The 2021 Summer Game Fest: Kickoff Live! streaming event included several world premiere game trailers and announcements. Hosted by The Game Awards’ Geoff Keighley, Summer Game Fest began as a sort of E3 replacement last year, but this year’s kickoff comes a few days before the official E3 2021 begins.

Keighley promised a 90-minute showcase of reveals on both new games and existing titles. Much rumor and speculation before the show pointed to an Elden Ring reveal at Summer Game Fest, along with updates on Among Us and more.

Keighley started the show with the announcement of Borderlands developer Gearbox Software’s new game, Tiny Tina’s Wonderands. The trailer showcased a magical, medieval world full of dragons and guns in Borderlands‘ signature cell-shaded style and announced several celebrity voice actors, including Andy Samburg and Wanda Sykes. The game will include spellcasting and character customization in a quest to defeat the “Dragon Lord.”

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Every Game & Trailer In Summer Game Fest 2021’s Kickoff Live! Show

The following games were shown off during the Summer Game Fest: Kickoff Live! event for 2021. Follow the linked text for full trailers and more information about those particular titles. Brand new game announcements are bolded.

  • Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands (Gearbox Software) – early 2022
  • Metal Slug Tactics (SNK) – TBA
  • Death Stranding Director’s Cut (Kojima Productions) – “Coming Soon“
  • Jurassic World Evolution 2 (Frontier Developments) – 2021
  • Sable (Shedworks) – September 23, 2021
  • Lost Ark (Smilegate RPG) – fall 2021
  • Call of Duty: Warzone Season Four (Raven Software) – June 17, 2021
  • Among Us update roadmap (Innersloth) – TBA
  • Chicory: A Colorful Tale (Greg Lobanov) – out today
  • Salt and Sacrifice (Ska Studios) – 2022
  • Solar Ash (Heart Machine) – 2021
  • Chivalry 2 (Torn Banner Studios) – available now
  • VALORANT new agent tease (Riot Games) – TBA
  • Escape From Tarkov Streets of Tarkov area (Battlestate Games) -TBA
  • Two Point Campus (Two Point Studios) – 2022
  • Stranger Things x Smite crossover (Hi Rez Studios) – July 13, 2021
  • Koch Media publishing label Prime Matter gameplay reel
  • Payday 3 (Prime Matter) – 2o23
  • Crossfire: Legion (Prime Matter) – TBA
  • New Painkiller game (Prime Matter, Saber Interactive) – TBA 
  • The Anacrusis (Stray Bombay) – TBA
  • New World (Amazon Game Studios) – TBA
  • Rocket League x Fast 9 crossover (Psyonix) – June 17, 2021
  • Vampire: The Masquerade’s Bloodhunt (Sharkmob) – 2021 
  • The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes (Supermassive Games) – October 22, 2021
  • Tales of Arise (Bandai Namco) – September 10, 2021
  • Sky: Children of the Light Switch version (Jenova Chen) – June 29, 2021
  • The Planet of Lana (Thunderful, Wishfully) – 2022
  • Overwatch 2 Baptiste & Sombra skin reveals (Blizzard Entertainment) – TBA
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance (Tuque Games) – June 22, 2021
  • Paladins x Gen:Lock crossover (Hi Rez Studios) – July 2021
  • Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (Capcom) –  July 9, 2021
  • Wave Break (Funktronic Labs) – June 11, 2021
  • Endless Dungeon (Amplitude) – TBA
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games) – June 11, 2021
  • Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft) – October 7, 2021
  • Fall Guys x NieR: Automata crossover (Mediatonic) – June 18, 2021
  • Genshin Impact (miHoYo) – available now
  • Deviation Games new PlayStation IP – TBA
  • Back 4 Blood (Turtle Rock Studios) – October 12, 2021
  • Tunic (Andrew Shouldice) – TBA
  • Tribes of Midgard (Norsefell) – July 27, 2021
  • Evil Dead: The Game (Saber Interactive) – 2021
  • Elden Ring gameplay reveal (FromSoftware) – January 21, 2022

Highlights include Innersloth’s reveal of the Among Us roadmap, which teased several updates coming to the game. These include the long-teased new crewmate colors, as well as new roles, visor decorations, and achievements. Also revealed was a new Hide and Seek mode, along with a tease of a new map on the way.

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The 2021 Summer Game Fest: Kickoff Live! show concluded with the long-awaited Elden Ring gameplay reveal trailer, showcasing Elden Ring‘s horseback gameplay and a haunting world full of intriguing monsters and landscapes. The trailer also teased a Dark Souls-like story about an “unending curse,” finishing things off with a release date reveal of January 21, 2022 .

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