The DeanBeat: The Summer Game Fest had no Elden Ring, but it still showed the vibrancy of gaming

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You can’t beat what you did last time all of the time. And so while yesterday’s Summer Game Fest showed us a lot of good games, it couldn’t beat last year’s closing session with gameplay of Elden Ring.

It was a great show with dozens of announcements of upcoming games, and it was our best replacement for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), which canceled both its 65,000-person physical event normally held in Los Angeles as well as its digital show held last year. It is the best celebration of gaming this summer, at least until Gamescom comes in Europe in late August.

But organizer Geoff Keighley warned us ahead of the show to manage our expectations, and that was probably wise to do so. Sadly for Keighley, Sony itself accidentally leaked the surprise of the show, the unveiling of the remake of Sony and Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us as well as a multiplayer mode for The Last of Us Part II, and the completion of filming for HBO’s The Last of Us television show. That’s my favorite series of all time, and so I was happy to see it all. But the leak of the remake — the final part of Keighley’s show — inevitably led to a letdown.

After all, my colleague Mike Minotti is right in observing that Naughty Dog’s scarce development talent could be put to better use than having them work on a remake. And on a grand scale, this kind of game isn’t anywhere near as massive as Elden Ring was when it stole the show last year.

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