Summer Game Fest is back in 2025, in which host Geoff Keighley presents several hours of video game announcements, trailers, and world premieres. As always, expect updates on games that have been previously announced, alongside some likely reveals of new games. Also, Hideo Kojima.
Here’s everything we know about the biggest gaming news event of the summer, including where to watch Summer Game Fest 2025, what time the show starts, and what to expect from the stream.
Summer Game Fest start times in your time zone
As announced on the Summer Game Fest website, the show will begin on Friday, June 6, at 5 p.m. ET. Depending on where you live, here’s when to be ready:
- 2 p.m. PDT for the West Coast of North America
- 5 p.m. EDT for the East Coast of North America
- 10 p.m. BST for the U.K.
- 11 p.m. CEST for west mainland Europe
- 6 a.m. JST in Japan (June 7)
Where to watch Summer Game Fest 2025
You can watch the Summer Game Fest livestream via The Game Awards’ YouTube channel or Twitch channel, or via the YouTube embed at the top of this post. A countdown timer will likely start shortly before the show. No worries if you miss it though; you can always watch the archived stream after the event, or catch up with all of the biggest announcements on Polygon after the show.
What to expect from Summer Game Fest 2025
The Summer Game Fest 2025 livestream lasts approximately two hours and is expected to feature a run of trailers, game updates, and, most likely, some surprise announcements. Geoff Keighley will open the show and, between the slew of announcements, interview some of the developers.
As confirmed by Summer Game Fest, Hideo Kojima is one of the developers who will make an appearance, probably to talk about the upcoming Death Stranding 2.
Death Stranding 2 is one of the games featured in “Geoff’s hype trailer,” a two-minute trailer for the trailers of Summer Game Fest. It’s shown alongside games like Sonic Racing: Crossworlds, Dune: Awakening, and Mafia: The Old Country. There are no guarantees, of course, but these games will make some sort of apperance during the show.
As some of the featured games have already been released, including South of Midnight and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, you may expect some DLC announcements as well. The studio behind FPS game Atomic Heart has already confirmed their Summer Game Fest presence on X, which places them in the “will probably reveal post-release content” category.
The Summer Game Fest showcase is immediately followed by the Day of the Devs, which highlights some of the wildest and most promising indie games en route. Later in the weekend, Microsoft will host its annual Xbox Games Showcase, which is followed by a dedicated direct about The Outer Worlds 2.
Take a look at the full Summer Game Fest and not-E3 2025 schedule to ensure you don’t miss anything.