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Taipei Game Show 2017 (TGS 2017) officially kicks off on January 19th following six days of activities. The opening ceremony is joined by the General Director of Industrial Bureau Ministry of Economic Affairs – Dr. Ming-Ji Wu, Chairman of Taipei Computer Association – Tung Tzu-Hsien, Director of GameStart Singapore, Senior Manager of MDEC Malaysia, Manager of BIPA Korea, President of Jeonnam Global Game Center and Director of ESGS Exhibition Philippine. Indie Game Award ceremony is held at the same time, with winners coming from Taiwan, Singapore, Korea, United States and China.<\/p>\n

B2B Zone & Indie Game Festa attracting worldwide game professionals<\/strong><\/p>\n

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TGS 2017 is divided into two sections, with the business area \u201cB2B Zone (Jan.19-20)\u201d and the entertaining area \u201cB2C Area (Jan.20-24)\u201d. In B2B Zone & Indie Game Festa, a total of 229 game developers and companies from 26 countries attended. Top 3 participating countries are Japan, Korea and Hong Kong, providing diverse business networking chances for game professionals. On the opening day of B2B Zone, trade visitors from over 50 oversea game companies came in seek for cooperation opportunities with Taiwan game industry. In this two-day event, B2B Zone attracted nearly 2,000 game professionals from more than 30 countries with about 1,000 business meeting sessions.<\/p>\n

Exhibitors of \u201cIndie Games Festa\u201d come from 22 countries. More than 100 original game IPs are presented, with mobile game as the biggest portion. Further, VR games are another highlight of Indie Game Festa, creating fun and excitement to the show. For example, 34BigThings, the independent developer from Italy brings its sci-fiction racing game \u201cRedout\u201d to test the Asia market reaction. The \u201cBattleSky VR\u201d from Oh!WHATif, Taiwan allows players to enjoy flying experience like a dragon. \u201cCRANGA!: Harbor Frenzy\u201d from HandMade Game, Korea is a well showcase of how VR application can level up gaming content. Moreover, the 3rd edition of \u201cIndie Game Award\u201d is participated by 68 game entries from 17 countries. In total, seven categories were given out; with Taiwanese indie game developers Noxy Games, Red Candle Games and SIGONO took away \u201cBest Audio\u201d, \u201cBest Design\u201d and \u201cBest Narration\u201d respectively, while Somi from Korea as the winner of \u201cGrand Prix.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heavy-weight producer and VO lineup, bringing climax to B2C Area<\/strong><\/p>\n

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B2C Area of TGS 2017 begins on January 20th, with PlayStation holding press conference at its booth. In the event, Taiwan version of \u201cMLB THE SHOW 17\u201d with special cover of MLB player Chen Wei-yin is revealed, and Chen later personally showed up at the booth. Further, the sales of PS4 Pro highly attracted the crowd. Thousands of players wait in line overnight for the 1,000 daily limited units. With the record-breaking game IPs showcasing in B2C Area, the opening day of B2C Area attracted over 80,000 public visits.<\/p>\n

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BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Taiwan Ltd. invited various famous game producers and designers to have fan meet-ups with players, including air combat game \u201cAce Combat7\u201d producer Kono Kazutoki, \u201cTekken7\u201d producer Harada Katsuhiro, game designer Michael Murray and \u201cGUNDAM VERSUS\u201d producer Yasuda Tadao. The second-time attending Ubisoft brings its latest IP \u201cFor Honor\u201d with 100 sets of PS4 for players to experience. \u201cMonster Strike\u201d specially invites its heavy-weight producer – Koki Kimura to share the latest game content with the players. Additionally, TGS 2017 once again partners with live streaming platform Twitch for its live channel TGS Live (www.twitch.tv\/tgslive<\/a>). The channel will be broadcasted by hundreds of well-known streamers in Chinese, English and Japanese to the on-site and online players.<\/p>\n

Asia Pacific Game Summit LIVE on VR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Asia Pacific Game Summit was held at the same time with B2B Zone, with five tracks ranging from industrial trends, marketing promotion, indie games, VR and game development\/design. On day one, the conference begins with the topic of the oversea marketing strategy from the Japanese game IP \u201cMonster Strike,\u201d and followed by the creator of \u201cLeague of Legends\u201d – Riot Games sharing the potential of eSports. Later, Jeonnam Global Game Center marked the end of the first day by delivering a series of VR technologies sessions. On day two, besides the Facebook live streaming session, Razer, 3Glasses, Google Daydream and Google Play also shared their latest development of VR technologies to the public. In all, Asia Pacific Game Summit was packed with 2,500 audiences.<\/p>\n

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