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Tokyo Game Show 2010 Dates Don’t Bode Well

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 organisers, the CESA, were smart, they’d move the Japanese event to October like in 2008.


October 15, 2008
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Tokyo Game Show: Best In Show Winners Announced

TGS is over. *Sniff*. But with the Makahari 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.