As we know, after two years of doing the show online, but no longer interesting many people – especially internationally – the Tokyo Game Show will make its big comeback in physical form next September. The event will be held as usual at the famous Makuhari Messe (1 hour by metro from the center of Tokyo) and it is therefore the right time for the organizers to communicate a little more about this essential show for the start of the new school year. Today, it is a question of discovering the visual which will be the emblem of this 2022 edition and whose tagline is none other than “Nothing Stops Gaming”, in reference no doubt to these two years of pandemic where everything was frozen. and complicated. The objective also for the CESA to try to promote all games from various perspectives to the general public. As for the illustration, it is again signed Kukka which more or less takes up the themes he had used for the Tokyo Game Show 2021, with these characters who are in rooms to play and stream in joy and good humor .
I tried to use pop and bright colors to create a fresh and vibrant feel. Communicating and connecting with people through games has become a part of our lives. I had an idea to express this feeling in my work, but it was not easy to show these links in pictures. It was fun to play around with the makeup designs, which I was inspired by in-game character creation.
As of July 6, 465 exhibitors are currently registered to participate in the Tokyo Game Show 2022, including 299 from Japan and 166 from abroad. For now, there are no less than 1,902 exhibition stands, exceeding the initial expectations of the CESA, which had set itself a target of 1,500 stands. The “Indie Game Selected Exhibit” project, which provides free exhibition opportunities for different games, also set a record this year, with no less than 583 entries. The Tokyo Game Show 2022 will take place from September 15 to 18 inclusive at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan. The Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association expects 150,000 visitors this year, which is less than previous years; but the COVID has been there…
