Summer Game Fest 2023 is on the horizon, set to show off some game trailers for stuff you’ve seen before, and even some stuff that you haven’t seen before. What a concept!
But who’s going to be there to show off their old/new stuff?
In the build up to this year’s event, the official Twitter account for Summer Game Fest (aka Keigh-3) has posted the full list of partner companies joining the event. The list includes software developers, big publishers, hardware makers, accessory fellas, card game creators, and more.
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Here’s a look at more than 40 partners for 2023.
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So we’ve got some big hitters there. Xbox and PlayStation are making an appearance — interesting given PlayStation’s now years-long lack of interest in live showcase events. It’s good to see them back on the roster.
But there’s one name that is very much not on the list and that name is Nintendo. The decision to seemingly skip what is now the biggest American show-and-tell in games is a swerve. Then again, they’ve got their Nintendo Live event coming in September and have notably been pulling away from showing off titles not on their own terms. No real surprises there!
And then there are the other omissions: such as Kojima Productions (surprising given Kojima is Keighley’s IRL bestie), Konami, Rockstar, or Koei Tecmo. One could argue that this might mean they’ve got nothing to show off, but I wouldn’t be surprised if any of these teams plan to fly under the wings of bigger companies. Who knows, ol’ Hideo could end up showing off more Death Stranding 2 through PlayStation rather than on their own. Anything’s possible, folks!
The full list of partners for this year’s Summer Game Fest 2023 is:
- Activision
- Amazon Games
- Annapurna Interactive
- Bandai Namco
- Behaviour
- Capcom
- CD Projekt
- Devolver Digital
- Digital Extremes
- Disney
- EA
- Epic Games
- Focus Entertainment
- Gearbox
- Grinding Gear Games
- HoyoVerse
- Kabam
- Larian Studios
- Level Infinite
- Magic the Gathering
- Neowiz
- Netflix
- Nexon
- Niantic
- North Beach Games
- Paradox Interactive
- Pearl Abyss
- Phoenix Labs
- Plaion
- PlayStation
- Pocket Pair
- Razer
- Samsung Gaming Hub
- Second Dinner
- SEGA
- Smilegate Entertainment
- Square Enix
- Steam
- Techland
- Tribeca Festival
- Ubisoft
- Warner Bros. Games
- Xbox
In terms of when you can catch Summer Game Fest 2023, it’ll be airing live on YouTube on June 11th, 2023 at the following times:
- NSW, VIC, QLD, ACT, TAS: 5:00 a.m. AEST
- NT, SA: 4:30 a.m. ACST
- WA: 3:00 a.m. AWST
- NZ: 7:00 a.m. NZDT
Sure, you can set your alarms to these ungodly hours if you want. However, if that sounds awful, don’t worry. You’ll probably see coverage of everything right here.
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