This story is part of our Summer Gaming Marathon series. It’s the most exciting time of year to be a video game fan, as almost every notable video game publisher is getting ready to drop new showcases highlighting upcoming games. Across Summer Game Fest, Xbox Games Showcase, and the next Nintendo Direct, we’ll have a ton of new video games to be excited about.
Related Metroid Prime Remastered from 2023 showed me how intricately those games were designed and why that Metroid subseries is considered so special. I hope Metroid Prime 4 can live up to those expectations and serve as a last hurrah for one of the most popular video game consoles ever made. Nintendo has confirmed that it will hold a Direct sometime this June, so if it does show up this year, it will likely be during that showcase.
A medieval-themed Doom game One of the biggest rumors going around ahead of 2024’s summer showcases is that id Software and Bethesda will reveal a new game in the Doom series. Sites like Insider Gaming are reporting that it will show up at the Xbox Games Showcase as Doom: The Dark Ages and take place in “a medieval-inspired Doom world.” Putting a medieval twist on Doom’s hellish heavy metal aesthetics is a radical idea, so I hope there’s truth to these rampant rumors.