How to watch summer game fest showcases + new events Archive
Game Conference Guide Insights - June 2025
Each year we are bombarded with new announcements, festivals of playable demos, various sales, broadcasts, trailers, showcases and myriad of other activities. And each year, June has the biggest amount of showcases.
Last year we saw 160 of them (in 2023 it was 164). In 2025 the staple ones are returning (especially those directly attached to the Summer Game Fest (12 of them so far)), but many newcomers already jumped the gun in May to stay away from the heavy hitters and distancing themselves from the avalanche of world premieres at the beginning of June.
Showcases at Game Conference Guide goes beyond Summer Game Fest. The website tracks gamescom and all the other important events from special labels, publishers and development studios spread out throughout the year.
So what to expect in the coming days?
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In total there are two dozen of showcases that fall under the Summer of Games / nonE3 umbrella or could be considered as part of the week. We are missing some of the traditional ones like Ubisoft’s Forward and Tribeca Games Spotlight, alongside Capcom Showcase and Future of Play. On the other side Upload VR was moved to July as the organizing crew is attending the biggest VR event AWE.
Below you can find is the most comprehensive list covering all summer showcases happening, before, around and after Summer Game Fest spanning the MAY - JULY period.
Bear in mind, some events / showcases might be added in coming days, like rumored Nintendo Direct broadcast to support Switch 2 launch on June 5th.
For more details (including description, fancy logo, length of the broadcast), visit directly Showcases section at Game Conference Guide tracking all the showcases for 2025.
Events marked with ☀️ emoji are the official Summer Game Fest events (12 of them).
Title of the events are hyperlinked directly to the broadcast on YouTube (where available).
MAY
Six One Indie Showcase
May 22 @ 9AM PT / 12PM ET / 6PM CESTOTK Game Expo
May 25 @ 12PM PT / 3PM ET / 9PM CESTtinyBuild Connect
May 27 @ 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 7PM CESTAG French Direct
May 28 @ 9AM PT / 12PM ET / 6PM CESTThinky Direct
May 29 @ 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 7PM CESTEvercade Showcase Vol. 4
May 29 @ 12PM PT / 3PM ET / 7PM CESTIndie Quest
May 29 @ 4PM PT / 7PM ET / 1AM (May 30)Horror Game Awards Summer Showcase
May 31 @ 11AM PT / 2PM ET / 8PM CEST
JUNE
BIG Summer Showcase (INDIE3)
June 3 @ 8AM PT / 11AM ET / 5PM CESTMIX Summer Game Showcase
June 3 @ 9AM PT / 12PM ET / 6PM CESTShacknews E4 Indie Showcase
June 4 @ 11AM PT / 2PM ET / 8PM CESTPlayStation’s State of Play
June 4 @ 2PM PT / 5PM ET / 11PM CESTAccess-Ability Summer Showcase
June 6 @ 8AM PT / 11AM ET / 5PM CEST☀️Summer Game Fest
June 6 @ 2PM PT / 5PM ET / 11PM CEST☀️Day of the Devs - Summer Game Fest Edition
June 6 @ 4PM PT / 7PM ET / 1AM CEST (Jun 7)☀️Devolver Direct - BALL x PIT: The Kenny Sun Story
June 6 @ 5PM PT / 8PM ET / 2AM (Jun 7)IOI Showcase
June 6 @ 6PM PT / 9PM ET / 3AM (Jun 7)☀️Wholesome Direct
June 7 @ 9AM PT / 12PM ET / 6PM CEST☀️Women-led Games Summer Showcase
June 7 @ 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 7PM CEST☀️Latin American Games Showcase
June 7 @ 11AM PT / 2PM ET / 8PM CEST☀️Southeast Asian Games Showcase: Summer Game Fest Edition
June 7 @ 12PM PT / 3PM ET / 9PM CESTFuture Games Show Summer Edition
June 7 @ 1PM PT / 4PM ET / 10PM CEST☀️Green Games Showcase
June 7 @ 1PM PT / 4PM ET / 10PM CEST☀️Frosty Games Fest Showcase
June 7 @ 4PM PT / 7PM ET / 1AM CEST (8 Jun)IGN Live
June 7 - 8 @ TBAÑ3 Summer Showcase
June 8 @ 8AM PT / 11AM ET / 5PM CEST☀️Xbox Games Showcase + The Outer Worlds 2 Direct
June 8 @ 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 7PM CEST☀️PC Gaming Show
June 8 @ 12PM PT / 3PM ET / 9PM CEST☀️Black Voices In Gaming
9 June @ 9AM PT / 12PM ET / 6PM CEST☀️Death Stranding 2: On The Beach - Game Premiere
June 9 @ 7PM PT / 10PM ET / 4AM CEST (Jun 10)
JULY
July 11 @ 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 7PM CEST Upload VR Summer Showcase
July 18 - 19 @ TBA TennoCon
July 22 @ TBA Pokemon Presents
+ more are coming
Game Conference Guide covers more than 1450 events in the database including archived 2020 – 2024 season. Massive thanks to everyone who is using the website every day and recommending it to colleagues and peers.
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Re-Introducting Archive
When the Game Conference Guide 2.0 was launched I had to sunset some of the features (not used, or completely ignored). And one of them was the Archive.
It held all the events since the website started going back to January 2020 and each year it grew to the current 1457 events spanning last five years (including the canceled ones). For a long time I thought I am the only one using the Archive to cross reference events when adding new ones, or going back in time to see what other events happened and never returned.
And while this feature is not as popular as Calendar, some of you were missing it. So I am bringing it back.
The new Archive is the same as before. It required a little bit of rearrangement of the data set and re-formating some of the assets, but overall it is the same and it offers the same full-text search and filters as you were used to; you can go back in time by months or years, filter by country (province, county), city or just by type of the event you are looking for.
The Archive boasts almost 1500 events (next year it will have more than 1800), and it requires a bit of time to load as the whole dataset is being loaded at once. Bear in mind, some of the hyperlinks are broken, as the domains expired or the events no longer exists or were abandoned by organizers.
You might come across a mistake or a bug, if you do, please report it.
🏆New Deadlines on the horizon
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Deadline: 4 Jun, on-site showcase, entry: 200€ after acceptancePitchYaGame
Deadline: 6 Jun, virtual pitching, entry: freeGame Devs of Color Expo Direct & Steam Event
Deadline: 13 Jun, showcase + Steam Event, entry: freeDeadline: 14 Jun, On-site showcase, entry: free
Australian Game Developer Awards
Deadline: 15 Jun, Awards, entry: $30 AUDChinaJoy x Game Connection GAME Festival
Deadline: 30 Jun, Steam Event, entry: freeGames Festival Showcase @ SXSW Sydney
Deadline: 30 Jun, on-site showcase + Steam Event, entry: free
GWB Game Awards
Deadline: 15 Jul, Awards, entry: freeindiePlay China indie Game Awards
Deadline: 18 Jul, Awards, entry: freeTIGA Awards
Deadline: 25 Jul, Awards, entry: freePitch Competition @ gamescom asia | Thailand Game Show
Deadline: 15 Aug, Pitching, entry: freeSteam Next Fest: October
Deadline: 25 Aug, Steam Event, entry: free
Get all deadlines here.
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It is exceptionally weird that you left the Black Voices in Gaming showcase out of your email, especially because it's on the site as an official part of the SGF stuff. Black folks are less than 5% of the industry, and Black indies are probably less than a percent. So you're basically excluding the already excluded.
Also gameconfguide is blocked by Malwarebytes claiming a port scan... Just fyi.