How to watch the Summer Game Fest 2026 livestream

The month of gaming showcases has already begun, and that means the usual Summer Game Fest 2026 livestream with Geoff Keighley is just around the corner. Outside of major publisher streams from the likes of Sony and Microsoft, the SGF showcase is often where we'll see some of June's biggest announcements. grenadier.co.za

When is the SGF 2026 livestream?

The Summer Game Fest 2026 livestream airs Friday, June 5, at 2 pm Pacific and is expected to be about two hours long. You can check this full list of timezone conversions, but here are a few for quick reference:

• 2 pm PDT, June 5 (Los Angeles)
• 5 pm EDT (New York)
• 6 pm ART (Buenos Aires)
• 10 pm BST (London)
• 11 pm CEST (Berlin)
• 7 am AEST, June 6 (Sydney)

How to watch the SGF 2026 livestream

You can watch the Summer Game Fest livestream using the embedded video above, or head over to one of its official channels on YouTube or Twitch.

Those same channels often host other partnered livestreams, but you can check out our full Summer Game Fest 2026 schedule for more showcase timings and available platforms.

What to expect from SGF announcements this year

The Sony State of Play already kicked off the week of summer game announcements for more singleplayer story-driven games that likely won't be available on PC, like Until Dawn 2 and God of War Laufey. That's a bit of a bummer note to start on, so what else is there to look forward to?

We know Star Wars: Zero Company is confirmed for an appearance during the Summer Game Fest livestream, along with whatever sus business Among Us is up to. There's also some alleged Persona 6 leaks making the rounds, and Arena Net is teasing something that fans suspect could be Guild Wars 3.

Even if your favorite doesn't make an appearance during Keighley's big kickoff event, there's always another stream. We've also put together a longer list of Summer Game Fest predictions to take you through the rest of the show, so maybe you'll find something to look forward to there.

One of the first things you're likely to realise in Gothic Remake is how utterly annoying its torch system feels. When you activate a torch in your hotbar, you'll light it up, which is helpful in such an often gloomy game, but there's no way to put it back in your inventory while it's still burning.

If you select a sword, for example, you'll stab the torch into the ground where it'll stay burning for a good while. You can either pick it up and continue, or wait for it to burn out. Admittedly, it feels quite cool stabbing a torch into the ground in some cave so you can draw your sword and fight a bunch of goblins, but for exploration it's a pain.

There is simply no key or input that puts your torch away once it's lit. In fact, the only way your character will stow a torch is if you walk into water and start swimming to snuff the flame. Otherwise, your only option is waiting for it to burn out and collecting it later. There are a couple of handy exceptions though:

• If you rest in a bed, your character will stab the torch into the ground, and it will have gone out by the time you wake up
• If you stab a torch into a puddle or shallow pool of water, it will instantly go out

Thankfully, torches are plentiful, especially in areas where you actually need them, so I wouldn't worry too much about using them. I generally just make sure to stab a torch into the ground on a path or route I know I'll take multiple times, such as the trail to the Swamp Camp, which means I'll spot it later when it's gone out and can always pick it up again.

I also recommend that you set your torch to 0 in the hotbar since this will mean you're far less likely to accidentally take one out and be unable to stow it, which definitely happened to me early on.

Hopefully Alkimia Interactive realises how annoying it is, even as an aspect of realism, and adds in a way to stow torches later on, or at least an option to snuff them out on the ground so we can pick them up without waiting.

Trying to join the Old Camp in Gothic Remake is a surprisingly long process, requiring you to earn the trust of important members of the faction through a bucketload of quests and tasks. It's nothing like joining the Fighter's Guild in an Elder Scrolls game, where you can just rock up and start killing rats.

There are two quests involved in joining the Old Camp, Admission to the Old Camp and Casting Shadows, the latter of which is the most important, as you convince the shadows to support your candidacy in joining the faction. So, here's everything you need to do to complete that quest and become a member of the Old Camp.

How to complete Casting Shadows in Gothic Remake

After you arrive in the Old Camp and speak to Thorus at the castle gate, he'll explain that if you want to get inside and join the faction, you need someone to vouch for you, namely, Diego, who you met at the start of the game.

Diego's shack is right by the castle gate, and upon speaking to him, he'll give you the Casting Shadows quest, which is all about making a good impression on the Shadows—the various NPCs inhabiting the Old Camp.

Here are the steps you need to complete. First off, the tasks:

• Speak to Scatty by the bottom of the arena and defeat a fighter: I recommend challenging Kirgo, since he's the easiest. If you want an easy way to do this, acquire fire bolt through The Price of Magic quest, buy a mana potion from Torrez, then hit-and-run him with magic during the fight.
• Get to Level 5 and learn a skill from a teacher: Even after you complete all the necessary quests and tasks, Diego will still say you are too green and need more experience. I wasn't able to determine whether this requires you to reach Level 5 or to learn a skill, because I did both and it worked. Try learning a skill first (I recommend a hunting skill from Drax) and if Diego still says you're too green, then you need to get to Level 5.

And now the necessary quests:

• The Vanished Warder: If you head right when entering the Old Camp via the north gate (where you first entered), you'll find Sly, who will ask you to track down his missing pal, Nek. All the details you need are in that linked guide.
• The Cult's Recipe: You get this quest from Dexter in the market area with the cloth hangings on the south side of the Old Camp. He asks you to go to the Swamp Camp and steal a recipe—again, full details in the linked guide.
• Whistler's Sword: This task is easy. Head right from the castle entrance and follow the path past Gravo's shack to find Whistler sitting on a bench outside a shack to your right. He gives you 100 ore nuggets to buy his sword back from Fisk in the market a little further down the path. Fisk will ask for 110, but actually I suggest you just keep the money. Diego will be impressed that you swindled Whistler, and you'll get 100 ore, which is a lot early on.
• Test of Faith: This quest comes from Diego if you ask him for a task. Simply head to the old mine in the northwest of the map—the location with the two little watchtowers on the Colony map. Descend to the bottom of the mine to find Ian, say the code phrase Diego gave you, then deliver the list back to Diego.
• Out of Sight: This final task is from Thorus if you keep bugging him to give you a job once you've done everything else. He asks you to get rid of the New Camp merchant, Mordrag, who hangs out on a bench outside a shack to the east of the market area, in the south of the Old Camp. Mordrag offers to take you to the New Camp, which will get rid of him and complete the quest. However, you can also fight him. If you have fire bolt from The Price of Magic quest, plus some way to regen mana like a potion or swamp weed, it's fairly easy. Make sure to rob him when he's down to get a Spike Mace and a Longbow, before telling him to leave, and then heading back to Thorus.

Speak to Diego once all this is done and he'll give you his approval, which means you can now enter the castle for your audience with Gomez.

How to convince Gomez and join the Old Camp

When you meet Gomez in the main hall of the castle, you'll have to convince him to let you join the faction. First off, don't choose "Do I need to chop your head off to prove I'm a good fighter?" no matter what, as this will make him kill you.

Also, when you're telling him about the people you know in the other camps, don't choose "To Y'Berion" as this will make him kill you, too, since he realises it's a lie. All the other options were safe for me and by the end, you'll have convinced him to let you join the Old Camp.

Acquiring ore nuggets in the Gothic Remake can be a taxing process, quite literally as it happens, as warders squeeze you for protection money and you have to shell out for even the most basic gear to keep yourself alive. Protective armor, decent weaponry, and even magic are all luxuries in the Valley of the Mines and will cost you a pretty penny to gather.

Thankfully, there are some ways to make money, though many of them require a little investment to begin with, specifically in learning skills. You can even mine ore if you want a basic way to accrue currency early on, but it's worth investing in more lucrative methods as you progress further into the game.

Best ways to earn ore in Gothic Remake

It's advisable early on to grab basically everything you find in order to sell it, especially herbs and mushrooms, which can be surprisingly valuable. You'll need all the ore you can get to buy a map and equip yourself with gear that isn't total trash.

Thankfully, before long you should start to steamroll in ore terms, especially if you follow the main quest and clear the dungeons in it like the goblin cave and orc cemetery. All of these humanoid enemies have weapons that are valuable to sell, so it can be lucrative.

That said, there are some good ways to earn ore in Gothic.

1. Hunting

You'll find yourself killing lots of molerats, scavengers, wolves, lizards, and other monstrous beasties as you explore the colony. You can learn hunting skills from Drax, a bald hunter on the right side of the road after you descend from the mine into the central valley at the start of the game.

He asks you to get him a beer first, but you should've already found a few in the chests in the mine and at the goods exchange. If you acquire hunting skills, you can extract more materials from the monsters you kill, making it more lucrative.

You can also learn special hunting skills from Cavalorn in his house to the west of the Old Camp if you bring him the Beasts of Khorinis II book from the Old Mine, and then the Minecrawler Queen's gland. There are more Beasts of Khorinis books scattered about the map, so keep your eyes peeled if you want to earn more money hunting.

2. Thievery

You're a criminal, after all, so why not steal stuff? You can either lockpick or pickpocket (though I'd suggest acquiring some training first), but you can also just straight up mug people. If someone picks a fight with you, beat them up, steal everything—they would've done the same to you. If you see an opportunity to draw wild animals to attack someone so you can down them and steal their equipment, do it. That's how I got my first really good sword.

If you really want to mug others, then head to the lawless New Camp in the west of the map. The trader Mordrag will even escort you there—you can find him on the east side of the cloth-covered market area in the south of the Old Camp, sitting on a bench on the left side of the path outside a shack.

3. Smithing

Once you arrive in the Old Camp, provided you've got 10 learning points from gaining a level and 50 ore, you can learn one-handed smithing from Huno, whose forge is just to the south of the upper level of the arena, right by where your shack and bed are. Once you have this skill, you craft weapons with materials you either steal or find, and then sell said weapons.

If you're looking for an easy blueprint to acquire, you can find the Light Club (Mace) very close to the start of the game, if you climb up the rocks on the left side of the area above where the locked mine entrance is. Kill the goblin and enemies up there, then grab this blueprint from his den.

You can also get the Sword of Judgement blueprint from the mine in the northwest of the colony, specifically, on the desk by Ian at the bottom of the mine, where you have to go during Diego's Test of Faith quest, which is part of joining the Old Camp. This is handy, since the mine is also our next stop in terms of money-making methods.

You'll quickly realise when you start exploring goblin caves and orc areas later, that selling weapons is quite lucrative, so killing any large number of humanoid enemies in an area can earn you lots of ore as you loot and sell off all their weapons.

4. Mining

Now, this can be very slow, but if you're determined, you can make a lot of ore. Provided you have a pickaxe, you can mine the blue ore deposits in the mine in the northwest of the colony. Simply walk up to an ore node and interact with it. You'll get three ore for the first few animations, then only one as the deposit's lustre fades.

You can also grab wayward ore nuggets from around other miners or the big ore nugget piles in the lower areas of the mine. It's slow going and boring and hell, but it'll get you a little nest egg of ore you can use to invest in other money-making skills.