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A crowd outside BlizzCon 2023.(Image credit: Blizzard)
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As 2024 winds down (how does autumn always sneak up on us?) there are still some big gaming events and livestreams to come, including December’s Game Awards—always full of reveals—and some major esports tournaments.
January
CES| January 9-12 | Las Vegas
The biggest trade show for consumer tech. You can findour CES 2024 coverage here.
Awesome Games Done Quick| January 14-21 | Pittsburgh
Annual speedrunning charity marathon. Check thestreaming schedule here.
Taipei Game Show 2024| January 25-28 | Taipei
A 20-year-old trade show and exhibition in Taiwan.
IEM Katowice(CS2 tournament) | Jan 31-Feb 11 | Katowice
The first of two ESL Pro Tour Championship finals this year. See thefull schedule of 2024 IEM Counter-Strike 2 events here.
February
Six Invitational| February 13-25 | São Paolo
The biggest Rainbow Six: Siege event of the year was hosted in Brazil for the first time.
D.I.C.E. Summit 2024| February 13-15 | Las Vegas
A major industry networking event (not to be confused with Swedish developer DICE, maker of the Battlefield games). Included theD.I.C.E Awards, where Larian won big for Baldur’s Gate 3 (as expected) and used its time on stage to acknowledge the games industry’s rough shape.
The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware deals
March
SXSW 2024| March 8-16 | Austin
Steam Spring Sale | March 14-21 | Steam
The first big Steam seasonal sale of the year was a good opportunity to pick up some of last year’s best games at a small or sometimes substantial discount. See all the known upcomingSteam sale dateshere.
PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024| March 17-31 | Copenhagen
The first of two Counter-Strike 2 PGL Majors this year took place in Denmark.
GDC 2024| March 18-22 | San Francisco
The Game Developers Conference is one of our favorite events of the year at PC Gamer: an opportunity for us to share what game developers are talking about with each other, and to chat with them in-person about their work and the business. OurGDC 2024 coverageincludedroundtable podcasts, ourtake on generative AI NPCs, exciting new trivia (like that an Outer Worlds endingthat got cut for being too horny),commentary on the state of games, and more.
PAX East| March 21-24 | Boston
The east coast edition of the long-running gaming fan convention, with panels, expo booths, a big tabletop gaming space, and a PC LAN area.
April
DreamHack Australia| April 26-28 | Australia
The Australian stop on the yearly, worldwide tour of DreamHack events, which feature esports, a cosplay competition, and LAN gaming.
May
DreamHack Dallas| May 31-June 2 | Dallas
The Texas stop on the DreamHack tour, with esports, cosplay, and LAN gaming.
June
Tribeca Festival| June 5-6 | New York
Film festival that has expanded to include interactive art.
DreamHack Summer| June 14-16 | Jönköping
DreamHack’s mid-year event took place in Jönköping, Sweden.
Summer Game Fest| June 7-10| Los Angeles
Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest includes a big livestreamed showcase and a physical event for press—smaller than E3, but something—and is also used as an umbrella term to refer to the many livestreamed showcases that are still scattered throughout June. Here’s all ourSummer Game Fest 2024 coverage.
Swipe to scroll horizontallyConfirmed showcases for summer 2024ShowcaseDatePDT (Los Angeles)BST (London)State of PlayMay 30, 20243 pm PDT11 pm BSTOTK Games ExpoJune 4, 202412 pm PDT8 pm BSTGuerrilla CollectiveJune 6, 202410 am PDT6 pm BSTAccess-Ability ShowcaseJune 7, 20248 am PDT4 pm BSTSummer Game FestJune 7, 20242 pm PDT10 pm BSTDay of the DevsJune 7, 2024Following Summer Game FestFollowing Summer Game FestDevolver DirectJune 7, 20245 pm PDT1 am BSTWholesome DirectJune 8, 20249 am PDT5 pm BSTFuture Games ShowJune 8, 202412 pm PDT8 pm BSTXbox Games ShowcaseJune 9, 202410 am PDT6 pm BSTPC Gaming ShowJune 9, 20241 pm PDT9 pm BSTUbisoft ForwardJune 10, 202412 pm PDT8 pm BSTNintendo DirectJune, 2024Time TBATime TBA
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Confirmed showcases for summer 2024ShowcaseDatePDT (Los Angeles)BST (London)State of PlayMay 30, 20243 pm PDT11 pm BSTOTK Games ExpoJune 4, 202412 pm PDT8 pm BSTGuerrilla CollectiveJune 6, 202410 am PDT6 pm BSTAccess-Ability ShowcaseJune 7, 20248 am PDT4 pm BSTSummer Game FestJune 7, 20242 pm PDT10 pm BSTDay of the DevsJune 7, 2024Following Summer Game FestFollowing Summer Game FestDevolver DirectJune 7, 20245 pm PDT1 am BSTWholesome DirectJune 8, 20249 am PDT5 pm BSTFuture Games ShowJune 8, 202412 pm PDT8 pm BSTXbox Games ShowcaseJune 9, 202410 am PDT6 pm BSTPC Gaming ShowJune 9, 20241 pm PDT9 pm BSTUbisoft ForwardJune 10, 202412 pm PDT8 pm BSTNintendo DirectJune, 2024Time TBATime TBA
Gamescom Latam 2024| June 26-30 | São Paolo
A new Latin American Gamescom offshoot that has merged with the BIG Festival, an important independent games-focused event weattended in 2022.
Steam Summer Sale | June 27-July 11 | Steam
The second of Steam’s seasonal sales is usually one of the biggest. See all the knownupcoming Steam sale dates here.
TwitchCon Europe| June 29-30 | Rotterdam Ahoy
The first of two Twitch shindigs this year takes place in Rotterdam. The second is in San Diego in September.
July
TennoCon 2024| July 19-20 | London, Ontario
BitSummit Drift 2024| July 19-21 | Kyoto
A Japanese independent games festival that started in 2012.
Comic-Con| July 25-28 | San Diego
An enormous fan event covering comic books, films, and games. Reliably a source for movie news, and sometimes for tidbits about upcoming superhero games.
SIGGRAPH 2024| July 28-August 1 | Denver
Computer graphics and simulation developers get together to share their techniques, work, and research. Lots of cool tech demos to watch.
August
Gen Con| August 1-4 | Indianapolis
QuakeCon| August 8-11 | Grapevine, Texas
Last year’s id Software-centric fan event brought back the in-person LAN party in Grapevine, Texas, and it’s returning again this year. During last year’s QuakeCon, id Software announced and released theQuake 2 remaster. This year itlaunched a new Doom + Doom 2 bundle.
IEM Cologne 2024(CS2 tournament) | August 16-18 | Cologne
Finals of the year’s second ESL Pro Tour Championship.
Gamescom 2024| August 21-25 | Cologne
For a few years running, Europe’s huge gaming trade show has kicked off with a Geoff Keigley-hosted livestream called Opening Night Live. Here’s all ourcoverage from 2024’s Gamescom and ONL.
PAX West| August 30-September 2 | Seattle
Long-running fan convention featuring a big expo hall, panels, performers, and PC and tabletop gaming areas.
Valorant Champions 2024| August 1-25 | Seoul
The conclusion of the 2024 Valorant Champions Tour. We now know that it’ll be taking place in Seoul, with the group stage starting on August 1 and then brackets beginning on August 14.
September
The International(Dota 2 tournament) | September 13-15 | Copenhagen
The year’s big Dota 2 finals in Copenhagen’s Royal Arena ran from September 13-15.
TwitchCon North America| September 20-22 | San Diego
Twitch’s second event of the year took place at the San Diego Convention Center.
Tokyo Game Show 2024| September 26-29 | Chiba, Japan
One of the year’s major industry events, TGS features news and showcases from Japanese game studios, as well as publishers and developers from around the world.
October
DreamHack Atlanta| October 4-6 | Atlanta
The second-to-last DreamHack expo of the year took place in Georgia.
PAX Aus| October 11-13 | Melbourne
PAX’s Australia event is returning in 2024—and yet again in Melbourne in mid-October.
New York Comic-Con| October 17-20 | New York
The New York version of Comic-Con. Like the San Diego event, expect a few bits of news on comic-based and comic-adjacent games.
Gamescom Asia 2024| October 17-20 | Singapore
An offshoot of the German expo that will take place at Suntec Convention Centre in Singapore.
November
BlizzCon 2024 | Not happening this year
Blizzard’s big annual fan event normally happens around this time, but it’s skipping this year.
League of Legends World Final| November 2 | London
The conclusion to this year’s LoL esports season.
Blast Premier World Final(CS2 tournament) | November 13-17 | Abu Dhabi
Conclusion to a year-long Counter-Strike 2 tournament series.
DreamHack Stockholm| November 22-24 | Stockholm
The final DreamHack event of the year.
December
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024(CS2 tournament) | December 1-15 | Shanghai
The year’s second Counter-Strike Major will take place in China.
The Game Awards| December 12 | Los Angeles
Geoff Keighley’s annual awards show is about big reveals as much as it is awards. Last year we got our first look atHello Games' next big project, a teaser forKojima’s horror collabwith Jordan Peele, and dozens of other trailers—wecompiled them all here.
TFT Macao Open| December 13-15 | Macao
The year’s biggest Teamfight Tactics tournament, with a $300K prize pool.
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