Summer Game Fest Will Return To Los Angeles In June 2025

Question : What did you think of Summer Game Fest and its show night this year?

Me : It was a rubbish and will always be rubbish. They will keep showing rubbish for next year and forever.
Save that gargantuan money ($250, 000 every 1 minute trailer) for funding the indie developers, help them to flourish rather than wasting the money and keep showing nothing but rubbish stuffs.

...Yay? Geoff, I don't think anyone is that excited to hear this.

He really is trying to make this the new E3, isn’t he?

If anyone enjoys watching Summer Games Fest, that’s fine and more power to you, but in my opinion, it sounds and feels like a watered down, ad-laden E3 that is always hyped up and somehow disappoints in the end even when boasting a hefty amount of game companies in its lineup. It tries to replicate the feelings of E3, but it doesn’t seem to really work thanks to its focus on advertising. It never excited me when it was first introduced and it probably won’t.

I miss the real E3.

This is unfortunate for Los Angeles. Hope it gets better soon.

I just don't understand why the industry supports this nonsense. It must just be a network of "mates" holding it all together, surely? It will end soon enough.

So this Geoff Keighley guy, is he the founder of this event or just a presentator?

In my opinion, the name is also not a good fit, Summer Game Fest, sounds strange to mix videogames with summer/sun, as much as I love playing videogames I would not associate that to a fest, and the initials SGF are nothing interesting or catchy to remember.

Finally, the cost of advertising is so indecent, that I don't want to be involved with it.
And telling me what is next ... aha, I'm not so stupid, I will decide for myself what is next!

On a positive note, it is good that videogames are getting some love, attention, and more public recognition.

If it coincides with the Classic Tetris World Championship again there's no chance I'll be watching.

So most of us are sick of seeing Geoff at this point, right?

I’m just surprised NLife didn’t jump all over that new Life is Strange game, especially since it’s been confirmed for the Switch.

@Anti-Matter You say that, but when they actually did show off indie developers, you said you said that they all looked bad or something like that in a now-deleted comment. So do you want them to show off indie games, or do you just only want games that YOU care about, regardless of how anyone else feels?

Guess Geoff does not want tp see the end of E3, so promotes this none event instead.

@HotGoomba,

I thought that was what those Indie showcases were all about, and people seem to moan about shovelware on here, we can't have it both ways surely.

@HotGoomba
I only accept appropriate games for kids and a few rated Teen games, either by AAA company like Nintendo / Sony / Microsoft (Example: Ratchet & Clank games, PS3 Move games, Kinect XBOX 360 games) or indie company.

It would be better they show tons of kids games like Wholesome Direct last time I watched.
I was very content after watching Wholesome Direct and more upcoming cute and cozy games I could consider in the future.

Any inappropriate rated 18+ games regardless by AAA company or indie company, I banned them all as I hate them.
Even I banned Smash Bros games that made by Nintendo or Astro Bot by Sony or LEGO horizons for having rated 18+ characters in kids games.
I'm not joking when I applied this very strict gaming rules in my place.

@Anti-Matter But what did Deer and Boy do to you?

@HotGoomba
After watching the trailer, I didn't feel interested with Deer and Boy as the game have dark vibes and i'm not looking dark vibes games like that.

@HotGoomba,

I can't go into this for leagal reasons, but I was told I would never make it stand up in court.

E3 died for this😭😭😭

A little tip from me to Geoff, free of charge, hire a professional presenter.

Holy crap thanks Nintendo Life!!!!!!!

Ok, Since I can't directly respond, I'm gonna say the following after what I read in incognito mode and hope it lands to others or they pass the torch...

Holy sh(t, anti-matter...! By that very logic you'd have to ban the entire Nintendo catalogue for appearing in Bayonetta alone, let alone as 3rd party easter eggs approved by Nintendo. Dare I say, at a certain risk if getting this comment taken down, you never even played most of these "inappropriate games" to validate whether they are worth hating or not, especially when many of these mature games are mature for a very human reason that kids games can't easily cover. And getting this aggressive and close minded ain't gonna show any maturity outta you either...

Seriously, talk about living in a sheltered bubble... The world doesn't revolve around the closed off nature of the playground.... It's one thing if you prefer lighthearted games for yourself, but banning others around you from developing their own tastes is going a step too far. It's being a control freak is what it is...

Really dislike Geoff, he came across as VERY sour that Microsoft Nintendo and Sony didn't show their games at his event (not that Sony seems to have much to show currently), well that's what E3 used to be where each console had its own showcase and that's why I loved it. I really dislike Geoff's idea of a games show.

I seriously miss E3.

@Yalloo Both, he's made millions from it.

@HotGoomba Anti Matter is impossible to argue with😂