With E3 2020 canceled and E3 2021 date announced, IGN media has announced Summer of Gaming, a digital event to be held in early June to feature video game announcements, previews, developer interviews, and many more news from future current and next generation video games.
Summer of Gaming will have important companies like 2K Games, Amazon, Bandai Namco, Devolver Digital, Google, Sega, Square Enix, THQ Nordic and Twitter, waiting for many more studios to be announced. The event will present content from these companies through live and recorded broadcasts, also featuring pre and post discussions, demos or impressions, to which viewers can join by sending reaction videos or voting on their favorite ads.
Summer of Gaming global coverage will span 112 countries and 25 languages with the aim of guaranteeing that users can enjoy this digital experience regardless of the device or platform they use. In this way, broadcasts can be followed on more than 20 platforms, including web browsers, mobile devices, OTT, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Mixer, Twitch, Snapchat Discover, TikTok and more.
«With the next generation of game consoles launching later this year and gamers eager to learn more about which games will hit the new hardware, our online event It will be a key time for publishers and developers to connect with the worldwide audience”, Explained Peer Schneider, director of content and products of IGN, in the statement announcing the event.
For his part, Yael Prough, manager of the medium, explained that "more and more people are turning to video games to entertain themselves and escape. Last week we saw new traffic records on all our platforms, which is why we are excited to bring this global digital event to our audience and partners, as this will be an event not to be missed by anyone"
With the announcement of Summer of Gaming in early June, everything points to we already have a perfect replacement for E3 2020, after ESA has not announced a similar kind of event as planned.
