One of my favourite weeks of the year is here: Summer Games Done Quick 2026 begins and anyone with a passing interest in games should dip in

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Some people get very excited for https://www.eurogamer.net/everything-announced-in-summer-game-fest-2026">our annual non-E3 blast of games news in June.

Others await the Q3-Q4 release window rush of games with glee (although, this year, https://www.eurogamer.net/gta-6-release-date-black-hole">I find it a bit more scary than I do exciting).

My favourite time of the gaming calendar, though, is split between two six-month blocks: I celebrate the arrival of Summer Games Done Quick and Awesome Games Done Quick like the passing of Halley's Comet.

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