Each summer, the Summer Game Fest and all the conferences around it is an opportunity for players to discover or rediscover a slew of long -awaited games. But sometimes, some of them also unfortunately shine by their absence.
The Summer Game Festit’s already over. After weeks of waiting and speculation of all kinds of players, the June conference ball finally came to an end on the night of June 8 to 9. And the least we can say is that this year has proven to be relatively rachitic, the fault notably in the absence of certain large publishers and manufacturers like Ubisoft and Nintendo. So certainly, that did not prevent us from having very good announcements in the past few days, but many extremely expected games still failed at the call of this Summer Game Fest 2025. The proof by ten.
Hollow Hollow Knight Silksong still has a bright future ahead of him
At each new conference, it emerges. But if, you know, the famous sameHollow Knight: Silksong In which the game protagonist patiently waits on his bench, decked out in a pretty wig and a clown nose. It must be said that since its announcement in 2019, the Arlesian of Team Cherry has not been waiting to be long in. And she continues, because it is once again without new images of the game that we come out of this Summer Game Fest. But console yourself: the studio has nevertheless reconfirmed that the game will be released before the End of year 2025. Hourra ..?
Marvel’s Wolverine is not yet ready to leave the bar
When PlayStation announced the holding of his State of Play On the sidelines of the Summer Game Fest 2025, many have fed the hope of discovering, finally, a new overview of the next title of Insomniac Games. After all, let us remember that Marvel’s Wolverine was announced in September 2021 alongside Marvel’s Spider-Man 2who is already approaching his second anniversary. Unfortunately, still no trace of the superhero with adamantium claws on the horizon. Suffice to say that this long silence questions, especially after All leaks occurred in December 2023.
The call of the adventure will have to wait to Tomb Raider
Fans believed it hard as iron and yet Lara Croft again shone by her absence. Almost seven years after the release of Shadow of the Tomb Raiderit would seem that Crystal Dynamics is still not ready to reveal what the future of the franchise has in store for us. The existence of the next game, which will be published by Amazon, was nevertheless formalized in 2022. But it will obviously have to continue to take his pain in patience before knowing more about this sequel, which should once again mark a new start for Tomb Raider.
No new stories to tell for fable 4
In a perfect world, we might have already been able to put our hands on the next opus of Fable 4. Or in the worst case, we would now be very far from it. Unfortunately, life is cruel, and the title developed by Playground Games was finally postponed to 2026. It is therefore in all legitimacy that we expected to have new images of the title during the Xbox Games Showcase From this Summer Game Fest, where he completely had his place. But against all odds, Fable was not there. And we can say, this absence has made many disappointed.
Perfect Dark is playing it discreet a little still
In the genre “game that likes to be desired”, Perfect Dark arises there. So yes, according to certain corridor noises, The Initiative and Crystal Dynamics would have met many difficulties On the development of the game in recent years. Nevertheless, after having been entitled to a beautiful gameplay sequence in 2024, we naturally expected to see the return of Joanna Dark to be clarified at the Xbox Games Showcase of this year with, why not, new images and an release date. But it looks like the mission encountered an unexpected.
Judas continues to put it upside down
But what becomes of Judasthe new game of the creator of BioShock ? This is the question that many arise. Announced at the Game Awards 2022, the title developed by Ken Levine and Ghost Story Games immediately knew how to make a sensation with the players. It must be said that between his universe and his gameplay, he promises to be very promising. But more than a year after its last presentation, the radio silence surrounding the project begins to become deafening. And for a game that was supposed to go out before mars 2025 According to Take-Two, it fucks her pretty badly.
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra infinitely delays dance
If this Summer Game Fest was not stingy in New Marvel GamesSkydance New Media, on the other hand, was particularly stingy with information on Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. It’s simple: there was none. The new title of Amy Hennig (Uncharted) is no longer very far from its release, since it will finally arrive in early 2026 following a slight postponement. But even despite this, the studio continues to do information retention. Result: three years after his announcement, we still know almost nothing about her. And it’s frustrating.
Half-Life 3 makes us doubt its existence
Well, let’s say things clearly: from all the games present in this list, Half-Life 3 is the only one whose existence has never been confirmed in any way. Moreover, twenty years after the release ofHalf-Life 2many no longer believed it. Recently, many rumors However, have started to be created, indicating that Valve would secretly prepare the return of his franchise to offer him a conclusion worthy of the name. Unfortunately for the fans, it seems that it is led to remain a sweet dream … For the moment?
Kingdom Hearts 4 breaks the hearts of fans
For fans of Kingdom Hearts 4the blow is undoubtedly very hard to collect. After three years of silence from Square Enix, the next opus of the Tetsuya Nomura franchise has suddenly resurfaced in recent weeks with new images. The studio then promised more information to come “The time comes”which, as the Summer Game Fest approaches, necessarily pushed the players to get carried away. Torty, however, since the famous moment has obviously not yet happened … It’s cruel, Square Enix.
God of war hits the void for now
Like Half-Life 3, no game God of War has not yet been announced by PlayStation or Santa Monica Studio. Nevertheless, in view of the success encountered by God of War (2018) et Good of War Ragnarökwe suspect that it is only a matter of time before the franchise returns. And precisely, recent rumors have mentioned the existence of a new unexpected project whose exit would be planned for this year. Inevitably, some therefore hoped to hear about it during this Summer Game Fest … without success.
