game news Summer Game Fest, Xbox Showcase, PC Gaming Show: E3-style video game conference schedule for spring and summer 2023
E3 was canceled again this year, but that doesn’t stop the biggest players in the video game industry from getting together starting in June. Here you will find everything that awaits us this summer.
For the sake of simplicity, the programming times given below refer to France.
June 7 at 6 p.m. and June 8 at 3 a.m.: MIX | Guerrilla Collective
As every year, the Guerrilla Collective will be there to present us with a series of independent games. We are entitled to two conferences: a premiere on June 7 at 6 p.m. and that of “MIX” on June 8 at 3 a.m.. On the agenda: “New announcements, trailers, gameplay, a Steam event page for wishlists, demos”. Last year the series focused on Ugly or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge.
June 8th at 9pm: Summer Game Fest
If E3 is cancelled, the Summer Game Festival is still here. It was first launched in 2020 and organized by Geoff Keighley (who already manages the Game Awards). The aim is to bring together several key players in the video game industry. There will be so many more this year and we can count among them: Activision, CD Projekt, Sega, FromSoftware and many others.. See you on June 8th at 9pm on Twitch, YouTube or Twitter for the grand opening conference. Since its inception, the event has grown to become the focal point for the industry’s biggest announcements. In particular, we think of the gameplay of Elden Ring in 2021 or last year’s remake of The Last of Us. We can’t wait to see what 2023 has in store!
The other conferences of the Summer Game Fest:
- Developer Day (8 June until 11 p.m.)
- IGN Summer of Gaming (June 8)
- Tribeca Festival (June 7-18)
- Wholesome Direct (June 10 at 6 p.m.)
- Future Games Show (June 10 at 7 p.m.)
June 11 at 7 p.m.: Xbox Showcase
In 2023, Xbox returns New announcements starting at 7:00 p.m. June 11. This year the show will be divided into two parts. First there will be the usual event with perhaps news about a possible Hellblade II, DLC for Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty or even Overdose, the upcoming game by Hideo Kojima. We can even hope to get more concrete information about the Fable reboot. The showcase will then continue with a Starfield Direct dedicated to the game of the same name, scheduled for September 6th. Players are eagerly awaiting this new futuristic RPG set in the year 2330. It will embody an explorer on a quest to find the rarest artifacts in the galaxy.
Xbox is entitled to a second conference, Showcase Extended, on June 13 at 7 p.m.
June 11th at 10pm: PC Gaming Show
Last year the PC Gaming Show was very strong with no less than 45 games presented. It’s going even better this year, because according to organizer PC Gamer, almost 55 apps will be presented, including 16 new titles. During the event we can expect news from Baldur’s Gate III or even Dune Awakening. To find out more, you must go to YouTube or Twitch on June 11 at 10 p.m. “Our goal is always to elevate the wide spectrum of innovative and creative work on PC, from big series like PUBG, XCOM and ARK to genre-defining things like Valheim,” says Evan Lahti, Editor-in-Chief.
June 12 at 7 p.m.: Ubisoft Forward
Ubisoft’s annual show returns with new announcements June 12 at 7 p.m. Little information is currently circulating about the show’s content as the publisher has postponed some of these big titles (Assassin’s Creed Infinity and Skull and Bones are now slated for 2024). That doesn’t mean we don’t have information about them, though. And after Avatar 2 hits theaters, players are also hoping for software updates from the universe of James Cameron: Avatar Frontiers of Pandora. Additionally, several rumors have suggested a “big game” could be announced, with no further details revealed.
Other conferences have been announced but do not have a date yet:
- Upload VR Showcase (en juin)
- Devolver Direct (in June)
August 22: Gamescom
The event, which bills itself as “the world’s largest for video games and the most comprehensive in Europe for the industry”, will be held again in 2023 from August 23rd to 27th. Gamescom is not only a conference, it is also a festival, a cosplay meeting and a meeting place for fans of retro gaming or, on the contrary, new technologies. However, this did not stop the organizers from sharing news about Evil West, Pentiment or even Hogwarts Legacy: The Legacy of Hogwarts last year. The opening show, hosted by Geoff Keighley, will take place on the evening of August 22nd.
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