Summer Grade Fest: How Many SGF Live 2025 Announcements Panned Out?

While June usually marks the end of the school year for kids around the country, in the video game world, June is just the beginning. Summer Game Fest Live kicks off a busy reveal season for indie and AAA gaming alike, but sometimes what's shown on stage doesn't always make it to your home console or PC.  With SGF Live 2026 on the horizon, we're looking back at last year's show to evaluate how many of those games did make it to shelves, how many are still in development, and how many, if any, were left on the cutting room floor. SGF Live 2026, meanwhile, kicks off Friday, June 5 at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET, and it will be livestreamed on Twitch, YouTube, and more. Mortal Shell II The sequel to Cold Symmetry's souls-like debuted at last year's show, and while it still hasn't launched as of this writing, there were previews floating around as recently as April of this year. Consider this one still in development. VERDICT: Jury's still out.  Fortnite Death Star Sabotage The limited-time event Death Star Sabotage in Fortnite marked the end of the month-long Star Wars mini-season, and led right into Chapter 6 Season 3: Super.  VERDICT: It happened! Score one for SGF Live 2025. Death Stranding 2: On The Beach Hideo Kojima and a Geoff Keighley production: name a more iconic duo. Kojima entered next to present a new trailer for Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, leading up to its eventual release just a few weeks later on June 26, 2025. VERDICT: Another point for Keighley, courtesy of his old buddy Hideo. Chronicles: Medieval Chronicles: Medieval is an open-world sandbox game featuring large-scale battles between medieval armies from Raw Power Games. The team promised early access opportunities in 2026, but that still hasn't come to pass. For now, we simply wait. VERDICT: Jury's still out.  Sonic Racing CrossWorlds Sonic Racing CrossWorlds hit the stage next, revealing guest racers Hatsune Mike, Ichiban Kasuga, and Joker, while also teasing a Minecraft collaboration. The release date was set for September 25. VERDICT: The Sonic racer indeed launched in September with all of these new friends in tow. That's a point! Code Vein II Next up was Code Vein II, a return to Bandai Namco's anime souls-like. The SGF trailer mentioned a 2026 release date, but nothing more specific.  VERDICT: Code Vein II launched in January of this year, which means SGF Live 2025 is already up to four points. End Of Abyss The tone got a little creepy next with End of Abyss from Section 9 Interactive. Claustrophobic hallways and mean-looking monsters were highlights of the trailer, with the release window set for 2026–and we're still waiting. VERDICT: Jury's still out. Mouse: P.I. For Hire Next up was a new look at noir boomer-shooter Mouse: P.I. For Hire, which revealed Troy Baker as the lead voice. The trailer ended with a 2025 release window, which the game did not hit. VERDICT: While Mouse did launch in April 2026, SGF Live promised 2025, and that didn't happen. We can't give the point here. Game Of Thrones: War For Westeros One of the most surprising trailers of the show was for Game Of Thrones: War For Westeros. While no gameplay was shown, the cinematic trailer showed Jon Snow defeated by and joining sides with the Night King, which would have been one heck of a twist in the show. However, there have been no updates on the game since last year. VERDICT: Jury's still out. Atomic Heart II and The Cube Mundfish came to the stage with a pair of projects: Atomic Heart II and The Cube. Atomic Heart II is a follow-up to the outlandish 2023 FPS, while The Cube is an open-world MMORPG shooter set in a new universe. Or, at least we think, because nothing new for The Cube nor Atomic Heart II has been shown since SGF 2025. VERDICT: Jury's still out x2.  Marvel Cosmic Invasion The show gets back on track with Marvel Cosmic Invasion, with the 2D beat-'em-up revealing Rocket Raccoon and She-Hulk as playable characters.  VERDICT: Both heroes were in the final roster, and the game launched in December. Back on the board! Onimusha: Way Of The Sword Capcom turned out to be the MVP of SGF Live 2025, with three big announcements sprinkled throughout the show. First was a new look at Onimusha: Way Of The Sword, which showed gameplay for the first time and set a 2026 release window.  VERDICT: Jury's still out, but the State of Play earlier this week set a September 25 release date, so things are trending in the right direction. Felt That Boxing One of the most bizarre (complimentary) trailers of the show came from Felt That Boxing, a Punch-Out-like where every character in the game looks like a Muppet. This trailer is the only thing we've seen from Felt That so far, so we're wondering what's going to happen. VERDICT: Jury's still out. Killer Inn Social deduction meets Square Enix in Killer Inn, which debuted at SGF Live 2025. Players are groups into a hotel, most of whom are marked as Lambs, and a few selected as Wolves. The L

While June usually marks the end of the school year for kids around the country, in the video game world, June is just the beginning. Summer Game Fest Live kicks off a busy reveal season for indie and AAA gaming alike, but sometimes what's shown on stage doesn't always make it to your home console…

While June usually marks the end of the school year for kids around the country, in the video game world, June is just the beginning. Summer Game Fest Live kicks off a busy reveal season for indie and AAA gaming alike, but sometimes what's shown on stage doesn't always make it to your home console or PC.  With SGF Live 2026 on the horizon, we're looking back at last year's show to evaluate how many of those games did make it to shelves, how many…