Frankly, I don't know how many trailers I saw over the frenzied Summer Game Fest weekend. However, considering I watched every single event, and that each one contained anything between 30 and 80 trailers, I'm thinking there were at least 250 in total – and now they're all coagulating into one mega-game in my head.
Each time I close my eyes, I see a machine gun-toting ninja attacking a futuristic tank piloted by a cute hand-drawn mouse who's on a quest to save their farm. Anyway, I did manage to draw a number of recurring themes from the maelstrom of images. Here's seven top trends I've gleaned from Summer Game Fest 2024, from gaming's obsession with anime to certain thematic interests and more.
