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Game PassOne More Level, the Ghostrunner studio, and publisher Lyrical Games gave Valor Mortis a release-date trailer at the Xbox Games Showcase 2026. The first-person soulslike set in an undead-plagued 19th-century Europe arrives Fall 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, day one on Game Pass.
Focus Entertainment and Uppercut Games revealed Magicians: The Devil's Deal at the Xbox Games Showcase 2026 - a first-person action game built around magical combat with playing cards and a classic white-tipped wand.
Mojang revealed Minecraft Dungeons II at the Xbox Games Showcase 2026 - a sequel to the blocky co-op dungeon-crawler action-RPG, with up to four-player co-op and a September 29 launch.
Game PassThe Xbox Games Showcase 2026 is live now, streaming from Microsoft's official channels and rolling straight into a dedicated Gears of War: E-Day Direct. Here's how to watch every reveal as it happens, plus what to expect from Xbox's marquee Summer Game Fest week showcase.
Bandai Namco revealed GUNDAM ROGUE ORBIT at Summer Game Fest 2026, a high-octane third-person action game from Bandai Namco Studios set in an all-new Gundam timeline. Players pilot the high-mobility Gundam Helix as ace RE-X against an unknown threat, launching in 2027 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
Focus Entertainment and Italian studio Broken Arms Games revealed BioEden, a cozy solarpunk management game about restoring dead ecosystems and bringing extinct animals back to life. It launches on Steam September 3, 2026 (with PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch 2 to follow), and a demo is available now.
Chennai-based Ayelet Studio released a gameplay reveal trailer for Son of Thanjai, a cinematic action-adventure set in 11th-century South India. Playing as Chola prince Vinnendiran, you wield the flexible Surul Vaal whip-sword in fluid combat inspired by the martial art Kalaripayattu. It's coming to PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
Aniimo, a free-to-play open-world creature-collecting action RPG from Pawprint Studio and FunPlus label Kingsglory, revealed its Global Closed Beta running this summer on PC, iOS and Android. Set in the world of Idyll, it features a 'Twining' mechanic to merge with creatures, ahead of a Q3 2026 cross-platform launch on PS5, Xbox, PC and mobile.
Capcom revealed Street Fighter 6's Year 4 at Summer Game Fest 2026, headlined by Final Fantasy VII's Tifa Lockhart as a guest fighter. The season - the first with no returning classics - adds newcomers Yasmine (Summer 2026) and Arjun (Autumn 2026), Tifa in early 2027, and World Tour rival Bosch in Spring 2027 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
HoYoverse's Zenless Zone Zero Version 3.0, 'A Sleepwalker's Confession,' arrives June 17, 2026 with the game's first new combat attribute - Wind - alongside the new district of Roscaelifer and Agents Velina, Pyrois (free) and Norma. The update also marks ZZZ's Steam debut, going live the same day across iOS, Android, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
At Summer Game Fest 2026, PlatinumGames (Bayonetta, NieR: Automata) revealed it is developing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin, a AAA action-adventure adapting the dark IDW comic about the last surviving turtle's quest for vengeance. It is the debut project for the new Paramount Game Studios, coming to console and PC.
Twelve years after the original, Creative Assembly and SEGA used Summer Game Fest 2026 to reveal Alien: Isolation 2. The 'Last Chance' trailer takes the horror planetside to the storm-battered colony of Kurosaki Station with a new protagonist, a more aggressive Xenomorph and Unreal Engine 5, launching on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2 and PC.