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Take a look at Tokyo Game Show 2016’s coolest merchandise!【Photos】

Evie Nyan
Sep 18, 2016
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Here’s all the super-cool merch you can buy at Tokyo Game Show this weekend!

Japan
(tgs 2016 • Tokyo Game Show • tokyo game show 2016 • video games)

Take a look around Tokyo Game Show 2016 with us!【Photos】

Evie Nyan
Sep 17, 2016

Tokyo Game Show 2016’s two business days are over, and this Saturday the venue opens its doors to the general public! Here’s a teaser of what’s on show!

Japan
(nioh • persona 5 • tgs2016 • Tokyo Game Show • tokyo game show 2016 • video games • yakuza 6)

Final Fantasy masks turn the Tokyo Game Show floor into a creepily handsome place to be 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Sep 17, 2016

Final Fantasy XV still hasn’t been released, but its heroes were out and about all over the Tokyo Game Show.

Japan
(cosplay • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XV • Square Enix • Tokyo Game Show • tokyo game show 2016 • video games • weird)

All the beautiful booth ladies of Tokyo Game Show 2016【Photos】

Evie Nyan
Sep 16, 2016

Tokyo Game Show is always well-staffed with booth attendants, and not all of them wear T-shirts! Check out this gallery of exquisite cosplay from the show floor!

Japan
(booth attendants • cosplay • tgs2016 • Tokyo Game Show • tokyo game show 2016)

Tokyo Game Show opens, already offers VR mannequin boob-groping 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Sep 16, 2016

Sure, you could do this without wearing a virtual reality headset, but would you want to?

Japan
(crazy • Tokyo Game Show • tokyo game show 2016 • virtual reality • VR • weird)

We played RESIDENT EVII, aka Bioha7ard, aka Resident Evil 7, at Tokyo Game Show

Evie Nyan
Sep 16, 2016

We dined with the disgusting Baker Family at Capcom’s Resident Evil 7 booth at Tokyo Game Show today, and here’s our first-hand account!

Japan
(biohazard • Capcom • PlayStation VR • Resident Evil • resident evil 7 • tgs 2016 • Tokyo Game Show • tokyo game show 2016)

RocketNews24 goes to Tokyo Game Show 2016!

Evie Nyan
Sep 15, 2016

Tokyo Game Show 2016 got under way today with the first of two press-only days (the public event will be held over the weekend!), and RocketNews24 was on the scene!

Japan
(Final Fantasy XV • persona 5 • resident evil 7 • tgs 2016 • Tokyo Game Show • tokyo game show 2016 • video games • yakuza 6)

New Japanese VR dating simulator reads your brainwaves and chooses the ideal girlfriend for you

Casey Baseel
Sep 14, 2016

No need to choose who’s the best girl when you can let brain activity sensors make the selection for you.

Japan
(dating simulators • Tokyo Game Show • video games • virtual reality • VR • weird)

Japanese fan seemingly upset at Brazil soccer win trolls Tokyo Game Show toilet

Jamie Koide
Sep 26, 2015

Considering soccer is one sport Japanese athletes both male and female excel at compared to others, it’s easy to see why there’s so many fans of the Japan National and Women’s National Football Teams.

That’s why it may not be so surprising that after the men’s soccer team’s humiliating 0-4 defeat against Brazil last year, fans were feeling a little sour. But just how long do sports grudges last? Apparently quite awhile if you go by this picture of a certain popular Brazilian player that someone stuck in one of the urinals at the most-recent Tokyo Game Show.

Japan
(Brazil • football • funny • Japan • soccer • sports • strange • Tokyo Game Show • twitter)

Play with fluffy alpaca mascot Fuwapaca in two free mobile games【TGS 2015】

Cara Clegg
Sep 25, 2015

It wasn’t just gross and scary games on show at Tokyo Game Show this year; there were also some really adorable games to try out, too. When we saw this booth with its sweet, fluffy alpacas we made a beeline for the cuteness. We got to chat with the dev and try out their two alpaca-themed mobile games, taking some snaps of the alpaca-ified booth and merch as we did for you at home.

Japan
(alpacas • cute • Fuwapaca • mobile games • TGS • TGS 2015 • Tokyo Game Show • Tokyo Game Show 2015)

Tokyo Game Show 2015 cosplay photo roundup

Cara Clegg
Sep 24, 2015

After enjoying the relatively slow pace of Tokyo Game Show 2015 on the press days, we headed back at the weekend for the madness that is the public days. We had to fight our way through the crowds before we finally reached the outdoor cosplay area, where the weather was perfect for getting some great shots of the amazing outfits on show. While there were plenty of video game characters striking their poses, there were also familiar faces from anime and movies, so even if you’re not into gaming you might recognize some of them.

The level of detail in some of these home-made costumes is astounding, and there was a great mix of the sexy and the totally kick-ass. Join us after the jump for a selection of pics and video of our favourites.

Japan
(anime • cosplay • cosplayer • photos • Tokyo Game Show • Tokyo Game Show 2015 • video games)

We’re pretty sure this woman won Tokyo Game Show cosplay with amazing Raiden headgear

Preston Phro
Sep 23, 2015

Sadly, Tokyo Game Show 2015 is now over, but the buzz created by the event is still tingling in our bellies and in our hearts! Kind of like indigestion, but awesome. We saw and tried a lot of cool stuff, but we couldn’t catch it all, unfortunately. Thankfully, the Internet somehow managed to do just that, including one of the most amazing cosplays we’ve ever seen, hands down.

We’re not sure if anyone can really “win” cosplaying, since everyone wins when you’re having fun, but if there is a champion among all of TGS 2015’s cosplayers, we think it might be this woman’s take on Metal Gear Solid’s Raiden.

Internet, Japan
(amazing • cosplay • Metal Gear Solid • Raiden • Tokyo Game Show • Tokyo Game Show 2015)

Kankolle booth displays moe battleship girls at TGS 2015【Photos】

Cara Clegg
Sep 20, 2015

We’ve written many times before about the phenomenon that is Kantai Collection, or Kancolle. The free-to-play online game featuring battleships anthropomorphized as cute girls has spawned an anime, mountains of merchandise, and limitless sexy fanart, cosplay, and doujinshi.

Since Kancolle is still most famous as a game, with over 3 million registered players, it had a strong presence at this year’s Tokyo Game Show at the DMM.com booth. They had an impressive display of detailed figures available, faithfully recreating the 2D moe battleship girls in glorious 3D. And we got photos of some of the best!

Japan
(Kantai Collection • TGS • TGS 2015 • Tokyo Game Show • Tokyo Game Show 2015)

Booth babes of all flavours at Tokyo Game Show 2015 【Photos】

Cara Clegg
Sep 17, 2015

Tokyo Game Show 2015 opened to the press today, and we were on hand to get a look at all the most unusual games and gadgets that we know our readers are dying to see. But in addition to all that, what visit to the Tokyo Game Show would be complete without a ton of booth babe pics?!

TGS didn’t disappoint this year, with plenty of girls (and guys!) around to hand out free goodies and pose for pictures. Join us after the jump for all of the tenuously gaming-related eye candy.

Japan
(booth babes • event • gaming • TGS • TGS 2015 • Tokyo Game Show • Tokyo Game Show 2015 • video games)

RocketNews24 is going to Tokyo Game Show 2015!

Cara Clegg
Sep 17, 2015

Despite Japan being the birthplace of some of the world’s best-known and loved video games, most of the big gaming conventions and trade shows, such as E3 and PAX, take place in the US. But this weekend it’s all about Tokyo, baby. RocketNews24 will, as ever, be swinging by Tokyo Game Show 2015 to bring you all the strangest and sexiest gaming news.

But what kind of things can you expect to see? Well, here’s just a quick sample of our coverage from previous years’ events to whet your appetite!

Japan
(event • gaming • TGS 2015 • Tokyo Game Show • Tokyo Game Show 2015 • video games)

Japanese team combines technology with centuries-old game to reinvent chess for a cyberpunk era

Preston Phro
Sep 16, 2015

With all its complexities and long history, chess is unquestionably a regal game, but it hasn’t really changed that much over time. The basic rules have remained steadfast, which is actually kind of great if you’re looking to compare games past and present. But what if someone took modern technology and applied it to this hallowed game? What would it be like?

Well, it would probably be like the upcoming game Speed Chess, set to debut this week at Tokyo Game Show 2015! The game is in for a major revamp, complete with a lack of turns and a multi-touch display that glows brilliant neon colors!

Japan
(Chess • games • Speed Chess • Tokyo Game Show)

Leg-based marketing campaign at Tokyo Game Show catches eyes, leaves attendees scratching their heads

Casey Baseel
Sep 20, 2014

On our visit to the Tokyo Game Show, it seemed like just about every flat surface outside and around Makuhari Messe, the event’s venue, was plastered with ads for upcoming horror title Psycho Break. Inside nearby Keihin Makuhari Station, though, there was a different advertising blitz going on.

Adorning the train station’s walls was a series of posters showing nothing but legs. We’re sure they caught the eyes of plenty of male attendees, but just what the heck are they advertising?

Japan
(anime • Tokyo Game Show • video games • weird)

Xperia sales are up! Thanks to Japanese Internet’s newest crush?

Preston Phro
Oct 21, 2013

Over the summer, Sony saw quite an increase in their operating profits thanks in large part to excellent sales of their Xperia smartphone line. And while we’re sure that many people bought Xperias because they loved the technology or the design, there might be another factor that you won’t find in the company’s annual reports: Sayumi Tsuchida, the Japanese Internet’s newest crush!

Internet, Japan
(Sayumi Tsuchida • Tokyo Game Show • Xperia)

Western games may have won the Tokyo Game Show this year

Mike
Sep 25, 2013

The old saying in Japanese gamer circles used to go “Bei game wa Kuso game” (“Western games are sh&%ty games”), but the tables may have turned in a big way if this year’s Tokyo Game Show turnout is any indication.

Western publishers were out in spades this year. In fact, the very first thing attendees saw when entering the gates of this year’s TGS were a bunch of armed soldiers and (tastefully) military-garbed booth girls promoting the newest entry in the Battlefield series of online multiplayer military shooter games.

Europe, Japan, USA
(cool • Tokyo Game Show • video games)

【TGS 2012】 Sega Invades Tokyo Game Show with Monster Bag, Dominates Show

Philip Kendall
Sep 23, 2012

“Swaaaaag!”

Although it’s often easy to forget, what with all those games to be played and women in skimpy costumes to pretend not to be staring at, Tokyo Game Show, like every other trade show of its kind, is really all about one thing for the companies attending- advertising and self-promotion.

So when the games have been played, the doors have been closed and the booth girls are just lifeless still images on an otaku’s hard-disk, what remains? Why, of course, the freebies! The swag that seems like an amazing idea until you ride the train home with it and realise that, outside of the event setting with every other guy carrying the same junk, you look faintly ridiculous.

And TGS had it by the bucket-load.

But Sega, the house that built Sonic the Hedgehog and dozens of other gaming greats, pulled out all the stops this year, and, proving that size really does matter, absolutely dominated the show. Read More