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THE MINISTRY of Tourism and Creative Economy fully supports the presence of Indonesian game developers at the international game exhibition Tokyo Game Show (TGS) 2024.
According to the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Uno in “The Weekly Brief with Sandi Uno” at Sapta Pesona Building, Central Jakarta, Monday (09/23), 2024 said that the 2024 Tokyo Game Show is one of the largest video game exhibitions in the world and the largest in Asia, which was first held in Japan in 1996 with the number of visitors reached 298 thousand people from all over the world. The 2024 Tokyo Game Show will be held from September 26-29, 2024 at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
“We will participate in cooperation with the Jakarta Tourism and Creative Economy Office. In addition, the Ministry of Tourism is also cooperating with the Ministry of Communication and Information, the Ministry of Trade, the Indonesian Representative in Japan (Trade Attaché of the Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo, ITPC Osaka), and the Indonesian Game Association,” he said.
Indonesia’s participation in this event, Sandiaga continued, is a form of implementation of Presidential Regulation No. 19 of 2024 on Accelerating the Development of the National Game Industry. It is hoped that Indonesia’s participation in TGS 2024 will showcase the potential of Indonesia’s games industry and promote games made by local developers to the international market.
“We hope to be able to generate (potential transactions) of US$30 million. Hopefully this can be achieved,” he concluded.
At the event, which will be attended by various world-class game developers such as Capcom, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Konami, Bandai Namco, Sega, Nintendo, Ubisoft, etc., the Ministry of Tourism and the Jakarta Tourism and Creative Economy Agency will present the Indonesian Pavilion filled with 10 local game developers.
The ten developers are: (1). Anantarupa Studio, (2). Fat Raccoon Games, (3). DigiKagi, (4). Forge Fun, (5). Komodoz, (6). Sekuya, (7). Vifth Floor, (8). Lion Core Studio, (9). Gambir Studio, (10). Strayflux Studio. [traveltext.id]
