San Diego Comic-Con 2026 runs at the San Diego Convention Center from 23 to 26 July, with a preview night on 22 July, and gaming and entertainment outlet IGN will provide extensive coverage alongside its own live show broadcast directly from the event. The livestreams matter for fans unable to attend in person, offering exclusive reveals, interviews and panel highlights from major franchises without needing to be on site, and IGN is streaming across a wide range of its own and partner platforms to maximise reach.

IGN's live show runs across two days: Friday 24 July and Saturday 25 July, both starting at 2pm PT (5pm ET / 9pm BST), and will be available on IGN.com, IGN's YouTube, Steam, Facebook, X, Twitch, IGN's mobile apps, and sister sites Eurogamer, VG247 and Rock Paper Shotgun. Day one is expected to feature Lanterns, Blade Runner 2099, Adventure Time: Side Quests, The Vampire Lestat, Carrie, Regular Show and My Adventures with Superman, while day two covers The Walking Dead, The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power, Control Resonant, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Dungeon Crawler Carl and Mayday. The wider convention also includes Marvel Studios' Hall H presentation, expected to touch on Avengers: Doomsday, plus sponsor activities from Alienware and the Comic-Con debut of a trailer for the epic film Ramayana.