You may know that E3 2022 will not take place, but the Summer Game Fest promises to ensure its replacement with lots of conferences and shows that will lift the veil on the titles to come in the coming months, while giving news of the games already announced. But unlike E3, which centralizes all the events in a few days, the Summer Game Fest is a little more dispatched in the month of June, which can confuse the programming.
That is why you will find here the complete schedule of the Summer Game Fest, with all the conferences, all the dates, and all the games that we can already wait to see.
This article will be updated if more events are added in the coming days. Note that some of the meetings do not necessarily have the Summer Game Fest label, but they are still integrated into the calendar of upcoming conferences.
Sony – PlayStation: State of Play
- Date: Thursday, June 2 at 11:59 p.m.
Sony will start hostilities with a State of Play focused on the productions of third-party publishers and on the presentation of its next virtual reality headset, the PlayStation VR 2. Which means that a priori, no PlayStation Studios game should be present, except VR. This program will last 30 minutes and will be broadcast on Twitch Where Youtube.
We hope there will be news from Square Enix, which will not present Star Ocean: The Divine Forcebut who could take advantage of the event to finally show Final Fantasy XVI, who promised us a return for this spring. Time is therefore running out. Other likely major titles (if any) are obviously Hogwarts Legacy and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora given that the marketing of these two games is turned towards PlayStation, even if they are not exclusive.
On the PS VR 2 side, we were assured of the presence of Horizon: Call of the Mountainbut we also hope to see other ambitious games, as well as a release date for the headset.
Netflix Geek Week
Netflix is certainly getting more and more into video games these days, but what will interest us during Geeked Week is the highlighting of the many video game adaptations that will arrive on the SVOD platform. .
Between resident Evil, Sonic Prime, cyberpunk edge runners, Tekken Bloodline and many others, the program is likely to be loaded this year. We should discover these adaptations on different dates, such as June 8 for cyberpunk edge runnersand June 10 for Sonic Prime and others. The week will be busy!
Upload VR Showcase
To continue with virtual reality, we will be entitled the return of the VR Showcase Upload, which will once again focus on upcoming VR games. The event will be followed on Youtube.
It’s hard to know what games to expect here, but we already know that we’ll find Owlchemy Labs, World of Mechs, Vertigo Games, Incuvo, and Kiwi Designs. Virtual reality lovers have an appointment here, and who knows, maybe other PS VR 2 games will be shown on this occasion?
Summer Game Fest – Opening Ceremony
This is THE big piece of this month of June. The opening ceremony of the Summer Game Fest, which ultimately has an opening in name only, promises to ensure a show of at least 2 hours if not morein which we are led to see plenty of “World Premiere” and sensational announcements, between two or three advertisements for the friends of Geoff Keighley. Everything will be to follow on Twitch and Youtube.
This ceremony is inevitably awaited since it is there that everything is possible, that all the publishers and manufacturers can meet. Predicting what will be shown is thus very difficult, but in the game of easy predictions, you can bet on One Piece Odysseyfrom Gotham Knightsfrom Sonic Frontiersfrom Marvel Midnight Suns, etc. For the more “daring” predictions, we find ourselves dreaming of a new silent Hillgiven that the Bloober Team will be at the festivities.
Day of the Devs
- Date: June 9 (just after the Summer Game Fest ceremony)
the Day of the Devs will be back for its tenth year of existence just after the conference organized by Geoff Keighley. The show is still presented by Double Fine and iam8bit, and will highlight some indie games to follow. Again, difficult to guess the exact program. The event will be followed on Youtube and Twitch.
IGN Summer of Gaming
IGN joins the summer festivities with its own IGN Summer of Gaming, which will return this year. If it should be spread over several days, his IGN Expo on June 10 will be the biggest chunk, with never-before-seen information and game announcements to come. In particular, we should review Sonic Frontiers during the event, which will be followed on Youtube.
Tribeca Games Spotlight
the Tribeca Games Spotlight will highlight a selection of games that we already know, and which will include the following titles: A Plague Tale: Requiem, American Arcadia, As Dusk Falls, Cuphead – The Delicious Last Course, immortality, Oxenfree II: Lost Signals, The Cub, Thirty Suitors and Venba.
Between interviews with the creators, new gameplay, release dates and new trailers, this event will not be missed if one of the games mentioned interests you. You can follow him on Youtube.
Guerrilla Collective
The GuerrillaCollective returns for its third edition, which provides an update on a large number of independent games from all walks of life.
This year, we can expect to see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredders Revenge, The Cub, Batora: Lost Haven, Asterigos: Curse of the Stars and many more, which will be announced the same day. The event will be followed on Twitch and Youtube.
Wholesome Direct
The presentation of cute and violence-free games will be back in 2022. The Wholesome Direct should introduce us to dozens and dozens of lovable, soothing, morale-boosting indie games.
The conference is often packed, with an influx of games in a short time, so if you’re looking for some colorful and calm games to watch, don’t miss this show, which will be one to follow on Youtube.
Future Game Show
Like almost every semester, the Future Game Show returns to present us with an hour of announcements and new gameplay footage to admire.
We don’t yet know what we’re going to find here, but we should above all expect independent and AA productions, with no doubt a few surprises along the way. The broadcast organized by GamesRadar will be to follow on Twitchand Youtube.
Microsoft: Xbox & Bethesda Showcase
The other big highlight of this Summer Game Fest and of the month of June is the Xbox & Bethesda Showcase conference. Microsoft will finally talk about its many internal productions again, naturally emphasizing the presentation of Starfieldalthough it has been pushed back to 2023. We also expect to see a little more from the side of red fallArkane’s next game, also postponed until next year.
And while the conference will primarily focus on games from Xbox Game Studios, it is to be expected that third-party publishers will also be present, in partnership with Microsoft. Whether it’s Activision-Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft and others, anything is possible.
It is also expected that the Game Pass be at the center of the conference, with new announcements about it, and potentially an even richer catalog.
PC Gaming Show
The PC Gaming Show never misses the call of the ceremonies in June, and in 2022, the show will be back. Even though all the games presented will be released on PC, we should also see cross-platform titles, which makes this a conference not to be missed.
As for the games that will be presented, we know that Victoria 3, immortality, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 and others will be present during the event, which will be followed on Twitch and Youtube.
THQ Nordic Showcase
THQ Nordic had held its first conference in 2021 for its ten years of existence, and the exercise has obviously benefited the publisher, which is ready to start again this year. But we will have to wait a little before seeing what this new presentation has in store, since THQ Nordic prefers to wait until August.
We should see it again Outcast 2 – A New Beginning and Jagged Alliance 3as Spongebob: The Cosmic Shakewhile fans of Darksiders dream of seeing a fourth canonical opus being announced here.
Gamescom Opening Night Live
The Summer Game Fest will officially close its doors when the Gamescom will open theirs. Once again presented by Geoff Keighley, this ceremony will aim to unveil new trailers and take stock of some already announced games that will be released at the end of the year or in 2023, or even later.
It is to be expected that many of the games present here will then be on the Gamescom show itself.
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