From September 21 to September 24, Tokyo Game Show (TGS) 2023 was held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, with the theme “Games in Action, World in Change”.
From September 21 to September 24, Tokyo Game Show (TGS) 2023 was held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, with the theme “Games in Action, World in Change”.
As of September 21, the number of exhibitors at Tokyo Game Show 2023 reached 787 and the number of booths was 2,682, the largest number ever. Among the game manufacturers participating in the exhibition, there are 381 from Japan (of which 11 exhibitors registered online) and 406 exhibitors from abroad (of which 30 exhibitors registered online ), a record high, about 1.3 times higher than last year.
Tokyo Game Show recorded a large number of participating manufacturers. Photo: TGS.
A total of 2,291 games were displayed this time, covering many platforms such as console, PC and mobile devices, of which the main focus was, 324 mobile game products were introduced and promoted. At the same time, these types including new games, VR/AR games and blockchain games are also widely introduced.
As for Chinese game makers, NetEase announced the 2.5D action-adventure game Rusty Rabbit with the release of a CG trailer. It is known that this game is a collaboration between NetEase Games and NITRO+. Fate/Zero writer Gen Urobuchi and Mahō Shōjo Madoka are responsible for planning the initial project and the game is expected to launch in 2024. The game is currently available on Steam, but the price has not yet been announced. .
Through the CG trailer, the game has a cartoon style and Rusty Rabbit is set in a snowy wasteland. The mysterious character is trapped in a strange icy world dominated by rabbits thousands of years after humans abandoned Earth for other planets. On the game’s official website, the cute rabbit character Lucas and pink rabbit Eliza as sales staff were first introduced.
The event takes place online and offline. Photo: ファミ通.
Tokyo Game Show 2023 organizers said that the number of live attendees was 243,238 people over the course of 4 days (September 21-24). This is double the number of attendees at last year’s show and close to the 262,076 in-person attendees in 2019. Day 3 (September 23) had the largest number of in-person attendees at 96,033, followed by was Tuesday (September 24) with 77,390 attendees. As for the online portion, a total of 25 online shows, including the Japan Game Awards ceremony, were broadcast on Tokyo Game Show’s YouTube and Twitter platforms as well as Steam’s TGS Special Venue online platform.
