What time does Summer Game Fest start and how to watch SGF 2026?

Summer Game Fest 2026’s kickoff occasion streams globally this Friday, June 5, promising new recreation reveals, bulletins, and world premiere trailers. Host and creator Geoff Keighley says viewers can count on the “greatest Summer time Recreation Fest reside present but” in the course of the two-hour present.

Confirmed to seem at Summer time Recreation Fest 2026 are video games like Star Wars Zero Company from Bit Reactor and Respawn Leisure, Clutch from Maverick Video games, Blood Message from NetEase, Lifeless by Daylight, Guild Wars 2, and Amongst Us, however that is simply scratching the floor. Even after this week’s PlayStation State of Play broadcast, gaming followers can count on massive issues from Summer time Recreation Fest this yr. Keighley will co-host this yr’s present with Lucy James, previously of GameSpot.

As with earlier years, after Summer time Recreation Fest’s reside present wraps up, Day of the Devs organizers will livestream a completely separate present that focuses on smaller indie and inventive video games.

For the remainder of the opposite massive gaming occasions occurring this summer season, take a look at Polygon’s full schedule of Summer Game Fest 2026 livestreams.

What time does Summer time Recreation Fest 2026 begin?

Summer time Recreation Fest 2026 will stream reside on Friday, June 5, from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, beginning at 2 p.m. PDT / 5 p.m. EDT / 11 p.m. CEST. The present can be broadcast on Summer time Recreation Fest’s YouTube and Twitch channels.

Summer time Recreation Fest 2026 reside begin time in your time zone

• 2 p.m. PDT on Friday, June 5 for the west coast of North America
• 5 p.m. EDT on Friday, June 5 for the east coast of North America
• 6 p.m. BRT on Friday, June 5 for Brazil
• 10 p.m. BST on Friday, June 5 for the UK
• 11 p.m. CEST on Friday, June 5 for western Europe
• 6 a.m. JST on Saturday, June 6 for Japan
• 7 a.m. AEST on Saturday, June 6 for the east coast of Australia