While the cancellation of E3 2023 has reduced the number of gaming events happening this summer, other events will hopefully make up for its absence. Keeping track of streaming and event schedules over several months can be somewhat difficult, so we have gathered the calendar of summer gaming galas for you.
Here is every confirmed upcoming gaming event in the summer of 2023 to keep you hyped for future releases.
Summer Game Fest 2023 – June 8
Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest will return for the fourth year in a row. We don’t have too much of an idea what the main show might bring. It’s worth noting that its first year saw huge announcements like Unreal Engine 5, Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, and Star Wars: Squadrons. Summer Game Fest 2023 isn’t only the one live stream, either, also providing a platform for other publishers to showcase their future games.
Devolver Direct – June
Summer Game Fest will be giving fans a new (and likely still bizarre) Devolver Direct stream/event. While we don’t know for sure what date this will take place, it will be somewhere around the June 8 start date. Devolver Digital is responsible for publishing some of the wackiest hits in gaming, like Hotline Miami, Cult of the Lamb, Enter the Gungeon, and Inscryption.
Xbox Games Showcase – June 11
Xbox will be hosting its own Games Showcase only a little over a month from the release of Redfall, so it’s unlikely there will be any vampire news to break. However, there are a handful of games coming to the console and Game Pass throughout the rest of the year that are almost guaranteed to appear. One of the biggest of these games is Lies of P, the Pinocchio adaptation souls-like that will be coming to Game Pass for its August release. This will also likely be when the release date of Forza Motorsport is revealed.
Starfield Direct – June 11
Starfield will be absent from the normal Xbox Games Showcase so that it can be presented in its own individual direct right after the Showcase ends. This will likely be a solid amount of gameplay, but probably not the final showing of the game before the September release date. It is unknown how long this direct will be, but the last time gameplay was shown was in a 15-minute chunk.