Tokyo Games Show 2008

by Darren Lee Taylor - 2008/10/01 11:18am

Tokyo Games Show 2008, the place where dreams are made. That will certainly be an accolade that many Japanese exhibitors and attendees (217,000 of them potentially) of this years show will be hoping for, as the famous doors to the Tokyo based electronic games show finally reveals all as the gaming press ignites into a flaming ball of information overload as countless titles, demos, videos and trailers are unleashed onto the world.

Fear not however, as PSB is on hand to make sure that we have the whole thing covered this year, so our dear readers wont miss a single minute of what could potentially be a record breaking event. Running over the 9th and 12th of October, the four day spectacular will showcase some of the games that you will be playing come this christmas, as well as future titles so far kept in the dark for 2009 onwards.

Only recently, Sony confirmed that they themselves have got over 12 secret indevelopment titles exclusive to the Sony platforms, catering for both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. Both machines could really do with a major software boost as we move into the final quarter of the financial year, and with the amazingly structured PSN to support both units, who knows what Sony is really hiding up its glittery sleeves.

Of all the rumours and gossip murmurings ringing around the Internet lately, its only natural that many gamers want a decisive list of the confirmed, and un-confirmed games apprearing at the show for the Sony formats, and PSB has very kindly offered that service to you in time for the event next week.

So grab yourself a coffee, sit back and relax, as we take you through what could quite possibly be the worlds most important games show for Sony and its millions of anticipating fans...even bigger than that of E3.



Guitar Hero World Tour / Activision / Will be on show in both playable and video form for the PlayStation 3.

FIFA 09 World Class Soccer / EA /

Street Fighter IV / Capcom / Video form confirmed, potentially a playable demo of a select few fighting scenes.

Resident Evil 5 / Capcom / Video form confirmed, potentially another playable scenario with Chris Redfield taking to the stage once more in this Zombie infested masterclass.

Lumines Supernova / Q Entertainment /

Way of the Samurai 3 / Spike /

Sonic World Adventure / Sega

Sonic Unleashed / Sega / Playable demo confirmed, new trailer and release pinned down.(confirmation of November release)

SOCOM: Confrontation / Sony /

PlayStation Home / Sony / This will be in final stages of completion, testing stages, demos available and also a confirmation of release date confirmed by Sony at the event.

Mainichi Issho / Sony /

MotorStorm 2: Pacific Rift / Sony /

LittleBigPlanet / Sony / Entire game available as a download on PSN to be unveiled at the show, along with some of the designs and levels made in the BETA stages revealed.

Resistance 2 / Sony /

Kingdom Hearts 3 / Square Enix

WWE 2009 SmackDown vs. RAW / THQ /

Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 / Namco Bandai /

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm / Namco Bandai /

Uncharted 2 / Naughty Dog / Already confirmed as in-development, possible new levels and screens could be leaked at the event, or confirmed officially at the stand.

Konami set to reveal an exclusive title for Sony platforms, plus brand new games for mutliformats.

Sega to reveal a sequel to one of its many back catalogue classics

Square Enix to also outline further plans to distribute Advent Children Blu-Ray into western territories, plus new bonuses and more information on FFXIII demo.



Sony will unleash 9 brand new games for the PlayStation 3 at the show, with ICO 3 as one of the main games revealed.

Namco Bandia will show off its seasonal Tekken debut, namely Tekken 6 to a gaming crowd hungry for some serious brawl action. Street Fighter IV will be going head to head with this title in 2009.

Sengoku Basara Battle Heroes PSP / Capcom

Dynasty Warriors Multi Raid PSP / Koei

Orochi Warriors Second Coming of the Devil King / Koei

Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep / Square Enix / Release date to be confirmed

Dissidia: Final Fantasy / Square Enix / New trailer and a release date confirmed

Secret Agent Clank / Sony

Ape Quest / Sony

Patapon 2 / Sony

Bleach: Soul Carnival / Sony

Mainichi Issho Portable / Sony

Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida or 2 / Sony

LocoRoco 2 / Sony

Idolmaster SP / Namco Bandai

Mobile Suit: Gundam vs. Gundam / Namco Bandai

Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 / Namco Bandai / Trailer revealed, plus possible demo available on show floor. Release date to also be confirmed.

Sony will also be showcasing its new units, namely the 120GB PlayStation 3 and the PSP 3000 which was revealed a few weeks ago, with its brighter screen and microphone.

Keep your eyes firmly fixed to our TGS feature as we will be updating this, and our news sections on the homepage daily during the event. Any breaking news will be here first, before anywhere else. Stay tuned