Steam Game Festival rebrands as Steam Next Fest for June

Steam has officially renamed its game festival, which volition now be called Steam Side by side Fest. The new name, according to Valve, reflects the show's focus on upcoming games. The new Adjacent Fest will exist held on June 16-22, and you lot tin set a reminder for the consequence on the Steam Next Fest page.

Valve has too confirmed that, only every bit with the previous Game Festivals, Next Fest will take "hundreds of game demos." If you want to know what you lot can apply to play those demos, take a look at our list of the best PC gaming controllers. Steam didn't give any hints on which games and/or demos would be shown at the event, but information technology did post a sizzle reel from the February Games Festival to requite players an thought.

Steam also promised that gamers would be able to watch developer livestreams and chat direct with them near their games. In the meantime, if you can't await to get your hands on the gratuitous demos that Steam has promised you can try your hand at one of the many complimentary Steam games currently available.

June sixteen-22 is in line with other summer games shows, similar E3. Curiously, leaked dates suggested E3 2022 was going to run every bit a digital event from June 15-17 (the in-person effect has been presumed to be canceled, given current events), but at the time of this writing, that has not been officially confirmed by the ESA. If both events practise run, information technology'd be a wealth of information on new games, and if E3 doesn't happen this year in the traditional sense, at least we'll have Next Fest to sentinel.

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