It’s almost time for Summer Game Fest, Geoff Keighley’s annual summer showcase packed with game reveals, new trailers, and fresh updates on upcoming titles. The two-hour livestream kicks off Friday, June 5, at 2pm PT / 5pm ET / 9pm GMT, and we’ll have live updates below, reporting on everything you need to know as it happens direct from Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
We’re hoping for a big one this year, following Sony’s State of Play earlier this week. But what should we expect to see? Well, there’s one game we know will be at Summer Game Fest: Star Wars: Zero Company, the X-COM-inspired take on a galaxy far, far away. A new gameplay trailer is due for that. We also know Guild Wars, NCsoft’s MMORPG series, will be at Summer Game Fest in some capacity. Could we finally see a Guild Wars 3 announcement? Clutch, the new open-world driving game from former Forza Horizon developers, will be at the show, as will Epic Games with a new trailer for the upcoming season of Fortnite. And the newly formed Paramount Games Studio will announce its first game, which, according to Variety, is a AAA title, during Summer Game Fest.
There are all sorts of rumors floating around about other games that may turn up at Summer Game Fest, but one game I’m pretty confident won’t be at the show is Grand Theft Auto 6. Let’s be honest, Rockstar Games plays by its own rules. If and when it decides to release a new trailer for the game, it’ll do so on its own terms (and probably on some random Tuesday or something).
While we wait for Summer Game Fest to start, let us know in the comments which games you hope to see at the show!
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