There are two big dates in the gaming calendar, E3 and the Tokyo Game Show. Both have been around about an equal amount of time and both attract hundreds of thousands of attendees. Sony have announced their “presence” which essentially consists of some FFVII Remake, some Call Of Duty Modern Warfare and a theatre showing off Death Stranding. Great games for sure, although the jury is still out on Death Stranding and there is no The Last of Us Part II. But old rivals Sega have announced their lineup and it’s pretty hot if you are that way inclined.
Games to be shown off yet to be released and playable include Yakuza 7: Like A Dragon, Super Monkey Ball : Banana Blitz HD, Persona 5 Royal, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva MegaMix and more. They have also brought some partners along for the show and will be showing off some Shenmue III with Deep Silver (which is of course Yu Suzuki ex AM2 head and ex Sega hardware architect), Star Wars Jedi : Fallen Order with long time friends Electronic Arts plus they will be sharing some of their space with Warner Bros. Interactive who are bringing a couple LEGO games including Star Wars : The Skywalker Saga and Jurassic World.
Here is the full line up for the Sega faithful with live stream dates.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics Official Games
- Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Switch) – Playable, Stage, Trailer, Photo
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game (PS4, Switch) – Playable, Stage, Trailer
- Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (iOS, Android) – Playable, Trailer
Sega Lineup
- Fist of the North Star: Legends ReVIVE (iOS, Android) – Stage, Trailer
- Hatsune Miku: Project Diva MegaMix (Switch) – Playable, Stage, Trailer, Photo
- Phantasy Star Online 2 (PS4, Switch, PS Vita, PC) – Stage, Goods, Trailer
- Project Sakura Wars (PS4) – Playable, Stage, Trailer, Goods
- Sega Ages Series (Switch) – Playable, Stage
- Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD (PS4, Switch, PC) – Playable, Stage, Trailer, Goods
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon (PS4) – Playable, Stage, Trailer, Photo, Goods
- Yakuza Online (PC, iOS, Android) – Stage, Trailer
Atlus Lineup
- 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (PS4) – Playable, Stage, Trailer, Photo, Goods
- Persona 5 Royal (PS4) – Playable, Stage, Trailer, Photo, Goods
Partner Lineup
- Granblue Fantasy: Versus (PS4) (Cygames) – Stage, Trailer, Photo
- Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (iOS, Android) (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) – Trailer
- LEGO Jurassic World (Switch) (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) – Trailer
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (TBA) (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) – Trailer
- New Guilty Gear (TBA) (Arc System Works) – Stage, Trailer, Photo
- Shenmue III (PS4) (Deep Silver) – Stage, Trailer, Photo, Goods
- Star Wars Jedi: The Fallen Order (PS4) (Electronic Arts) – Trailer, Photo
Stage Event Live Streams
- September 12 – YouTube, Niconico, Periscope
- September 13 – YouTube, Niconico, Periscope
- September 14 – YouTube, Niconico, Periscope
- September 15 – YouTube, Niconico, Periscope
Oddly missing of course are games such as Streets of Rage 4 which had its latest outing at PAX West recently and the upcoming remakes of Panzer Dragoon. I guess they are showing up with 13 games of their own plus another 7 games with partners so that’s probably enough to fill their stall and stages one would think.