IGN's Summer of Gaming Event Schedule Revealed, World Premiere Gameplay Trailers Include Cyberpunk 2077 and More

IGN revealed the event schedule for its upcoming Summer of Gaming event. A free digital event that will run from June 4th until the 24th. With gameplay reveal trailers from Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time, Wasteland 3, Mortal Shell, New World, Corepunk, Scarlet Nexus, Mafia: Definitive Edition, and Cyberpunk 2077.

The event will also feature a charity event. IGN will be raising money for the World Health Organization's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. 2 events are set for this charity event with the first being a speedrunning competition and the second being a celebrity tour of Animal Crossing_ New Horizons.

In addition, IGN is raising money for charity in support of the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund by hosting two exclusive events during Summer of Gaming. The first event, the pre-show Speedrunner Countdown Challenge, will take place at the beginning of each day of IGN’s showcase and pits the world’s greatest speedrunners in a race against time as they strive to break world records live as part of IGN’s countdown to their daily Summer of Gaming programming. Speedrunner Countdown Challenge will feature in-depth commentary provided by the speedrun charity organization Games Done Quick.

 

The second event, Animal Crossing: Celebrity Island Tours will include some of the biggest names in pop culture, taking fans inside the world of Animal Crossing: New Horizons to explore guests’ unique islands in a day-long live stream. Animal Crossing: Celebrity Island Tours will include special segments of the viral hit talk show Animal Talking with host and creator Gary Whitta (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Book of Eli), which streams on his Twitch channel and can be watched in VOD on his YouTube channel. Guests for this charity live stream include Candice Patton, Simu Liu, Felicia Day, Shannon Woodward, Cliff Bleszinski, Matthew Mercer, Austin Creed, Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast, Jessica Chobot, Lauren Lapkus, Naomi Kyle, the Merrell Twins, Andrea Rene, Alanah Pearce, Arin Hanson of Game Grumps and more. 

The entire schedule can be seen below.

June 4 

Summer of Gaming kick-off

 

June 5 

IGN Expo Day 1

Unannounced Game (Funcom / The Outsiders) - Exclusive Unannounced Gameplay Reveal with The Outsiders' David Goldfarb

Unannounced Game (Merge Games) - Exclusive Game Reveal

Unannounced Game Reveal - Exclusive Reveal Trailer

Mortal Shell (Cold Symmetry) - Exclusive Gameplay World Premiere

Observer: System Redux (Bloober Team) - Exclusive Next-Gen Deep Dive

Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time (Soleil Games) - Exclusive Gameplay First Look

 

June 8

IGN Expo Day 2

Unannounced Classic Revival (Merge Games) - Exclusive Game Reveal

Unannounced Game (Fabraz) – Exclusive Game Reveal

Wasteland 3 (Deep Silver) - World Exclusive Trailer 

Second Extinction (Systemic Reaction) - Gameplay World Premiere

Borderlands 3 (Gearbox) - Exclusive Bounty of Blood DLC Preview w/ Gearbox Creative Director Matt Cox

Special Icons Interview: David Hayter, the original voice of Solid Snake, discusses Metal Gear

 

June 9 

IGN Expo Day 3

New World (Amazon) - Exclusive War PvP Gameplay, Developer Interview

Everspace 2 (ROCKFISH Games) - Exclusive Alpha Gameplay Reveal Trailer

Total War: Troy (Creative Assembly) - Exclusive Gameplay Interview  

Special Icons Interview: Brian Fargo discusses the founding of Blizzard, and why RPG fans should be looking forward to Wasteland 3

 

June 11 

 

CD Projekt RED Livestream (with IGN pre- and post-shows)

EA Play LIVE (with IGN pre- and post-shows) 

Humankind (Amplitude Studios) - Exclusive Gameplay Interview

 

June 12

 

Animal Crossing: Celebrity Island Tours Charity Live Stream

 

June 15 

 

Corepunk (Artificial Core) - Exclusive Gameplay and Interview

Destroy All Humans! (THQ Nordic) - Gameplay and Interview

Mafia: Definitive Edition (Hangar 13) - Worldwide Gameplay Debut w/ Hangar 13 President and CCO Haden Blackman

Scarlet Nexus (Bandai Namco) - Exclusive Trailer and Interview with Game Director Kenji Anabuki

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom (THQ Nordic) - Rehydrated Exclusive Early Access Livestream 

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom (THQ Nordic) - Rehydrated Exclusive Gameplay Interview

Unannounced Game Reveal - Exclusive Reveal Trailer

 

June 18

 

Torchlight III (Perfect World Entertainment) - Gameplay and Interview with Series Creator Max Schaefer

Special Icons Interview: Chris Avellone, writer of Fallout New Vegas and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, discusses the magic ingredients in a great RPG

Special Icons Interview: John Romero, creator of Doom, and game designer Brenda Romero, discuss RPGs and shooters in 2020

 

June 24

 

Dreamscaper (Afterburner Studios) - Exclusive Gameplay Feature Deep Dive

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