Geoff Keighley sets Summer Game Fest main show for June 5 at 2:00 PM PT

Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest main showcase is set for Friday, June 5, at 2:00 p.m. Pacific time, according to the event’s official schedule. The show page says the presentation will air live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and will be livestreamed. (summergamefest.com) Summer Game Fest’s website lists Keighley and Lucy James as hosts for the 2026 show. Keighley has promoted the event this week ahead of the opening broadcast. ### When does the main Summer Game Fest show start? Friday, June 5, is the date listed on Summer Game Fest’s official site for the main event, with a start time of 2:00 p.m. (summergamefest.com) PT, 5:00 p.m. ET and 9:00 p.m. GMT. The listing says the show will be held at the Dolby Theatre and streamed live. The official event page says viewers can set reminders through the Summer Game Fest site, and the broader events page places the main show at the center of the June 5-8 schedule. Summer Game Fest describes the broadcast as a look at “what’s next in video games.” (summergamefest.com) ### Who is appearing on the main broadcast? Lucy James is named alongside Geoff Keighley on the official Summer Game Fest homepage for the June 5 show. The site says the pair will host the broadcast from Los Angeles. Summer Game Fest’s event listing says the show will feature “news, updates and announcements” across platforms, but it does not publish a full lineup in advance on the main page. (summergamefest.com) That leaves individual partners and publishers to signal their appearances separately ahead of airtime. ### How does Day of the Devs fit into Friday’s schedule? (summergamefest.com) Day of the Devs is scheduled for June 5 at 4:00 p.m. PT, two hours after the main Summer Game Fest show begins, according to its event page on the Summer Game Fest site. The listing describes it as a showcase of upcoming indie games from the non-profit Day of the Devs. (summergamefest.com) Day of the Devs’ own site also says its next showcase is the Summer Game Fest edition and ties the program to the same live event window. The schedule indicates the indie showcase follows the main presentation rather than replacing it. (summergamefest.com) ### What do organizers say about the stream itself? GamingTrend reported on June 3 that the June 5 live show would be broadcast in 4K at 60 frames per second and paired with Day of the Devs coverage. That technical detail was not specified in the main Summer Game Fest event listing surfaced in search results, but it has been repeated in watch guides published ahead of the show. (summergamefest.com) The official Summer Game Fest pages identify YouTube and Twitch as viewing options across related event listings, including Day of the Devs and other weekend showcases. (dayofthedevs.org) Summer Game Fest’s site also says the main event is available both in person and via livestream. ### What has been signaled ahead of the show? Ben Starr is expected to be part of a Fortnite segment tied to the game’s next season, “Runners,” according to pre-show coverage published Thursday. Reports say Starr, identified in that coverage as the voice of The Visitor, will be on hand for the reveal during the SGF broadcast. (gamingtrend.com) Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3 has also been the subject of pre-show speculation. Notebookcheck reported Wednesday that an insider expected the game to appear at Summer Game Fest, but neither Square Enix nor Summer Game Fest’s official schedule pages have confirmed that appearance. (summergamefest.com) ### What comes after Friday’s main show? June 7 is the next major date on the official Summer Game Fest calendar, with the Xbox Games Showcase scheduled for 10:00 a.m. PT, according to the event listing. The Summer Game Fest site also shows additional partner events running through June 8. (tech.yahoo.com) June 5 remains the key immediate milestone, with the main Summer Game Fest broadcast starting at 2:00 p.m. PT and Day of the Devs following at 4:00 p.m. PT on the official schedule. Geoff Keighley and Lucy James are the named hosts on the main event page. (summergamefest.com 1) (summergamefest.com 2) (notebookcheck.net)