- Thinks this will be a fun show but also says its a lighter year.
- Mentions Metaphor: Refantazio, Monster Hunter Wilds will be at the show.
- If you're looking for game, game, game as the presentation style? Forget it. Geoff said there will be around 10 or more developers up their on stage presenting.
- Admits its been a challenging year or so because of all the layoffs and studio closures, also mentions how its just been quieter in general as far as big studio games, but says that's opened up a place for games from smaller studios, mentions Palworld and Supermarket Simulator. Also points out that they're trying to have some unexpected games from smaller teams and independent studios.
- Thinks this will be a quieter year for game announcements from major studios. Talks about how people didn't like Sony's State of Play, but that he loved Astrobot.
- Says that no they don't have crazy things like a new GTA 6 trailer. Hopes they can show off games you didn't know about rather than all the big things everyone expects.
- Apologizes for the awkward timing for European viewers, admitted they changed the date from Thursday to Friday so people can watch without worrying about work the next day.
- Says the hardest part of putting together a show is balancing with all the other showcases that are around this time of year. Admits he always hopes developers are ready to show great games too since they can only get what people are ready to show.
- Someone asks about TGA giving more time to awardees this year, he says his plan is to try and fix that. Says the show is always evolving, but also knows they'll never make everyone happy as far as award time vs time for reveals, all they can do is keep tweaking. Will get into it more after SGF and Gamescom. (Personal opinion: if the devs get a ton of time and anyone complains, Geoff should come online personally and tell everyone to strawberry float off. Sit through those five minute speeches.)
- The show will be about two hours, with Day of the Devs and the Devolver Direct following afterward. Day of the Devs is supposed to be an hour, Devolver Direct is another half hour. (Note: Typically these shows run an hour and 40 minutes or so.)
- No music acts this year, everything's focused on games and trailers. No bands or orchestras, that stuff will be saved for TGAs.
- Doesn't want to get into hard numbers on games shown, just says "a lot". A lot of shorter moments for a bunch of games rather than one game taking up a ton of time, says it'll be an eclectic mix of games across the industry.
- Someone asks about indie games being there (lol), he talks about how there will be some games made by "single dev" teams, hypes up the Wholesome Direct. (Note: Go check out Guerilla Collective if you want indie titles.)
- Says he loves the folks working on Hollow Knight: Silksong, but thinks it'll be a while before we see/play it. (He doesn't say its NOT there but I'm gonna guess no.)
- Says the list of partners is incomplete, with some of them not wanting to be pre-promoting because of artificially raising expectations.
- Says his favorite SGF reveal might be Elden Ring, thanks FromSoftware and Miyazaki for letting him have the first look. Admits they could've done that anywhere else. His favorite E3 reveal was the PS3 press conference.
- Mentions how cool it'd be to let indie developers work on old-school PlayStation platformers. This doesn't seem like a hint, as he directly says he doesn't know if any of it exists.
- Someone asks how many gameplay trailers there will be, he says its a mix but that he always asks developers to give a glimpse of gameplay even if its only a few seconds. Specifically mentions Jurassic Park at TGA last year didn't have gameplay at first but he asked them to include a bit.
- Says a bunch of people asked him about Kingdom Hearts 4, but that "people are setting themselves up for failure".
- Someone asks will there be a healthy amount of narrative adventure games, he says genres are a mess now and asks what a lot of these genres even mean anymore. But says there WILL be cool single-player games, but that live service games will also be there since they take up so much of the playtime these days. Mentions Kingdom Come 2: Deliverance will be present with a new trailer, talks about how that's both narrative and action.
- Someone asks him about the infamous SGF 2022 year where "he only had zombie games and space games". He laughs it off, says they try to aim for variety normally. Also mentions there WILL be zombie games this year, is less clear about space games. (I'm guessing this means no Exodus there?) Talks about how they try to mix it up to make sure there's a reveal there for everyone.
- Someone asks about Wolf Among Us 2, he says there's no plans at SGF.
- "Does DLC ever get announced at Summer Game Fest?" He says he's not opposed, then thinks about how there will be a cool DLC trailer present this year.
- "How close to the show do they allow developers to apply to the show?" He mentions they've been full on games for about a month now. Mentions things always change, sometimes trailers get longer, or shorter or that developers sometimes will drop out. (Plans change lol.) He says they're also mostly decided on the Gamescom stuff too at this point, and they're working on TGAs reveals too.
- Batman: Arkham VR from Camoflaj will be present here.
- "Does SGF often feature games that were planned for TGAs but not ready in time?" He says kinda, as there are games that move around. Cites Elden Ring was originally going to be at TGAs but it got moved. Mentions everything we ask about he's probably emailed people about but the developers just aren't ready to show anything.
- "How many world premieres are we getting?" Geoff is not playing this game with y'all anymore. Straight up says he doesn't know and its hard to say lmao.
- "Bring back flute guy!" Geoff says hopefully, mentions the guy's probably on tour right now but that he should email him for TGAs.
- Geoff goes into detail about why Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo do their own shows. He gets into the history of that, I'm gonna leave it to y'all to watch the Q&A but its a good historical perspective. He does admit that he hopes Nintendo will one day get involved with SGF here.
- "On a scale of 1 to 10 how hyped are you for SGF?" He says 8. Mentions some great games will get a first showing, but talks about how expectations are usually so high so he doesn't know what a 10 is to people. He's usually at 7-8.
- Confirms he already knows some games showing up at TGAs.
- "Any chance for a Def Jam game?" Says it'd be cool but it's not at SGF.
- "Any muppets?" No Muppets, then asks if they've done too many or not enough muppets. Says potentially at TGAs but no plans lol.
- "What is the ratio between cinematic trailers and gameplay trailers?" Geoff says he doesn't have the math on that. (This was clever.)
- "Will Metal Gear Solid Delta be there?" No. (Lol, its Konami. Y'all shouldn't have even asked.)
- "Do you feel you and the team of SGF/TGA are filling the shoes of E3 now?" This is a longer answer but basically he says no, just that things have changed and you can't replace that but you can't keep looking backwards either.
- "Will there be many new reveals or just updates on announced games?" Says there will be SOME new announcements, but the show is largely focused on updates on existing games. TGA is usually about the new games. Says there are things that haven't been announced but will come out later this year. There won't be a lot of "coming in 2026/2027" type teasers here.
- No giveaways this year at SGF.
- "Will we get any shadowdrops?" He says he thinks so, but can't remember if they're during the show or shortly afterward. Admits leaks kinda ruin this.
- "No Judas updates?" He says he's very excited but there won't be any updates at SGF for it.
- Co-streaming is allowed without registering. Registering gets badges, makes it easier for Twitch drops and getting clearances.
- Geoff thought SEGA's multiple game announcements were cool. Said they talked with SEGA for years on that, only for SEGA to suggest doing all five at once. Said there won't be any sign of those games at Summer Game Fest, and it might be a while before any of them are ready.
- What non reveals are you excited to show? Says he's excited to show Dragon Ball Sparking ZERO, Metaphor, Monster Hunter Wild.
- Says he has no clue about Beyond Good and Evil 2 (your guess is as good as mine), hopes it shows up soon and isn't canceled.
- No Five Nights At Freddy's at their event, but they'll be announcing some stuff from Blumhouse Games.
- Expect a trailer for the Among Us animated series trailer
- No "one more thing" this year at this showcase, says he doesn't really like to do that at any of his shows. Jokes about the idea of the lights darkening and Gabe announcing Half-Life 3.
- No Josef Fares at SGF
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