It\u2019s June, so you know what that means: a week packed full of video game reveals and announcements. As ever, Microsoft will be at the heart of the action with its annual Xbox Games Showcase, showing off a range of its own first-party games, as well as a selection of third-party offerings. But how can you watch this packed stream? That\u2019s what we\u2019re here to tell you. <\/p>\n
When Is Xbox Games Showcase 2026?<\/p>\n
The Xbox Games Showcase 2026 will be held on Sunday, June 7. The event is a two-parter, starting with the Xbox-focused presentation that will showcase first and third-party Xbox games. Following that, there will be a dedicated Gears of War: E-Day Direct. The stream kicks off at the following times, depending on your region:<\/p>\n
US (West Coast) – 10am PDTUS (Central) – 12pm CDTUS (East Coast) – 1pm EDTUK – 6pm BSTEurope – 7pm CEST <\/p>\n
For our Australian readers, the Xbox Games Showcase begins early on the morning of June 8 at:<\/p>\n
Australia (Western) – 1am AWSTAustralia (Central) – 2:30 am ACSTAustralia (Eastern) – 3am AEST<\/p>\n
Where To Watch Xbox Games Showcase 2026<\/p>\n
You can watch the Xbox Games Showcase 2026 and the Gears of War: E-Day Direct right here on IGN. We show many of the big summer showcases on the IGN homepage, so simply visit IGN.com<\/a> to see it all happen. If you\u2019d prefer, you can also watch it on our YouTube channel<\/a>. <\/p>\n If you\u2019d prefer to watch the stream on Microsoft\u2019s official channels, head to Xbox\u2019s YouTube<\/a>, Twitch<\/a>, or Facebook<\/a> page. For those who wish to watch with American Sign Language, the stream will also be available on the Xbox ASL Twitch channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n What Will Be at the Xbox Games Showcase 2026?<\/p>\n So far, Xbox has remained pretty tight-lipped about what we can expect to see in this year\u2019s showcase, aside from the dedicated Gears of War: E-Day Direct. Following in the footsteps of Xbox\u2019s previous two summer \u201cDirect\u201d shows, which focused on Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and The Outer Worlds 2, you can expect around 25-30 minutes of deep dive into the upcoming Gears of War prequel. <\/p>\n Beyond the Gears Direct, it seems sensible to expect news about the recently delayed Fable<\/a>, as well as the remake of Halo: Combat Evolved<\/a> (dubbed \u201cCampaign Evolved\u201d) which is due to land later this year. We wouldn\u2019t be surprised to see updates for Forza Horizon 6, too. But beyond that, it\u2019s all guesswork. You can read what we expect from the Xbox Game Showcase here<\/a>. <\/p>\n It\u2019s also worth remembering that Xbox\u2019s showcases include many third-party developers working on multiplatform games, so it\u2019s worth tuning in even if you don\u2019t own an Xbox or PC (plus, many Xbox-developed games come to PS5 now.) Last year\u2019s GOTY, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, was first shown as part of the Xbox Games Showcase in 2024<\/a>, so there\u2019s potential for another future game of the year to turn up here. <\/p>\n Other Summer Game Showcases<\/p>\n The Xbox Games Showcase is just one of many summer game showcases taking place in June 2026. In a post-E3 world there are now many different online shows that take place throughout the start of June, all hosting their own reveals and surprises. The ones still to come are:<\/p>\n Latin American Games Showcase – June 4, 2pm PDTWomen-Led Games Showcase – June 4, 4pm PDTAccess-Ability Showcase – June 5, 8am PDTSummer Game Fest 2026 – June 5, 2pm PDT<\/a>Day of the Devs SGF Edition – June 5, 4pm PDT Southeast Asian Games Showcase – June 6, 8am PDTWholesome Direct – June 6, 9am PDTStory Rich Showcase – June 6, 10am PDTGreen Games Showcase – June 6, 11am PDTIGN Live 2026 Day One – June 6, 12pm PDT<\/a> Gayming Pride Parade – June 6, 12pm PDTFuture Games Show Summer Showcase – June 6, 12pm PDTFrosty Games Fest – June 6, 3pm PDTIGN Live 2026 Day Two – June 7, 9:30am PDT<\/a>Xbox Games Showcase – June 7, 10am PDT<\/a>PC Gaming Show – June 7, 12pm PDTDeutsche Indie Showcase – June 7, 2pm PDTIndia Games Showcase – June 8, 10am PDT<\/p>\n Matt Purslow is IGN’s Executive Editor of Features. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s June, so you know what that means: a week packed full of video game reveals and announcements.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-623178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}