Fledging online gaming event The Game Festival, which enables players to try out demos of upcoming indie games, will be returning to Steam this summer, plugging the calendar gap vacated by this year’s cancelled E3.
The inaugural Game Festival launched last December, as an offshoot of the annual Game Awards, and gave Steam users the chance to download and play demos of 13 unreleased indie titles. The event returned to Steam in March, following a similar template to its predecessor but ramping the number of downloadable demos up to a whopping 50.
March’s showcase was launched in response to the postponement of this year’s GDC, as an attempt to ensure titles bound for the event would still receive exposure, and the Steam Game Festival: Summer Edition looks to fulfil a similar role in E3 2020’s absence.
I’m excited to share that the The Game Festival will return this summer on Steam from June 9 – 14 2020, allowing you to play more upcoming games from the comfort of your home. Developers can register interest here: https://t.co/G5IhvSpEMw
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) April 13, 2020
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It will run from From June 9th-14th – spanning the dates previously occupied by this year’s E3 before its coronavirus-related cancellation – and will provide, according to Valve, “the opportunity [for developers] to show off their upcoming releases to a global audience, giving gamers on Steam the chance to try them out, learn more, and add them to their wishlist”.