Summer time Recreation Fest 2024 returns to take up the mantle of E3, now that the annual expo is gone for good after a run of virtually twenty years.
The excellent news, nevertheless, is gaming’s largest convention season isn’t going anyplace. Although the Summer time Recreation Fest showcase is headlining, the likes of Xbox, Ubisoft, and Devolver are all returning to supply a week-long burst of stories and bulletins.
On this information, we’ll run down the Summer time Recreation Fest 2024 convention schedule, with dates and occasions throughout time zones in North America and Europe, and what to anticipate from every one.
Summer time Recreation Fest 2024 schedule and all convention occasions
Right here is when each convention will go dwell over the “E3” convention interval. The majority of the exhibits will happen across the second weekend of June, headlined by Summer time Recreation Fest on Friday, June 7, and persevering with till Monday with the likes of Ubisoft.
By the point Summer time Recreation Fest begins, Sony’s annual summer season State of Play may have occurred (on Thursday, Could 30). We’re nonetheless ready for Nintendo to set a date for its June direct (as confirmed on a post on X). Primarily based on earlier years, they need to fall throughout the identical week because the beneath – until one platform holder desires to take the highlight later within the month.
Summer time Recreation Fest 2024 schedule
Convention | Date | West Coast (PDT) time | East Coast (EDT) time | UK (BST) time | Europe (CEST) time |
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Convention | Date | West Coast (PDT) time | East Coast (EDT) time | UK (BST) time | Europe (CEST) time |
Guerrilla Collective | Thursday, June 6 | 10 a.m. | 1 p.m. | 6 p.m. | 7 p.m. |
Entry-Potential Summer time Showcase | Thursday, June 6 | 8 a.m. | 11 a.m. | 4 p.m. | 5 p.m. |
Summer time Recreation Fest 2024 | Friday, June 7 | 2 p.m. | 5 p.m. | 10 p.m. | 11 p.m. |
Devolver Direct | Friday, June 7 | 5 p.m. | 8 p.m. | 1 a.m. (June 8) | 2 a.m. (June 8) |
Way forward for Play Direct | Saturday, June 8 | 8 a.m. | 11 p.m. | 4 p.m. | 5 p.m. |
Healthful Direct | Saturday, June 8 | 9 a.m. | 12 p.m. | 5 p.m. | 6 p.m. |
Latin America Video games Showcase | Saturday, June 8 | 10 a.m. | 1 p.m. | 6 p.m. | 7 p.m. |
Girls-led Video games Summer time Video games Fest | Saturday, June 8 | 11:30 a.m. | 2.30 p.m. | 7:30 p.m. | 8.30 p.m. |
Future Video games Present | Saturday, June 8 | 12 p.m. | 3 p.m. | 8 p.m. | 9 p.m. |
Xbox Video games Showcase | Sunday, June 9 | 9 a.m. | 12 p.m. | 5 p.m. | 6 p.m. |
PC Gaming Present | Sunday, June 9 | 1 p.m. | 4 p.m. | 9 p.m. | 10 p.m. |
Ubisoft Ahead | Monday, June 10 | TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC |
Thursday, June 6
![Details about the Guerrilla Collective 2024 showcase at Summer Game Fest hover over a black background.](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/9KfLQsx5UM_NZbZuwfdtFYIRlLY=/0x0:731x411/1200x0/filters:focal(0x0:731x411):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469184/guerrila_collective.jpeg)
Picture: Guerrilla Collective
Although Friday is technically the beginning of Summer time Recreation Fest, props to Guerrilla Collective (10 a.m. PDT / 1 p.m. EDT, streaming on YouTube / Twitch) for stealing a march on Geoff Keighley with an indie-focused showcase that’s now in its fifth yr. Count on “massive new sport bulletins, reveals, trailer premieres, contemporary gameplay,” with the likes of Slime Heroes from Whitehorn Video games, Neon Blood from ChaoticBrain Studios, and Deathbound from Trialforge Studio confirmed to be exhibiting up.
Friday, June 7
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Picture: Summer time Recreation Fest/Polygon
Friday is technically the beginning of Summer time Recreation Fest, with the Entry-Potential Summer time Showcase (8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT, streaming on YouTube / Twitch) starting proceedings to focus on video games by sport builders with disabilities, and video games with options and settings designed with gamers with disabilities in thoughts.
Whitethorn Video games (writer of Botany Manor), Playtonic (Yooka-Laylee creator and writer of upcoming rogue-like Elsie), and Fiction Manufacturing facility Video games (Arcade Spirits) are all confirmed to be within the combine up to now, with showrunner Laura Kate Dale explaining that “our goal is to make it possible for if a sport appears to be like thrilling, you don’t have to fret about getting hyped, solely to study later {that a} sport doesn’t help your wants as a participant.”
Following that a number of hours later is the large one: the Summer time Recreation Fest showcase (2 p.m. PDT / 5 p.m. EDT, streaming on YouTube / Twitch). There are 55 partners signed up; what number of of those will really seem within the convention is unsure, however since earlier iterations of this occasion have run for no less than a few hours, anticipate a good few to point out up. Whereas particular reveals are underneath wraps on the time of this writing, we all know 2K will at least “reveal the subsequent iteration” in certainly one of its franchises through the present. Any guesses?
As custom, the Summer time Recreation Fest stream will instantly run into Double Superb and 8bit’s Day of the Devs (actual time TBC, streaming by the identical feed as Summer time Recreation Fest). Karma: The Darkish World, Phoenix Spring, and Derek Yu’s UFO 50 will make an look, amongst varied new reveals.
Lastly, Friday ends with Devolver Direct (5 p.m. PDT / 8 p.m. EDT, streaming on YouTube / Twitch). As soon as famously hosted in a car parking zone throughout the road from E3 (to bodily emphasize the distinction between occasions), the oddball developer eschewed that stunt final yr — and there’s no phrase but on if it’ll revive this yr. With E3 useless, although, it’s unlikely. Anyway, anticipate plenty of offbeat indies at this showcase.
Saturday, June 8
![The Future of Play Direct logo hovers over an orange background in key art for Summer Game Fest 2024.](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/551QL3ZWXbUI4sC2yyC83ojEo3U=/0x0:1386x780/1200x0/filters:focal(0x0:1386x780):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469193/future_of_play.png)
Picture: Glitch
The Saturday of not-E3 2024 is full of back-to-back exhibits. Let’s break it down:
- First up is the Way forward for Play Direct (8 a.m. PDT / 11 p.m. EDT, streaming on YouTube). Hosted by the V-tuber A.I. broadcaster Melios, no video games have been introduced but. However should you miss the showcase, Glitch, the organizer of the occasion, said a setlist might be accessible by way of its social media channels after the occasion wraps.
- That’s instantly adopted by Healthful Direct (9 a.m. PDT / 12 p.m. EDT, streaming on YouTube / Twitch), a showcase centered on cozy video games. For an instance of what to anticipate, in earlier years, Healthful Direct has featured the likes of Moonglow Bay, Bear and Breakfast, and Pupperazzi.
- The Latin America Video games Showcase (10 a.m. PDT / 1 p.m. EDT, streaming on YouTube / Twitch) comes proper on the heels of Healthful Direct, and places a highlight on video games developed in Latin America. Greater than 45 video games are deliberate to seem on the occasion; you possibly can see the entire listing here.
- Shortly after that comes Girls-led Video games Summer time Video games Fest (11:30 a.m. PDT / 2.30 p.m. EDT, streaming on YouTube / Twitch). With a deal with video games developed studios which might be both led by or are majority staffed by ladies, Girls-Led Video games hosts a variety of showcases per yr. You’ll be able to see the one from March 2024 here.
- Lastly, the day wraps with the Future Video games Present (12 p.m. PDT / 3 p.m. EDT, streaming on YouTube / Twitch). Unaffiliated with the sooner Way forward for Play occasion, the Future Video games Present is GamesRadar’s annual not-E3 occasion. This yr, it’s hosted by Purple Useless Redemption 2’s Arthur Clark and Last Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s Britt Baron.
Sunday, June 9
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Picture: Microsoft
Headlining Sunday is the Xbox Video games Showcase (9 a.m. PDT / 12 p.m. EDT, streaming on YouTube / Twitch). That is Microsoft’s first showcase since its almost $70 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard was finalized. Since then, Microsoft has closed studios and laid off almost 2,000 workers throughout its gaming division. This, after all, is the large elephant within the room. Whereas the matter probably received’t be addressed through the present, it’s going to little question overshadow rumored bulletins of issues like a brand new entry within the Doom sequence or a possible reveal of an all-digital Xbox Sequence X.
Following the Xbox Video games Showcase, Microsoft will host the Black Ops 6 Direct (actual time TBC, streaming by the identical feed as Xbox). Instantly after its 2023 showcase, Microsoft held a 45-minute, in-depth stream for Bethesda’s Starfield; it’s secure to imagine the Black Ops 6 Direct might be alongside the identical strains. As with all of Microsoft’s first-party video games thus far, Black Ops 6 will launch “day one” on Recreation Go.
The Xbox-centric sequence of occasions is adopted by the PC Gaming Present (1 p.m. PDT / 4 p.m. EDT, streaming on YouTube / Twitch). Hosted by PC Gamer, the present will function 50 video games plus interviews with builders, although the publication hasn’t but introduced who might be partaking.
Monday, June 10
![Details about Ubisoft Forward at Summer Game Fest 2024 float in front of a palm tree on a sunny day.](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/vrjxMtTKcSAtSEueZUL8NuNlsDw=/0x0:2172x1222/1200x0/filters:focal(0x0:2172x1222):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469176/ubisoft_forward.png)
Picture: Ubisoft
As of this writing, not-E3 wraps up with Ubisoft Ahead (TBC, streaming on YouTube / Twitch). The purveyor of icon-saturated map video games already has a heavy slate within the fall, with the likes of Star Wars Outlaws and Murderer’s Creed Shadows. Count on extra particulars about each video games. Much less probably? An replace on Past Good & Evil 2, which has been infamously (and really publicly) mired in growth hell for years. However hey, something can occur!