The cumulative number of visitors over the four days of Taipei Game Show 2024, held from Thursday, January 25 to Sunday, January 28, 2024, reached a total of 360,000, significantly exceeding the 240,000 visitors at Tokyo Game Show 2023.
This time, we bring you a look at the Main Stage and merchandise booths of Taipei Game Show 2024!

【TGS2024】Qiddiya、ドルフロ2、ディビジョン、アニプレックス、INTI CREATESブースレポート！

Main Stage

The opening ceremony started around 10:00 AM on the first day at the Taipei Game Show 2024 Main Stage.
First, Chairman Paul Peng of the Taipei Computer Association and Deputy Minister Lee Huai-jen of the Ministry of Digital Affairs took the stage to give their opening remarks.

Following that was the Indie Game Award 2024, one of the largest indie game awards in Asia.
Award winners in nine categories were announced from titles produced by game studios around the world.

Grand Prix: Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios/UK)
Best Narrative: Nine Sols (Red Candle Games/Taiwan)
Best Audio: Blue Wednesday (Buff Studio/Korea)
Best Visual Art: Scorn (Ebb Software/Serbia)
Best Design: Against the Storm (Eremite Games/Poland)
Best Innovation: Not For Broadcast (NotGames Ltd./UK)
Best Mobile Game: Relieve (Salt Game Studio/China)
Best Student Game: mossasis (Futile Games/Taiwan)

Viewfinder, which was also nominated in two categories at The Game Awards 2023, is an adventure game where you materialize things captured with an instant camera to reconstruct reality.
It is a hot topic that tests flexible thinking in an unrealistic world.
You can purchase it from the Steam Store.

Shuhei Yoshida, Head of Indies Initiative at Sony Interactive Entertainment, also took the stage at the ceremony to congratulate the winners.

Additionally, various events were held over the four days at the Main Stage.

Square Enix's Takahashi (center), Acquire's Miyauchi (right)

Japanese game developers also took the stage to announce the latest game information and hold talk shows.
Takahashi, the producer of OCTOPATH TRAVELER, introduced himself in Chinese, receiving applause from the audience.

In addition to game events for Street Fighter 6 and League of Legends, many fans also rushed to the music festival featuring Livers active on 17LIVE.

The state of the Main Stage over all four days can be checked from the stream archives on the Taipei Game Show YouTube channel.

Merchandise Booth

The merchandise booth lined with official Taipei Game Show items.

A lineup of various designs and items such as T-shirts, hoodies, and hats.

There were also accent keychains and folding chairs that seemed to say, "Please wait in line with this."
It was a huge success, with some products selling out.

Taipei Game Show 2025 Scheduled for January 2025!

Taipei Game Show 2024, which was visited by a total of 360,000 people over four days, has come to a successful close.
Shortly after, it was also announced that the next Taipei Game Show 2025 is scheduled to be held from Thursday, January 23 to Sunday, January 26, 2025!

Following Taipei Game Show 2024, which became the largest-scale event in the past three years, let's look forward to even more excitement next year!