Summer Game Fest’s Live showcase on June 9 to Feature World Premieres and Spotlight Indie Games with Day of the Devs: SGF Edition
Los Angeles - May 31, 2022 – This June, Summer Game Fest, the digital-first, global fan celebration of video games, returns for the third year to provide a glimpse of what’s next for the world’s preeminent form of entertainment. Streaming live and free across all major platforms, fans can expect world premieres, gameplay demos and news on some of the most highly anticipated games from more than 30 developers and publishers.
Geoff Keighley will once again host Summer Game Fest, a spectacular live, 2 hour world premiere showcase streaming globally on Thursday, June 10 at 11 am PT / 2 pm ET / 6 pm GMT. For the first time ever, fans can also experience the Summer Game Fest stream in IMAX theaters in the U.S. and Canada. Tickets are currently available at https://tickets.imax.com/movie/summer-game-fest
“It’s year three for Summer Game Fest, and I’m excited to be able to bring the community together once again to celebrate everything we love about games,” said Geoff Keighley, curator and host, Summer Game Fest.
Summer Game Fest will include participating from the following partners: 2K; Activision; Atlus; Bandai Namco; Bloober Team; Capcom; Coffee Stain; Deep Silver; Devolver Digital; Digital Extremes; DotEmu; Electronic Arts; Epic Games; Focus Entertainment; Frost Giant Studios; Humble Games; Level Infinite; Mediatonic; MiHoYo; Netflix; PlayStation; Raw Fury; Samsung Gaming Hub; Sega; Skybound Games; SQUARE ENIX; Steam; Studio MDHR; Tribeca Festival; Warner Bros. Games; Xbox; and more to be announced in the coming days.
In addition, the industry’s foremost indie games showcase, Day of the Devs, will stream Day of the Devs: SGF Edition immediately following Summer Game Fest!
“Wait, what year is it? Ah, who cares! It's Summertime, and that means it's time for Day of the Devs! Last year, we had an unbelievable number of unique and diverse games and this year will be no different. Well, a little different, in that it might be even better. So, probably different, and probably better. Because we're smarter now and have a lot of folks helping us!" said Tim Schafer, founder of Double Fine Productions and co-founder of Day of the Devs.
Day of the Devs: SGF Edition will feature a world premiere look at a brand new IP from ustwo games (creators of Monument Valley), as well as a world premiere of the next game from Michael Frei (creator behind Plug & Play, KIDS) & Raphaël Munoz. Plus a brand-new trailer and some exciting news about Gummy Cat’s Bear and Breakfast and more announcements from some fresh (and also familiar) developers including: Coin Crew Games, Ewoud van der Werf, Florian Veltman & Baptiste Portefaix, HiWarp, Madison Karrh, Max Inferno, Shared Memory, Soda Den, Two Star Games and Wishfully. The showcase will also feature titles from asobu, a community founded to support and evangelize independent game development in Japan and Japanese games abroad.
Additionally, viewers will be treated to a musical performance from Peter Berkman of Anamanaguchi, featuring music from DIE SOFT’s upcoming Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland.
Fans can tune in for Summer Game Fest Featuring Day of the Devs: SGF Edition for the third year in a row, broadcast via all major streaming platforms, including YouTube, Twitch, Twitter, Facebook and more global outlets, as well as on co-streams from creators around the world.
Geoff Keighley and iam8bit are also collaborating to host an intimate media-only game preview event in Los Angeles - Summer Game Fest: Play Days. Fans can tune in to Twitch and media outlets from around the world starting on June 10th for hands-on game previews, interviews and more.
For more information and to stay up to date on the latest news on Summer Game Fest please visit summergamefest.com and follow on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
For more information and to stay up to date on the latest for Day of the Devs: SGF Edition, please visit dayofthedevs.com and follow on Twitter.
Assets for Summer Game Fest and Day of the Devs: SGF Edition can be found here.
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About Summer Game Fest
SUMMER GAME FEST is a fan-first celebration of the future of video games, headlined by an extensive roster of digital events from the world’s top game developers and platforms. Last year’s Summer Game Fest Kickoff Live event featured the world gameplay debut of ELDEN RING by fromSoftware, the announcements of DEATH STRANDING: DIRECTOR’S CUT on PlayStation 5 with Hideo Kojima and TINY TINA’s WONDERLANDS from Take Two, as well as appearances by Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Goldblum, and Giancarlo Esposito, plus performances by Weezer and Japanese Breakfast.
About Day of the Devs
Day of the Devs is the industry’s foremost indie games showcase celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Day of the Devs began in 2012 as a collaboration between Double Fine and iam8bit with the purpose of shining the spotlight on great indie games. Over the last decade, Day of the Devs has showcased over 500 games, including hits like Psychonauts 2, Untitled Goose Game, Unpacking, What Remains of Edith Finch, and Disco Elysium, in both in-person and online events. Day of the Devs celebrates the creativity, diversity and magic of the indie game community, taking on the form of virtual and physical events – all completely free, with no costs to either developers or attendees. For more information and updates surrounding Day of the Devs, please visit www.dayofthedevs.com.
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