{"id":1973780,"date":"2026-06-05T11:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T08:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1973780"},"modified":"2026-06-05T11:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T08:00:33","slug":"summer-game-fest-2026-live-report-all-the-news-and-announcements-from-geoff-keighleys-e3-but-not-e3-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1973780","title":{"rendered":"Summer Game Fest 2026 live report &#8211; all the news and announcements from Geoff Keighley&#8217;s E3 but not E3 showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Summer Game Fest 2026 live report &#8211; all the news and announcements from Geoff Keighley&#8217;s E3 but not E3 showcase<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Begins 9pm UK time.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"live_blinker\"><br \/>\n  Live<br \/>\n<\/span>    <\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Summer-Game-Fest-When-Where-Header.jpg?width=690&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"The Summer Game Fest 2026 logo surrounded by Geoff Keighleys.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Summer-Game-Fest-When-Where-Header.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"690\" height=\"388\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer\/Summer Game Fest<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/robert-purchese\">Robert Purchese<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Associate Editor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-05T11:00:33+00:00\">June 5, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/summer-game-fest-2026-live-report#comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          10 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"8d736c5a-c64b-4bfb-bdb2-cb9d11200da4\" data-name=\"Guild Wars 2\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Guild Wars 2\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Guild Wars 2\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Guild Wars 2\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Guild Wars 2\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Guild Wars 2\" title=\"Follow Guild Wars 2\"><br \/>\n  Follow Guild Wars 2<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The centre-piece show of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/summer-game-fest-2026-schedule-all-showcases\">Summer Game Fest<\/a> &#8211; the literal Summer Game Fest showcase &#8211; takes place tonight at 9pm UK time (10pm CEST \/ 5pm EDT \/ 2pm PDT), and we&#8217;ll be covering all the news and announcements from it, live, right here in this article.<\/p>\n<p>The page will auto-refresh as our coverage rolls in, and you&#8217;re of course able to comment as events unfold. I say &#8220;of course&#8221;: please bear with us if you experience any log-in problems &#8211; we encountered some during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/everything-announced-sonys-playstation-state-of-play-june-2026\">the PlayStation State of Play show<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>What to expect from tonight? Summer Game Fest is a long show, and we&#8217;ve been braced for a two-hour running time, alongside a promise of seeing &#8220;what&#8217;s next for video games&#8221;, which I hope is something positive and not an oncoming disaster. The show tends to start with bang and then slump in the middle and pick up at the end.<\/p>\n<p>Really all we&#8217;ve been told is that we&#8217;re getting a look at the X-COM-like Star Wars: Zero Company, but there have been teasers for a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/crazy-taxi\">Crazy Taxi<\/a> game and Guild Wars studio ArenaNet is prepping an announcement for the show. If that&#8217;s Guild Wars 3, it could be tremendously exciting. Persona 6 keeps popping up and then disappearing again like on a whack-a-mole machine at an arcade as well.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Beyond that, it&#8217;s speculation, and I wonder if it&#8217;s time for EA BioWare to show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mass-effect-5\">Mass Effect 5<\/a>. It&#8217;s been a year-and-a-half since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dragon-age-the-veilguard-walkthrough-tips-and-tricks-guide\">Dragon Age: The Veilguard<\/a>, so the timing feels right. And how about the third part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/final-fantasy-7-remake-review-a-faithful-remake-with-a-few-missteps-along-the-way\">Final Fantasy 7 Remake<\/a>, or a third part of the Star Wars: Jedi series, or Ken Levine&#8217;s Judas, or a new Devil May Cry? The Duskbloods? A new Far Cry? 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I say &#8220;of course&#8221;: please bear with us if you experience any log-in problems &#8211; we encountered some during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/everything-announced-sonys-playstation-state-of-play-june-2026\">the PlayStation State of Play show<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>What to expect from tonight? Summer Game Fest is a long show, and we&#8217;ve been braced for a two-hour running time, alongside a promise of seeing &#8220;what&#8217;s next for video games&#8221;, which I hope is something positive and not an oncoming disaster. The show tends to start with bang and then slump in the middle and pick up at the end.<\/p>\n<p>Really all we&#8217;ve been told is that we&#8217;re getting a look at the X-COM-like Star Wars: Zero Company, but there have been teasers for a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/crazy-taxi\">Crazy Taxi<\/a> game and Guild Wars studio ArenaNet is prepping an announcement for the show. 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