Blade Runner 2033 and everything else from Annapurna's latest showcase

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Just when it looked like we might be done with the showcases for the summer, here comes another one, this time from the ever-reliable Annapurna Interactive. And it was another strong showing for the publisher, offering a fresh look at some already announced titles — including the new one from Sayonara Wild Hearts' studio Simogo and the fascinating Cocoon — as well as some big reveals. From stunning photographic adventures to an honest-to-goodness new Blade Runner game, there's a lot to look forward to in the months and year ahead, and a full round-up of the showcase can be found below.

Sayonara Wild Hearts developer Simogo's latest is a baroque blend of surreal mystery thriller and puzzle adenture, faintly bringing to mind the studio's iOS classic Device 6. It focuses on a woman's search for answers, deep in a strange manor house, as players attempt to solve the enigma at its heart. There's no release date yet, but we do it's coming to Switch and Steam — and while we await further details, there's a tantilising new trailer above.

Cacoon is the work of Geometric Interactive, a studio lead by Limbo and Inside lead designer Jeppe Carlsen. It's a mind-bending adventure that sees players exploring multiple strange worlds that manifest as a hierarchal parade of orbs within orbs within orbs. It's a bit of a weird one to explain, but Eurogamer's Chris Tapsell loved what he saw during Summer Game Fest — and we now have a release date of 29th September, when Cocoon will be available on Steam, Switch, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Game Pass.

The first nice thing about developer Matt Newell's newly unveiled Lushfoil Photography Sim is that it's name isn't messing around. Lushfoil Photography Sim is pretty much