What We Want To See At Summer Game Fest Live

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With E3 2022 officially cancelled, the stage is set for Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest Live to emerge as the summer's go-to games showcase--and for good reason. Despite only being around since 2020, the conference has already proven it knows just what a games showcase should be, offering plenty of new releases and first-looks from both the industry's biggest publishers and up-and-coming indie devs. While Xbox/Bethesda, Tribeca, and Netflix has already announced their own events, it truly feels like anyone could be there--and anything could happen. All that said, it makes it pretty fun for us here at GameSpot to think about what games we hope will be there.

Here's what the GameSpot staff hopes to see at the this year's Summer Game Fest Live. For more coverage on Summer Game Fest Live and other Not-E3 showcases--including how to watch each conference--check out our full schedule.

For as excited as I am to hear about surprise entries in big-name franchises I love or further details on already-confirmed ones like Breath of the Wild 2, nothing would delight me more than to see what Enhance is working on next. The Tetsuya Mizuguchi-led company behind Rez Infinite and Tetris Effect--two games I hold in the highest possible regard--remains mysterious, with little indication of exactly what it's working on beyond «synesthetic experiences.» While I'm not generally excited by a lot of augmented reality/mixed reality/extended reality-type stuff, all of which Enhance has said is a focus for the company, the types of transcendent experiences it's delivered with Rez and Tetris have me ready and willing to try anything. Given that its output has almost exclusively been games I've returned to for years, I'm eager to get a sense of