Given the cancellations of video game fairs as important as E3 in order to prevent risks in this global pandemic situation that we are experiencing by COVID-19, Geoff Keighley, the main person in charge of the gala The Game Awards, has announced Summer Game Fest, a new digital event in which a multitude of video game companies will participate to show us their latest news.
A digital festival with numerous events over several months
Rather than being a simple one-day event, the holiday will be celebrated over several months, starting now and running through the end of August 2020. Developers participating will include 2K, Activision, Bandai Namco, Bethesda, Blizzard, Bungie, CD Projekt Red, Digital Extremes, EA, Microsoft, Private Division, Riot Games, Sony, Steam, Square Enix and Warner Bros
Each company will announce its own events and new studios are expected to join this festival over the next few weeks. In addition, as part of the holiday, Steam, Xbox and other platforms will give us access to playable demos for a limited period of time, although no more details have been given yet and these will be announced by each company. For example, the Steam Game Festival: Summer Edition will be held from June 9 to 14
The alternative to traditional video game fairs
Of course, it goes without saying that all the events and presentations that take place will be broadcast in open air through the main streaming platforms, such as Facebook, Mixer, Twitch, Twitter and Youtube. The end of the Summer Game Festival will be on August 24 with an event presented by Keighley where the digital edition of gamescom 2020 will also open.
Maybe this year we are left without many of the most important video game events, but Thanks to this initiative that has managed to bring together almost the entire industry, we will not miss the big announcements