San Diego Comic-Con 2026: How to Watch and What to Expect

San Diego Comic-Con 2026 is astir here, and we astatine IGN volition not lone beryllium covering each the biggest quality and moments, but besides hosting our ain unrecorded amusement that volition beryllium filled with exclusive reveals, interviews, and overmuch much from your favourite shows, movies, comics, games, anime, and collectibles.

We’ll beryllium hosting our livestreams connected Friday, July 24, and Saturday, July 25, and fans volition beryllium capable to larn much astir Lanterns, Blade Runner 2099, Carrie, The Walking Dead, The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power, Control Resonant, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and overmuch more.

To assistance guarantee you don’t miss a thing, we’ve created this usher that includes erstwhile the lawsuit and IGN’s livestreams start, the sheet schedule, what reveals to expect, and however you tin ticker everything happening successful San Diego from July 23 done July 26.

When Is SDCC 2026?

San Diego Comic-Con takes spot astatine the San Diego Convention Center from July 23 done July 26. There volition besides beryllium a preview nighttime connected July 22.

For much info connected SDCC, you tin cheque retired a representation of the amusement level and the programming docket for the full event.

How to Watch IGN’s SDCC 2026 Livestream

If you aren’t capable to marque it retired to SDCC this year, each of our Comic-Con sum tin beryllium enjoyed from the comfortableness of your location crossed IGN’s platforms! We’ll beryllium astatine SDCC and volition support you updated with everything happening astatine the show, from large quality and sheet reveals to unrecorded interviews successful our workplace and adjacent the coolest worldly we spot conscionable walking the amusement floor.

As we antecedently mentioned, we’ll beryllium hosting 2 days of livestreams that volition person immoderate of the biggest names successful entertainment, comics, anime, and games - each from our precise ain Comic-Con studio.

IGN SDCC Live Show Day 1: Friday, July 24 astatine 2pm PT / 5pm ET / 9pm BST

IGN SDCC Live Show Day 2: Saturday, July 25 astatine 2pm PT / 5pm ET / 9pm BST

Lastly, here’s the afloat database of places you tin ticker IGN unrecorded amusement astatine SDCC:

• IGN.com
• IGN's YouTube
• Steam
• Facebook
• Twitter / X
• Twitch
• IGN mobile apps
• Eurogamer
• VG247
• Rock Paper Shotgun

What to Expect astatine SDCC 2026

Alongside dense hitters similar the much-anticipated Marvel Studios Hall H Presentation, wherever we volition apt larn much astir Avengers: Doomsday and the aboriginal of the MCU, our SDCC unrecorded amusement volition diagnostic exclusive reveals, interviews, surprises, and overmuch more. While we won’t spoil each the amusive rather yet, here’s a tease of what you tin expect from each day!

Day 1:

Lanterns

Blade Runner 2099

Adventure Time: Side Quests

The Vampire Lestat

Carrie

Regular Show

My Adventures with Superman

Day 2:

The Walking Dead

The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power

Control Resonant

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Dungeon Crawler Carl

Mayday

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Namit Malhotra's Ramayana brings 1 of the world's top epics to the large surface and is making its Comic-Con debut with the exclusive unveiling of its archetypal trailer. Stay tuned to IGN for the trailer, on with an interrogation featuring the film's director, shaper and cast. We'll research the enduring bequest of Ramayana, what has made it resonate with audiences for generations, wherefore this is the close infinitesimal to bring it to the large screen, and overmuch more.

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