Summer Game Fest 2026 roundup: All the shows, trailers, news and reviews

Summer Game Fest just wrapped up its sixth year and, like a beautifully cel-shaded version of The Blob, the show just keeps on growing.

The official Summer Game Fest 2026 showcase took place on June 5, but the surrounding buffet of new game reveals, release date announcements, review opportunities and developer spotlights actually ran from June 1 all the way to June 9. That's more than an entire week of near-constant video game news and trailers to consume, and here we've gathered absolutely all of it in one tidy but lengthy package. We hope you're hungry.

First up, a collection of Engadget's previews and reporting from Summer Game Fest Play Days in Los Angeles, which ran from June 6-8:

Be like Carl from Summer House and get in the MIX with another high-energy stream filled with great-looking upcoming indie games, gathered by the folks at the Media Indie Exchange. The MIX hosts a smattering of annual online indie showcases, and alongside in-person events, they've been spreading the good gaming word for the past 10 years.

Oddly enough, if you don't watch this showcase you may end up like Carl from the end of this season's Summer House. That is, you'll be a mess. Best not risk it.

Black Voices in Gaming is back with another stellar roundup of video games created by Black artists from around the globe, and this year's summer showcase had a lot to offer. Fittingly, we got some warm and sunny vibes from RollerGirl, a slice-of-life adventure filled with early-2000s suburban nostalgia and a soundtrack that controls the weather. RollerGirl comes from indie studio Pushing Vertices and it's up for wishlisting on Steam.

We also saw the cute island builder Ourlands, a hauntingly beautiful "Vampire Soulsvania" Bathory – Heritage of Blood, an ambitious pirate RPG about challenging colonial oppression called Black Sailors: Bay Of All Saints, and a hectic marble-placing game, Oh!Ware, that has some of the most satisfying sound effects we've heard in all of the recent showcases (and there have been so many). The fantastical maze game Go North got a release date of July 28, too.

The 2026 Black Voices in Gaming Summer Showcase featured a bunch more rad-looking games from all kinds of genres, plus insightful developer interviews, so make sure to catch it all. The event's Steam page is also worth a gander.

Black Voices in Gaming first aired in 2022, created by The MIX and Xperience Studios co-founder Justin Woodward. It's a national 501c3 nonprofit group that not only amplifies the work of Black creators, but also provides financial and production support for develop