Weekend Warrior – Summer Game Fest Edition

We have officially entered the most hype time of the gaming year, and the staff of Game Informer is in full Summer Game Fest mode this week. Part of our team is in Los Angeles to check out many of the games featured during Summer Game Fest, and the home team is working just as hard watching showcases and what feels like endless amounts of trailers to keep the GI readers up-to-date with every bit of news coming to light this week. News such as the reveal of The Last of Us Part I, TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge’s release date, new Marvel’s Midnight Suns info, and Guile coming to Street Fighter 6, to name a few. 

With everyone being so busy, Weekend Warrior would normally take a backseat in favor of SGF activities, but because we’ve already been gone a couple of weeks, I wouldn’t let that happen this time. Here’s what the Game Informer staff is up to this weekend:

Blake Hester, age 28 – This weekend, I’m replaying Resident Evil 2. It’s the remake. It’s not the original. That’s a bad game. Oder it could be an old one. Same difference. After the Resident Evil 4 remake announcement, I’ve been in the RE mood. Replaying some of the more recent games have reminded me just what a li’l freak I am for Capcom’s horror jaunts. But, Resident Evil 3 Nemesis is a remake that I’ve never seen. That one’s up next.

Wesley LeBlanc – It’s an extremely busy weekend for me, and I don’t foresee too much gaming in it as a result. The big highlight of this weekend is that my lil brother is getting married (congrats Cameron!!!!!My weekend will be dominated by that. When I’m not participating in wedding shenanigans, I’ll be covering the weekend video game conferences (very excited for Xbox’s showcase Sunday) and hanging with family from out of town. You might also see me possibly watching more Stranger Things. I finished Season 4 last week and immediately began an entire rewatch of the series because, dangit, that’s good television right there. Have a great weekend, everyone!

Jill Grodt – This weekend will be all about video games news, as we’re right at the end of summer showcases. There will be many indie presentations on Saturday. I’m sure my list of games to watch is growing by the end. Of course, I’m looking forward to fun announcements from the big stages too. Everybody should be excited!

John Carson –Today marks the one-year anniversary of my partnership with Game Informer and it’s been just as chaotic as my first, but with plenty more experience under my belt to make it manageable. I’ll be working all weekend, but it doesn’t feel all that much like work because I’m watching all the same game trailers I’d be glued to if I weren’t working for GI. When I’m not writing up stories, I’ll be catching up on Stranger Things season 4 (only one episode in, and it’s great!I’m still grinding at Diablo Immortal and getting caught up on the Monster Hunter Rise PC endgame to get ready for Sunrise in just a few more weeks. If it is possible, I will also be hopping into Guilty Gear Strive in order to have my butt done by online randos if that’s what I want.


Now it’s your turn, Game Informees. Are you feeling excited about Summer Game Fest? What plans do you have for this weekend? Comment below to share your views.

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