This crazy time of pandemic and isolation has had devastating effects on many industries and people. The gaming industry is no different to any other. The COVID-19 pandemic has seen many games postponed or pushed-back while events have been cancelled around the world. The biggest of these is E3, the yearly event which is usually accompanied with the biggest announcements. E3, which was originally scheduled for June 9-11, was officially cancelled for 2020 only a few weeks ago.
Thankfully, Summer Game Fest has stepped in to fill the holes that 2020’s cancelled events have left. Summer Game Fest is a digital event and an “Industry-wide celebration of video games”. The event will run from May to August, with guest appearances, interviews, upcoming game announcements, product updates and more.
You can check out the Summer Game Fest website here: https://www.summergamefest.com/
By subscribing for email updates, they’ll keep you in the loop of upcoming events, appearances and announcements. You can even add them to your calendar to make sure you don’t miss it. All major announcements will be posted below
Major Announcements
Summer Game Fest Announcements
May 13th, 2020
- Epic confirm that Fortnite will be available at Xbox Series X & PS5 launch.
- Epic release video of live demo being played using the Unreal Engine 5. Video shows the in immersive visual and audio detail that the engine provides and the photo-realistic likenesses of environments and people.
- Geoff Keighley chats to Tim Sweeney about Unreal Engine 5
May 12th, 2020
May 7th, 2020
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