All the announcements | June 2022

The annual June wave of game announcements is upon is, and it can be tough to keep track of everything that has been unveiled — especially with news spread across so many digital events.

Fortunately, the GamesIndustry.biz team is here to collate all the biggest news in one place, letting you scroll through the week’s surprises at ease.

We’ll be constantly updating this article over the course of the next week or so, and you can find a schedule of all the scheduled showcases right here if you want to catch them live.

Tuesday, June 7

SONIC CENTRAL

Sega’s showcase focused on a mix of game updates and licensing/merchandise deals. Highlights included:

• A overview of Sonic Origins, due to launch on June 23
• A Sega-built Roblox experience, Sonic Speed Simulator, going live on June 11
• A Fall Guys collaboration on August 22
• Gameplay footage of the upcoming Sonic Frontiers, with the promise of more details later this month

Monday, June 6

LIMITED RUN GAMES

The publisher that specialises in bring digital-only retro and indie titles to retail as physical editions announced 33 new titles in its showcase.

This included four new titles developed with its own Carbon Engine emulation tool: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Retro Collection, Rendering Ranger R-2, A Boy and His Blob Retro Collection and Shantae.

The full list of titles announced is below:

• A Boy and His Blob: Retro Collection (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox)
• American Hero (PS4, PS5, Switch, PC)
• BATS: Bloodsucker Anti-Terror Squad (PS4, Switch)
• Bill & Ted’s Excellent Retro Collection (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox)
• Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition (PS4, PS5, Switch)
• Blossom Tales 2 (Switch)
• D (PC, 3DO)
• Deathwish Enforcers (PS4, PS5, Switch)
• DoDonPachi Resurrection (Switch)
• Doom 64 (Xbox)
• Doom Eternal (Switch)
• Enclave (PS4, PS5, Switch)
• ESPGaluda II (Switch)
• Frogun (PS4, PS5, Switch)
• Garden Story (Switch)
• Glover (N64)
• Go Go Kokopolo! (3DS)
• Konami Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection (Switch. PS4)
• Lunark (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox)
• Night Trap (PS5)
• Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties: Definitive Edition (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox)
• PowerSlave: Exhumed (PS4, Switch, Xbox)
• Prize Fighter: Remastered (PS4, PS5)
• Rendering Ranger R-2 (PS4, PS5, Switch, SNES)
• River City Girls 2 (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox)
• Shadowrun Trilogy (PS4, Xbox, Switch)
• Shantae (PS4, PS5)
• Skelattack (PS4, Switch)
• Spidersaurs (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox)
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II (Switch, PC)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (PS4, Switch, Xbox)
• Tetris Effect: Connected (Switch, PS4, Xbox)
• Undermine (PS4, Switch)

Wednesday, June 1

PLAYSTATION’S STATE OF PLAY

Resident Evil 4 Remake confirmed
Capcom kicked off State of Play with the first look at Resident Evil 4 Remake, launching on March 24, 2023. Additional content is also in development specifically for PlayStation VR2, as well as VR content for Resident Evil Village.

More PS VR2 titles confirmed
Sony also announced Hello Games’ acclaimed No Man’s Sky and Skydance Interactive’s The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2: Retribution are coming to PlayStation VR2. The Walking Dead is expected to launch by the end of the year.

More from Horizon
Guerrilla Games gave a glimpse at the gameplay of VR exclusive, Horizon: Call of the Mountain, while also announcing a free update — including photo mode and various visual improvements — for this year’s Horizon: Forbidden West is now available.

Marvel’s Spider-Man swings onto PC
PlayStation’s expansion onto PC continues, with Insomniac Games hit Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered heading to Steam and Epic Games Store on August 12.
Street Fighter returns
Announced earlier this year, Capcom showed off the first gameplay for Street Fighter 6, which is slated to arrive in 2023.

The Callisto Protocol set for Christmas
Developed by Glen Schofield’s Striking Distance Studios, this sci-fi horror action game from former Dead Space developers launches on December 2.

Final Fantasy 16 due next year
Square Enix showed of fresh footage of the next mainline entry its flagship Final Fantasy series, which has been given a launch window of Summer 2023.

Stray stalks into July
Published by Annapurna Interactive, this cyberpunk cat-centric adventure launches for PS4 and PS5 on July 19. PlayStation Plus Premium and Extra subscribers get access to the game on day one at no additional cost.

Roll7’s new IP revealed
Also shown off at State of Play was the next creation from the team behind OlliOlli. Rollerdome is a rollerskating arena shooter, published by Private Division, and launches on August 16.

More indies heading to PlayStation
Foxy fantasy RPG Tunic is coming to PlayStation on September 27, followed by Scavengers Studio’s Season: A Letter to the Future in the Autumn. Finally action game cum dating sim Eternights will arrive in Early 2023.