The summer video game season is in full swing and culminates with the Summer Game Fest this Thursday. Geoff Keighley’s event takes center stage with a big presentation tonight.
[Mis à jour le 9 juin 2022 à 11h58] The cancellation of E3 does not only make people unhappy. Despite the absence of the biggest event dedicated to video games in the world, the industry does not intend to spend the summer in the closet. And the one who is doing well at the moment is Geoff Keighley. Its event, the Summer Game Fest, now takes center stage and announces a third edition busier than ever. In addition to the various exhibitor conferences planned as part of the event, we will be able to find today a great evening of presentation dedicated to the future of the video game industry. Big releases, announcements of all kinds, technical projects, innovations… more than 3 hours of live shows, starting this Thursday at 8 p.m. (French time). The opportunity for very large franchises to say hello to us and also a good publicity stunt for more modest projects. We summarize everything you need to know about the event:
The Summer Game Fest talk, presented by Geoff Keighley and streamed on The Game Awards Youtube and Twitch channel, airs Thursdays June 9, 2022 from 8 p.m., French time. On the program, a farandole of game presentations by many partners of the event, including publishers 2K, Capcom, EA, Activision Blizzard, Xbox and Bethesda.
The Summer Game Fest will be streamed live on the Game Awards event Youtube page. It will also be co-streamed on thegameawards Twitch channel. To not miss it, we advise you to subscribe to one of the two channels on your favorite platform. Anyway, you can also watch it live in the embedded video block below.
The Summer Game Fest conference is scheduled to be broadcast live on Twitch and Youtube on Thursday, June 9, 2022. The event schedule promises us that the show should last 3 hours, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. , French time. With dozens of partners announced, the conference should therefore be full of video game trailers and presentations for the coming year!
What can we expect from the Summer Game Fest?
And many things. Although Geoff Keighley clarified that we should not expect everything and anything tonight, we already know that the event has some big announcements in store for us. We know in particular that Activision will participate in the event and will present to us the first images of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (the new, not the old). In addition, we can also wait for news from The Callisto Protocol, the original creation of Dead Space’s “dad”: Glen Schofield. There will therefore be what it takes for fans of shooters and for those of horror games, but also for those of comics, since Warner Bros Games has confirmed its participation in the SGF, and could show us images of Gotham Knights tonight. In addition to these large projects, other more modest announcements will obviously be on display, since around thirty partners should take part in the event.
A new presentation of Marvel: Midnight Suns, the tactical RPG from Firaxis that promises an XCOM-like Marvel superhero sauce, will also be there during the live Summer Game Fest. The official Twitter account for the event also hinted that One Piece Odyssey, the role-playing game adapted from the hit manga saga, would also be present during the live announcements. Something to please fans of the license, no doubt. Also note that it is during the Sumer Game Fest that Frost Giant, a studio created by former Starcraft 2 developers, will present its next real-time strategy game.
What won’t we see at Summer Game Fest?
Even easier than speculating on what we might see there, knowing what we are almost sure not to see at Summer Game Fest tonight. Because Geoff Keighley himself specified that one should not hope to see everything and anything during the three hours of the event. For example, it’s hard to imagine seeing images of Starfield, since the Xbox and Bethesda projects will undoubtedly be reserved for the Xbox presentation evening this Sunday. Nor should we expect much from Nintendo or Sony, who traditionally reserve their announcements for their own events.