Valve has declared that it has postponed its Summer Game Showcase from June 9-14 to June 16-22.
The contents of the showcase remain as originally planned, including live developer and free game demos events all week long. While in its press release Valve did not address the present situation in the United States, the extension fits with a variety of other gaming activities and highlights disruptions from early June in reaction to George Floyd ‘s death. Valve had lead developers and publishers of games interested in the showcase to expect that it will move ahead as expected before this afternoon ‘s announcement by Valve triggered uncertainty and worries regarding the timing of the game announced according to sources.
We also learned from the sources that Publishers made plans to add demos of games intended to be discovered via Future Games Showcase and PC Gaming Show.They were both postponed earlier this week to June 13.
According to familiar reports, developers and publishers will have to opt to have a game prototype in the Steam showcase or get it announced during one of the upcoming showcases.
The first major gaming event postponed in the wake of Floyd ‘s death was PlayStation ‘s Future of Gaming PS5 event.There are other games which has been delayed such as Epic, which postponed Fortnite season 3, and Rockstar, which shut down GTA and Red Dead Online in Floyd’s memory for two hours.