Valve Delays Steam Summer Game Festival, Offering No Reason

<p>Cancel&comma; cancel&comma; delay&comma; delay… Yes&comma; this is a big year of hearing these very words from the mouths of everyone from CEOs to sporting leagues&comma; events organizers&comma; to schools&period; Valve delayed their third annual <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;store&period;steampowered&period;com&sol;sale&sol;gamefestival"><u>Steam Game Festival&colon; Summer Edition<&sol;u><&sol;a>&comma; pushing the start date back from June 7th to June 16th instead&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-161377 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;30114303&sol;steam-game-festival-delayed-BG&period;jpg" alt&equals;"steam game festival delayed" width&equals;"760" height&equals;"366" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Was the reason behind the delays COVID-19&comma; like so many other events we’ve had canceled and delayed this year&quest; Although highly unlikely&comma; some publications have suggested that the reasoning may be due to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nytimes&period;com&sol;2020&sol;06&sol;05&sol;sunday-review&sol;black-lives-matter-protests-floyd&period;html"><u>Black Lives Matter movement<&sol;u><&sol;a>&comma; protests&comma; and unrest that was reaching new heights at the start of June&period; Support from other multi-national companies to the campaign came in the form of cancellations&comma; social media messaging&comma; and the like&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Steam Game Festival&colon; Summer Edition is a chance for players to get their hands on over 900 playable demos&comma; watch and participate in live streams with developers&comma; see game playthroughs&comma; and check out other developer spotlight events&period; The event usually coincided with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;e3expo&period;com&sol;"><u>E3<&sol;u><&sol;a>&comma; the world’s biggest gaming exhibition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Perhaps there isn’t a more globally pressing issue behind the delay of the festival&comma; perhaps the content just wasn’t all quite there yet&period; Will we ever know the real reason&quest; It’s unlikely since no one has come forward to give us an answer&period; Regardless of why the delay occurred&comma; the event has now wrapped up&comma; with plenty of players getting a chance to check out games for a limited time in demo form&period; The Steam Summer Sale wraps up on July 9 at 10 am&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you’re still stuck in semi-lockdown then it doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of other gaming opportunities about&comma; too &&num;8211&semi; you’re not stuck to one platform&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;casinosca&period;org&sol;real-money-roulette&sol;"><u>Zoe Walker from CasinosCA had this to say<&sol;u><&sol;a>&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s a great time to be a roulette player considering the number of available bonus offers&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want to get in on the action for the next edition of the Steam Game Festival&quest; Then you’ll need to wait until the end of the year&semi; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;store&period;steampowered&period;com&sol;sale&sol;thesteamgamefestival"><u>mark December 12 and 13<&sol;u><&sol;a> in your calendar for the next round&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Let us know if you had a chance to enjoy any game demos during the delayed Steam Festival&colon; Summer Edition&period; How have you been keeping yourself busy during this Covid-19 outbreak&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><em>This article contains sponsored links&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;