This year E3 has been cancelled, but Geoff Keighley has his Summer Game Fest again which we now know about three events with two at the same time as they would be if E3 was happening.
I think we still get E3 just not in name and for us be it in the UK, Japan or Aus nothing changes, be watching them online still regardless who's banner a show comes under.
Current Events and times in the UK
May 17th Tuesday 2pm 505 Games 31st Tuesday 5pm Evercade Second Anniversary
June 2nd Thursday 11pm State of Play 3rd Friday 12pm SEGA (Japanese) 6th Monday 9pm Limited Run Games 7th Tuesday 5pm Sonic Central 8th Wednesday ??? Call of Duty Modern Warfare II Reveal 8th Wednesday 6pm Black Voices in Gaming 9th Thursday 4pm Upload VR 9th Thursday 7pm Summer Game Fest Showcase + Day of the Devs 9th Thursday 11pm Devolver 10th Friday 5pm IGN Expo 10th Friday 6pm Netflix Geeked Week: Games 10th Friday 7pm Epic 10th Friday 8pm Tribeca Games Spotlight 10th Friday 9pm Freedom Games 11th Saturday 4pm Guerrilla Collective 3 11th Saturday 5.30pm Wholesome Games 11th Saturday 5.30pm Future of Play 11th Saturday 7.30pm NetEase 11th Saturday 8pm Future Games Show 12th Sunday 6pm Bethesda and Xbox Showcase 12th Sunday 8.30pm PC Gaming Show 13th Monday 9pm Guerrilla Collective 3.5 13th Monday 11pm Capcom Showcase 14th Tuesday 5pm Assassin's Creed 15th Anniversary Celebration 14th Tuesday 6pm Xbox & Bethesda Extended 16th Thursday 6pm Overwatch 2 16th Thursday 11pm 10 Years of Dragon's Dogma 16th Thursday 11pm Final Fantasy VII Anniversary Event 17th Friday 6pm Prime Matter Anniversary Show 23rd Thursday 5pm Focus Showcase A Plague Tale Requiem
July 28th Thursday 8pm Annapurna
August 12th Friday 8pm THQ Nordic Showcase
I will update when we get more announcements, which Nintendo will be the main one for most of us.
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Treesmurf Snack Review
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Nintendo will literally be the only one I care about, so many companies just don't get it when it comes to these directs and Geoff's Big Summer Games Jamboree doesn't fill me with confidence as that usually bores the socks off me.
masofdas The Next Aonuma
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Exactly and I'd much rather have you presenting them than Geoffrey, he's not even proper mates with Kojima like you are.
Buskalilly Dark Sun
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Subject: Re: Summer Directs 2022 Sat 30 Apr 2022, 09:50
I'm in the same boat as Smurf; keen for a Nintendo Direct if we get one, completely ambivalent about anything else.
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Subject: Re: Summer Directs 2022 Sat 30 Apr 2022, 14:36
Treesmurf wrote:
Exactly and I'd much rather have you presenting them than Geoffrey, he's not even proper mates with Kojima like you are.
Do always wonder if Kojima ever goes that darn Geoff on the phone yet again.
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Subject: Re: Summer Directs 2022 Sun 01 May 2022, 11:46
Yeah, but then Mads and Norman are like "Oh its that damn Kojima on the phone".
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Subject: Re: Summer Directs 2022 Mon 02 May 2022, 08:15
Totally off topic but I've just been reminded of the time I hesitated answering the phone to someone I didn't wanna talk to only to see that they were in a car right next to me and could probably see my obvious "can I be bothered talking to them?" moment.
masofdas The Next Aonuma
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Subject: Re: Summer Directs 2022 Mon 02 May 2022, 18:43
The Showcase we all wanted
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Subject: Re: Summer Directs 2022 Tue 03 May 2022, 20:34
At least there's equal-opportunity fanservice.
I think I've got greedy. It was only the other day that I was bemoaning the quiet release schedule on Switch, and thinking that it was about time we had another Direct. I think we've just had one? And summer's coming up. Blimey. Maybe it's the eShop having a quiet time I'm really noticing. Maybe a Nindie Showcase in may to whet our whistles for the main event? Pleeeeeeeease?
Of course I don't care about anything else.
masofdas The Next Aonuma
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Subject: Re: Summer Directs 2022 Thu 05 May 2022, 17:41
Part from May, Nintendo has had a 1st party game or a exclusive (Triangle Strategy) a month though.
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Subject: Re: Summer Directs 2022 Fri 06 May 2022, 21:52
I know, I'm being super-greedy and also a person who doesn't care about Switch Sports.
masofdas The Next Aonuma
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Subject: Re: Summer Directs 2022 Sun 15 May 2022, 07:30
Now you know how Cappa feels when we have a month like July which has two RPGs as the Nintendo games.
Also I've added the 505 Showcase.
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Subject: Re: Summer Directs 2022 Tue 17 May 2022, 15:46
I watched 505, who have published likes of Control and Death Stranding (PC) that them having a showcase for the first time must have something.
Well they had four games, and how they were shown was awful as well. It was certainly up there with Koch Media last year as one of the worst, it can only get better from here.
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Subject: Re: Summer Directs 2022 Wed 18 May 2022, 15:18
masofdas wrote:
Now you know how Cappa feels when we have a month like July which has two RPGs as the Nintendo games.
True, but I got the impression that a lot of people were underwhelmed by Switch Sports, not just me! The 6/10 from Nintendo Life may as well be them mailing human excrement to Nintendo directly.
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Subject: Re: Summer Directs 2022 Thu 19 May 2022, 19:19
July is all about the Klonoa collection and the Jaleco Arcade Evercade cartridge, I feel good about July!
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Subject: Re: Summer Directs 2022 Mon 23 May 2022, 20:25
I might even dip into Klonoa myself, I know OR also goes absolutely mad for the squirrel-cat-bunny-thing.
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Subject: Re: Summer Directs 2022 Sat 28 May 2022, 19:23
A few more added now, can see Cappa being excited about Evercade Event.
When do you think Nintendo will announce one? And will we get Treehouse?
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Subject: Re: Summer Directs 2022 Mon 30 May 2022, 14:45
I can see Nintendo waiting until about July-ish & a treehouse live is definitely possible but I get the feeling they might give it a miss this year.
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Subject: Re: Summer Directs 2022 Mon 30 May 2022, 17:22
masofdas wrote:
A few more added now, can see Capap being excited about Evercade Event.
I know I post on a computer game forum, but surely I'm not that much of a sad sack!
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Subject: Re: Summer Directs 2022 Mon 30 May 2022, 17:42
Maybe afterwards when random British game is back.
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Subject: Re: Summer Directs 2022 Tue 31 May 2022, 09:52
I can't decide if Nintendo have more bargaining power if they do an event and show the ESA that the E3 "thing" doesn't need E3, or if they don't do one so next year there is more incentive to try to entice them to do one.
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Subject: Re: Summer Directs 2022 Wed 01 Jun 2022, 16:58
Surely they will do an event though. Surely. Bargaining power or no.
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Subject: Re: Summer Directs 2022 Thu 02 Jun 2022, 01:50
They'll do one eventually, but no pressing need to do one in June. We have a few games announced for the next couple months, Pokémon is nailed in for a date and generally does separate presentations. In a month or two, they can do one to give us dates for Bayonetta and maybe trail a few things for next year.
I'd like to be wrong, but I'm not getting excited.
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Subject: Re: Summer Directs 2022 Thu 02 Jun 2022, 08:43
I think we'll see one soon but probably after the dust has settled on Big Geoff's Super Fun Gaming Jamboree.