Official website (https://tgs.cesa.or.jp/)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Tokyo Game Show is referenced by 795 other articles, and connects out to E3, BlizzCon and Game Developers Conference.
It is catalogued under topics including 1996 establishments in Japan, Culture in Tokyo and Recurring events established in 1996.
Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Status
- Active
- Genre
- Video games
- Venue
- Makuhari Messe
- Location
- Chiba
- Country
- Japan
- Inaugurated
- August 22, 1996 ; 29 years ago ( 1996-08-22 )
- Most recent
- September 25, 2025 ; 8 months ago ( 2025-09-25 )
- Next event
- September 17, 2026 ; 3 months' time ( 2026-09-17 )
- Attendance
- 263,101 (2025)
- Organized by
- Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA), Nikkei Business Publications, Inc.
- Sponsor
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
- Website
- events .nikkeibp .co .jp /tgs /2026
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
TOKYO GAME SHOW 2026｜東京ゲームショウ2026
幕張メッセにて9/17（木）-21（月・祝）にて開催！30周年を迎えるTGSの今年のテーマは「史上最長、遊びづくしの5日間」。遊びの量も、熱量もスケールアップして、ゲームを遊びつくすSHOWがはじまります。
tgs.cesa.or.jp →Link to the official site · 20,804 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- trade fair
- Country
- Japan
- Industry
- video game industry
- Location
- Tokyo
- Official website
- tgs.cesa.or.jp
- Image
- Sega booth, Tokyo Game Show 20040926b.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tokyo Game Show
- inception
- 1996-00-00
- social media followers
- 88400
- name in kana
- とうきょうゲームショウ
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Encyclopedic overview
Tokyo Game Show (東京ゲームショウ, Tōkyō Gēmu Shō), commonly known as TGS, is a video game trade fair and convention held annually in September in the Makuhari Messe, in Chiba, Japan. It is presented by the Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA) and Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. The main focus of the show is on Japanese games, but some international video game developers use it to showcase upcoming releases/related hardware. The duration of the event is four days. The first two days of Tokyo Game Show are open only to industry attendees (business) and the general public can attend during the final two days.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tokyo Game Show” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.