The largest scale in history! Tokyo Game Show 2024 All Things to Watch
One of the world's largest video game shows, "Tokyo Game Show 2024" (TGS 24) will be held from September 26 to 29. Last year's exhibition attracted about 250,000 people, and this year the number of exhibitors has reached a new high. Official claims "The largest scale in history."
According to official data, as of September 11, as many as 979 game manufacturers have signed up to participate in the exhibition, and a total of 3,252 small booth manufacturers have participated in the exhibition. There are 13 stage activities and 21 official programs, which can be described as quite rich.
With so many stalls and activities, which ones are must-sees? "Crypto City" compiles the highlights of Tokyo Game Show 2024, as well as information about Taiwanese manufacturers and blockchain game exhibitors, and provides them as a reference for players who are interested in visiting the show!
Highlight 1: Sony PS participates in the exhibition for the first time in five years, special program of "Death Stranding 2"
According to Japanese media "4gamer", Japanese game giant Sony (SONY) will return to the Tokyo Game Show after a five-year absence and set up a dedicated exhibition area for PS consoles to show players PS5 Pro and some games that can be played on the platform. New work.
In addition, at 9:30 am on September 29th, Taiwan time, a stage event hosted by Playstation will invite well-known game producer Hideo Kojima for a talk on the theme of "Death Stranding 2" (Death Stranding 2) .
Guests participating in this event also included artist Daichi Miura, voice actors Nana Mizuki, Kenjiro Tsuda, Tomokazu Sugita and Shion Wakayama, as well as the film director of "The Sunset" Nicola Winding Heffen, who played the role of "Death" The "heart" in "Stranded".
Source: Playstation Twitter Tokyo Game Show Highlights: Hideo Kojima’s “Death Stranding 2” special
Highlight 2: New popular games are available for you to try
At the Tokyo Game Show 2024 exhibition site, there are many new popular games that can be tried. "Crypto City" is organized as follows:
Manufacturer's game title release date Capcom "Monster Hunter: Wildlands" February 28, 2025 KONAMI "Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater" expected in 2025 Koei Tecmo "Dynasty Warriors: ORIGINS" January 17, 2025 "Magic Boy 2" December 12, 2024 Square Enix "Dragon Quest 3" HD-2D Remastered Edition November 14, 2024 SEGA "Sonic x Shadow: Generations Rebooted" October 25, 2024 " Dragon Among Us 8 Side Story: Pirates of Hawaii" February 28, 2025 Atlus "Metaphorical Fantasy: ReFantazio" October 11, 2024 Bandai Namco "Dragon Ball Explosion! ZERO》October 11, 2024 SNK《City of the Wolves》April 21, 2025
In addition to the above-mentioned games, "Neva" (a new work by the "GRIS" team) and "Infinite Warmth" (an open world dress-up game) in the Playstation exhibition area are also available for trial play.
Other unreleased new games worthy of attention include: Koei Tecmo's "Umia Alchemy Studio" (online display), the mobile game "Alien" launched by China's Hotta Studio (with trial play available), and Taiwanese independent "OPUS: Heart of the Mountain" (published by Shueisha Games) developed by the game team SIGONO will also participate in the exhibition.
In addition, Ubisoft, which will launch "Assassin's Creed: Shadowbringers", suddenly announced the cancellation of the online live broadcast conference on the eve of the Tokyo Game Show; and this morning (25th), Playstation announced during the live broadcast event "State of Play" that it will launch " Ghost of Yōtei" game, this is a new game in the "Ghost of Tsushima" series.
Highlight 3: Indie game selection, three games from Taiwan were selected
Tokyo Game Show 2024 will once again select the Selected Indie 80 (80 independent games) this year, and the selected works will be able to participate in the exhibition for free. In the Asia chapter of the official program "HELLO! INDIE!", 3 selected Taiwanese works were introduced.
Minds Beneath Us
Developed by Bear Bone Studio, it is a sci-fi narrative game that combines Taiwanese flavor + cyberpunk. It has won the "Silver Prize" of the Bahamut ACG Creation Competition, the "Gold Prize" of the PC Game Group of the Broadcast Awards, etc. Award-winning game, it was launched at the end of July this year and has received overwhelming praise on Steam.
The background of the story of "Silent Will" is set in a future society where AI is fully popularized and replaces a large number of jobs, and a brand new industry is born. Through the computing network created by connecting a large number of human brains, countless expensive hardware required by traditional artificial intelligence have been easily replaced. In this sick society, a conspiracy gradually emerges.
"Bionic Bay: Shadow Tracking"
A side-scrolling action puzzle game developed by Psychoflow Studio, it has won the gold prize in the game group of the "Bahamut 2023 ACG Creation Contest". Players will play the role of a scientist and use the "exchange mechanism" to dodge traps, move objects or destroy obstacles to escape from a biochemical mechanical world full of unknown technology and deadly traps.
"Bionic Bay: Shadow Trail" is expected to be released in 2025, and a free trial version is currently available on Steam. The author has tried it at a video game show before, and I feel that players who have played "LIMBO: Limbo" will like this one.
"Cyber Parkour"
This is a multiplayer parkour racing mobile game developed by FANIMAX. It focuses on an easy-to-learn, fast-paced battle experience for groups of 4 people. Players need to control the character to avoid various obstacles and shuttle between buildings in a world with a cyberpunk background.
The official fan page of "Cyber Parkour" was established in September last year. It has participated in game exhibitions such as Taiwan's G-EIGHT and Taipei Game Show. This time, it was not only selected into the Selected Indie 80, but also received a Bahamut subsidy to travel to Tokyo. Game Show.
Highlight 4: Over 20 manufacturers from Taiwan participated, and independent games gathered together
According to the official list of Tokyo Game Show 2024, as of September 11, more than 20 Taiwanese manufacturers have confirmed to participate in the exhibition, including game developers, art companies, official units, etc. The following is only a list of Taiwanese participating game developers, as well as their development Related games:
Mango Party Mango Party: Trial play of the sound versions of three games including "Taiwan Love Story⁵"
NeoBards Entertainment Niba Entertainment: Co-developer of "Death Resurrection Deluxe Trial Edition" (Capcom) and "Silent Hill f" (KONAMI)
HowlingRain Xiangyu Interactive Entertainment: "Endless Alice" (Trial available)
DAONE GAMES Big game: "The Shining Hunters", "Shake the Planet"
Fun2 Studio Fangtu Studio: "Taipei Air Raid" is adapted from the board game of the same name
Toii Games Kick Europe: "Bridge of Female Ghosts 2: Ghost Tower Mobile"
Erotes Studio: "Yugang Keelung", "Her and Him and Her Penghu Bay", etc.
DRIFTED A Taiwanese single-person production of independent games
Cup Dog Games Cup Dog Games: "Red Eyes Ruby"
Psychoflow Studio flow game: Bionic Bay: Shadow Tracking (jointly developed with Mureena Studio in Finland)
Ai Ming Online Games Taiwan Branch: "I Want to Become a Strong Shadow", "The Temptation of 2.5 Dimensions", etc.
FANIMAX Where to be creative: Cyber Parkour
BearBoneStudio BearBone Studio: "Minds Beneath Us"
Zhiguan Technology: Issuer of "Jin Yong's Heroes" and MyCard
Point 5: 4 games that chain game players should not miss
Although the 2023 Tokyo Game Show has launched a special introduction to blockchain games, the presence of blockchain game manufacturers this year is quite sparse. However, "Crypto City" still found several blockchain games that announced their participation in the exhibition:
《SYMBIOGENESIS》
"SYMBIOGENESIS" is a community-based puzzle adventure game launched by Square Enix. In addition to announcing that it will participate in the exhibition, it also released its latest chapter "Chapter0". The game will be displayed in the exhibition area of partner manufacturer KYUZAN. Players who try it out on-site and register and log in to the account can receive special rewards.
Rent a Hero Z
It was originally an RPG game released by SEGA in 1991. On September 20 this year, it was announced that it had been licensed to LINE NEXT to develop a blockchain game version. The new game is called "Rent a Hero Z" and is expected to be launched at the Tokyo Game Show. First appearance at the SEGA booth.
Coin Girl
"Currency Girl" (コインムスメ) is a blockchain game developed by Eureka Entertainment. It features the personification of many cryptocurrencies and will appear in the exhibition area of the blockchain game association YGG Japan. In addition to introducing the layout of the game, there will also be a trial experience and a huge gashapon machine, and you will also participate in the Side Event "Web3 Arcade" hosted by YGG Japan.
《Cross The Ages》
"Cross The Ages" is a multimedia project that combines fantasy and science fiction elements. It has launched games, animations, collectible items, etc. At the Tokyo Game Show, "Cross The Ages" will display the RPG game "ARISE" built with Unreal Engine 5 for the first time and provide players with trial play.
