We're officially in the afterglow of Summer Games Week, the successor to E3, and now is the perfect time to catch your breath. While this time of the year is always loaded with livestreams full of reveal trailers and updates to upcoming games, this year felt especially busy. Whether you were tuning in for Sony's State of Play, looking to see what Geoff Keighley had up his sleeve for Summer Game Fest, or sitting down to enjoy the Wholesome Direct, you were spoiled for choice.
Once again, the GameSpot team used every spare minute to chase down stories, interview developers, and shed some light on how Summer Games Week shaped up with original features. The crew looked at a ton of games, and they produced a library's worth of stories, exclusives, and video content.
In case you missed out on it or you're looking to read something specific, we've gathered up all the content for you to peruse at your leisure. We've highlighted several of the biggest games below as well, so if you're keen to read up on how Final Fantasy 7 Revelation has some killer fashion, how Resident Evil: Veronica is shaping up to be Capcom's next big game, or how Gears of War: E-Day will have you saying "nice" when you pick up a very special firearm, take a quick browse below.
Don't forget, you can also check out GameSpot's YouTube channel for more original content, and we've also embedded several videos below for you to watch.
Summer Games Week showcases https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsLdKNArSMY&t=1460s- Warhammer Skulls Showcase 2026
- Six One Indie Showcase 2026
- The Mix at Bitsummit 2026 Showcase
- The Mix Summer Showcase 2026
- Black Voices in Gaming Summer 2026 Showcase
- State of Play June 2026 Showcase
- All the biggest announcements
- Latin American Games Showcase 2026
- Women-Led Games Showcase 2026
- Summer Game Fest Live 2026
- All the biggest announcements
- Southeast Asian Games Showcase 2026
- Wholesome Direct 2026
- Future Game Show: Summer 2026 Showcase
- Frosty Game Fest Summer Showcase 2026
- Xbox Games Showcase 2026 and Gears of War: E-Day Direct
- All the biggest announcements
- PC Gaming Show Summer Showcase 2026
- Nintendo June Direct 2026: All the Biggest Announcements
- Control Resonant Deals With Trauma And Redemption
- Control Resonant Is Proving Remedy Can Do More Than Shooters
- Fable Shouldn’t Have Run Scared From Grand Theft Auto 6
- Fable Reboot Delay Was Disappointing To The Devs, But Avoiding GTA 6 Makes Sense
- Fable’s 1,000 Romance Options Sounds Like The Ultimate Challenge For Completionists
- Fable Lets You Live A Second Life, Not Just Save The World
- Fable Doesn’t Use Arc Raiders-Style Text-To-Speech AI For Its 1,000+ Voiced NPCs
- Fable Reboot Story Expansion Announced 8 Months Before The Game Even Releases
- Fable Release Date Announced, With A Look At New And Old Villains
- Gears Of War: E-Day Modernizes Movement Without Going Full Parkour
- Gears Of War: E-Day Is Bigger, Bloodier, And More Ambitious Than We Expected
- Gears of War: E-Day Happened Because Starting Over Sounded More Fun Than Gears 6
- Xbox Denies That Gears Of War: E-Day Skipping PS5 Was Last-Minute Decision, But No One Believes That
- Gears Of War: E-Day Preorder Guide – All Editions And Bonuses
- Gears Of War: E-Day Is Drastically Changing Movement For The First Time In The Series
- Gears Of War: E-Day Open Beta: Start Dates And How To Get In Early
- Gears Of War: E-Day Includes The Chainsaw Lancer’s Origin Story
- Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Director Shares His Favorite Thing To Remake
- FF7 Revelation Director On Fixing Rebirth’s Most Criticized/Hated Feature
- Final Fantasy 7 Revelation: 22 New Screenshots Showcasing Its World, Combat, And More
- Final Fantasy 7 Revelation’s New FITS System Lets You Turn Cloud Into A Black Mage
- Final Fantasy Revelation Is A Definitive Conclusion, But Could Make Way For Side Stories In The Future
- Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Wants Minigames To Feel Like A Choice Again
- There’s One Big Change To Sephiroth In Final Fantasy 7 Revelation
- Tupac Casting In Stranger Than Heaven Came Directly From Snoop Dogg, RGG Boss Says
- Stranger Than Heaven’s Combat System Makes Both Your Hands Play Separate Roles
- Preorders Are Open For Like a Dragon Prequel Stranger Than Heaven
- Resident Evil: Veronica’s Biggest Rewrite Could Be Its Villain
- Yes, Resident Evil: Veronica Is A Third-Person Game
- How Resident Evil: Veronica Is Being Treated Like A Mainline Game
- Why Capcom Chose To Remake Resident Evil: Code Veronica
- Resident Evil: Veronica Can Fix One Of The Series’ Biggest Mistakes
- Halo Trailer Was Supposed To Be At State Of Play, Then Microsoft Pulled It – Report
- Halo 1 Remake Lets You Play In Third-Person, And It Looks Great
- We Played Halo: Campaign Evolved, And The Old Remade Missions Are Pretty “Meh”
- Halo: Campaign Evolved Preorders Are Here, Including A Massive Collector’s Edition
- Tomb Raider: Legacy Of Atlantis Gets Out Of The Way Of GTA 6 With Delay To 2027
- Tomb Raider: Legacy Of Atlantis Features “AI-Assisted Assets” That Were “Refined By Humans”
- New Lara Croft Actor Dislocated Her Jaw And Busted Up Her Arm Making The New Game
- The New Lara Croft Looks Hot, And That’s Okay
- Tomb Raider Devs Aren’t Trying To Appeal To “Either Side” Of Culture War Surrounding Lara’s Design
- Here’s How Generative AI Is Being Used In Tomb Raider: Legacy Of Atlantis
- Lara Croft Is At The “Top Of Her Game” In Tomb Raider: Legacy Of Atlantis
- Silent Hill: Townfall Could Be The Scariest Silent Hill Game Yet
- Alien Isolation 2 Seems To Be Hiding A Secret About Its Protagonist
- End of Abyss Is A Fantastic (And Hard) Addition To A New Era Of Survival Horror
- Bloober Team Says It’s Humbled By The “Many Corpses” In The Horror Multiplayer Genre
- Until Dawn Characters Will Never Not Look Cursed, I Guess
- Clutch Blends Both Forza Horizon And Motorsport With A Dash Of Fast & Furious
- This New Open-World Pokemon Competitor Is Wildly Ambitious
- This Cult Simulator Is An Improbable Mix of Fallout, State of Decay, And Goat Sim—And It Works
- They Got Shenmue In Your Virtua Fighter (And Yu Suzuki Said Go For It)
- I Didn’t Care About The New Star Fox Until I Found Out Who’s Making It
- Sprawl Zero Captures the Spirit of Early 2000s Halo Games
- Don’t Worry, The Wolf Among Us 2 Looks Fantastic
- Virtua Fighter: Crossroads Focuses On Its Reinvention, But The 1v1 Legacy Lives On
- The Biggest Surprise About Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Is How Little It Resembles A Plague Tale
- Crazy Taxi Is Back And It’s Coming With… Lore?
- Blood Message’s Melee Combat Is Much More Impressive Than The Initial Trailer
- Spyro Devs Don’t See Many Comparisons To Its Flying, Except Iron Man Or Flight Sims
- Madden 27 Kicks Years Of Muscle Memory To The Curb
- After Mixtape, Cheerful Music Game Mr. Records Is A Day Of The Devs Standout
- What The Hell Do You Name The Follow-Up To N++?
- How Do You Follow The Perfect Platformer? N+ Devs Think They Have The Answer
- Nintendo Fans Don’t Know What They Want
- Why Does Marvel’s Wolverine Look Like That?
- Best Summer Game Fest 2026 Games You Might Have Missed
- Here’s Why Everyone Is Talking About Hideo Kojima And Geoff Keighley’s “Divorce”
- Square-Enix Should Resurrect Its Graveyard Of Mobile Games After Final Fantasy Resonance
- Xbox CEO Believes Consoles Are Too Expensive And “Radically Different” Plans Are Needed
- Best Summer Game Fest 2026 Games You Might Have Missed
- Gundam: Rogue Orbit Producers Say No GenAI Was Used In Its Development
- Does The Ocarina Of Time Remake Teaser Signal Zelda’s Sanding Down Its Edges?
- If You’re Not Ready For A Showcase, Nintendo, Don’t Force It
- Zelda: Ocarina Remake’s Lack Of Gameplay Did It A Disservice
- Here Are All The Games Announced During Summer Game Fest That You Can Play Right Now
- Is Xbox Fixable?
- It’s Hard To Get Excited For Persona 4 Revival
- Crazy Taxi: World Tour Dev Defends GenAI Use
- God Of War Laufey’s Faye Should See An Ugly Truth Reflected In Her Sword
- How The New Spyro Is Handling The Big-Name Options For Its Lead Voice Actor
- Xbox’s Showcase Wanted Exclusives To Be A Big Deal, But Made Everything More Confusing
- Day Of The Devs: Summer Game Fest Edition 2026 – Everything Revealed
- Geoff Keighley’s Outfit (Mostly) Nailed The Assignment
