Summer Game Fest Returns Bigger Than Ever This June | Push Square

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Surprising nobody, Summer Game Fest is set to make its grand return in June 2025.

This year's show will comprise a big, splashy live showcase and media-exclusive preview event, as per usual, but new for 2025 is a business-to-business event where gaming bigwigs will gather to give talks and presentations about the industry.

The two-hour Summer Game Fest live showcase will take place on 6th June, 2025, beginning at 2pm PDT/5pm EDT/10pm BST. It'll be hosted at YouTube Theater in Los Angeles, with ticket sales opening up in the Spring.

Summer Game Fest: Play Days — the event for press to get hands-on time with upcoming games — will take place over the following three days, 7th to 9th June 2025. According to the press release, «more than 40 of the gaming industry’s top publishers» will be taking part.

There's no set date or timeframe for the «business-to-business thought leader event», though we expect it'll be taking place during this same week. It's also not been confirmed whether this will be available to watch online or will be a strictly in-person event.

Additionally, Day of the Devs: SGF Edition is also back, and will be streamed live immediately following the main showcase on 6th June. Day of the Devs is a non-profit organisation that aims to shine a light on smaller scale titles heading to various platforms.

By and large, this is all business as usual, though we're definitely curious to learn more about the new event.

In a few months, Geoff Keighley and the Summer Game Fest socials will almost certainly begin to tease games or publishers making an appearance during the showcase, but for now it'll all be kept under wraps.

There's plenty of time between now and then, but it's still quite exciting to know we'll have a bumper gaming event in the summer.

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