Summer Game Fest Will Be In-Person Event for 2023

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Few people in the video game industry continue to be as influential as Geoff Keighley, whether it is bringing industry powerhouses together for the annual Game Awards show or his notable, longtime friendship with Hideo Kojima. It continues in 2022 with the third Summer Game Fest, which has become the Game Awards' sister show to help kick off the summer in style for gamers who have been stuck at home. However, this looks set to change in 2023 as the next iteration of Summer Game Fest will be an in-person affair for gamers who want to see Keighley and these reveals live.

Summer Game Fest began in 2020, which Keighley organized to serve as a sudo-replacement for the annual E3 expo, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event proved to be enough of a hit to expand in 2021 with a specialized stage set and running alongside an all-digital E3, effectively kicking off a summer of showcase events and livestreams. The 2022 iteration of the event once again ran solo and featured extended looks at games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Street Fighter 6, and The Callisto Protocol.

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As mentioned above, though, one of the biggest pieces of news came at the end of the Summer Game Fest 2022 livestream as Keighley ran down the schedule of upcoming events, including the Devolver Digital livestream and Xbox and Bethesda Showcase. Keighley said along with the digital showcase, the 2023 Summer Game Fest will be a «digital and in-person event to bring the gaming community together» in June 2023. He provided no other information or teases about what this could entail, likely saving this for Gamescom Opening Night Live in August or the 2022 Game Awards