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The video game events that we will see in June after the cancellation of E3 2023
He E3 2023 It was going to take place from June 13 to 16, with a previous opening for the press, content creators and the rest of the video game industry. “I was going”, in the past tense, because It has been canceledboth in its face-to-face edition and in the digital one.
That’s not to say that gamers eager for the flurry of information about new titles that comes out in June will regret any loss: companies will hold their own digital conferencesand this year the Summer Game Fest (the event produced by Geoff Keighley, creator of The Game Awards) is back with more force than ever.
Summer Game Fest – June 8 at 9:00 p.m.
Keighley’s team has been working on Summer Game Fest 2023 since at least January, which will be the larger edition of the event since its creation three years ago.
The main difference with previous presentations is that it will be a face-to-face event that will take place in the YouTube Theaterwith public, the June 8 at 9:00 p.m. USApeninsular time. It seems that be there where we will see the expansion of cyberpunk 2077.
First day of @summergamefest production today over at the 6,000
seat @youtubetheaterVery excited to get going on the show – coming live to you with world premieres on Thursday, June 8! pic.twitter.com/b5cl3CqMrm Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) January 12, 2023
That own conference will be the one that starts the “festival”, but it will not end there. immediately after return the Days of the Devsthe Double Fine and iam8bit event where games are presented in depth indie that have caught the attention of Tim Schafer’s team.
In addition, we will see how other events and announcements will be made under the umbrella of the Summer Game Fest, as you can see below. The physical presence of the event will also mean that attendees will be able to try some games, as it happened last year. It was from that appointment that the first impressions of Street Fighter 6 and sonic frontiers.
Xbox Games Showcase and Starfield Direct – June 11
Microsoft’s big annual conference, the Xbox Games Showcasewill take place 11th of June only in digital format. The time is not yet known, but I know that as soon as I finish, I will start a presentation dedicated entirely to Starfield.
Save The Date: June 11th we have a DOUBLE FEATURE planned with our Xbox Games Showcase + Starfield Direct. Excited to see the work our studios and partner teams are doing to bring this to life! Fan Art By: @klobrille 🙅🏼♂️💚U pic.twitter.com/nEKeDSAmi5 Aaron Greenberg 🙅🏼♂️💚U (@aarongreenberg) March 31, 2023
Last year the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase was held. The change in the name of the event may suggest that the only Bethesda Softworks title we will see will be the space RPG from Bethesda Game Studios, but it may also be because Microsoft now brings both brands together under the Xbox label.
It is foreseeable that here we will see more than Forza Motorsport. that will be released sometime in 2023, but the rest of the titles are unknown. It cannot be ruled out, but neither can it be confirmed, that we see here Avowed, Perfect DarkEverwild, fable, Hellblade 2, The Outer Worlds 2, Project Marathe new from The Coalition and other titles that have been announced but of which we have not seen anything.
Ubisoft Forward – June 12 at 7:00 p.m.
Ubisoft will hold its usual digital conference, the Ubisoft Forwardhe June 12 at 7:00 p.m. USApeninsular time. Perhaps we will see here for the first time gameplay of Assassin’s Creed Mirageof The Crew Motorfest, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake. Maybe even a new date for Skull and Bones.
✨SAVE THE DATE ✨
Join us on June 12 at 10 AM PST for #UbiForward live from Los Angeles, for game updates and reveals!
👉 https://t.co/OHJXAPwlmg Ubisoft (@Ubisoft) March 28, 2023
But these are not the only active projects that the French firm has. It’s been months since it was announced Splinter Cell Remakeand years since they showed the last videos of Beyond Good & Evil 2. It is also in the kitchen Assassin’s Creed Infinitythat platform that will bring together the next installments of the series, Codename RED and Codename HEXEbut they are years away.
Return Direct – No Date
Devolver Digital, one of the largest independent game publishers in the industry, will once again carry out its Return Direct in 2023, this time under the Summer Game Fest umbrella. Simply among the games already announced and/or present at last year’s event they have to fill an event, but among them stand out SLUDGE LIFE 2Stick It to the Stickman, Anger Foot The Plucky Squire Gunbrella, Skate Story and the new from Deconstructeam, although they will surely present more.
No Devolver E3 Parking Lot this year but we will have a fresh, new Devolver Direct presentation during @SummerGameFest.
Should be gooooooood. Return Digital (@returndigital) March 29, 2023
The usual suspects: PlayStation, Nintendo, PC Gaming Show…
Although no further events have been confirmed yet, it takes months rumored that Sony will make a Playstation Showcase around the dates of E3; and it would be quite strange if the other big Japanese company did not realize its Nintendo Direct regular every June (he just skipped it in 2020).
On the other hand, the return of the PC Gaming Show, the Future Game Show, the Guerrilla Collective, the Wholesome Games presentation and others of medium or small size. In addition, Capcom will perform another Capcom Showcase after last year’s (which had a lukewarm reception)? And an EA Play Live, quiz focused on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf?
