Update: May 29, 2022
Sony has announced a State of Play for June 2nd at 6PM EST. It’s going to be focused on third party and PSVR2 games.
Update: May 5, 2022
June 9th at 2PM ET, Summer Game Fest will be having a live cross industry showcase hosted by Geoff Keighley. We can expect some big video game news to come out of this, especially from companies that won’t be having their own conference and won’t be tied to another company’s, like the Xbox showcase. With so many companies out there, it’s impossible to guess what they’ll show, but what are you hoping they announce?
A new rumor suggests that the Xbox showcase will be longer than the usual 90 minutes. Xbox head of marketing, Aaron Greenberg, has said that they haven’t finalized the length yet. With an all digital event and nothing happening right after, they have no reason they need to stick to 90 minutes and with more than 90, they could show more game play. Would you want them to go passed a 90 minute conference?
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E3(Electronic Entertainment Expo) has been a staple in the video game industry for many years. Some describe it as Christmas for gamers and for some time it was shown on channels like SpikeTV. It’s something that I’ve wanted to attend for many years. Unfortunately due to the pandemic, whether or not E3 actually happens has been up in the air. It missed 2020, but returned last year. This year, however, it won’t be happening.
Back in 2020, shortly after E3 was cancelled, Geoff Keighley announced a new digital event, Summer Game Fest. The Summer Game Fest would step in and fill in the gap that the missing E3 left. This year, the online festival returns for it’s third year after being held last year alongside a digital E3. It’s important to note that it is not E3 and therefor won’t have E3 staples like EA Play, instead EA will be announcing things on social media.
While we don’t have the full schedule yet, recently some info has been announced. This page will be updated when more is announced.
Schedule
On June 6-10 Netflix will be holding their Geeked Week. With their recent announcement that they will have up to 50 titles by the end of the year, Netflix is ready to take the video game industry by storm. Last year during their first Geeked Week, they mainly showed video game shows, but this year with the expansion of their game library, the focus could shift more toward interactive content.
On June 10 at 3PM ET, the Tribeca Games Spotlight will happen. Tribeca will be featuring new IPs American Arcadia, As Dusk Falls, Immortality, The Cub, Thirsty Suiters, and Venba. In addition to these new games, they will also feature sequels to some of their most popular franchises and show off A Plague Tale: Requiem and Oxenfree II. They’ll also show off the highly anticipated Cuphead DLC Cuphead: Delicious Last Course.
On Sunday June 12, at 1PM ET, Xbox and Bethesda will be holding their press conference. Microsoft’s first party games come to Game Pass on day 1 as well as launched on PC and Xbox at the same time, so for a lot of people, including me, this is their most anticipated conference. Unlike Tribeca, they won’t reveal what games will be shown before the showcase. They have an impressive line up of upcoming games that they can show off, including a new Gears of War, Fable’s reboot/sequel, and the highly anticipated new IP Starfield.
