E3 is lifeless (this yr, not less than), however the Summer season Sport Fest schedule will make sure that there’s loads of appointment viewing if you happen to’re on the lookout for direct advertising and marketing from main publishers on their upcoming PC video games. Between the person occasions which have already been introduced and the standard rumours from the trade’s extra dependable insiders, we’re beginning to get a reasonably clear thought of what we are able to count on from this summer season’s not-quite-E3 press conferences.
Earlier than we get to what is going to occur, let’s discuss what gained’t. There can be no EA Play this yr. EA’s annual showcase sometimes passed off simply forward of E3 yearly, however the writer has confirmed there can be no such broadcast in 2022. As a substitute, particular person EA studios intend to convey data about video games like Dragon Age and Lifeless Area by means of smaller, devoted data blasts on social media.
EA brings us straight to the hearsay mill, too. The sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is reportedly due for a reveal quickly, and insiders count on that to be both on Could 4, the semi-official Star Wars day, or someday between Could 26 and Could 29, the dates of the annual fan conference, Star Wars Celebration.
After all, not all of those occasions will really be branded underneath Geoff Keighley’s Summer season Sport Fest banner – although if you happen to’ve bought a greater thought what to name this free assortment of sport bulletins, I’d love to listen to it.
Summer season Sport Fest schedule
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June – Summer season Sport Fest
Geoff Keighley’s E3 alternative is about to happen completely throughout the month of June, and Summer season Sport Fest will as soon as once more embody quite a few livestream exhibits from quite a lot of main publishers. Few actual particulars on these particular person exhibits have been revealed, however the record of studios and publishers partnering with Summer season Sport Fest is very large: 2K, Activision, Amazon Video games, Annapurna Interactive, Bandai Namco, Blizzard, Capcom, Devolver Digital, Dotemu, EA, Epic Video games, Finji, Frontier, Gearbox Publishing, Hello-Rez Studios, Innersloth, Koch Media, Mediatonic, Mihoyo, Netflix, Psyonix, Uncooked Fury, Riot Video games, Saber Interactive, Sega, PlayStation, Prime Gaming, Sq. Enix, Steam, Tencent, Tribeca, Ubisoft, Warner Bros, Wizards of the Coast, and Xbox.
June – Summer season Sport Fest Kickoff Reside
After all, Summer season Sport Fest will, er, kick off with Geoff Keighley’s personal Kickoff Reside occasion, that includes bulletins from throughout the trade. Final yr’s occasion featured reveals for video games like Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, Dying Stranding: Director’s Lower, the worldwide model of Misplaced Ark, and, in fact, the primary substantial have a look at Elden Ring.
June – Day of the Devs
Day of the Devs is an annual showcase of indie video games hosted by Double Nice and iam8bit and, for my cash, 2021’s stream was the most effective press conference-style broadcast of that yr’s E3-adjacent occasions. Organisers are presently soliciting contributors for Day of the Devs: Summer season Sport Fest Version – the ultimate result’s sometimes a curated number of slightly below 20 fantastic-looking indie video games. Because the identify suggests, the occasion will run throughout Summer season Sport Fest, although there’s no particular date simply but.
August 12 – THQ Nordic Digital Showcase
The THQ Nordic Digital Showcase will return on August 12 at 12pm PDT / 3pm EDT / 8pm BST by way of YouTube and Twitch. In keeping with a press launch, we are able to count on updates on video games like Outcast 2 and Jagged Alliance, in addition to “a number of model new video games, increasing the corporate’s portfolio into new genres with each licensed and unique gaming experiences.”
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August 18-20 – QuakeCon
The annual QuakeCon occasion now performs host to bulletins round an array of Bethesda and id Software program video games. QuakeCon 2022 will as soon as once more be digital-only, so you may count on three days of on-line broadcasts. Earlier QuakeCons have introduced bulletins like Skyrim: Anniversary Version and the remaster of Quake, and with the Starfield launch date coming so quickly after, it’s probably we’ll see Bethesda’s subsequent large open-world sport on the present.
August 24 – Gamescom Opening Evening Reside
Rounding out the summer season’s occasions we’ve got one other Geoff Keighley particular. The official kickoff to the reside Gamescom present in Cologne, Germany will as soon as once more be Opening Evening Reside, a “spectacular showcase occasion full of online game bulletins, information, and surprises” on August 24. Final yr’s occasion featured issues just like the reveal of the Saints Row reboot, the Halo Infinite launch date, and the primary gameplay from Name of Obligation: Vanguard.
