To kick off Summer Game Fest, the ringleader of the successor to E3, Geoff Keighley, showcased a set of game trailers for games we've heard of and others debuting for the first time. While Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo have trended toward their own showcases, with E3 gone, Summer Game Fest has become the big mid-year multi-platform release show. And this year, we saw a huge selection of games big and small in the two-hour showcase.
From huge and rumored games like Civilization VII and Black Myth: Wukong to the VR game Batman: Arkham Shadow to a Lego take on the Horizon adventure games and a beautiful new game from the makers of Gris, the trailers we saw were interesting but not everything we saw in the two-hour showcase. Here's the top five we liked: For folks wanting more, below are the biggest trailers we saw at the showcase -- some of which were teases, others showed gameplay, and nearly every one revealed something we hadn't seen before. Civilization VII The next great civilization-building game, Civilization VII, got a vibes trailer Coming to PC and consoles in 2025.
While we didn't get any gameplay in this trailer or any hint at what's new in the latest of the storied game franchise, Sid Meier himself said in a Zoomed-in video that we'll get a full reveal of the gameplay later this summer. Lego Horizon Adventures The latest Lego recreation of a popular story is Lego Horizon Adventures, adapting the world of Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West with Lego's cute an.