ROLLERDROME
Developer Roll7 Publisher Private Division Format PC, PS4, PS5 Release August 16
This was a summer of few genuine surprises, which meant that the games that did make us sit bolt upright and lean into our monitors seemed all the more exhilarating. Such was the case with Roll7’s future bloodsport, an instantly striking combination of Rollerball, Jet Set Radio and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater – with perhaps just a hint of Vanquish – set in an alternate universe where Sable rejected empathy and introspection and instead embraced ultraviolence. For around 80 seconds or so (other developers, take note: your game trailers don’t need to be several minutes long), we were absolutely rapt.