With E3 2022 canceled, Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest is positioned to be the dominant showcase for new games, at least for this year. Summer Game Fest was launched in 2020 as an all-digital alternative to E3 and has had a number of high-profile reveals in both years of its existence, including world premieres for
Elden Ring and
Death Stranding: Director's Cut. Last year, Summer Game Fest was structured as a main "kickoff" show hosted by Keighley with a number of cross-industry reveals, followed by a series events from other publishers, developers and platform holders. This year looks like it will follow a similar structure, with the kickoff show scheduled for June 9 at 11am PST/2pm EST. Keighley also announced that this show will be screened in some IMAX theatres in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom.
There are only two other events on the schedule right now, though more will be announced later. One is the Tribeca Games Spotlight, an offshoot of the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival, which highlights storytelling, art and innovation in games. "Tribeca champions every frontier in the art of storytelling," reads their official website, "and video games are at the forefront of pushing narrative to ever greater heights." Last year's award went to the recently-released
Norco. The other event on the schedule is the previously-announced
Xbox & Bethesda Showcase on June 12.
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