Despite being wheeled out less than two months ago for The Game Awards 2024, Geoff Keighley‘s next shift as emcee for a bunch of expensive trailer placements has just been scheduled in with the return of Summer Game Fest for 2025.
The industry’s next-closest thing to E3 is set to kick off from Friday, June 6th (Saturday, June 7th in ANZ) with the main event Summer Game Fest livestream, and runs until Monday, June 9th as games media and content creators from all corners report from the scene with hands-on previews, more trailers, news and excitement. Debuting this year is a new B2B component, where Keighley is inviting industry “thought leaders” to come together to discuss the current state of the industry and its challenges, opportunities and global cultural impact. It hasn’t been made clear whether this is something that fans can tune into or get involved in, so it’ll be interesting to see what comes of it.
The main SGF showcase livestream out of the YouTube Theatre in Los Angeles and will run for approximately two hours, showing off “spectacular new video game announcements, surprises, and reveals,” which is pretty much what you’d expect. Here’s when you’ll be able to catch it in local ANZ time zones:
When Can I Watch The Summer Game Fest 2025 Livestream In Australia & New Zealand?
The SGF 2025 main event will livestream on Saturday, June 7th in the below cities/time zones:
- AEST (Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Sydney, Hobart) — 7AM Saturday, June 7th
- ACST (Adelaide, Darwin) — 6.30AM Saturday, June 7th
- AWST (Perth) — 4AM Saturday, June 7th
- NZST (Wellington) — 9AM Saturday, June 7th
Mark your calendar for Friday, June 6 — @SummerGameFest returns to @youtubetheater in LA to showcase what’s next from the entire video game industry. Streaming live everywhere.
Followed by SGF Play Days from @iam8bit for media + Influencers in downtown LA. pic.twitter.com/mfViX89hDu
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) January 30, 2025
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Where Can I Watch Summer Game Fest 2025?
You’ll be able to watch the SGF 2025 showcase live on the official YouTube Channel, Twitch, Facebook, TikTok, X and pretty much wherever you watch your favourite livestreams.
What Will Be Shown At Summer Game Fest 2025?
So, uh, we don’t know! But this event usually has quite a few exciting surprises and reveals in store. It’s already been confirmed that more than 40 publishers are on board for the SGF: Play Days events following the livestream, so it sounds like there’s going to be quite a bit to go over across the two-hour show. We usually see Keighley start to tease or announce participants closer to, so we’ll keep on top of it.
What are you hoping to see at this year’s Summer Game Fest showcase? Will you be tuning in live in the early hours? Let us know in the comments below or over on social media!
Kieron's been gaming ever since he could first speak the words "Blast Processing" and hasn't lost his love for platformers and JRPGs since. A connoisseur of avant-garde indie experiences and underground cult classics, Kieron is a devout worshipper at the churches of Double Fine and Annapurna Interactive, to drop just a couple of names.
