IGN to Host Summer of Gaming Digital Event in Early June - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 April 2020 / 2,375 Views
Gaming website IGN announced it will host a Summer of Gaming digital event in early June as a replacement for the cancelled E3 2020. The event will feature news, publisher and developer presentations, interviews, hands-on demos and more on upcoming games and the next generation hardware, the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5.
Confirmed companies that plan to participate include 2K, Square Enix, SEGA, Bandai Namco, Amazon, Google Stadia, Twitter, Devolver Digital, THQ Nordic, and more to be announced.
"With the next generation of console gaming kicking off later this year and gamers eager to learn more about what games they’ll be playing on their new hardware, our online event will be a key moment for publishers and developers to connect with the audience worldwide," said Chief Content and Product Officer at IGN Peer Schneider.
EVP and General Manager at IGN Yael Prough added, "More and more people are turning towards video games for entertainment and escapism. Last week we saw new records for traffic across all of our platforms — we’re excited to bring this Global, Digital Event to our audiences and partners- as this will be an event not to be missed."
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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With E3 at least there was a chance I would've watched MS' presser event to see some new third party games, but I can't stand IGN and I won't be wasting any time on that little show with their industry overlords.
ESA- E3 2020 cancelled
IGN- fine I’ll do it myself
Well played IGN, well played
Good guys at IGN saving Summer gaming events by doing an digital event.
who would’ve thought of this, will be good to see how ign gets it done.
IGN may not get good reception due to how they handle their reviews and their comment sections are another story, etc but, they deserve some praise by standing up amongst all and providing us all some entertainment during this time. I’ll be keeping an eye on this for sure.
Good on them, it'll definitely help publishers
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