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
| January 9-12 | Las Vegas
The biggest trade show for consumer tech. You can find .
| January 14-21 | Pittsburgh
Annual speedrunning charity marathon. Check the .
| January 25-28 | Taipei
A 20-year-old trade show and exhibition in Taiwan.
(CS2 tournament) | Jan 31-Feb 11 | Katowice
The first of two ESL Pro Tour Championship finals this year. See the .
February
| February 13-25 | São Paolo
The biggest Rainbow Six: Siege event สล็อต of the year was hosted in Brazil for the first time.
| February 13-15 | Las Vegas
A major industry networking event (not to be confused with Swedish developer DICE, maker of the Battlefield games). Included the , where Larian won big for Baldur's Gate 3 (as expected) and used its time on stage to a.
March
| March 8-16 | Austin
The famous South-by-Southwest arts festival is primarily focused on music, film, TV, and comedy, but includes some interactive arts and entertainment talks.
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 upcoming here.
| March 17-31 | Copenhagen
The first of two Counter-Strike 2 PGL Majors this year took place in Denmark.
| 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. Our included , our , exciting new trivia (like that an Outer Worlds ending ), , and more.
| 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
| 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
| May 31-June 2 | Dallas
The Texas stop on the DreamHack tour, with esports, cosplay, and LAN gaming.
June
| June 5-6 | New York
Film festival that has expanded to include interactive art.
| June 14-16 | Jönköping
DreamHack's mid-year event took place in Jönköping, Sweden.
| 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 our .
| Showcase | Date | PDT (Los Angeles) | BST (London) |
|---|---|---|---|
| State of Play | May 30, 2024 | 3 pm PDT | 11 pm BST |
| OTK Games Expo | June 4, 2024 | 12 pm PDT | 8 pm BST |
| Guerrilla Collective | June 6, 2024 | 10 am PDT | 6 pm BST |
| Access-Ability Showcase | June 7, 2024 | 8 am PDT | 4 pm BST |
| Summer Game Fest | June 7, 2024 | 2 pm PDT | 10 pm BST |
| Day of the Devs | June 7, 2024 | Following Summer Game Fest | Following Summer Game Fest |
| Devolver Direct | June 7, 2024 | 5 pm PDT | 1 am BST |
| Wholesome Direct | June 8, 2024 | 9 am PDT | 5 pm BST |
| Future Games Show | June 8, 2024 | 12 pm PDT | 8 pm BST |
| Xbox Games Showcase | June 9, 2024 | 10 am PDT | 6 pm BST |
| PC Gaming Show | June 9, 2024 | 1 pm PDT | 9 pm BST |
| Ubisoft Forward | June 10, 2024 | 12 pm PDT | 8 pm BST |
| Nintendo Direct | June, 2024 | Time TBA | Time TBA |
| June 26-30 | São Paolo
A new Latin American Gamescom offshoot that has merged with the BIG Festival, an important independent games-focused event we .
Steam Summer Sale p31 เครดิตฟรี 188 | June 27-July 11 | Steam
The second of Steam's seasonal sales is usually one of the biggest. See all the known .
| June u31.com เข้าสู่ระบบ 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
| July 19-20 | London, Ontario
The yearly Warframe fan convention put on by developer Digital Extremes.
| July 19-21 | Kyoto
A Japanese independent games festival that started in 2012.
| 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.
| 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
| August 1-4 | Indianapolis
A huge tabletop gaming gathering that was founded by Gary Gygax himself.
| 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 the . This year it .
(CS2 tournament) | August 16-18 | Cologne
Finals of the year's second ESL Pro Tour Championship.
| 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 our .
| August 30-September 2 | Seattle
Long-running fan convention featuring a big expo hall, panels, performers, and PC and tabletop gaming areas.
| 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
(Dota 2 tournament) | September 13-15 | Copenhagen
The year's big Dota 2 finals in Copenhagen's Royal Arena ran from September 13-15.
| September 20-22 | San Diego
Twitch's second event of the year took place at the San Diego Convention Center.
| 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
| October 4-6 | Atlanta
The second-to-last DreamHack expo of the year took place in Georgia.
| October 11-13 | Melbourne
PAX's Australia event is returning in 2024—and yet again in Melbourne in mid-October.
| 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.
| 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 i.
| November 2 | London
The conclusion to this year's LoL esports season.
(CS2 tournament) | November 13-17 | Abu Dhabi
Conclusion to a year-long Counter-Strike 2 tournament series.
| November 22-24 | Stockholm
The final DreamHack event of the year.
December
(CS2 tournament) | December 1-15 | Shanghai
The year's second Counter-Strike Major will take place in China.
| 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 at , a teaser for with Jordan Peele, and dozens of other trailers—we .
| December 13-15 | Macao
The year's biggest Teamfight Tactics tournament, with a $300K prize pool.