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Geoff Keighley Talks About What To Expect From Summer Game Fest, Will Focus On Announced Games

June 6th, 2022 - 11:52 AM

Geoff Keighley Talks About What To Expect From Summer Game Fest, Will Focus On Announced Games

Summer Game Fest kicked off last week with State of Play which revealed and showcased Resident Evil 4, The Callisto Protocol, Final Fantasy XVI, and more. Later this week on Thursday, June 9, the official Summer Game Fest showcase will take place leading into the Xbox & Bethesda showcase on Sunday, June 12. Talking about the event over on Twitter spaces over the weekend, Geoff Keighley said that the show this year will focus primarily on announced games. He said he was “very excited” about the content that will be in the show. This will include “massive games” alongside independent titles. Geoff also said that viewers should rein their expectations in terms of big “megaton shocks.” Keighley said that the show would include exclusive games for both Xbox and Nintendo Switch but Microsoft will likely keep its biggest hitters for its own showcase. He also talked about Nintendo appearing saying that “we’d love to have them involved if and when they’re ready.”

Talking about what we can expect to see at Summer Game Fest, Keighley talked about some of the games that have already been announced for the show. “We’ve talked about The Callisto Protocol. That will be there. We’ll have the first gameplay demo you guys probably saw the trailer for… We’re excited to show that to you. We’ll have the first level playthrough of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2: That game looks really incredible, and we’re excited to showcase that for you as well on Thursday.”

Keighley continued, “We’ll have a reveal and some news around Gotham Knights and some new footage of that game as well. Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course is really coming out on June 30th, just over three weeks away, and we’ll have some new footage and studio MDHR, joining us as well for that. Dwanye ‘The Rock’ Johnson will be stopping by. If you played the Fortnite Collision event yesterday, like I did, you saw The Foundation in there, which was tons of fun, so we’ll look forward to hearing from him.”

Geoff Keighley said that Summer Game Fest this year will last “around an hour and a half to two hours. What I would say is that a lot of the games we’re going to show you are going to be [already] announced…  games are going to show new content to you, like some of the ones I’ve mentioned. We’ve got a couple of new game announcements in the show and hopefully some surprises if everything holds. But it definitely is a show that’s primarily focused on stuff that is announced.”

He added: ” “So we’re doing some good stuff for you, but definitely manage your expectations in terms of the megaton shocks that you’re expecting. This is not The Game Awards. We’ve got lots of good stuff to show you but buyer beware of some of the crazy rumors I’m seeing out there in terms of things people expect to get announced.”

Geoff also talked about what to expect for the video game industry for the rest of the year. “I think it’s going to be a fun month of content for games coming out. And there are lots of games that have been announced that we haven’t seen stuff on and that’s going to be a big part of it. What I will say is that obviously The Game Awards is in December, but before then we’ve got a lot of great events from game publishers that will be happening over the next week. The Xbox and Bethesda Showcase is on Sunday… and there will be more things to be announced even in the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned.”

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