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Computer Entertainment Software Association (CESA, Chairman: Kagemasa Kozuki, location: NishiShimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo) has finalized the schedule for "Tokyo Game Show 2000 Autumn,"September 22(Fri) 2000, will be a business day, while the September 23 (Saturday) to 24 (Monday) will be general admission day. The show will be open from 10 am to 5 pm on all days. The venue will be Exhibition Halls 1 to 8 at "Makuhari Messe" (Nippon Convention Center, Mihama-ku,Chiba). 150,000 visitors are expected to attend the show. The Tokyo Game Show Secretariat will open applications for exhibitors for CESA member companies on May 22 (Mon.). The press conference and exhibitors' briefing and booth position selection meeting will be held on July 5 (Wed.) at Ginza Gas Hall (Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo). A detailed overview of the show will be given at the press conference. "Tokyo Game Show" was first held in August 1996, and from the following year it came to be held twice a year, in Spring and Autumn. 2000 Autumn will be the 9th time the show has been held. As the only comprehensive exhibition of computer entertainment software in Japan, the number of people from industry circles and from the press from Japan and overseas has increased each time the show has been held, and it has grown into a show that attracts worldwide attention. The computer entertainment industry, in an effort to keep up with high-performance family game units, is progressing on an almost daily basis. This is the evident in the wide range of software developed utilizing original ideas and state-of-the-art technology, and the appearance of network games utilizing the Internet and software for portable handy game machines. We are seeing a large number of games that players can enjoy in a variety of different ways. With the further broadening of the entertainment qualities of games, games that can be enjoyed by a wider range of users are hitting the market one after another. Preparations are underway to ensure visitors from throughout the world will enjoy "Tokyo Game Show 2000 Autumn," which will exhaustively showcase the attractions of computer entertainment software with content more enhanced than in the past. We look forward to seeing you there. |
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