It is nearly time for Summer Game Fest, Geoff Keighley’s annual summer season showcase filled with sport reveals, new trailers, and contemporary updates on upcoming titles. The 2-hour livestream kicks off Friday, June 5, at 2pm PT / 5pm ET / 9pm GMT, and we’ll have reside updates beneath, reporting on every little thing it’s worthwhile to know because it occurs direct from Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
We’re hoping for a giant one this yr, following Sony’s State of Play earlier this week. However what ought to we anticipate to see? Properly, there’s one sport we all know will be at Summer Game Fest: Star Wars: Zero Firm, the X-COM-inspired tackle a galaxy far, distant. A brand new gameplay trailer is due for that. We additionally know Guild Wars, ArenaNet’s MMORPG sequence, might be at Summer Game Fest in some capability. May we lastly see a Guild Wars 3 announcement? Clutch, the brand new open-world driving sport from former Forza Horizon builders, might be on the present, as will Epic Video games with a brand new trailer for the upcoming season of Fortnite. And the newly fashioned Paramount Video games Studio will announce its first sport, which, in keeping with Variety, is a AAA title, throughout Summer Game Fest.
There are all kinds of rumors floating round about different video games that will flip up at Summer Game Fest, however one sport I am fairly assured will not be on the present is Grand Theft Auto 6. Let’s be trustworthy, Rockstar Video games performs by its personal guidelines. If and when it decides to launch a brand new trailer for the sport, it will accomplish that by itself phrases (and doubtless on some random Tuesday or one thing).
Whereas we look ahead to Summer Game Fest to start out, tell us within the feedback which video games you hope to see on the present!
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