Summer Game Fest 2026 schedule

Jason from GTA6 on a motorcycle with a gun — (Image credit: Rockstar Games)

Summer's a'coming and that means the internet tube is about to extrude hundreds of videogame "world premiere" announcements in a variety of highly curated showcases—yes, PC Gaming Show included. So that you don't have to wander through June saying "wait, that was today?" every time your group chat starts dropping hot new trailers, I've got the full schedule of what to watch and when down below.

Summer Game Fest schedule and showcases

Fable &mdash; Richard Ayoade stars in the latest Fable trailer, as an exhausted farmer who, in a just world, would be considered more heroic than the gallivanting adventurer class. Also, he's a giant. — (Image credit: Playground Games)

Swipe to scroll horizontally

Event	Date & Time	Where to watch
Six One Indie Showcase	May 21 Time TBA	YouTube
Access-Ability Showcase	June 5 8 am Pacific / 4 pm BST	YouTube
Summer Game Fest	June 5 2 pm Pacific / 10 pm BST	YouTube, Twitch, TikTok
Day of the Devs	June 5 Following SGF	YouTube
Wholesome Direct	June 6 9 am Pacific / 5 pm BST	YouTube
Future Games Show	June 6 12 pm Pacific / 8 pm BST	YouTube, Twitch
Xbox Games Showcase	June 7 10 am Pacific / 6 pm BST	YouTube, Twitch
PC Gaming Show	June 7 12 pm Pacific / 8 pm BST	YouTube, Twitch
Black Voices in Gaming	Day/time TBA	YouTube, Twitch
Women-Led Games	Day/time TBA	YouTube, Twitch

Unconfirmed showcases for 2026:

There are a couple showcases we're expecting to return for summer 2026 but haven't had a date or time confirmed yet:

State of Play: Sony tends to host a SoP in the first days of June or final week of May each year. It hasn't been announced for this year just yet.
Nintendo Direct: Nintendo doesn't always conform to having a showcase in June. It didn't in 2025, for instance, but did in both 2023 and 2024. We'll have to wait and see.

Okay so who's going to show GTA 6?

Protagonists Jason and Lucia in Grand Theft Auto 6. — (Image credit: Rockstar Games)

GTA 6 is launching this year so surely it has to show up during the summer showcases with a big gameplay reveal, right? You'd sure think so. But last year Rockstar posted the second trailer for GTA 6 in early May, preempting the showcase season entirely. It hasn't done that this year (so far) but I've got the feeling that big ol' R* may consider it beneath itself to show up to someone else's showcase, SGF and Xbox included. I'm betting that Rockstar goes for a quick turnaround type deal, announcing a big GTA 6 gameplay reveal show within a week of it happening.

Latest Videos From

Lauren has been writing for PC Gamer since she went hunting for the cryptid Dark Souls fashion police in 2017. She joined the PCG staff in 2021, now serving as self-appointed chief cozy games and farmlife sim enjoyer. Her career originally began in game development and she remains fascinated by how games tick in the modding and speedrunning scenes. She likes long fantasy books, longer RPGs, can't stop playing co-op survival crafting games, and has spent a number of hours she refuses to count building houses in The Sims games for over 20 years.