The year is blazing by, and the summer of games is right around the corner! The month may still be anchored by Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest, hosted at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on June 6th, but there are plenty of showcases being livestreamed in the surrounding weeks that you won’t want to miss.
Here’s where to watch every showcase and livestream happening this season, converted to handy dandy Southeast Asian timezones (shout out to River Thomas!)
Six One Indie Showcase – May 21, 11:50PM (GMT+8)
Kicking off the season is the Six One Indie Showcase, which features never-before-seen world premieres, digital showcase debuts, and exclusive news from indie developers and publishers from across the globe.
The showcase was created as a means to offer promotional opportunities to indie developers that may not have the means to highlight their games within the traditional showcase ecosystem of the industry. What began as a small DIY passion project has blossomed into a professionally produced premiere presentation for independent games.
Watch it live on Youtube and Twitch.
Thinky Direct – May 29, 1:00AM (GMT+8)
The Thinky Direct is a digital event that showcases exclusive trailers and announcements for some of the most exciting upcoming thinky games, a.k.a. games that are all about logic and reasoning, rather than fast reflexes or dexterity.
Happening for the second year in a row, this year’s Thinky Direct features over 40 exclusive trailers from acclaimed and emerging studios. Thinky Direct will also go live in conjunction with the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase, a Steam sale organized by Draknek & Friends, featuring discounts on many wonderful puzzle games from May 28th to June 4th.
Watch it live on Youtube and Twitch.
Insider Gaming Showcase – May 29, 3:00AM (GMT+8)
Insider Gaming Showcase is a virtual showcase to help games get funded or find publisher backing. The showcase was created in response to the unprecedented times in the gaming industry, and directly addressing one of the hardest challenges that developers currently face which is funding.
The showcase will feature nonstop, back-to-back game trailers, with no fluff in between to distract viewers from the awesome games currently in development. It will also feature a “concept” section in the showcase, featuring amazing concept art and ideas of games that haven’t yet reached a stage of development where footage can be shown.
Watch it live on Youtube.
MIX Summer Showcase – June 2, 12:00AM (GMT+8)
The MIX Showcase celebrates games online and in person with some of the very best developers and publishers in gaming. The onsite showcase will be held on June 5th at the Grammy Museum Rooftop in Los Angeles, while the online showcase will feature major new game announcements, trailer premieres, fresh gameplay, and more.
Regularly expanding from year to year, the MIX Showcases help raise visibility for developers and publishers from around the world including a Steam event page for games in both the online and onsite showcases.
Watch it live on Youtube and Twitch.
Latin American Games Showcase – June 5, 5:00AM (GMT+8)
The Latin American Games Showcase is a platform that strives to increase the visibility of the video games being developed in the LATAM Region and Latin Americans in the World. Tune in as the showcase highlights the best and brightest games and developers from Latin America.
You’ll be treated to updates on big titles from the region like Shade Protocol, Kernel Hearts, Colorbound, Sigils of Nightfall, The War in Chiapas, and Tenebris Somnia, along with other major announcements. This includes over 15 release date reveals and nine world premieres!
Watch it live on Youtube and Twitch.
Women-Led Games SGF – June 5, 7:00AM (GMT+8)
Women-led Games brings recognition to the hard working women in the games industry by holding a showcase every year, highlighting all the amazing things women do in games and support their efforts in order to create a more equitable games industry.
The Summer Game Fest edition will feature hosts Briana White (Final Fantasy VII Remake & Rebirth) and co-hosts Rebecca Ford (Warframe Creative Director) and Megan Everett (Community Director) as they shine the spotlight on games developed by women-led and majority-women teams. Expect major announcements from Soulframe, We Were Here Tomorrow, Come to My Party, game studio PikPok, as well as five world premieres and four release date reveals of its own!
Watch it live on Youtube and Twitch.
Access-Ability Summer Showcase – June 5, 11:00PM (GMT+8)
Access-Ability Summer Showcase made its debut in 2023, showcasing recently released and upcoming video games made by disabled game developers, and featuring accessibility settings designed to help ensure more disabled gamers are able to play. In June 2026 the Access-Ability Summer Showcase will be returning for its fourth year, promising to be bigger and better than ever.
During the showcase every game shown will detail a selection of their accessibility settings offerings and accessible design choices, to make sure that gamers watching at home know with confidence if they’ll be able to play an exciting looking game that grabs their interest. American Sign Language, British Sign Language, and Audio Described versions of the presentation will also be available, premiering at the same time.
Watch it live on Youtube and Twitch.
Summer Game Fest – June 6, 5:00AM (GMT+8)
Summer Game Fest is the world’s first fully digital, global celebration of video games organized and hosted by game journalist Geoff Keighley. Pioneering the movement of digital showcases in 2020, Summer Game Fest will be hosting its 7th edition this year at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles while simultaneously broadcasting live to the world.
Last year, Summer Game Fest reached a record-breaking 50 million total livestreams across platforms, including over 3 million live simultaneous viewers globally across Twitch, Youtube and Twitter/X.
Watch it live on Youtube and Twitch.
Day of the Devs – June 6, 7:00AM (GMT+8)
Happening immediately after Summer Game Fest, Day of the Devs is a non-profit organization whose mission is celebrating the creativity, diversity and magic of video games, giving a voice to emerging or underrepresented talent, and connecting players with developers, and their games.
Since its first event in 2012, Day of the Devs have featured hundreds of games, hosted thousands of people at our in-person events and reached millions of viewers through their virtual showcases.
Watch it live on Youtube and Twitch.
Southeast Asian Games Showcase – June 6, 11:00PM (GMT+8)
Hosted for the first time in 2025, Southeast Asian Games Showcase is a premium online showcase and platform created to support the Southeast Asian games industry through meaningful and high impact initiatives that connect the region with the world.
The showcase returns for its second edition this June, presenting exclusive announcements, updates, and world premieres of games made in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, and more throughout the region.
Watch it live on Youtube and Twitch.
Wholesome Direct – June 7, 12:00AM (GMT+8)
Wholesome Games promotes video games that inspire hope, joy, and introspection. The Wholesome Direct, which is hosted multiple times a year, has earned over 5 million views from broadcasts by Summer Game Fest, Twitch, IGN, GameSpot, Steam, and over 650 co-streamers.
Each Wholesome Direct also raises funds for a worthy cause, with over $300,000 raised so far for charities such as The ACLU, Save the Children, Point of Pride, Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, American Heart Association, and the International Rescue Committee.
Watch it live on Youtube and Twitch.
Story-Rich Showcase – June 7, 1:00AM (GMT+8)
Story-Rich Showcase will be making its debut as part of this year’s Summer Game Fest programming. Hosted by Fellow Traveller, known narrative-focused publisher and organisers of Ludonarracon, the showcase features a highly curated selection of titles that put the focus on the written word, deep characters, and well-crafted game worlds.
The hour-long presentation will feature world premieres of unannounced narrative games, release date reveals, and fresh information about upcoming features and gameplay content from 26 different games; including news from studios like Happy Broccoli Games (Kraken Academy!!, Duck Detective), Rusty Lake (Servant of the Lake), and SFB Games (Crow Country, Tangle Tower).
Watch it live on Youtube and Twitch.
Future Games Show – June 7, 3:00AM (GMT+8)
The Future Games Show Summer Showcase will bring viewers world premieres, exclusive trailers and stealth demo drops from some of the industry’s most exciting and creative studios. The show will feature more than 40 games from upcoming AAA and indie developers, including some of the most anticipated titles coming later this year.
This year’s showcase will be hosted by award-winning British actor and producer Alix Wilton Regan, who you may know as the voice of Lara Croft in the upcoming Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, as well as award-winning American actor and musician Troy Baker, who is best known for playing Joel in The Last of Us, Higgs Monaghan in Death Stranding, and Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
Watch it live on Youtube and Twitch.
Frosty Game Fest – June 7, 6:00AM (GMT+8)
Frosty Games puts the spotlight on the coolest upcoming and recently released video games made in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand! The inaugural Frosty Games Fest showcase was presented online via livestream during Summer Game Fest in June 2025, and the first Frosty Mini showcase premiered in December 2025.
The showcase was created to give a platform to more ANZ-based developers, and to connect players worldwide with the wide variety of incredible games made at the edge of the world.
Watch it live on Youtube and Twitch.
Xbox Showcase – June 8, 1:00AM (GMT+8)
Xbox Games Showcase 2026 will air the day after Summer Game Fest, and will be followed immediately by a deep-dive into the return of one of Xbox’s most legendary franchises in the form of Gears of War: E-Day Direct.
The showcase includes first gameplay looks and huge news on upcoming titles from first-party studios across the Xbox family, as well as third-party partners around the globe – from the biggest franchises to soon-to-be indie darlings.
Watch it live on Youtube and Twitch.
PC Gaming Show – June 8, 3:00AM (GMT+8)
PC Gaming Show stands out from the pack as the only one made by PC Gamers, for PC gamers. Hosted multiple times a year, the showcase is known for its wacky banter between hosts, and otherwise known for showcasing PC Gamer’s most hotly anticipated games and a fine selection of world premieres.
Watch it live on Youtube and Twitch.
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