Game news It’s the video game event not to be missed: it’s now replacing E3 and we finally know when it will take place
Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the major video game event that was E3 has had great difficulty recovering. However, players were still treated to a new summer event instead, and we finally know the date of its new edition.
E3 is dead…
If you have been following video game news for several years, you obviously know E3. Contraction of Electronic Entertainment Expothis event previously took place every summer in Los Angeles and served as a true ultimate meeting place for players and the specialized press alike. For a few days, the biggest manufacturers and developers of consoles and video games gathered there to present their current projects and thus unveil the future of the industry. Unfortunately, while he had a special place in the hearts of many players, E3 officially announced its final end last December:
After more than two decades of E3s, each one bigger than the last, it’s time to say goodbye.
Thanks for the memories.
GGWP
It must be said that it had already been several years since the event last took place, largely due to the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns.. But in addition to that, we must also remember that communication methods have changed a lot in recent years and that publishers and manufacturers now use their own communication channels to make their announcements. It then became less and less useful for them to spend large sums of money to reserve a location at the largest trade show dedicated to video games in the world. Even if this decision was heartbreaking for many enthusiasts, it ultimately did not surprise many people a few months ago. Fortunately, another similar event emerged to take its place.
Long live Summer Game Fest!
Despite the end of E3 and the arrival of presentation videos dedicated to this or that publisher such as State of Play, Nintendo Direct and other Xbox Games Showcase, the public still appreciates having a period conducive to major announcements of the video game industry, and Geoff Keighley understood it well. In addition to presenting the ceremony of Game Awards every winter for 10 years and to take the opportunity to unveil some major announcements, the American presenter also decided to organize his own summer event to follow in the footsteps of the old E3. Baptized Summer Game Festthe latter is generally an opportunity to discover a whole series of new features that await players in the months and years to come, and this year’s edition finally has a date:
It was via the Twitter account of Geoff Keighley himself that we learned the information: the 2024 Summer Game Fest will take place on Friday June 7 at 10 p.m. French time. You will be able to follow it live from the official event channel on YouTube, and probably on Twitch. If it is still a little early to know precisely what we can hope to see there, some are already imagining news of the most anticipated games of the moment such as for example Grand Theft Auto VI, Hades II or again, let’s be crazy, Hollow Knight: Silksong. In any case, count on us to tell you what will happen there at that moment.