Tokyo game show turns to cellphones, has new star

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Tokyo game show turns to cellphones, has new star

Hindustan Times - 16 Sep, 2011
AP With hundreds of models and at least 5 major operating systems, the Indian cellphone industry is booming in the premium segment. We showcase a few of those that should surely be on your must-buy list, based on budget and form. ...

Sony console in spotlight at Tokyo Game Show

DAWN.com - 16 Sep, 2011
Sony Computer Entertainment Japan President Hiroshi Kawano introduces PlayStation Vita, called “PSVITA” for short, during a press conference in Tokyo Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011. Sony's upgraded portable video game machine PlayStation Vita is going on ...

TGS 11: Reality Fighters PS Vita Gameplay

Gamereactor TV - 16 Sep, 2011
PS Vita's original brawler gets put through its paces by GRTV at Tokyo Game Show.

Gree Debuts at Tokyo Game Show

Wall Street Journal (blog) - Juro Osawa - 16 Sep, 2011
At this year's Tokyo Game Show, one of the best locations on the exhibition floor was occupied by a company participating in Japan's biggest annual videogame trade show for the first time. Associated Press Gree's both at the Tokyo Game ...

Playstation Vita Demoed at Tokyo Games Show

Telegraph.co.uk - Ben Infield - 16 Sep, 2011
PlayStation Vita was demoed at Tokyo Games Show yesterday, with President of Sony's Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida showing off some of the handheld console's new features. Yoshida demonstrated how Vita can be used to play PlayStation 3 ...

Tokyo Game Show 2011

The Guardian - 16 Sep, 2011
The gloves came off in the gaming wars today as Sony said it would slash the price of the PlayStation 3 by 20% in Japan when the long-awaited console goes on sale in November.

Sony PlayStation Vita at the Tokyo Game Show 2011 #DigInfo

YouTube - 16 Sep, 2011
DigInfo TV - http://diginfo.tv 15/9/2011 Sony Computer Entertainment PlayStation Vita.

Tokyo Game Show: It's Business Slime

Wired News (blog) - Chris Kohler - 16 Sep, 2011
These very formal Dragon Quest Slime plushies have been produced to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the series this year. They're available for 1500 yen each at the Square Enix merch booth at Tokyo Game Show this weekend. ...

Tokyo game show turns to cellphones, has new star

CBS News - 16 Sep, 2011
(AP) CHIBA, Japan " Social games played on smartphones are hogging the attention at this year's Tokyo video-game exhibition, boasting new ways of making money by selling "virtual" goodies, not the usual expensive machines and software packages. ...

Sony Vita in spotlight at Tokyo Game Show

New Zealand Herald - Yuka Ito - 16 Sep, 2011
Sony's PS Vita. Photo / AP Asia's biggest annual video game industry event is underway in Japan with games for phones and tablets challenging traditional console kings Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. Nearly 200 hardware and software makers ...

Smartphones Shake Up Tokyo Game Show

Wired News - Chris Kohler - 16 Sep, 2011
Gamer Yuji Watanabe tries out a smartphone game at the Tokyo Game Show on Thursday. CHIBA, Japan " Cellphones might be the smallest of gaming machines physically, but they're making a big footprint at this week's Tokyo Game Show. ...

The Tokyo Game Show

USA Today - ‎Sep 15, 2011‎
A visitor tries out Microsoft's Kinect for Xbox 360 at the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, east of Tokyo Sept. 15, 2011. Sony Computer Entertainment's Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida delivers a keynote speech at the Tokyo Game Show. ...

Sony console in spotlight at Tokyo Game Show

AFP - Yuka Ito - ‎Sep 15, 2011‎
MAKUHARI, Japan " Asia's biggest annual video game industry event got under way in Japan on Thursday, with games for phones and tablets challenging traditional console kings Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. Nearly 200 hardware and software makers gathered ...

Tokyo game show turns to cell phones, has new star

eTaiwan News - Yuri Kageyama - ‎Sep 15, 2011‎
AP A startup little known outside Japan that offers games for cellphones is emerging as the new star at this year's Tokyo video game exhibition, usually dominated by big-name console makers like Sony and Microsoft. ...

Mobile Gaming Gaining Leg Up On Handheld Consoles

TMC Net - Oliver VanDervoort - 16 Sep, 2011
Mobile gaming is becoming more popular by the day. The catch in this popularity is that the mobile gaming that is gaining popularity is not coming from the handheld gaming console like the 3DS or the Vita. ...

TGS: Now I Have My Own PS Vita

1UP.com - Jeremy Parish - 16 Sep, 2011
Like just about every member of the western gaming press at Tokyo Game Show this week, I was supposed to have had a really interesting opportunity to check out a bunch of PS Vita games at a private Sony event last night. ...

Uh, Cosplay Starts Tomorrow Guys

Kotaku - 16 Sep, 2011
Spotted at the Tokyo Game Show, a trio was practicing their dance moves with an audience of the unblinking eye of a camcorder to check their moves later. You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at bashcraft@kotaku.com. ...

This is what PS Vita game cards and cases look like

Geek.com - Matthew Humphries - 16 Sep, 2011
The Tokyo Game Show is already producing a lot of information relating to the forthcoming PS Vita. We know it's going to launch on December 17 in Japan with around 28 games available before the end of the year. We're also starting to see gameplay ...

Here Are The Tokyo Game Show Companions

Kotaku - 16 Sep, 2011
They help you with games. They pass out fliers. They smile. They are booth companions"not "booth babes". And Tokyo Game Show is crawling with them. Every booth has a handful of booth companions on hand, with many of them posing for pictures. ...

Curious What Your PS Vita Game Cases Will Look Like?

TechnoBuffalo - Joey Davidson - 16 Sep, 2011
Destructoid is one of the many publications on hand at the Tokyo Game Show this week in order to snag hands-on coverage and previews with all of the latest and greatest the gaming industry has to offer ...

Tokyo game show turns to cellphones, has new star

Review seeker (press release) - 16 Sep, 2011
Games for cellphones makes Gree star of Tokyo Game Show as gaming turns social By The Associated Press CHIBA, Japan (AP) ' Social games played on smartphones are hogging the attention at this year's Tokyo video-game exhibition, boasting new ways of ...

What's Hot at the Tokyo Game Show 2011 " Day 1 (Photos)

International Business Times - 16 Sep, 2011
By IB Times Staff Reporter | Sep 16, 2011 03:51 AM EDT Tokyo Game Show (TGS), Japan's biggest gaming event which began at Chiba's Makuhari Messe convention center on Thursday, will continue through Sept. 18. The show, which seemed impossible after the ...

Small-screen games go big

The News Journal - Yuri Kageyama - 16 Sep, 2011
Staff members promote at a booth for social networking service Gree at the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, Japan, on Thursday. / AP/KOJI SASAHARA Associated Press CHIBA, Japan -- Social games played on smartphones are hogging the attention at this year's ...

When (Rehearsed) Fights Break Out at the Tokyo Game Show

Kotaku - 16 Sep, 2011
The Tokyo Game Show isn't all about games. It's also about kicking people in the stomach. This booth is showing off fighting, protective gear, and helmets that light up. It's also showing off macho grunts. You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of ...

The Tech of Tokyo Game Show

IGN - Scott Lowe - 16 Sep, 2011
The largest video games convention in Japan is in full swing, and tomorrow the doors of Tokyo Game Show will be opened to the public. When the droves of gamers arrive, however, it's not just hands-on time with hot upcoming games that ...

Expect tons of surprises at Tokyo Game Show

The Japan Times - Brian Ashcraft - 16 Sep, 2011
For gamers, this weekend will feel like Christmas. Tokyo Game Show (TGS), Japan's biggest gaming event, began Thursday at Chiba's Makuhari Messe convention center and will continue through Sept. 18 (on Saturday and Sunday it will be ...

Square Enix's Tokyo Game Show Booth Is… Look Out, Giant Chocobo!

Kotaku Australia - Luke Plunkett - 16 Sep, 2011
As you'd expect, Square Enix's booth at this year's Tokyo Game Show is one of the biggest and most popular, even on this first day, which should be quiet. Which it wasn't. At least at the place where ...

Tokyo Game Show Shaken By A Small Earthquake

Kotaku Australia - Brian Ashcraft - 16 Sep, 2011
This afternoon, just as the Tokyo Game Show was grinding to a halt for the day, a 6.2-magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan. There were no immediate injuries according to early reports. ...

Sony's Tokyo Game Show Booth, In Living Colour

Kotaku Australia - Luke Plunkett - 16 Sep, 2011
Can't make it to the Tokyo Game Show to check out Sony's massive, Vita-heavy booth? No, probably not. The next best thing to being there, then, are these pictures of the place! ...

Tokyo Trailer Game Show: RAGE, DMC & More

WhatCulture! - 16 Sep, 2011
The Tokyo Game Show is this week so we have a slew of new and exciting trailers from all types of games and genres. The last trailer is a game called Ni No Kuni from the great Studio Ghibli; the game has not been announced for a world wide release yet ...

 

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