The event saw a number of new games announced, as well as trailers for previously-announced games that will be coming soon. Among the headliners for the event were titles like Capcom’s Resident Evil Requiem, as well as gameplay for IO Interactive’s 007: First Light.

“In total, the peak concurrent audience for SGF reached more than 3 million live simultaneous viewers across Twitch and YouTube, with significant year over year growth on both platforms in terms of average viewership, watch time and co-streams,” announced Summer Game Fest in a press release over the weekend.

At the time of publishing Summer Game Fest 2025 had managed to get 8.5 million views on just one of the places where it was hosted – the official The Game Awards channel. While it is worth noting that this number takes both the live stream audience as well as those who watched the event afterwards into account, the number would quite likely be higher when taking other hosts, and even platforms like Twitch into account.

Reports, have indicated that of the 8.5 million viewers, 1.5 million could be attributed to those watching during the live stream globally. Twitch, on the other hand, saw a growth of 38 percent in terms of live viewership among the over 8,900 channels that were co-streaming the event. This came in to around 1.4 million concurrent live viewers worldwide.

Summer Games Fest 2025 was accompanied by a host of other events happening over the same weekend. This included events focused on PC Gaming, as well as Microsoft’s own Xbox Games Showcase, and even the indie game-focused Future Games Show 2025.

Coinciding with the events was Valve kicking of its latest edition of Steam Next Fest, which featured a host of different game demos that players could try out. A lot of these games were unveiled or otherwise got new trailers during the live events last weekend. However, it is worth noting that today is the final day of this iteration of Steam Next Fest, which means that a lot of the demos will be going away.

Rather than continuing the story of Dying Light 2 Stay Human, The Beast is a standalone expansion featuring the return of Kyle Crane, the first game’s protagonist. Presumed dead, Crane actually suffered from 13 years of experiments and has since escaped into Castor Woods. The former tourist destination is now teeming with the undead, so you’ll need to think fast and parkour to survive.

Crane can now harness the zombie DNA within him to unleash new abilities, but he still needs to beware at night when the most volatile infected come out to play. Dying Light: The Beast is coming to Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS4, PS5, and PC this Summer, with four-player co-op included. Stay tuned for more details on its release date this week.

In a series of tweets, the leaker says they can’t provide “100% confirmation, no one’s directly told me or the like.” However, they’re “like 95% positive we’re on the verge of Resident Evil 9 being revealed at Summer Game Fest. This is the first time behind the scenes there’s a lot of buzz in the grapevine, lots of rumblings & the sorta activity behind the scenes that usually are signs we’re about to get a Resident Evil game announced.

“Add to that Capcom’s Resident Evil social media accounts seem to be getting more active suddenly, Andi from Screenfire Germany’s claim (I put stake in his word here), and I’d say if you’re tuning into Summer Game Fest on June 6th hoping that Resident Evil 9 will show up, there’s an incredibly high chance you won’t be disappointed. I’m getting into hype mode for it myself.”

There’s also the supposed tease that Capcom inserted in a celebratory video for Resident Evil 4 remake selling over ten million units. The studio has otherwise been silent since announcing the sequel’s development in July 2024. Koshi Nakanashi of Resident Evil 7: biohazard and Revelations fame is at the helm.

Of course, there have been numerous rumors, the latest claiming it would be an open-world title with multiplayer before a reboot in 2021 (with a new Resident Evil: Revelations also allegedly cancelled). Resident Evil 4 protagonist Leon S. Kennedy is still the lead, though. Stay tuned for more details and updates as Summer Game Fest draws near, and check out the hype trailer in the meantime.

To help generate the appropriate amount of hype, host and producer Geoff Keighley has released a trailer set to “ZEN” by Blackpink’s Jennie Kim. It features a mix of recent high-profile games, including Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Split Fiction, South of Midnight, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, DOOM: The Dark Ages, etc. What’s interesting are the upcoming titles.

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach figures prominently, which makes sense given that director Hideo Kojima will be on stage, potentially to reveal the final trailer. ARC Raiders is present amid rumors of a shadow drop alongside Hell is Us, set to receive a demo later today. You can also spot Directive 8020, Marathon, Mafia: The Old Country, Mixtape, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, and Lies of P: Overture.

Of course, this isn’t a guarantee these titles will appear or receive announcements. Nevertheless, with over 60 companies announced thus far as partners, it’s shaping up to be a big event. Stay tuned for more updates in the meantime.

On the official Summer Game Fest Twitter page, for instance, it has been revealed that this year’s showcase is touting participation from a record-breaking 60-plus partners. That list includes the likes of Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, Square Enix, Capcom, 2K, Amazon Games, 505 Games, Bandai Namco, Epic Games, Sega, Steam, Supermassive Games, Annapurna Interactive, Devolver Digital, and many others. 

So far, not much has been officially confirmed regarding what will be shown at the event, though it was recently confirmed that Hideo Kojima will be present at the showcase. What exactly he is bringing with him is currently a mystery. 

Summer Game Fest is scheduled for June 6 at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET. Stay tuned for more details in the days leading up to the showcase. 

Kojima’s next title is Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, for which he promised a final trailer would go live a week or two before launch. Since this is much earlier, it makes us wonder if this is related. It’s also possible that he could reveal new details on OD, the Xbox Game Studios-published title, though time will tell.

Summer Game Fest airs at 2 PM PT/5 PM ET on June 6th, followed by the Future Games Show Summer Showcase at 1 PM PT on June 7th. The Xbox Games Showcase and The Outer Worlds 2 Direct is scheduled for June 8th at 10 AM PT. The PC Gaming Show is also scheduled for June 8th at noon PDT and promises over 70 games.

Stay tuned for details on other showcases, like a new Ubisoft Forward or Nintendo Direct, in the meantime.

“At least one of those will be at SGF,” said Nate on X. “Which one of them would you prefer?”

Summer Game Fest 2025 will take place on June 6. The announcement was made back in January, and while not too many details about what we would get to see at the event were revealed, producer and host Geoff Keighley did say that there would be “spectacular new video game announcements, surprises, and reveals.”

Currently, no real details on any of these titles have been revealed. The most we’ve seen in recent times has been IO Interactive confirming that Project 007 would get a release on the Nintendo Switch 2 when the game is out on other platforms as well. Back in October, the studio had also confirmed that development on the title, based on the James Bond franchise, has been going well. In an interview, studio CEO Hakan Abrak said that, while development on the game was going “amazingly well,” more details would only be revealed “soon.”

“I don’t have an update today, but believe me, it’s itching here as well to be talking about it soon,” he said. “So we are following our plans. The production’s going amazingly well and we will soon be talking more about it. I know it was a little teaser, not a lot of information, but there’s a lot of cool stuff coming up. We are also very excited and when we are ready with that, we’ll be opening up.”

In the meantime, Telltale has been quiet about its progress on The Wolf Among Us 2. While the title was announced as being in development all the way back in 2019, the studio confirmed back in October 2024 that the game had not been cancelled. Rather, development on The Wolf Among Us 2 has continued, and that more details will be revealed “when the time is right.”

In April, Telltale had said that work on the game was ongoing, and that it wasn’t yet at a stage where the studio could provide an update on its progress. “We’ve been quiet because we’ve been heads down, focusing on the promise of The Wolf Among Us 2,” Telltale wrote on its official forums. “While we can’t give a big update yet, here’s a little something for you: In-progress shots from the current build. The work continues.”

Crystal Dynamics has also been seemingly working on a new Tomb Raider game in relatively silence. A report from September 2024 indicated that the studio was recruiting more developers to fill out its team for the development of the Tomb Raider game. No new details have ben revealed since, however.

While it’s too early to speculate on appearing titles, Keighley promised “spectacular new video game announcements, surprises, and reveals.” As with last year, this is only the beginning of the so-called “Summer of Gaming” with the Day of the Devs highlighting new games afterwards.

Summer Game Fest: Play Days also returns from June 7th to June 9th and again sees journalists and content creators going hands-on with various titles. Again, there are no specific names, but Keighley confirms “activations” from over 40 “top publishers.” Expect the usual suspects like Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Sony, Tencent, NetEase, etc.

Last year’s show featured Black Myth: Wukong, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, the announcement of Sid Meier’s Civilization 7, and much more. It should be interesting to see if the upcoming showcase can top it. Stay tuned for more details and updates in the coming months.

On Friday, June 6, @SummerGameFest returns to show you what’s next in video games from more than 40 leading game publishers.

Live from YouTube Theater in LA.

Followed by SGF: Play Days from @iam8bit and a new thought-leader event in Los Angeles.

All happening June 6-9. pic.twitter.com/mUWeCxz09c

— Summer Game Fest (@summergamefest) January 30, 2025

A concrete date has yet to be locked down (Friday, June 6th, is possible), but we can expect iam8bit’s presence with Play Days and even a showcase for fans to attend. As always, we’ll need to wait for further details, so stay tuned in the coming year.

In the meantime, Gamescom Opening Night Live is scheduled for August 20th, with titles like Capcom’s Monster Hunter Wilds appearing (and having a playable demo on the show floor). The trade show runs from August 21st to 24th, and though Nintendo won’t be present, Ubisoft has confirmed its attendance. Microsoft is rumored to have many more Xbox titles to showcase as well.

We’re thrilled to announce that #SummerGameFest will return to Los Angeles in June 2025, including Play Days from @iam8bit and a livestreamed showcase event that fans can attend.

Together with the industry, we will continue to build what’s next. pic.twitter.com/JlWuZJ7pGb

— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) June 12, 2024