Showa Summer Festival Story

Summer Game Fest 2026 will be filled with big new reveals and exciting game updates - here's how to watch the stream live on June 5.

We played tons of upcoming games at this year's Summer Game Fest. These were 10 of our favorites.

Showa American Story succeeds in crafting an unforgettable, eccentric B-movie world. However, its deliberate jank and niche style mean its general polish still lags behind other modern AAA action games at this point. The sheer density of cultural parodies is impressive, but whether the game can sustain this tone over a dozens-of-hours-long campaign without exhausting players remains to be seen. Coupled with its current shortcomings in combat depth and mechanical feel, Showa American Story is shaping up to be an incredibly unique, highly flawed, yet undeniably fascinating ride.

The Summer Game Fest 2026 events have been dominated by JRPGs from the release date of Persona 4 Revival to a better look at Kingdom Hearts 4

Grand Theft Auto 6 was notably absent from Summer Game Fest 2026, so we've explained why that's likely the case.