Our Summer Game Fest schedule will enable you to hold monitor of all of the online game information and bulletins deliberate for the approaching week.
E3 might need been cancelled but once more, however there’s nonetheless a lot to be enthusiastic about in Los Angeles through the month of June.
That consists of the Xbox and Bethesda Showcase, Ubisoft Forward and the massive Summer Game Fest 2023 opening showcase, all of which can be streamed reside and lined instantly right here on VGC, along with our on-the-ground reporting from the occasions themselves.
There’s no Nintendo Direct this 12 months, however there are nonetheless quite a lot of different reside streams to tune in to, which is why we’ve put collectively this entire Summer Game Fest schedule for the upcoming week.
It’s price noting that not all the streams are formally a part of ‘Summer Game Fest’, however they’re shut sufficient that we’ve included them right here.
Summer Game Fest schedule
- Wednesday June 7, 9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm BST: Guerrilla Collective
- Thursday June 8, 12pm PT / 3pm ET / 8pm BST: Summer Game Fest 2023 Opening Showcase
- Thursday June 8, 2pm PT / 5pm ET / 10pm BST: Day of the Devs
- Thursday June 8, 3pm PT / 6pm ET / 11pm BST: Devolver Direct
- Friday June 9, 8am PT / 11am ET / 4pm BST: Access-Ability Summer Showcase
- Friday June 9, 12pm PT / 3pm ET / 8pm BST: Tribeca Games Spotlight
- Saturday June 10, 8am PT / 11am ET / 4pm BST: Future of Play Direct
- Saturday June 10, 9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm BST: Wholesome Games 2023
- Saturday June 10, 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST: Future Games Show
- Sunday June 11, 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST: Xbox Games Showcase & Starfield Direct
- Sunday June 11, 1pm PT / 4pm ET / 9pm BST: PC Gaming Show
- Sunday June 11, 3pm PT / 6pm ET / 11pm BST: Final Fantasy XVI Pre-Launch Celebration
- Monday June 12, 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST: Ubisoft Forward
- Tuesday June 13, 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST: Xbox Games Showcase Extended
- Wednesday June 14, 11am PT / 2pm ET / 7pm BST: UploadVR Showcase
- Thursday June 15, 8pm PT / 11pm ET / 4am BST (Friday): RGG Studio Summit Summer 2023
And right here’s a breakdown of each occasion going down throughout Summer Game Fest:
Guerrilla Collective – Wednesday, June 7
Times: 9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm BST
Where to look at: YouTube / Twitch
Some wonderful video games you may catch through the subsequent Guerrilla Collective showcase on June seventh, 9AM PST! 🔥
🔹 Europa (@EuropaGame)
🔹 Super Adventure Hand (@zworp)
🔹 Nocturnal (@SunnysideGames)
🔹 Lil’ Guardsman (@lilguardsman)[4 DAYS LEFT!]
➡️ https://t.co/lj68orpdQ6 pic.twitter.com/h6TeRg44Bn— Guerrilla Collective (@GuerrillaCollec) June 3, 2023
Guerrilla Collective is a well-liked occasion devoted primarily to digital indie titles.
This 12 months, the principle reside stream guarantees to disclose contemporary bulletins, trailers, gameplay and extra from “lots of the world’s high builders and publishers”.
Summer Game Fest 2023 – Thursday, June 8
Times: 12pm PT / 3pm ET / 8pm BST
Where to look at: YouTube / Twitch
Billing itself because the “world fan celebration of what’s subsequent in video video games”, Summer Game Fest will return for its fourth 12 months with a reside occasion on June 8 at 12pm PT / 3pm ET / 8pm BST.
Promising world premieres, reside gameplay demos and bulletins, the two-hour present will happen in entrance of a reside viewers on the YouTube Theater at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California.
This 12 months greater than 40 publishers will take part in #SummerGameFest actions.
Stay tuned for occasion bulletins at https://t.co/gO9QVWFCdl pic.twitter.com/oYMGrbC78W
— Summer Game Fest (@summergamefest) May 29, 2023
Host and producer Geoff Keighley just lately mentioned Summer Game Fest 2023 will function content material from over 40 publishers, together with PlayStation and Xbox.
Titles featured finally 12 months’s Summer Game Fest showcase included Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, Street Fighter 6, The Callisto Protocol, Gotham Knights and The Last of Us Part 1.
On the format of this 12 months’s reside present, Keighley added: “Whereas The Game Awards may be very a lot straight trailer, trailer, trailer, announcement, announcement, announcement, I believe Summer Game Fest has an opportunity to speak to the builders and showcase video games and provides somewhat bit extra context round video games. We’re not giving out awards within the present. It actually is simply type of a showcase of video games.”
Day of the Devs: SGF Edition – Thursday, June 8
Times: 2pm PT / 5pm ET / 10pm BST
Where to look at: YouTube / Twitch
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Day of the Devs: Summer Game Fest Edition returns June eighth!
Tune in proper after the @summergamefest showcase to see a number of the finest & brightest upcoming indie video games round! 💀✨🤘 pic.twitter.com/6F4ezkmwQe
— Day of the Devs (@dayofthedevs) May 11, 2023
Iam8bit and Double Fine‘s semi-annual indie showcase returns for its conventional slot following the principle Summer Game Fest reside stream.
For greater than a decade, Day of the Devs has showcased over 500 video games, together with hits like Psychonauts 2, Escape Academy, Untitled Goose Game, Unpacking, What Remains of Edith Finch, and Disco Elysium, in each in-person and on-line occasions.
Devolver Direct – Thursday, June 8
Times: 3pm PT / 6pm ET / 11pm BST
Where to look at: YouTube / Twitch
It wouldn’t be a Devolver Digital occasion with no sarcasm-laden spoof present that mixes trade satire with precise sport bulletins, and this 12 months can be no completely different.
The theme for 2023 is “the return of Volvy”, the corporate’s “beloved online game mascot”, who will seemingly be internet hosting the present.
Last 12 months’s occasion was hosted by ‘Mecha Suda 51’, a robotic with a TV display screen displaying the No More Heroes creator.
Access-Ability Summer Showcase – Friday, June 9
Times: 8am PT / 11am ET / 4pm BST
Where to look at: YouTube / Twitch
The first annual Access-Ability Summer Showcase guarantees to spotlight just lately launched and upcoming video video games made by disabled sport builders, and that includes accessibility settings designed to assist guarantee extra disabled avid gamers can play.
During the showcase, each sport proven will element a collection of their accessibility settings choices, to guarantee that these watching at dwelling know in the event that they’ll be capable of play.
“Our goal is to guarantee that if a sport appears thrilling, you don’t have to fret about getting hyped, solely to be taught later {that a} sport doesn’t help your wants as a participant,” mentioned host Laura Kate Dale.
Tribeca Games Spotlight – Friday, June 9
Times: 12pm PT / 3pm ET / 8pm BST
Where to look at: YouTube
The Tribeca Festival has once more chosen a number of video games which it is going to be displaying off through the course of the pageant.
The program will function world premieres of The Expanse: A Telltale Series, Stray Gods, and Nightscape. The Spotlight stream will exhibit every sport intimately, together with interviews with their creators.
Festival attendees may also count on a screening of Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds directed by Glen Milner, which takes viewers on a journey into the inventive thoughts of the Metal Gear creator.
Future of Play Direct – Saturday, June 10
Times: 8am PT / 11am ET / 4pm BST
Where to look at: YouTube
Future Of Play Direct is one other indie video games showcase billed as “a contemporary spin on online game showcases bringing you thrilling new video games from throughout the galaxy — impressed by quintessential hype machine, Toonami.”
The present is hosted by V-tuber A.I. broadcaster Melios, who makes it their mission to function “large bulletins, model new trailers, musical visitors, and show-stopping galaxy premieres which are dripping in fashion”.
Wholesome Games 2023 – Saturday, June 10
Times: 9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm BST
Where to look at: YouTube / Twitch
🌻 Wholesome Direct will premiere Sat, June 10
⏰ 9am PT / 12pm ET / 6pm CET
✨ See the way forward for cozy and uplifting gaming with an hour of unique footage and bulletins from 70+ wonderful indie video games!! pic.twitter.com/15mkewJ0PS— Wholesome Games (@_wholesomegames) May 15, 2023
Taking place instantly after Future of Play, the Wholesome Direct will focus solely on uplifting and ‘cozy’ video games.
Wholesome guarantees “an hour of unique footage and bulletins from 70+ wonderful indie video games”.
Future Games Show – Saturday, June 10
Times: 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST
Where to look at: YouTube / Twitch
The Future Games Show: Summer Showcase will function over 50 multi-format video games, based on its organisers, and be hosted by the celebrities of Marvel’s Spider-Man.
Hollywood voice actors Yuri Lowenthal (Peter Parker) and Laura Bailey (Mary Jane Watson) will host the 70-minute gaming showcase, which can be broadcast on Twitch, YouTube, TikTookay and Twitter.
Xbox Games Showcase & Starfield Direct – Sunday, June 11
Times: 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST
Where to look at: YouTube / Twitch
Following Sony’s personal showcase final month, Microsoft is the one of the opposite three platform holders to carry an occasion through the Summer Game Fest window (Nintendo is nowhere to be seen).
In whole, the Showcase will final round 2 hours. Xbox’s Games Showcase can be instantly adopted by a Starfield Direct presentation, providing a deep-dive into Bethesda’s sci-fi RPG.
“Join us for some new surprises and first-looks from our extremely gifted inner studios, and our many inventive companions world wide,” Microsoft mentioned. “This is the day avid gamers have been ready for to see what’s coming to Xbox, PC, and Game Pass.
“Starfield Direct will invite you inside Bethesda Game Studios to be taught a lot, far more about Starfield, with tons of latest gameplay, developer interviews, and behind-the-scenes insider info.”
PC Gaming Show – Sunday, June 11
Times: 1pm PT / 4pm ET / 9pm BST
Where to look at: YouTube / Twitch
The annual PC showcase hosted by PC Gamer will as soon as once more be highlighting a collection of upcoming PC titles.
According to the publication, 2023’s reside stream will function 55 video games, together with 16 new sport bulletins and “particular entry to developer studios world wide”.
Last 12 months’s occasion showcased “never-before-seen gameplay footage, fascinating conversations with builders, and bulletins from internationally of PC gaming“.
Final Fantasy XVI Pre-Launch Celebration – Sunday, June 11
Times: 3pm PT / 6pm ET / 11pm BST
Where to look at:YouTube / Twitch
Join us for reside panels, gameplay, and an opportunity to expertise The Garuda Challenge on the Final Fantasy XVI Pre-Launch Celebration at LA Center Studios in Los Angeles!
Register to your ticket now at https://t.co/uuh4xS3ahr
The occasion can be livestreamed. #FF16 pic.twitter.com/JP82d7j19Z
— FINAL FANTASY XVI (@finalfantasyxvi) May 26, 2023
Square Enix will host a Final Fantasy XVI Pre-Launch Celebration in Los Angeles on June 11.
Details are skinny on what to anticipate, however contemplating it’s holding an enormous in-person showcase, it’s seemingly there can be a lot for followers to get enthusiastic about.
One chance is that the Final Fantasy 16 demo noticed on PlayStation Store listings will launch through the occasion, permitting customers to check out the sport earlier than its launch later this month.
Ubisoft Forward – Monday, June 12
Times: 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST
Where to look at: YouTube / Twitch
After its high-profile choice to stop E3, Ubisoft can be holding its personal reside stream and in-person occasion on Monday, June 12.
A trailer for the occasion confirms that it’s going to function Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Assassin’s Creed Mirage and The Crew: Motorfest, whereas additionally teasing an unannounced title.
Twitch viewers can be eligible to earn Twitch Drops rewards for a number of video games by watching on Ubisoft’s major channel or these of official co-streaming companions.
Xbox Games Showcase Extended – Tuesday, June 13
Times: 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST
Where to look at: YouTube / Twitch
A follow-up stream, Xbox Games Showcase Extended, will air on June 13 at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST / 7pm CET.
According to Microsoft, it is going to function in-depth interviews centered on the information from the principle showcase plus sport updates from third-party companions.
UploadVR Showcase – Wednesday, June 14
Times: 11am PT / 2pm ET / 7am BST
Where to look at: YouTube
As the identify suggests, Upload VR Showcases are a celebration of what’s to come back for VR content material.
Last 12 months the publication promised, “essentially the most new sport reveals we’ve ever featured at a showcase, together with some from corporations but to launch VR video games”.
RGG Studio Summit Summer 2023 – Thursday, June 15
Times: 8pm PT / 11pm ET / 4am (Friday) BST
Where to look at: YouTube
Like a Dragon developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio will maintain a product showcase on June 15.
The RGG Summit Summer 2023 will happen on June 15 at 8pm PT / 11pm ET (June 16 at 4am BST).
No additional details about the showcase has been introduced, with followers advised to remain tuned for reside stream particulars.
