Geoff Keighleyaffectionately nicknamed Dorito Pope or Señor Doritos —a nickname that comes from a curious interview that the journalist gave to the medium LevelSave.com with the sponsorship of Mountain Dew and Doritos—, has carved out an important niche in the video game industry with the The Game Awards. The awards gala started in 2014 has been accompanied by many complaints about the style of this event and how the organization left aside the minor awards in order to offer more and more commercial advertisements.
Be that as it may, the truth is that Keighley’s ability as a host has been improving and the Game Awards have taken much more force, although they still look like a showcase. Be that as it may, such was his influence that before the little relevance of E3 as the benchmark fair in the industrygot down to work managing his own event in summer, little the same week as E3 and with very important announcements.
Thus was born the Summer Game Festa video game festival that swept Twitch and YouTube last year 2020 with its first editionpartly thanks to the first gameplay exclusively from Elden Ring, and that this year we meet again in the same month of June. This has been confirmed by Geoff Keighley himself on his official Twitter account. Twitterwhere he anticipates that the Opening Night will begin on June 9 at 20:00 hours (Spanish peninsular time).
It is to be hoped that the retransmission will take place on the official channels of Twitch y YouTube of the event. At the moment, the host has not announced what possible games we could see at the event, although rumors are running like wildfire on social networks, especially considering who their associated companies are. From Microsoft through Sony, Amazon Games o Elentronic Arts, It is Summer Game Fest 2022 will be full of ads, gameplays and celebration.
Remember that although E3 has canceled its 2022 edition due to an internal restructuring of the event, the rest of the companies and distributors can hold their broadcasts independently. That same week, on June 12, Microsoft also quote us for the Xbox and Bethesda Showcase.