When is Summer Game Fest taking place and what are the game predictions? Find out everything you need to know about the big replacement for E3 2025 here.
The countdown is on: Summer Game Fest is once again replacing E3 2025 and will offer numerous game reveals, trailer premieres, and surprises over several days.
In addition to the traditional main show with Geoff Keighley, the lineup also includes events from Xbox, Wholesome Games, PlayStation, and PC Gamer. Stay up to date with the latest dates here!
Summer Game Fest Live:
- Start time and livestream
- List of confirmed publishers
Game lineup:
- Confirmed titles and rumors
All other shows:
- PlayStation State of Play
- Access-Ability Summer Showcase
- Summer Game Fest Opening
- IGN Summer of Gaming
- Day of the Devs & Devolver Show
- IO Interactive Showcase
- Wholesome Direct 2025
- Women-led Games Show
- Future Games Show
- Xbox Showcase & The Outer Worlds 2
- PC Gaming Show
Summer Game Fest 2025
⏰Start:Friday, June 6 at 11:00 p.m.
Host:Geoff Keighley
Watch:YouTubeandTwitchorFYNG(Live Reaction)
The YouTube Theater in Los Angeles is traditionally the venue for the unveiling of numerous new games and trailers for upcoming titles. The show lasts around two hours
Here you can see the trailer for the Summer Game Fest with the first confirmed titles:
Table of Contents
All partners at the Summer Game Fest Showcase:
The titles mentioned are well-known examples from the manufacturer’s lineup for illustrative purposes!
- 1047 Games (Splitgate 2)
- 2K (Bioshock, Borderlands)
- 505 Games (Control, No Man’s Sky)
- Amazing Seasun Games (Mecha Break)
- Amazon Games (New World)
- Annapurna Interactive (Stray, Outer Wilds)
- Atari (Rollercoaster Tycoon)
- Bandai Namco (Dark Souls, Clair Obscur)
- Bellring Games (Mistfall Hunter)
- Blumhouse Games (Fear the Spotlight)
- Capcom (Monster Hunter, Resident Evil)
- CD Projekt Red (The Witcher)
- Coffee Stain (Valheim, Deep Rock Galactic)
- Devolver (Hotline Miami, Shadow Warrior)
- Digital Extremes (Warframe)
- Dotemu (Metal Slug, Streets of Rage 4)
- DreamHaven (Mechabellum, Sundervolk)
- Embark (The Finals, Arc Raiders)
- Epic Games (Fortnite)
- Focus (Aliens Fireteam Elite, The Surge)
- Frontier (Elite Dangerous)
- Funcom (Conan Exiles)
- iam8bit (Sea of Stars)
- IO Interactive (Hitman)
- Mundfish (Atomic Heart)
- Nacon (Robocop, Hell is Us)
- Nekki (Shadow Fight)
- Neowiz (Lies of P)
- Nexon (MapleStory)
- Niantic (Pokémon Go)
- Nintendo (Mario Kart World)
- Nuverse (Marvel Snap)
- Pearl Abyss (Black Desert, Crimson Desert)
- PlaySide (Kill Knight)
- PlayStack (Lorn Vale)
- Sony (Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yotei)
- PM Studios (Exophobia)
- Raw Power Games (New medieval game)
- Sega (Tetris, Sonic, Football Manager)
- Soft Rains
- Square Enix (Tomb Raider, Final Fantasy)
- Valve (Counter-Strike 2, Deadlock)
- Supermassive Games (The Dark Pictures)
- Techland (Dying Light: The Beast)
- Xsolla (Life is Feudal)
- Microsoft (State of Decay, Perfect Dark)
- Yacht Club Games (Shovel Knight)
Game lineup for Summer Game Fest
- Bioshock project (rumor)
- Persona 4 remake (rumor)
- Arc Raiders (officially confirmed)
- Lies of P: Overture (officially confirmed)
- Death Stranding 2 (officially confirmed)
- Hollow Knight Silksong (rumor)
- Resident Evil 9 (very likely)
- Lost Planet remake (rumor)
- Perfect Dark (rumor)
- State of Decay 3 (rumor)
- James Bond: Project 007 (officially confirmed)
- Tomb Raider (rumor of reboot)
- Dying Light: The Beast (officially confirmed)
- Wuchang: Fallen Feathers (officially confirmed)
- Spine (rumor)
- Directive 8020 (very likely)
- The Outer Worlds 2 (officially confirmed)
- Jurassic Park Survival (rumor)
- Mindseye (officially confirmed)
- ILL (officially confirmed)
- Splitgate 2 (officially confirmed)
- Mouse: PI for Hire (officially confirmed)
- The Blood of Dawnwalker (rumor)
- Crimson Desert (rumor)
- The Wolf Among Us 2 (rumor)
- Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth (rumor)
- Atomic Heart 2 (rumor)
- Wildgate (rumor)
- New Forza (rumor)
- Enter the Gungeon 2 (rumor)
The Summer Game Fest continues after Geoff Keighley’s opening ceremony over the weekend and includes more shows and reveals through June 8, 2025. Find the full schedule here!
Livestream schedule: All Summer Game Fest events
Sony PS5 State of Play Show
- Start time:June 4 at 11:00 p.m.
- Watch onTwitch,YouTube
- Content:Sony will reveal new games and trailers from its PlayStation 5 lineup. The show will last approximately 45 minutes and, according to PlayStation, will feature “news and updates on major games.”
- Likely games:Resident Evil 9, Ghost of Yotei, Marvel’s Wolverine, Saros, Phantom Blade Zero, Where Winds Meet, Fairgames, God of War, Death Stranding 2
Access-Ability Summer Showcase
- Start time:June 6 at 5:00 p.m.
- Watch onTwitch,YouTube
- Content:A 45-minute event for game developers with disabilities, focusing on design and features for people with disabilities.
- Likely games:TBA
Summer Game Fest Opening Night
- Start time:June 6 at 11:00 p.m.
- Watch onTwitch,YouTube
- Content:Geoff Keighley’s big kickoff and the most important show of the week, lasting around two hours with lots of trailers and premieres.
- Possible games:Bioshock project, Dying Light: The Beast, Arc Raiders, Death Stranding 2, Resident Evil 9, Project 007, Jurassic Park Survival, Lies of P: Overture, Persona 4 Remake, ILL, Splitgate 2, Mouse: PI for Hire
IGN Live 2025
- Start time:June 7 and 8 from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m.
- Watch onTwitch,YouTube
- Content:Our colleagues at IGN will be providing a total of 16 hours of coverage of the Summer Game Fest, including announcements, interviews, gameplay videos, and panel discussions.
- Likely games:Ark, Killing Floor 3, Anno 117, Sonic Racing: Crossworlds, FBC: Firebreak, alien: Rogue Incursion, Towerborne, Alkahest, Hela, Norse: Oath of Blood, SpaceCraft
Day of the Devs & Devolver Direct
- Start time:June 7 at 1:00 a.m.
- Watch onYouTube
- Content:Immediately following the SGF opening, various developers will take the stage to provide details and insights into the games that have been unveiled. There will also be new indie titles to see.
- Probable games:Possessors, Big Walk, 20 more titles
Devolver Direct:Immediately after the Day of the Devs livestream, Devolver Digital’s show will follow at 2:00 a.m. on the same channel. It will focus on a single new game:Ball x Pit: The Kenny Sun Story
IO Interactive Showcase
- Start time:June 7 at 3:00 a.m.
- Watch onYouTube,Twitch
- Content:The Hitman developers at IOI are also jumping on the SGF bandwagon and broadcasting their own show on Friday night after Day of the Devs. They will be showing the new James Bond game.
- Likely games:007 First Light, Mindseye, Hitman
Wholesome Direct 2025
- Start time:June 7 at 6:00 p.m.
- Watch onTwitch,YouTube
- Content:There’s a flood of new cozy games coming, with up to 60 relaxing and peaceful indie games on display, including titles from Playstack and Wētā Workshop.
- Likely games:Let’s Build a Dungeon, Winter Burrow, One Move Away, Tales of the Shire, hotel Galactic, Monument Valley 3, Little Kitty Big City, Town to City
Women-led Games
- Start time:June 7 at 7:00 p.m.
- Watch onYouTube
- Content:A showcase dedicated to games by female developers and studios run by women. A total of 39 games will be presented, including several world premieres.
- Likely games:TBA
Future Games Show
- Start time:June 7 at 10 p.m.
- Watch onTwitch,YouTube
- Content:Our colleagues at Gamesradar.com are once again putting together a huge show featuring over 40 games, hosted by Laura Bailey and Matthew Mercer from Critical Role.
- Likely games:Mafia: The Old Country, Directive 8020, Crisol: Theater of Idols, over 30 more titles
Xbox Games Showcase & The Outer Worlds 2 Direct
- Start time:June 8 at 7:00 p.m.
- Watch onTwitch,YouTube
- Content:Two hours of new games from Microsoft/Xbox and associated studios such as Bethesda, Ninja Theory, Obsidian, Rare, and Undead Labs.
- Likely games:Perfect Dark, Gears of War: E-Day, Fable, Contraband, State of Decay 3, Forza, Everwild, Clockwork Revolution, Blade, CoD Black Ops 7
The Outer Worlds 2Direct: Immediately following the Xbox show, there will be a dedicated showcase for the sequel to the Obsidian role-playing game. The broadcast will take place on the Xbox livestream, so you don’t have to switch channels.
PC Gaming Show
- Start time:June 8 at 9:00 p.m.
- Watch onTwitch,YouTube
- Content:Right after the Xbox show, our colleagues at PCGamer.com will continue with news on more than 50 games, with a focus on PC, of course.
- Likely games: FBC Firebreak, Den of Wolves, Paralives, Anno 117, Lost Rift, Endless Legend 2, Atmosfar, Voayagers of Nera, Dawn Apart, The Alters, Morbid Metal, Moonlighter 2, The Last Caretaker
