From the ashes of the ill-fated E3 2020 rose the first ever Summer Game Fest. Similar to Gamescom and the Game Developers Conference that same year, restrictions levied by the COVID 19 global pandemic caused the cancelation of the Los Angeles event – a gap that Summer Game Fest 2020 hoped to fill – and, over the course of four months, the Geoff Keighley-created showcase hosted a slew of game developer livestreams and remote digital events to the world. Fast forward three years, and we're now on the cusp of Summer Game Fest 2023.
Now a single-day event (complemented by its off-shoot in-person SGF Play Days), held this year on Thursday, June 8, Summer Game Fest takes its place among the biggest-hitters filling out the E3 2023 schedule. We've already taken a stab at our Summer Game Fest 2023 predictions – but now, as Summer Game Fest stares down its fourth successive year, it's time to cast our minds back at the most memorable announcements of old. Here are 5 of Summer Game Fest's biggest announcements from previous years.
