Game Shows Need More Commercials
Level-5 rented a big space at this year's Tokyo Game Show, but then got cold feet and missed the biggest TGS ever. Doh.
Look at Japanese Booth Babes Until You Get Barfy
During this year's Tokyo Game Show, Japanese website Inside Games thought it would be a good idea to film this year's booth companions. Maybe it was.
Over Thirteen Minutes of Gameplay Footage from the PS3's Best-Looking…
Level-5's Ni No Kuni was easily my "game of the show" for 2011's Tokyo Game Show. It's the first game I ran to on opening day, and it's the only game I went and played twice.
Are There Not Enough PlayStation Vitas to go Around?
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The signs were there for Sony. This year's Tokyo Game Show was shaping up as the biggest ever, and its new Vita handheld would be many people's main attraction.
From Cosplay to Vita, Boats to Gree, Here's All of Our Tokyo Game Show…
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The Tokyo Game Show is wrapped, and for the most part so is our coverage. And what a lot of stories, pictures, hands-ons and videos there were.
Short Name. Big Booth. Mystery to Westerners.
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This booth was one of the biggest booths at the Tokyo Game Show. It took up one tenth of the entire show floor. It wasn't Sony's. It wasn't Square Enix's. It wasn't Capcom's. The booth belonged to Gree. So what the hell is Gree?
Wipe Out Some Sword Slashes on the PS Vita
With Dynast Warriors Next, hack-and-slash series Dynastt Warriors is coming to the PS Vita. The game uses traditional button based combat and touch screen controls.
Just Because You Know Him, Doesn't Mean Japan Does
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The press room on the last day of the Tokyo Game Show was dead. I spent the afternoon in there, finishing up some stories and just when I was leaving, I spotted a slick Mercedes Benz. I stopped, pulled out my camera and got ready to snap off a quick photo to send to my car crazy son.
See All of Capcom's TGS Stage Presentations (DMC, Dragon's Dogma,…
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Since you weren't at the Tokyo Game Show, you would have missed Capcom's lineup of stage presentations, held as part of the company's enormous (and awesome) booth.
The Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Trailer Got No Game
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Direct from this weekend's Tokyo Game Show, the bullet-time heavy, completely gameplay-free trailer for Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3.
Tokyo Game Explosion Day 4: From Massive Crowds to Plentiful Play
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The Tokyo Game Show smashed all (TGS) records again this year, bringing a whopping 222,600 people to the massive convention center to play games, dress up and check out the PS Vita.
Only the Brave and Lovely Endured the Tokyo Game Show
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The 2011 Tokyo Game Show wasn't even supposed to happen this year. During the spring, as the country was starting to put itself back together after the earthquake, the show looked like it was a no-go.
This Game Knocked My Socks Off at the Tokyo Game Show
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Sumioni, aka "Ink Demon", is a stunner. Looks can be deceiving, and looks aren't everything. Thankfully, Sumioni's beauty is more than skin deep.
Good Meat Sets the Tokyo Game Show Ablaze
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At the Arc System Works booth, Tokyo Game Show attendees could do more than watch players duke it out in Persona 4 The Ultimate In Mayonaka Arena. They could also watch Ushijima Ii Niku (aka Ushijima "Good Meat"), one of the country's most famous cosplayers, duke it out with cameras.
Metal Gear 3D, Zone of the Enders Coming In 2012
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Soaking up the adoration of the masses at a Tokyo Game Show stage presentation over the weekend, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima dished out some release information regarding two of his company's upcoming remakes.
Get Ready To Fall in Love with Lumines All Over Again
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Monster Hunter is now synonymous with the PSP. Back in late 2004 and early 2005, that wasn't the case. Monster Hunter was a PS2 game, and Sony was still convinced that the PSP was its new Walkman.
Let's Watch the Most Beautiful PS Vita Game of the Tokyo Game Show
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Sumioni is one of the most striking and arresting games I've seen in a long, long time.
The History of Video Game Consoles (Brought to you by TGS)
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Tucked away in a deserted corner of the Tokyo Game Show was this enormous timeline, charting the history of both video game hardware and of TGS.
This Year's Tokyo Game Show Smashed Attendance Records
Not only was the first public day of TGS the biggest ever, the entire show's attendance was, too. Over TGS 2011's four days 222,600 people attended the show, which is about twenty thousand more than last year. [Mantan Web]
How PSP Games Will Get a Second Lease of Life On the Vita
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A big problem with PSP games like the Grand Theft Auto titles was the fact the old handheld only had one thumbstick. Now that the Vita has two, and can play old PSP games, Sony is looking at a backwards fix for that.