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The Taipei Game Show (TGS) will take place in January 2017 and its “B2B Zone” will be open to game industry professionals only on January 19-20. The 2017 show is expected to see growth in the participation of overseas game companies and indie game development teams over the previous event and these overseas participants will bring plenty of awarded titles and yet-to-be unveiled creations. Presenting an abundance of games, TGS 2017 is projected to attract more than 1,000 buyers to come to Taiwan.
According to the report of the Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC), the Taiwan game market grossed over NT$42 billion in production value in 2015. The Yahoo Games Market White Paper 2016 indicates that the Taiwan game market has a gaming population of approximately 8.13 million. The prevalence of video games has created flashes of inspiration among various industries and the above figures highlight that Taiwan plays an irreplaceable role in the global game market. For those that plan to tap into new markets, Taiwan is the perfect springboard for penetrating the international marketplace, especially Asia.
More than 150 game developers to attend TGS 2017.
To date there are over 200 game developers and indie teams from 29 countries that have been confirmed to exhibit in the two main activities in TGS 2017, “B2B Zone” and “Indie Game Festa”. These participants include game developers, publishers and game-related service providers from countries in Asia, America and Europe such as Japan, Thailand, Pakistan, the US, the UK, Israel, Malta, Croatia and Serbia. They will gather in Taipei, Taiwan to take part in this grand event of Asia in January 19~24, 2017.
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