Summer Games Announcements

June has begun and you know what that means, more games announcement! So far, we have quite a few games to look forward to for this year and next year. Here’s some down below!

Persona 4 Revival and Persona 6

The persona series had a big announcement yesterday with two major installments having trailers. One is a brand new Persona game called Persona 6, which in the trailer shows shows graves. The game will be the first to not be directed by Katsura Hashino who had directed the previous Persona entries. However, character designer Shigenori Soejima and music composer Shoji Meguro will still continue to work on the Persona projects in the upcoming future. The theme color as shown in the trailer will be green, showing  signs of supernatural activities, sickness or environmental themes. The game has no release date so far, but is schedule to come out on the PlayStation 5, PC and Xbox Series X/S.

Persona 4 Revival is a remake of Persona 4 Golden. The game will have the same gameplay as Persona 3 Reloaded with enhance graphics and improve animation. The main English voice actors for Revival is entirely recast with new voice actors playing the character roles. If you have a Xbox the game will be playable on the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Game Pass. It’ll also be available on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. Schedule release is February 18, 2027.

Final Fantasy VII Revelation

The final installment of the Final Fantasy VII storyline. The game will serve as the final act in the storyline with character now being able to control the airship called the Highwind. The player can also parachute down to the mainland to travel to different areas of the game’s map. New additional characters that were not playable in Final Fantasy Rebirth are now playable in Revelation. Cid Highwind and Vincent Valentine are now playable and have unique move sets. The game will also have a new gameplay system called FITS (Function Integrated Tactical Suitwear).

This allows the character to have special equipment that alters their appearance and giving them new skill sets. Players with save data from the other Final Fantasy VII Remake titles will get extra early game bonuses like the Chocobo and Moogle materia and the Phoenix summon Materia. The game does not have a official release date, but is scheduled to come out in Q!/Q2 of next year on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC and Nintendo Switch 2.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake

Seems like the leak for the Ocarina of Time remake is true. Nintendo has officially shown a new trailer for the remake showing the Deku tree and playing the iconic lost woods theme. It then show young link sleeping before embarking to his journey to the land of Hyrule. Although it is a remake, Nintendo said that the game was rebuild from the ground and up to showcase that this game is more than a remake, but a reimagining of the events that took place in the game. The game is going to be on the Nintendo Switch 2 and doesn’t have an official release date, but most anticipated window for release is November of this year.

Resident Evil Veronica

Resident Evil Veronica is going to be a remake of Resident Evil Code: Veronica, which was first released on the Dreamcast in 2000. The game focuses on Claire Redfield and Chris Redfield after the events of Raccoon City. In this timeline, Claire is looking for her brother, but is captured and taken to a remote island experiencing a T-virus outbreak. Like the other remake of other Resident evil titles, Veronica will stay true to the original storyline with modern gameplay. The game doesn’t have a official release date, but is scheduled for a 2027 release.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Robin

Originally announced back in 2023 to be develop by Black Forest Games, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Robin was quietly a cancelled project until now. This version is now being develop by PlatinumGames with Paramount Games Studio publishing it to the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC. The game is set to be base off a five part comic book of the same name that share the Ninja Turtles in an alternative timeline where the last remaining turtle is to seek revenge for the death of his brothers by killing the grandson of one the turtles arch enemies, the Shredder. The game does not have a release date yet.

Xenoblade Genesis

In the Nintendo Direct, Nintendo has officially announced a new Xenoblade game. In the recently interview, Tetsuya Takahashi stated that Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is considered to be the conclusion of the previous story arc. Xenoblade Genesis is a new beginning to the franchise that will be a different story compared to the last. According to some information, the game is set in the land of Anshar, this land is illuminated by the light of six suns that is compose of a force called the Anima flow. People in this land wanted to use the force for warfare and warriors who are capable of using this force are called Vesselai. The protagonist Eleanor is currently enroll in an academy called Leukos where it teaches young warriors to harness and control the Anima flow. The game is set for a 2027 release on the Nintendo Switch 2.