Offering up a veritable cornucopia of gaming offerings for players of all stripes and tastes, this year’s Summer Game Fest really did have something for everyone. With such a spread of splendid-looking titles announced and promising existing offerings shown off during this year’s various showcases, we felt we had to compile a list of our favourites. So without further delay, here are some of the best games from Summer Game Fest 2024, Xbox Showcase, Ubisoft Forward and more.

Alan Wake 2 – Night Springs DLC

A continuation to one of 2023’s best games and certainly one of the atmospheric survival horror efforts of the past decade, the Night Springs DLC for Alan Wake 2 has the titular cursed writer scribbling television scripts as a means of escape, only to be drawn yet further still into the living nightmare that has defined his existence.

Creed Shadows

With just over thirteen minutes of stellar gameplay footage, Creed Shadows deep dive at Ubisoft Forward 2024 reassured me that the series’ long overdue trip to Feudal Japan will be greatly successful. Predictably split into two parts, the Assassin’s Creed Shadows gameplay walkthrough gave us an extended look at the twin protagonists, Yasuke and Naoe, going about their business.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

With Treyarch back at the steering wheel and the relative mediocrity of last year’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 becoming an increasingly distant memory, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 reminded us all that the world’s longest-running FPS franchise can still put on a show and give genre fiends much to be excited for.

Civilisation VII

Though precious few details were revealed regarding the reveal of Civilisation’s much anticipated seventh entry, just the fact that Civilisation VII merely exists was enough cause for fans and the series faithful to lose their collective minds. Set to launch on PC, Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch platforms, a full gameplay reveal is expected this August. Until then, stay the course, my friends. Stay the course.