The Summer Games Fest, hosted by Geoff Keighley, has grown to become one of the most important gaming events on the schedule, second only to Keighley’s other program, which takes place at the end of the year, and has helped to fill the hole left by the absence of E3. This year’s event will be hosted at the YouTube Theater at Hollywood Park, and it will be broadcast live in countries all over the world. Tickets are now available to anyone who would want to be there in person to hear all of the announcements that will be made. For those of you who aren’t quite ready to make the trip to Los Angeles just yet, here’s how you can watch Summer Games Fest without leaving the convenience of your own house or the neighborhood movie theater.
When is Summer Games Fest 2023?
The show will officially kick off on Thursday, June 8, at the following times:
- 12 PM PT
- 3 PM ET
- 8 PM BST
- 5 AM AET (June 9)
How To Watch Summer Games Fest
The showcase will be shown live in theaters and on all of the typical social media channels where Summer Games Fest is available. At a later time, we will announce which movie theaters will be showing SGF.
Who will be there at Summer Games Fest?
More than 40 “partners” from throughout the industry will provide updates throughout 2023 at the SGF, joining the dozens of publishers and studios that regularly grace the SGF stage. Already on the roster are industry heavyweights like Sony, Xbox, Square Enix, and Activision, along with more recent disruptors like Annapurna Interactive, HoYoVerse, and Netflix Games.
- Activision
- Amazon Games
- Annapurna Interactive
- Bandai Namco
- Behavior Interactive
- Capcom
- CD Projekt Red
- Devolver Digital
- Digital Extremes
- Disney
- EA Games
- Epic Games
- Focus Entertainment
- Gearbox Publishing
- Grinding Gear Games
- HoYoVerse
- Kabam
- Larian Games
- Level Infinite
- Magic The Gathering
- Neowiz
- Netflix Games
- Nexon
- Niantic
- North Beach
- Paradox Interactive
- Pearl Abyss
- Phoenix Labs
- Plaion
- PlayStation
- Pocket Pair
- Razer
- Samsung Gaming Hub
- Second Dinner
- Sega
- Smilegate Entertainment
- Square Enix
- Steam
- Techland
- Tribeca Festival
- Ubisoft
- Warner Bros. Interactive
- Xbox
What You Can Expect Summer Games Fest
Prepare yourself for a plethora of game trailers, a few premieres, and brief interviews with creators if past years are any indication. After the Elden Ring incident at last year’s Game Awards, security is likely to be tighter than usual surrounding the stage. At Summer Games Fest, both NetherRealm Studios, makers of Mortal Kombat 1, and Remedy Interactive, makers of Alan Wake 2, will show off their games’ unpolished gameplay for the first time.
Beyond that, there aren’t ever any truly huge announcements during SGF and most of the program is often devoted to new trailers for titles that have previously been announced. Bandai Namco may have a Tekken 8 teaser ready, Activision may show off footage from this year’s Call of Duty, and with Square Enix in attendance, it’s likely that anything relating to Final Fantasy 16 or its new soapy multiplayer shooter Foamstars will be displayed.
Capcom’s next game, Exoprimal, will be out a week by the time they take the stage, and by then, Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail upgrades from HoYoVerse will have likely been released. Street Fighter 6 will be a week old. The developers of Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red, showed off some brand new Phantom Liberty gameplay at last year’s Game Awards and promised further information on the upcoming DLC in June.
After Keighley’s show ends in June, there are still plenty of other presentations to see. On June 10, you can look forward to the return of Wholesome Direct, on June 11 you can see the Xbox Games Showcase and Starfield Direct, and on June 12 you can tune in to Ubisoft Forward.
Conclusion
Following the conclusion of Summer Games Fest, the independent games expo organized by Double Fine and Iam8bit will resume its operations. Indie games that are “unique, diverse, and beautiful” are showcased across a variety of categories during this event, which has been an annual tradition during Summer Games Fest ever since the year 2020. As is customary, you may watch the live stream of Day of the Devs on Facebook, as well as through the links to YouTube and Twitch that have been provided above.
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