I rated this summer's big gaming showcases. This was the best one | Digital Trends

This story is part of the Digital Trends Summer Gaming Marathon series Over the past month, it’s been nice to see the game industry truly get back into the swing of things with its midyear showcase. While there was no E3 this year , the likes of Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, Ubisoft, and Geoff Keighley all still held exciting live streams of their own that were filled with surprising announcements and entertaining moments.

Thankfully, the show was saved by enough high-profile announcements. We got release dates for Alan Wake 2 and Assassin’s Creed Mirage, as well as the gameplay reveals for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and Helldivers 2. All of those helped ensure a PlayStation Showcase focused on cinematic trailers for live-service games wasn’t a complete bust.Summer Game Fest’s 2023 kickoff showcase was far from perfect.

Meanwhile, Star Wars: Outlaws and Persona 3 Reload were unexpected third-party surprises, while Jusant and 33 Immortals represented indies well. The only real downside of the Xbox Game Showcase was that many of the games featured, outside of Forza Motorsport and Starfield, aren’t actually coming out this year. Thankfully, the deep dive into the September game Starfield in its exclusive Direct really helped make up for that.

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