tgs 2012
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The Crowds, Oh My God, The Crowds
3The Tokyo Game Show is a crowded place. It’s not so bad on the business days where the attendance is around 25,000 people. On the public days, the amount of people usually skyrockets to over 80,000. But today it hit an all time high at 95,000 people. You may have seen that many people at…
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Earth Defense Force 4 Is Big Fun With Big Enemies And Big Guns
I’ve always liked Earth defence Force — or rather, the idea of Earth defence Force. I love running around Japanese cities, shooting giant insects. But, who doesn’t?
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Come For The Games, Stay For The Macross Concert
Today Namco-Bandai held a Macross 30th Anniversary event at their booth in the Tokyo Game Show. During the event they talked about upcoming Macross projects like Macross the Musiculture (a Macross-themed stage musical debuting this fall in Japan) and showed the first non-teaser trailer for the new Macross movie, Macross FB7. There were even several…
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Different Takes On Final Fantasy
At this year’s Tokyo Game Show, Square Enix is showcasing how various illustrators and manga artists envision Final Fantasy. The result is a different spin on the Final Fantasy games and characters you know and love.