The fifth annual Summer Game Fest is arriving on June 7, 2024. The global celebration of what’s next in video games will stream live from the YouTube Theater in Hollywood Park. Fans can look forward to new video game announcements, first-looks, and trailers. The Summer Game Fest streams to a global audience. The event takes place at 2pm PT/5pm ET/10pm GMT across YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, X, Steam and other partners.
The Summer Game Fest brings together the world’s leading video game publishers and developers. Fans get the priority. 2023 saw more than 34 million global livestreams. Guests included Ed Boon (Mortal Kombat) Sam Lake (Alan Wake 2), and actor Nicolas Cage (Dead By Daylight). There was also the world premiere of new looks and news for some of the biggest hits of 2023. This included MARVEL’s Spider-Man 2, Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, Baldur’s Gate 3, and the breakout indie-sensation Palworld.
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The full 2024 lineup will roll out in the upcoming months. Fans can look forward to other livestreams and events during this year’s Summer Game Fest. SGF Play Days, an invite-only media and influencer event in downtown Los Angeles for hands-on gameplay with upcoming games, will return on June 8 – 10, produced by iam8bit.
To further spotlight the growing independent game community, the fest will continue to team up with Day of the Devs.A non-profit, their mission is to celebrate the creativity, diversity and magic of video games. Day of the Devs: SGF Edition will be presented online via livestream immediately following the Summer Game Fest live showcase on June 7. Day of the Devs: SGF Edition will feature more than a dozen incredible games from game developers of all different backgrounds.
Public ticket sales to attend the SGF showcase at YouTube Theater will begin on May 7 at 9:00 a.m. via Ticketmaster.
