Summer Game Event Schedule: Nintendo Direct, Xbox, And All The Streams In June
From Summer Game Fest to Wholesome Direct, here's every showcase event you can watch in June.
The spirit of E3 lives on in June as publishers, game studios, and several other initiatives come together to host various livestreams. Only a few more weeks remain until there's an influx of broadcasts held online, and if you're looking to organize your schedule, we've rounded up a full list of everything announced so far.
Like previous years, one of the big events will be Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest on June 7. An annual event, this showcase is hosted in front of a live audience and is streamed across the globe. Microsoft is hosting its event on June 9, and while games for it haven't been confirmed yet, there's a good chance that Avowed, Indiana Jones, and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 will make appearances. The worldwide reveal for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be broadcast immediately after the Xbox event.
- Warhammer Skulls -- May 23
- INDIE Live Expo -- May 25
- PlayStation State of Play -- May 30
- Silent Hill Transmission -- May 30
- OTK Games Expo -- June 4
- The Best Indie Games Showcase -- June 4
- Guerrilla Collective Online Showcase -- June 6
- Summer Game Fest -- June 7
- Day of the Devs -- June 7
- Access-Ability Showcase -- June 7
- Devolver Direct -- June 7
- Wholesome Direct -- June 8
- Future Games Showcase -- June 8
- Future of Play Direct -- June 8
- GameSpot Live -- June 8-9
- PC Gaming Show -- June 9
- Giant Bomb @ Nite -- June 9
- Xbox Games Showcase -- June 9
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 worldwide reveal -- June 9
- Ubisoft Forward -- June 10
- Nintendo June Direct -- June 18
- Upload VR Showcase -- TBA
May 23
Update: You can read through all the big Warhammer Skulls 2024 announcements right here.
With many Warhammer games in development at any given time, what better way to keep fans updated on them than with a dedicated showcase? This year's Warhammer Skulls was once again hosted by Rahul Koli and had new announcements for Warhammer 40,000 games like Space Marine 2, Boltgun, Rogue Trader, Total War: Warhammer, Blood Bowl 3, Tacticus, Battlesector, Warpforge, and Darktide.
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May 25
INDIE Live Expo
INDIE Live Expo, a Japanese digital showcase, kicked off on May 25 with world premieres, news announcements, and content updates across 150+ titles.
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May 30
PlayStation State of Play
Update: You can check out all the State of Play May 2024 announcements here.
New details on 14 games for PS5 and PSVR 2 were shown off during this event, including upcoming multiplayer FPS Concord,God of War Ragnarok for PC, and the adorable Astro Bot.
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June 4
OTK Games Expo
Back for its third year, the OTK Games Expo shined a spotlight on dozens of games from multiple developers and across various genres. Viewers got to see action, adventure, cozy, fighting, horror, platformer, shooter, and strategy games, and some of the studios that took part included Blue Manchu Games, Apogee Entertainment, Envision Entertainment, and Code Wakers.
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The Best Indie Games Showcase
For fans of smaller games, The Best Indie Games Showcase returned for a second year on June 4. More than 150 games were shown off here across a wide variety of genres.
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June 6
Guerrilla Collective Online Showcase
A mix of AAA and indie game announcements, this year's Guerrilla Collective livestream had a plethora of reveals, including a Yooka-Laylee remake.
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June 7
Summer Game Fest
Hosted by Geoff Keighley, Summer Game Fest has been home to some of the biggest reveals of the summer gaming season. Now in its fifth year, this year's show had some fun announcements like Lego Horizon, the return of the Power Rangers in a retro-stylized beat-em-up, and lots of gameplay for the fast-paced action game Phantom Blade Zero.
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Day of the Devs
Kicking off directly after Summer Game Fest, Day of the Devs from Double Fine and iam8bit was focused on indie games and the people who make them.
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Access-Ability Showcase
Following last year's inaugural livestream, the Access-Ability Showcase was back again to show off more games made by disabled developers and the accessibility options available in each one. The showcase explored new games and the ways that accessibility for disabled players can be improved.
Devolver Direct
Normally one of the weirdest showcases on the gaming calendar, Devolver Direct celebrated the 15th birthday of its mascot Volvy this year. All-new game reveals and updates were shown off in a strange livestream that ran for 20 minutes.
June 8
Wholesome Direct
As its name implies, this year's Wholesome Direct was all about good vibes, cozy games, and uplifting debuts. For anyone looking for charming games to add to their wishlist, the Wholesome Direct livestream was full of charming games to check out.
Future Games Show: Summer Showcase
Presented by GamesRadar, this year's show featured "exciting updates on blockbuster games and deeper dives into anticipated indies" across a two-hour broadcast. More than 40 upcoming games for PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC were featured.
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Future of Play Direct
Future of Play Direct is an anime-themed look at indie games, and the 2024 edition had many game announcements, trailers, musical performances, and guests galore. Like previous years, it was hosted by VTuber Melios.
Some of the developers involved included Trinket Studios (creators of Battle Chef Brigade), Texel Raptor (creators of Parkitect), Mighty Yell (creators of The Big Con), and Studio Pixel Punk (creators of Unsighted). There were also updates from titles such as Dungeon Clawler, Timberborn, Psychroma, Zodiac XXL, Airborne Empire, and much more.
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Metaphor: ReFantazio - "Atlus Exclusive 2" Showcase
Following Summer Game Fest this Friday, director Katsura Hashino showed off a new look at Metaphor: ReFantazio.
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GameSpot Summer Live Show
If you're looking for more expert insight--and some friendly banter--during several of these showcases, you can also tune into the GameSpot and Giant Bomb livestreams being held that weekend. All the major press conferences from the Summer Game Fest weekend will be streamed on GameSpot's channels, while Giant Bomb will be reacting to the press conferences.
The GameSpot Summer Live Show will be held from June 8-9 and is an event that will see developers and publishers join us to talk about their new games after they've been showcased at Summer Game Fest.
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Giant Bomb @Nite
Giant Bomb @ Nite returns on June 9 and will be livestreamed from The Bellwether. If you're interested in attending this Giant Bomb event, tickets are now on sale.
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June 9
Xbox Games Showcase
Easily the best Xbox event in years, the Xbox Games Showcase came out swinging with world premieres for Doom: The Dark Ages, Perfect Dark, and Gears of War: E-Day.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Worldwide Reveal
This year's Call of Duty will be a new entry in the Black Ops series, and its world premiere took place right after the Xbox Games Showcase.
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PC Gaming Show
Hosted by PC Gamer, the PC Gaming Show has been held annually since 2015. Originally launched as a response to how underrepresented PC gaming was at E3 (how the times have changed!) fans got new game debuts and trailers during the June showcase.
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June 10
Ubisoft Forward
This year's Ubisoft Forward event started with an extended look at Star Wars Outlaws, updates on the Prince of Persia franchise, and a closer look at Assassin's Creed Shadows.
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June - 18
Nintendo June Direct
Nintendo plays its cards close to its chest, and for this year's June Nintendo Direct, the company has revealed very little. What it has confirmed is that you might want to temper your expectations, as it plans to focus on games arriving for the Switch in the latter half of 2024 and it won't be discussing the Switch 2 console in this livestream.
June 26
Upload VR Showcase
For the virtual reality fans in the house, the Upload VR Showcase is a dedicated look at this immersive form of gaming. Expect new game reveals and announcements when the show kicks off.
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