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One of the problems with Tokyo Game Show 2009 is that the mid-September dates are just too close to the August Gamescom. If the TGS organizers, the CESA, were smart, they'd move the Japanese event to October like in 2008. More »
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TGS is over. *Sniff*. But with the Makuhari Messe now devoid of bright lights, scantily-clad ladies and the sweaty musk of tens of thousands of Japanese gamers, attention now turns towards the important stuff. Like what won "best in show". Or, as CESA (Japan's ESRB) call it, the "Future Awards", held as part of their Japan Game Awards 2008 festivities. Twelve games were recognised - most of them having been playable on the showroom floor - and every major Japanese gaming platform (ie everything bar the PC) is represented. More »
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With the hearts and minds of Japanese gamers won over by Nintendo and its casual-skewing software, this years Tokyo Game Show saw those in the nation issuing a collective "meh." The press? They had to show up, helping to pad this year's attendance figures by an extra 30,000 for a combined total of 193,040 over four days. By comparison, last year's three day show pulled in an impressive 192,411 over just three days. More »
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The 2007 winners of the Japan Game Awards, sponsored by Japan's Computer Entertainment Software Association, have been announced, with Wii Sports and Monster Hunter Portable 2nd for the PSP picking up the Grand Award. Wii Sports brings it home for winning over "new demographic sectors, particularly women and seniors" while the Monster Hunter gets props for the other end of the spectrum as a "social phenomenon among junior high and high school students." Check out the full list after the jump—a handful of 360 titles even made the cut, picking up both Global Awards. More »
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[Insert snide Xbox 360 remark here] The country's Computer Entertainment Software Association polled consumer interest in game machines. What did they find? Interest in the Wii shot up from 20.9 percent this time last year to 48.9 percent. The PS3 dropped from 64.4 percent interest down to 57 percent. And the Xbox 360, ahem, interest in it fell from 23 percent last year to 13.6 percent. (Odd considering how Blue Dragon is right around the corner.) What's more, interest in the DS doubled! Go figure. Brian Ashcraft More »
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