Schedule for IGN’s Summer of Gaming Festival is Here!

By FizX on May 27, 2020@fizx

IGN is entertaining the Summer of Gaming Festival in June to offer a chance for developers to reveal world premieres and announce new games after the cancellation of E3. This event is being held digitally on YouTube, Twitch, and more for free, and we’ll get the newest on Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time, Mafia: Definitive Edition, Cyberpunk 2077, and many more coming games. Of course, IGN will also be hosting IGN Expo which will be a publisher and developer showcase and interviews.

IGN is using the opportunity to raise money for the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. They have two ways they’re going to do this. First, they’ll be hosting the Speedrunner Countdown Challenge at the start of every day.

This will be a chance for the world’s greatest speedrunners to try to break world records. Second, Animal Crossing: Celebrity Island Tours will show off the Animal Crossing: New Horizons islands of celebrities like Felicia Day, Matthew Mercer, Jessica Chobot, and more. Celebrity Island Tours will be a day-long live stream on Twitch (with VOD available later on YouTube) hosted by Gary Whitta (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story).

If you want to find the full schedule for the Summer of Gaming go to the official website, but check here for some of the highlights to look forward to.

June 4

Summer of Gaming kick-off

June 5

IGN Expo Day 1
- *Unannounced Game (Funcom / The Outsiders) – Exclusive Unannounced Gameplay Reveal with The Outsiders’ David Goldfarb
- Mortal Shell (Cold Symmetry) – Exclusive Gameplay World Premiere
- Observer: System Redux (Bloober Team) – Exclusive Next-Gen Deep Dive
- Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time (Soleil Games) – Exclusive Gameplay First Look

June 8

IGN Expo Day 2
- Unannounced Classic Revival (Merge Games) – Exclusive Game Reveal
- Unannounced Game (Fabraz) – Exclusive Game Reveal
- Wasteland 3 (Deep Silver) – World Exclusive Trailer
- Second Extinction (Systemic Reaction) – Gameplay World Premiere
- Borderlands 3 (Gearbox) – Exclusive Bounty of Blood DLC Preview w/ Gearbox Creative Director Matt Cox
- Special Icons Interview: David Hayter, the original voice of Solid Snake, discusses Metal Gear

June 9

IGN Expo Day 3
- New World (Amazon) – Exclusive War PvP Gameplay, Developer Interview
- Everspace 2 (ROCKFISH Games) – Exclusive Alpha Gameplay Reveal Trailer
- Total War: Troy (Creative Assembly) – Exclusive Gameplay Interview
- Special Icons Interview: Brian Fargo discusses the founding of Blizzard, and why RPG fans should be looking forward to Wasteland 3

June 11

CD Projekt RED Livestream (with IGN pre- and post-shows)
EA Play LIVE (with IGN pre- and post-shows)
Humankind (Amplitude Studios) – Exclusive Gameplay Interview

June 12

Animal Crossing: Celebrity Island Tours Charity Live Stream

June 15

Corepunk (Artificial Core) – Exclusive Gameplay and Interview
Destroy All Humans! (THQ Nordic) – Gameplay and Interview
Mafia: Definitive Edition (Hangar 13) – Worldwide Gameplay Debut w/ Hangar 13 President and CCO Haden Blackman
Scarlet Nexus (Bandai Namco) – Exclusive Trailer and Interview with Game Director Kenji Anabuki
*SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom (THQ Nordic) – Rehydrated Exclusive Early Access Livestream
*SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom (THQ Nordic) – Rehydrated Exclusive Gameplay Interview

June 18

Torchlight III (Perfect World Entertainment) – Gameplay and Interview with Series Creator Max Schaefer
Special Icons Interview: Chris Avellone, writer of Fallout New Vegas and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, discusses the magic ingredients in a great RPG
Special Icons Interview: John Romero, creator of Doom, and game designer Brenda Romero, discuss RPGs and shooters in 2020