Tokyo Game Show
Tokyo Game Show | |
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Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. | |
Sponsor | Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) |
Website | https://expo.nikkeibp.co.jp/tgs/2023/en/ |
Tokyo Game Show (東京ゲームショウ, Tōkyō Gēmu Shō), commonly known as TGS, is a
History
The first Tokyo Game Show was held in
Layout
The TGS layout varies per year. Such as in 2015, Tokyo Game Show showcased eleven exhibition areas consisting of business, general public, education and other areas to buy merchandise.
General Exhibition
The General Exhibition Area is the heart of the show, taking up the largest amount of space, and is held where digital gaming entertainment or any related products or services are showcased. Many well-known companies such as
Game Device
This area covers gaming devices such as headphones, controllers, furniture and other devices associated with home-use gaming consoles and portable gaming devices.
Asia New Stars
An exhibition introduced at the 2012 Tokyo Game Show is geared towards introducing emerging game developers from Asia.
Merchandise Sales
This area is designated for merchandising of game-related goods. Vendors include Konami and Square-Enix.
Smartphone and social games
This area focuses on games for smart devices (
Personal computing
The PC area houses major Japanese computing companies, showcasing products such as Japanese desktop and notebook computers.
Children
This area showcases new games that are aimed at a younger audience. Companies such as Taito and Sega are housed there.[11]
Game school
The Game School area showcases information on Japanese universities and colleges offering information about digital art, animation, computer programming, and other programs of study related to the video game industry. These booths also display student work. It houses colleges such as Numazu Professional College of Information Technology and Tokyo Designer Gakuin College.[11]
Sales
This is the main area in the games convention where most of the sales and business transactions between companies and consumers are carried out. Companies housed there include Nikkei Business Publications.[11]
Cosplay
The Tokyo Game Show attracts many cosplayers. Cure, Japan's largest cosplay community website, hosts Cosplay Collection Night, a parade in stage show with more than 100 cosplayers on Saturday's night. The show starts from 6:30pm until 8 pm and it is hosted by Yunmao Ayakawa and Tatsumi Inui from the production team company CURE World Cosplay, with background music by DJ & MC: WAN. The participants are members of Worldcosplay website with a few international cosplayers who won contests in countries like Spain, Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Turkey, the US, and China and others.
Business solutions
This is the main business area and is not open to the public.[11]
Cloud/data center pavilion
The Cloud/Data Center is dedicated to improving infrastructure and environment of social and network games.
Street Fighter tournaments
The Tokyo Game Show has featured a
Sense of Wonder Night
Sense of Wonder Night (SOWN) is a presentation session held yearly at the TGS for showcasing innovative and experimental computer games mainly made by small game studios and independent game developers from all over the world, similar to and inspired by the
See also
- Asia Game Show
- Brasil Game Show
- Gamescom
- Electronic Entertainment Expo(E3)
- Gamercom
- Game Developers Conference
References
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- ^ Wilson, Matthew (March 30, 2021). "PAX and TGS cancelled again this year, will be replaced with digital events". Kitguru.net. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
- ^ Blake, Vikki (February 28, 2022). "Tokyo Game Show 2022 will be a physical in-person event again". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
- ^ "東京ゲームショウ2016開幕直前情報" (PDF). Tokyo Game Show. September 7, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
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