• Tokyo Convention Aircraft

Game publishers invest huge resources into their booths. This year will see all the major publishers and console companies in attendance including the likes of Sony, Nintendo, Sega, Capcom, Square Enix, Bandai Namco and Konami. There is also a strong mobile gaming and indie presence. The 2016 event hosted 614 exhibitors from 36 countries.

Over the 4 days between September 20th 23rd, Makuhari Messe hosted the largest annual gaming convention of East Asia, Tokyo Game Show (TGS). This year saw a huge influx of visitors from the previous years ー A good 298,690 showed up over the 4 days, compared to 254,311 in 2017, and 271,224 in 2016. 'World Biggest Entertainment show' Tokyo Game Show is one of the leading video game expo and conventions in Japan which endeavors to provide a wide variety of the latest information on games to people all over the world by introducing the latest technology and advancement made in the sector. Most comprehensive list of 2019 comic book conventions dates and locations around the country. Find your perfect comicon event to enjoy a weekend of superhero filled and sci-fi adventure & fun!

The event is also famous for the hundreds of cosplayers and thousands of camera toting fans who turn up on the public days. The cosplayers congregate just outside Hall 9. If you plan to cosplay on the day, the usual practice in Japan is to get changed after you arrive. In reality, most cosplayers ignore this rule. We recommend turning up early and bringing plenty of water as the event can get very hot and crowded.

Tokyo Convention Aircraft

In particular, the pedestrian overbridge connecting halls 1 to 8 with halls 9 to 11 can get extremely crowded in the afternoon. Here are some pics from the 2015 Tokyo Game Show. Venue Event date Sep 21st – 24th, 2017 Event time 10:00 17:00 Entry cost Same day: 1,200yen Pre-sales: 1,000yen Middle school and under: Admission free Official website Recommended hotel Organizer Computer Entertainment Association Type,.

Photo gallery by Matt S. Tokyo Game Show is one of the few events around the world that still allows 'booth babes' - for companies to hire men and women to dress up (or down, as the case might be), and promote the games on the booth, either by cosplaying as one of the characters from the game, or handing out pamphlets and other promotional material. I know there's an ongoing debate about this and whether it should be part of TGS as well. For now, it is, and in most cases it does add a lot of colour, character, and sense of fun to the event. It's certainly less offensive than when the military shows up to a gaming event in the west to show the kids what the real weapons look like. Those guns that the kids think are great fun in games make for an effective part of recruitment drives, I guess. But I digress.

There were a lot of lovely booth people working at TGS this year, representing games both familiar and very new to me. So here's a gallery of some of the photos I took on the floor this year.