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How to watch Summer Game Fest 2024
Summer Game Fest is the brainchild of Geoff Keighley and is the main gaming event of the season now that E3 is long dead and gone.
With announcements from Xbox, Ubisoft and other major game studios, it will be a big event for the gaming world.
The most important day will almost certainly be the huge kick-off stream, which will take place today. Friday June 7, 2024, which has teased new game reveals, announcements and much more in the past. Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening, when and how to watch it all.
What is Summer Game Festival?
Summer Game Fest is exactly what it sounds like: a celebration of all things video games that lasts the entire month of June.
It launched in 2020 to make up for the cancellation of industry events ranging from E3 to the Fortnite World Cup. It will return in 2024 and will include news announcements, in-game events, special playable content and more.
When does the Summer Game Fest take place?
The Summer Game Fest is starting June 7, 2024and currently runs until the middle of the month.
How to watch the Summer Game Fest launch stream
The main event on the Summer Game Fest calendar is usually the launch event, with events, announcements and updates from a range of industry publishers and developers.
This is really the only exclusive Summer Game Fest event, as everything that follows are other industry events and streams promoted under the Summer Game Fest umbrella.
If you want to watch the kickoff event live, it will take place on June 7, 2024 bee 2pm PT/5pm ET/10pm BST. The stream will be available on YouTube, as well as on Tiktok, Twitch, Facebook and Tweet.
We’ve embedded the stream below for easy viewing:
What are the other Summer Game Fest events?
Aside from the launch stream, Summer Game Fest is actually a bit like E3: a branding banner that includes events from most of the major publishers and companies in the games industry this year.
Without an official E3 event, Summer Games Fest will likely have a full schedule. Here are all the major events currently officially included in the Summer Game Fest, along with confirmed times:
| Summer Game Fest Schedule | Event date (UK) | British Time (BST) | EU time (CEST) | East Coast US Time (EDT) | West Coast US Time (PDT) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer show with access options | Fri June 7, 2024 | 16.00 hours | 5 p.m | 11am | 8am |
| Launch of the Summer Game Fest | Fri June 7, 2024 | 10 p.m | 11 p.m | 5 p.m | 14.00 hours |
| Developers Day | Fri June 7, 2024 | After Summer Game Fest | ā | ā | ā |
| Devolver Direct | Fri June 7, 2024 | 1am (next day) | 2am (next day) | 8 p.m | 5 p.m |
| Healthy games instantly | Sat June 8, 2024 | 5 p.m | 6 p.m | 12.00 | 9:00 am |
| Showcase of Latin American Games | Sat June 8, 2024 | 6 p.m | 19:00 | 1 o’clock in the afternoon | 10am |
| Future of Play Direct | Sat June 8, 2024 | 19:00 | 8 p.m | 14.00 hours | 11am |
| Female-led games | Sat June 8, 2024 | 7:30 PM | 8:30 in the evening | 2:30 in the evening | 11:30 |
| Future game show | Sat June 8, 2024 | 8 p.m | 9 o’clock in the evening | 3:00 PM | 12.00 |
| Xbox Games Showcase | Sun June 9, 2024 | 6 p.m | 19:00 | 1 o’clock in the afternoon | 10am |
| Black Ops 6 Direct | Sun June 9, 2024 | After the Xbox Games Showcase | ā | ā | ā |
| PC gaming show | Sun June 9, 2024 | 9 o’clock in the evening | 10 p.m | 16.00 hours | 1 o’clock in the afternoon |
| Ubisoft-forward | Mon June 10, 2024 | 8 p.m | 9 o’clock in the evening | 3:00 PM | 12.00 |
| Dragon Age: The Veil Guard | Tue June 11, 2024 | 16.00 hours | 5 p.m | 11am | 8am |
| IGN Live | From Friday June 7 | Continuous | ā | ā | ā |
You can always sign up for notifications from the Summer Game Fest site so you don’t miss anything.
