UPDATE (9:31 AM): SIE has officially confirmed the event a few hours after the Twitch ad went live. So, make sure to set the alarm clock, PlayStation fans!
ORIGINAL STORY (12:38 AM):
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has previously scheduled a digital event for PlayStation 5 on 4 June in which the company has then postponed following the on-going George Floyd protests in the United States.
Officially, SIE has yet to announce any replacement date for the event but seems that the company might already have a firm date on its hand. According to a tweet posted by Daniel Ahmad which is a well-known video game industry analyst, an ad on Twitch has stated that the event will take place on Thursday, 11 June at 9 PM British Summer Time (BST).
This is what the ad looks like. pic.twitter.com/D19AzzT2aK
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) June 8, 2020
That equals to 4 AM Malaysian time on Friday, 12 June. In an earlier announcement, the President & CEO of SIE, Jim Ryan has promised that the company will be providing a first look at PS5 games during the event which will run for slightly more than an hour.
As mentioned earlier, the new date for the PS5 digital event has not yet been announced by SIE. We are now reaching out to SIE representative for further confirmation, so stay tuned. UPDATE: The event is officially confirmed! Check out the update note at the beginning of this article.
