{"id":625706,"date":"2026-06-07T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T09:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/625706\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T09:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T09:00:11","slug":"summer-game-fest-2026-all-the-news-from-gamings-busiest-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/625706\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Game Fest 2026: All the news from gaming\u2019s busiest week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b3 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1 _1h4u4kv5\">Every year at Summer Game Fest, nestled in between the splashy blockbuster showcases, the Wholesome Direct provides a nice change of pace. It\u2019s similarly packed with games \u2014 this year\u2019s edition had more than 50 \u2014 but the vibe is more chill and, well, wholesome. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/678265\/wholesome-direct-2025-best-games-play-now\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">As in years past<\/a>, I\u2019ve pulled out some of the more intriguing reveals and announcements, though you can watch the whole thing for yourself <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=FS3tJ4v33VE&amp;feature=youtu.be\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">right here<\/a>. And if you\u2019re interested in checking out some of the games \u2014 a few are available now, and a bunch have demos \u2014 there\u2019s <a rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1701640&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fstore.steampowered.com%2Fsale%2FWholesomeDirect2026\" target=\"_blank\">a dedicated Steam page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b3 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1 _1h4u4kv5\">Way back in 2017, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/2\/15\/14611446\/hidden-folks-review-iphone-ipad-steam-apple-tv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hidden Folks<\/a> helped usher in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/entertainment\/889978\/hidden-object-games-indie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a new genre of seek-and-find games<\/a> \u2014 and now it\u2019s getting a sequel. There aren\u2019t a lot of details yet, but Hidden Folks 2 will feature \u201chand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes in various new themes, together with more silly jokes, more mouth sounds, and various quality of life improvements.\u201d It\u2019s launching in 2027 on both mobile and PC.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"_1h4u4kv6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/entertainment\/943977\/wholesome-direct-2026-cute-games-trailers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read Article &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every year at Summer Game Fest, nestled in between the splashy blockbuster showcases, the Wholesome Direct provides a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[96,205,59,50,136,16332,954,86,56,54,55,183],"class_list":["post-625706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-entertainment","tag-gaming","tag-gb","tag-news","tag-nintendo","tag-pc-gaming","tag-playstation","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-xbox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}