During a Twitter Spaces conversation over the weekend, Summer Game Fest showrunner Geoff Keighley told fans to manage their expectations around the main event of the June gaming season.
Translated by the good folks at VGC, Keighley revealed that viewers can expect to see the first gameplay demos already announced, such as The Callisto Protocol and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, but don’t bet too much on ” megaton shocks “at the level of a program like The Game Awards:
“This is a very exciting weekend for me because I can finally see things we’ve been talking about with people for months. Obviously, we’ve been announcing a lot of things since I last spoke to you about the world premieres and the announcements that will be on the show.
“We’ve talked about the Calisto Protocol. This will be there. We’ll have the first game show you’ve probably seen in the trailer … We’re happy to show you. We’ll have the first level of gameplay of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2: this game looks really amazing, and we’re happy to show it to you on thursday too.
“We’ll have a revelation and some news about Gotham Knights as well as some new footage from this game. Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course will be really out on June 30th, just over three weeks away, and we’ll have some new footage and an MDHR studio that he also joins us in this.
I’m really excited about the #SummerGameFest and our live show on Thursday!
I look forward to seeing you live, everywhere with lots of game updates, announcements, and more! pic.twitter.com/hUC7GBDd5Z
– Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) June 6, 2022
“What I would say is that many of the matches we will show will be you [already] announced … games will show you new content, like some of the ones I mentioned. We have a couple of new game announcements in the show and look forward to some surprises if all goes well. But it is definitely a program focused primarily on the things that are advertised.
“So we’re doing good things for you, but we’re definitely managing your expectations for the megaton crashes you’re expecting. This isn’t The Game Awards. We have a lot of good things to show you, but the buyer beware some of the crazy rumors I’m seeing around here in terms of things that people are waiting for to be announced. “
So it looks like we’ll see many more highly anticipated titles than we’ve ever seen in the past, which, given the sheer volume of games that are delayed in the next few years or that are silenced on the radio, is honestly the best case. stage with lots of new revelations.