PC Gaming Show stream coming Nov. 17, as E3 is every day now

The PC Gaming Show, an independent showcase of computer games that has hovered around the vicinity of E3’s June dates since it started in 2015, will kick off a second annual event on Nov. 17, as the video game industry’s hype cycle progressively expands to take over the entire annual calendar.

The new event is billed as a 2023 Preview, highlighting “the most exciting games heading to the PC platform next year and beyond.” It will be presented by regular PC Gaming Show host Frankie Ward and streamed on YouTube, Twitch, and other platforms at 1 p.m. EST/10 a.m. PST.

Intel sponsors the showcase and it will include, among others, a glimpse at Kerbal Space Program 2.A new video game, Armello Noir detective game by Studio League of Geeks Shadows of DoubtThe strategy game of World War I The Great War: Western Front. PC Gamer will select its 5 top-loved games in 2023 from the magazine and site that is behind the PC Gaming Show.

Other sponsors include Plaion (the publisher formerly known as Koch Media), Sega, Frontier, and Avalanche Studios, and it seems safe to assume we’ll see titles from some of these companies too.

The move to run a second showcase later in the year mirrors the growing game-announcement empire of Geoff Keighley, who established December’s Game Awards as a major date in the game industry’s calendar before launching Summer Game Fest as an E3 rival during the pandemic years. Summer Game Fest in 2023 will host its first public event, and E3 itself returns to a show that includes both media days and the general public.

Meanwhile, many publishers — including such heavyweights as Nintendo, Sony, and Electronic Arts — have chosen to spread their own showcase events through the year at times that suit them. Keighley and ReedPop are likely to fight for an ever shrinking share of hype-generating news announcements.

Sure, there’s only so much footage. But Future Publishing, owners of PC Gamer and organizers of the PC Gaming Show, clearly think there’s room for one more date in the diary. It has decided to create a future that will never be seen. Not be E3 — where we can all watch a never-ending stream of trailers and awkward in-studio developer interviews, all year round — gets one step closer.