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Geoff Keighley announced Summer Game Fest’s showcase event hit a record 62 million global livestreams viewed, the most in hits history.
The event held on June 5 at Dolby Theater in Hollywood was up 23% over last year’s Summer Game Fest event. In addition more than 12,875 content creators co-streamed the show globally, a new SGF record. Alex Lee and I were in the Dolby Theater live.

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