IGTAP: An Incremental Game That's Also a Platformer

Sony's decision to stop producing physical video games is fueled by a desire to increase profits from a shrinking consumer base

Effectively capturing the vibes of Garfield can be a real challenge to pull off well, but Garfield: Escape from Monday is shaping up to be a worthy addition to the lovable slacker’s library of interactive adventures. Much like the recent Bubsy 4D, Escape from Monday is pretty familiar when it comes to the structure and formula, but that’s seemingly by design, as recapturing the fun of 3D platformers from a simpler time is very much in style these days.

Unhinged is a first-person horror game, and while it is played with your phone, your phone isn't serving as a glass-screened gamepad. Instead, the phone in your hand is the phone in your character (played by Zoë Kravitz)'s hand in the game. That means that when Sadie Sink's character Claire calls you, you tap the Answer button on your phone. When texts come in, they come in on your phone. It's all on a fictional UI on your screen, of course, but it grounds Unhinged in an easily understandable reality.

SGF is full of new game reveals that go radio silent. Here are five major Summer Game Fest announcements we hope make a comeback at SGF 2026.

Sometimes all it takes is a cool hat to get a new perspective on things.