Summer Game Fest 2026

**Imran Shaikh** (0:00)
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Summer Game Fest, the year's biggest gaming show, had plenty of titles worth playing. I'm Imran Shaikh, and welcome to a special edition of Engadget Tomorrow. If you missed out on SGF, you're in luck because we have the scoop. First, starting with Detopia, a relaxing puzzle game set in a utopia that might not be so perfect. A brief demo teased mysteries and can be a welcome cozy palate cleanser compared to some other raids on tombs and dinosaur attacks. Like grave seasons, trend alert, there's a not so cozy as it seems undercurrent. The game starts as soon as the protagonist arrives with ever-present robots gently guiding you around the facilities. The bots also explain your role at Detopia and your cute apartment, which can be increasingly customized as you progress through the game. A visual system switch lets your character see what others can't, helping you to spot issues and communicate with broken robots across the facility. According to the press release, decisions will matter in Detopia with storyline implications based on what you do, or don't do, inside the confines of this muted utopia. Players can explore the mystery of Detopia themselves on July 14th. And then there's Control Resonant, arguably the biggest game available to play at SGF 2026 You don't need to fully understand the plot of the original to get up to speed with the stakes and main characters. Jesse Faden, who you played in Control, is missing, and it's up to her powerful brother Dylan to find her while battling the mysterious threat called The Hiss. It's less about shooting this time and more about melee. In the early beats of the game, Dylan soon unlocks paranormal powers like huge leaps, levitation, high-speed dashes, and more. You'll then speed through the morphing Manhattan, suggesting a faster start than in Control. Maybe give it another chance?
Onimucha, Way of the Sword, is approaching its September 25th release date. It feels like a deliberate evolution of the series, trading the static dread of the past for a richer, more reactive combat loop. The meticulous temple recreations are back, but they're now crawling with creepier monsters that demand more than just mindless sword slashes. While the Ys encounters remain the high-risk gold standard for masters, the demo leaned heavily into basic parries and dodges that speed up the flow of the battle, rewarding players who wait for the perfect opening to finish off Genma Demons.
And finally, when you're unable to pull together friends to play the original Among Us, try Among Us Story on Guard. This new title appears to be part of a full court press for Among Us, including the just-released animated series. The demo was frustratingly short, part of Nintendo Switch 2 third-party showcase at SGF, but hit the right playful tones of a detective-style game as you fight to prove your innocence using far more evidence than most Among Us defense speeches. You run around the familiar spaceship environments, although the demo funnels you through to the handful of interactions and conversations available in the brief preview. It plays around with the fundamentals of the base Among Us experience, like brief mini-games and sabotage, repurposing them into a narrative problem-solving distraction. There's no release date yet, but it will eventually launch on PC and Switch.
Thanks for listening to the show. Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Today's show featured journalism by Engadget contributor Matt Smith and was produced by Spoken Layer. I'm Imran Shaikh, and we'll talk more on Monday.