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Summer Game Fest has grown from a humble E3 alternative to one of the most important events in any gamer's calendar. Helmed by commentator Geoff Keighley, the multi-day gaming extravaganza kicks off with a flashy live show that's become known for its incredible reveals and announcements.
Some of the biggest publishers like Activision, Capcom, and Square Enix choose to show off their games in the roughly two hour presentation, which is streamed live for a massive audience of viewers around the world.
This is accompanied by a wealth of other major showcases, usually including an Xbox Games Showcase and PlayStation State of Play in addition to more community-focused ones like indie showcase Day of the Devs and the PC Gaming Show.
All course, we diligently cover all the biggest news — which you can browse right here.
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Best of Summer Game Fest 2026 — all the biggest, most exciting, and most innovative things on show that we loved
We run down the seven most exciting things that we saw at Summer Game Fest 2026.
'It's a risk for a huge company like Sega to work with a small indie developer like us' — Pico Park president on the 'pressure' of working with a huge company like Sega for its Sonic crossover
Pico Park president Shintarou Shimazu has discussed the pressures of taking on Sega's beloved franchise to create its crossover indie game, Sonic Pico Park.
Sonic Team head 'doesn't think he will be alive' for the franchise's 70th anniversary
We discuss the future of Sonic the Hedgehog with Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 game director says the game will have 'massive amounts of customization' — 'There's almost an infinite amount of ways to coordinate with your buds on how you want to kit up as a group'
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 will feature "massive amounts of customization" across all available classes, including the brand-new endgame Specialist class.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 director says the team 'worked very close' with 20th Century Studios 'to make sure that we were hitting the lore correctly'
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 creators Cold Iron Studios worked closely with 20th Century Studios to ensure the game respected the Alien franchise lore.
We spoke to three Xbox Game Studio teams about exclusivity, and got two very different answers
The Coalition believes making Gears of War: E-Day an Xbox exclusive was the best decision, but not all Xbox Game Studios teams are aligned on the approach to console exclusivity.
'You don't need to be super hardcore to be good at this one' — Pico Park president on bringing Sonic to a whole new audience with upcoming crossover game
We talk to the Sonic Pico Park team about the upcoming crossover game.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 director says making the game four-player is a 'challenge' because there's now 'four times the amount of things that you need to put on screen' — But it 'works better in a PVE game'
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 game director Chris Cross has explained why the team at Cold Iron Studios decided to make the sequel four-player co-op.
IO Interactive says 007 First Light was 'always' supposed to be an origin story — 'We wanted to take that risk and introduce a fresh Bond for the gamers'
IO Interactive has confirmed that 007 First Light was always intended to be a young James Bond story, and it collaborated frequently with Amazon MGM Studios.
