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Now that E3 is no more, it is around Summer Game Fest 2024 that players find their summer meeting point to discover what the future of video games will be like. Here’s everything you need to know about its grand opening ceremony: date, times and confirmed, expected games, rumors and other predictions.

A little ahead of schedule, it was actually PlayStation which opened the summer video game announcements with its State of Play. But it is with this opening ceremony that the Summer Game Fest 2024 is officially launched, organized in particular by Geoff Keighley. The event should be rich in presentations, even if its broadcast time here will inevitably be late. We therefore offer you a recap before the launch of hostilities to keep you up to date with the news on the de facto new unmissable video game high mass of the summer.

The festival will begin soon, and many big names in the video game industry will be there to announce their future projects, whether they are already known or during the traditional World Premiere. From June 7 to 10, a total of no fewer than 11 conferences will take place. The one that interests us here is of course the opening ceremony of the Summer Game Fest, always with Geoff Keighley as conductor.

This will be held precisely on June 7 at 11 p.m. and should last approximately two hours. A much later broadcast than last year, which started at 9 p.m. It will be followed at 1 a.m. the day after Day of the Devs 2024, which will return in detail to certain announcements from the previous conference, then the Devolver Direct at 2 a.m. Not ideal times for European audiences, unfortunately. If, however, you are keen to attend, head over to the official Game Awards Twitch and YouTube channels. You should also be able to keep up to date on social media about the event. Finally, we will of course be on deck to cover it live and share it all with you!

What to expect for the opening of Summer Game Fest 2024?

Throughout these two hours, the opening ceremony of Summer Game Fest 2024 should therefore treat us to presentations of all kinds to see what the video game industry of tomorrow will be made of. Geoff Keighley warned in advance: this year’s edition should be wiser in explosive announcements. Even though we know with certainty that certain titles will appear, other rumors remain to be confirmed, and we are not immune to great discoveries. Let’s see all this together before we get to the bottom of it this evening.

Batman, Dragon Ball, Monster Hunter… the confirmed games for Summer Game Fest 2024

If their presence will not be a surprise, the numerous confirmed games that will be shown during the opening ceremony of Summer Game Fest 2024 should still provide a spectacle. Fans of the Dark Knight will be able to learn more about Batman: Arkham Shadow, the new Arkham license game nine years after Rocksteady’s last opus. This will, however, be exclusive to the Meta Quest 3 VR headset. Another Western studio has confirmed its presence: 2K. This will present to us “ the next iteration of one of its biggest and most popular franchises “. It now remains to be seen whether it will be BioShock 4, Borderlands 4Or Mafia 4. Remedy Entertainment will also come back to scare us with the announcement of the next DLC of the excellent Alan Wake 2. Finally, we will be able to see again the slap that will be Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 from Warhorse Studios, on the back of a horse in gleaming armor.

The highly anticipated Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero will also join the fight and treat us to a punchy trailer as you would expect from the fantastic universe of the late Akira Toriyama, possibly with details as to its release date. Speaking of Dantesque fights, Capcom will offer us a new trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds, after a presentation that caused a sensation during the State of Play. To stay with the Japanese studios, ATLUS (Persona) will come back to us with something new for Metaphor: ReFantazioits brand new license.

Chinese studios will also be in the spotlight during Summer Game Fest 2024, including the closely watched Black Myth Wukong from Game Science, which is going to give us another slap in the face on its journey to the west before its release on August 20. Phantom Blade 0, another promising action-RPG from S-GAME, will join the party. Finally, Overwatch 2’s competitor Marvel Rivals from NetEase will bring the MCU into the ceremony, after having already been entitled to a platform during the State of Play.

New for more modest but equally popular games

There will of course not only be AAA games at Summer Game Fest 2024. Other smaller studios have confirmed their presence at the opening ceremony. We think in particular of Palworld of Pocket Pair, which should take the opportunity to present to us new features particularly awaited for its survival game and its Poké… Pals. Same observation for the next update of Honkai Star Rail from miHoYo Studios. Fans of Korean MMOs will also be able to find out the release date of The First Descendant, a SF-style third-person looter-shooter with pleasantly nervous gameplay developed by Nexon. Speaking of MMOs, the awesome Dune Awakening from Funcom will once again amaze us with its representation of Arrakis.

As for independent studios, we will be entitled to something new for Hyper Light Breaker, the new game with a unique artistic direction specific to Heart Machine. The magnificent Neva from Nomada Studio will finally come to delight us in the company of its majestic wolf with gameplay.

Dragon Age 4, Metal Gear Solid 3, Silksong… anticipated games and rumors

But this is only the visible part of the iceberg. Lasting two hours, the opening ceremony of Summer Game Fest 2024 should not be short of nice surprises. Between anticipated games and rumors, here’s what we should expect. Renowned Western licenses could make a notable appearance, like the next tomb Raider from Crystal Dynamics, or Marathon, the FPS that made Bungie famous in its early days in an updated version. Much to the dismay of Rockstar Games fans, GTA 6 will unfortunately not be there, unless there is a complete and welcome surprise. Unfortunately, it will a priori be the same for Judasthe intriguing new game from Ken Levine (BioShock) and the much-watched The Wolf Among Us 2marking the return of the talented studio Telltale Games.

On the Japanese side, there are also some beautiful people that we are expecting around the corner. In addition to Monster Hunter Wilds, Capcom could take the opportunity to announce Resident Evil 9 or the Remake of Code Veronica / Resident Evil 0. We would also like to have news of the mysterious property Pragmataor even a new license known only for the moment under the name The Descendants. The much awaited Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake would also be a prime candidate, with Big Boss more beautiful and covered in mud than ever thanks to Unreal Engine 5.

Since we are talking about a game originally from Kojima, and given the deep friendship that Geoff Keighley maintains with this absolute icon of the industry, we could learn more about Death Stranding 2, ODthe UFO developed in partnership with Xbox or even Physint, the next Metal Gear-style infiltration game that doesn’t say its name. Since Square Enix is ​​not one of the event’s partners, it unfortunately seems very unlikely that we will hear about Kingdom Hearts 4 or a Final Fantasy like the Remake of FF9. But hope gives life, as they say.

Finally, to return to the parallel with confirmed games from more modest or independent studios, it is impossible not to mention a certain and devilishly awaited Hollow Knight Silksong by Team Cherry. After having been conspicuous by her absence for too many years, will Hornet come and steal the show from everyone and put on a show during Summer Game Fest 2024? Unless it takes place during the Xbox conference scheduled for June 9? The bets are open. Likewise, the exuberant Josef Fares, director of Hazelight Studios, could take the opportunity to announce with the enthusiasm that we know the title which will succeed It Takes Two, crowned game of the year 2022 at the Game Awards.

Video game adaptations at the heart of Summer Game Fest 2024?

It is now a well-established fact: adaptations of video games into films/series have for some time been a particularly profitable formula. Arcane, Cyberpunk Edgerunners, Fallout, The Last of Us and even the Sonic and Super Mario films have proven this to us with panache. The opening ceremony of Summer Game Fest 2024 should therefore take the opportunity to highlight the next productions to watch in the field.

As such, the animated series Among Us has already confirmed his presence at the event. She might not be the only one. It is anticipated that Sonic 3, which will feature the very popular Shadow, will take the opportunity to present a new trailer. To stay on the films, that of Borderlands should also be part of the celebration. With such a perspective in mind, it would be likely that the famous, still kept secret return of an iconic 2K license would take the form of Borderlands 4. The highly anticipated season 2 ofArcana from the talented Fortiche studio could also come and give us a sublime slap in the face.

There is no shortage of expected adaptations to come. Enter once again tomb Raiderbut also God of War, Horizon and many others, we could be entitled to some nice surprises during Summer Game Fest 2024. And why not, let’s be crazy, a first look at the film Zelda in live action?

This is a fairly broad overview of the confirmed and presumed announcements to come for the opening ceremony of Summer Game Fest 2024. And you, what would you like to see or review in this conference officially launching the new unmissable summer high mass for video games?