Summer Game Fest
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![Slitterhead demo](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6gRZLhTPqWaRgsMtU5hyA4-320-80.jpg)
Silent Hill creator's new action horror game Slitterhead is a rare breed that's exciting to see: mission-based, manga-inspired, and weird as it is bloody
By Austin Wood published
Features Preview | More action than horror, Slitterhead is a whole game built around swapping bodies
![Avowed screenshot with Summer Preview 2024 branding](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/neCqoLicMTacWNXbF5nuaQ-320-80.jpg)
Obsidian made Fallout: New Vegas in 18 months, but Avowed has taken the studio five years: "It's been a long development cycle"
By Andrew Brown published
Interview What goes into making one of this year's biggest RPGs? Time – lots of it – and a constant drive to let players do what they want, reveal the developers behind Avowed
![Hello Kitty](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AxJCP7rCLHLURyFjZTUheB-320-80.jpg)
Hello Kitty Island Adventure's open-world twist on Animal Crossing: New Horizons was "really risky," but now its devs are preparing to fix its only negative feedback
By Ali Jones published
Interview Interview | "You can isolate folks on both sides and just not appeal to anyone"
![Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure summer preview image](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QdkxrrwZXLv5sL9r5kHCXY-320-80.jpg)
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure had me curious at its reveal, but its clever puzzles and gorgeous art sold me so hard I've been thinking about it for months
By Rollin Bishop published
Features Preview | I've not stopped thinking about the unusual adventure game since I first played it in March
![Hyper Light Breaker](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d6VXZQFXpvnwScNR6LHdyZ-320-80.jpg)
I finally got to play my most-anticipated open-world game, and Hyper Light Breaker is just the roguelike I was hoping for
By Austin Wood published
Features Preview | Hands-on with Hyper Light Breaker, a bold follow-up to 2016's Drifter
![Deathsprint 66](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hBgToTZGp2fMgKs4ykEcAP-320-80.jpg)
I'm really good at Mario Kart, but this ultraviolent, freerunning alternative kicked my whole ass
By Ali Jones published
Preview Preview | Deathsprint 66 is faster and more brutal than anything Mario has ever faced
![Kunitsu Gami](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7FhBRmNGkq6KUhhf39h8sg-320-80.jpg)
Capcom's weirdest game in years won me over in 10 minutes, and it's suddenly the thing I'm most excited to see from the publisher in 2024
By Austin Wood published
Features Preview | Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is sandwiched between Dragon's Dogma 2 and Monster Hunter Wilds
![Metaphor: ReFantazio's protagonist shakes the hand of a character with bright pink hair.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oBmiFYfD5AQDJyWGu5hvdF-320-80.jpg)
You can't date your friends in the new JRPG from the Persona 5 devs because it isn't a game about flirty teenagers: "It's part of the realism of the setting"
By Catherine Lewis last updated
News Metaphor: ReFantazio brings a different tone to your party
![The Thing: Remastered](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EU5QCTiyrCXjokhhmmNJng-320-80.jpg)
Famed retro remake dev says its remaster of The Thing will "fulfill the original vision" thanks to tech that wasn't available to the 22-year-old cult classic horror shooter
By Jordan Gerblick published
news Nightdive says The Thing: Remastered is more than just a new coat of paint
![Metaphor: ReFantazio](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/589CR8QU2yF8yTjPVRD5iR-320-80.jpg)
"It's not like we wanted to distance ourselves from Persona": How Metaphor ReFantazio turned years of work on JRPG icons into what's now my most-wanted game of 2024
By Austin Wood published
Features Interview | Director Katsura Hashino and character designer Shigenori Soejima, both Persona 5 veterans, dive deep on Metaphor: ReFantazio
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