - PS5 and PC. Unexpected.