It's Wildcard Wishlist time! Here are the games we want to see at Summer Game Fest but we're prepared to clown over

Jun. 6, 2024

SGF Predictions | From Hollow Knight Silksong to Witcher 4, we’re prepping our summoning circles for these wildcard game picks

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Summer Game Festis fast approaching and we’ve been making predictions left right and center about what we may see - fromour hotly anticipated RPGsandnew JRPGstosome seriously exciting open-world games,nail-biting horrors,brutal soulslikes, andupcoming Metroidvania picks. With a wealth of exciting showcases making up theSummer Game Fest schedule, we can’t resist rounding up the games we’re dying to see more of - even if we’re fully prepared to put clown makeup on over them. From games that have been rumored for years, to long awaited releases that are likely still a ways off, and new titles that we’re simply trying to manifest, these wildcard wishlist picks likely won’t make an appearance - but that doesn’t stop us from setting down a summoning circle in the hopes they materialize.

So join us as we cross our fingers and toes and run down our ultimate wildcard wishlist for Summer Game Fest.

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Developer:Chucklefish

Developer:Capcom

Developer:CD Projekt Red

It’s been more than three years sinceCyberpunk 2077, nine months sincePhantom Liberty, and CD Projekt has been gradually moving people over ontoThe Witcher 4for a long time now. I’m not expecting some kind of imminent release date -the new saga hasn’t even entered full-scale production yet- but I can only look at that picture of a mysterious medallion in the snow for so long. And I have so many questions that even one teeny cinematic trailer might help answer: Where on the continent is it set? How does it handle TheWitcher 3’s multiple endings? Will we play as Ciri? Andisthat a new Witcher school being teased?

Developer:Respawn Entertainment

Let’s be honest with ourselves, fellow Pilots: Titanfall 3 just ain’t happening. Respawn is one of EA’s biggest and most important studios, and with a proven track record that includes two successful Star Wars: Jedi games and the money printing license that isApex Legends, I’d be surprised if the developer is ever afforded the room to make a threequel to such a beloved game. WheneverApex Legends directly references things from Titanfall, it’s both a nice reminder and salt in the wound. The tense battle royale action and masterfully designed gunplay just doesn’t quite scratch the same itch when you can’t also stomp about in a massive robot armed to the teeth.

Although, maybe it’s for the best that Titanfall 3 never sees the light of day. Recent news ofRespawn’s Star Wars FPS being cancelled(this would’ve beenanotherlicense to print money) alongside mass layoffs, followed byEA CEO Andrew Wilson sharing that advertising in EA games is being looked intoand thathe reckons generative AI will positively impact development processes, has left a bad taste in my mouth. If Titanfall 3 is going to feature energy drink ads and stiff banter with ChatGPT-7274, I’d rather play literally any of the other currently unreleased or non-existent games on this list.

Developer:Kojima Productions

Developer:Ubisoft somewhere, somehow

Developer:Team Cherry

Fine, I’ll be the one to say it, because unlike Will desperately hoping for Titanfall 3, it has to happen atsomepoint, right? Right?!Hollow Knight Silksongis at the point where it genuinely seems to have supplanted Half-Life 3 as the go-to joke about games never coming out - and considering it was supposed to launch early last year and there’s still no obvious release date, it’s not hard to see why. I know, I know, you can’t rush genius, but I really would quite like to play Hornet’s journey through Hallownest before I die - and it feels like there’s been at leasta few little hints and teases circulating in recent monthsto suggest some movement from behind the curtain at Team Cherry, even if none of them are official.

Call it copium if you want, but frankly we don’t have much else to go on right now, and at the very least some concrete information about whether we should be prepared for months or years to wait would be appreciated. And God, even if there’s no Silksong news, could I at least get that long-awaited DLC for Katana Zero, please?

Developer:Extremely Ok Games

Developer:Nintendo

If there’s one JRPG series I adore that doesn’t get nearly as much attention as it deserves, it’s the Mother series, with the second installment, Earthbound, being one of my favorite games of all time. So, as we approach its 30th anniversary this August, I can’t help but hope that perhaps there’s theslightestchance an Earthbound remake could be announced.

Earthbound’s charming 16-bit art style isn’t one that’s aged poorly in the slightest, but my nostalgic brain can’t help but imagine a sparkly new HD-2D version, or perhaps even a 3D one adopting a similar style to the Link’s Awakening remake, with its colorful environments and adorable, toy-like character models. The JRPG is a truly special game, with its quirkiness and unique vibes going on to inspire a plethora of RPGs from other developers, notably including Toby Fox’s indie hit, Undertale, so the more players can be introduced to that, the better. Nintendo hasn’t said or done anything to hint that a remake could exist, mind you, but for now, I’m going to hold onto that hope, along with my undying dream that one day, Mother 3 will finally get an official English localization.

It’s been 4 years since N-Dawg last released a brand new title, and sinceThe Last of Us 2, it’s been remaster, after collection, after port, after remaster, with nothingnewsupposedly on the horizon.

That was until relatively recently when Naughty Dog president Neil Druckmann confirmed not only aremultiple Single-Player Games in development at the studio, but thattheir next release will be quite the Doozy.With these trickles of news in mind, maybe a Naughty Dog announcement isn’t as wild a card as others, so let’s spice things up a bit.

Uncharted is fine too.

For more, check out our pick of the15 games we really want to see at Summer Game Fest.

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