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27-612: With 183,000 visitors, 2,600 journalists, and 368 exhibitors from 25 countries in 2006, the Games Convention was the second biggest gaming event in the world, together with the Tokyo Game Show , later only superseded by Gamescom , which is also held in Germany . By comparison, both the Leipzig and Tokyo shows, where gamers of all ages could visit the show floor, are three times the size of

54-422: A 17-minute opus. Hubbard has mentioned his personal favourites are Kentilla , W.A.R. and Sanxion . His least favourite was Samantha Fox Strip Poker, which he admitted to having done purely for money; he was listed in the game credits with the alias John York . He has stated that he had many musical influences including Jean Michel Jarre , Larry Fast and other synth bands. Hubbard mainly composed for

81-481: A feature in the SID sound-synthesizer chip: altering the volume register produces an audible click, and altering the register thousands of times per second enables a relatively crude (but surprisingly clear and sophisticated for eight-bit computers) form of sample playback. He eventually became Audio Technical Director, a more administrative job, deciding which technologies to use in games, and which to develop further. After

108-458: A new fair called "Games Convention Online" from 31 July to 2 August 2009. It featured mainly browser games and other online and casual games. An Asian edition of the Games Convention, called Games Convention Asia was first held in 2007. It was a yearly convention held in Singapore , starting on 6 September 2007. However, it has since become defunct as of 2010 when it was officially announced that

135-447: A parade in stage show with more than 100 cosplayers on Saturday's night. The show starts from 6:30pm until 8 pm and it is hosted by Yunmao Ayakawa and Tatsumi Inui from the production team company CURE World Cosplay, with background music by DJ & MC: WAN. The participants are members of Worldcosplay website with a few international cosplayers who won contests in countries like Spain, Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Turkey,

162-630: Is a video game trade fair and convention held annually in September in the Makuhari Messe , in Chiba , Japan. It is presented by the Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA) and Nikkei Business Publications , Inc. The main focus of the show is on Japanese games, but some international video game developers use it to showcase upcoming releases/related hardware. The duration of

189-687: Is a national team competition, where it determines which European nation has the best e-athletes. The ENC holds events in Counter-Strike , Counter-Strike: Source , Warcraft III , FIFA , Call of Duty 4 , and DotA . The final takes place every year in August at the Games Convention in Leipzig , Germany . 51°23′48″N 12°24′14″E  /  51.39667°N 12.40389°E  / 51.39667; 12.40389 Tokyo Game Show Tokyo Game Show ( 東京ゲームショウ , Tōkyō Gēmu Shō ) , commonly known as TGS ,

216-433: The 2012 Tokyo Game Show is geared towards introducing emerging game developers from Asia. This area is designated for merchandising of game-related goods. Vendors include Konami and Square-Enix. This area focuses on games for smart devices ( smartphones and tablets ) and social games. Despite record numbers during TGS 2012, many large companies had a smaller presence. For example, Microsoft , which previously had one of

243-471: The 2012 show bringing in 223,753. The busiest TGS was in 2016 with 271,224 people in attendance and 614 companies had exhibits. The event has been held annually since 1996 and was never canceled, however the 2020 and 2021 editions were online only as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic . The 2022 edition returned to in-person exhibits. The 20th anniversary of TGS was celebrated in 2016. The 2016 attendance record

270-674: The Commodore 64 period, he wrote some soundtracks for games which appeared on the Amiga , Atari ST , IBM PC and Mega Drive . Hubbard recently contributed a few re-arrangements of his themes to Chris Abbott's C64 tribute Back in Time Live . Hubbard has performed several times with the Danish C64 cover band PRESS PLAY ON TAPE who have covered many of his early tunes using a full rock-band arrangement. Hubbard has also performed his old music on piano with

297-459: The Commodore 64's SID sound chip. He worked freelance and turned down offers from companies to work in-house. After working for several different companies, he left Newcastle in 1988 and had the choice to work for Electronic Arts or Microsoft. Hubbard chose EA due to their prominence in the gaming industry as Microsoft had (as yet) no gaming platform. His work with EA Electronic Arts in America

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324-777: The GCDC 2007. The Games Convention opened for professional visitors, such as developers and members of the press, one day before the event opened to the public. Many developers and publishers held official press conferences on this day. As part of the Games Convention, on the evening of the first day of the Games Convention, a grand Symphonic Game Music Concert was held in the Leipzig Gewandhaus . Well-known game music composers such as Nobuo Uematsu , Michiru Yamane , Akira Yamaoka , Jason Hayes , Rob Hubbard , Chris Hülsbeck and Yuzo Koshiro were among those who have attended. The European Nations Championship has taken place since 2004. It

351-607: The Industry consortium BIU announced not to back a Games Convention in 2009 in Leipzig, preferring a newly to be established convention held in Cologne under the name of Gamescom . Sony , Nintendo , and Microsoft are members of the BIU, representing 12 companies. On 29 January 2009, the Leipziger Messe (Leipzig Fair) announced that in 2009 there would be no Games Convention as in 2008, but

378-527: The US, and China and others. This is the main business area and is not open to the public. The Cloud/Data Center is dedicated to improving infrastructure and environment of social and network games. The Tokyo Game Show has featured a Mad Catz -sponsored Street Fighter tournament since 2014. The competition is part of Capcom 's official Pro Tour , making it a qualifying event for the Capcom Cup . The 2016 event

405-620: The age indicators used by the USK , the German version of PEGI or ESRB . In April 2011, it was announced that GCO 2011 would not take place. The Leipzig Games Convention was first held in 2002. In 2005, the convention achieved visitor numbers of 134,000, which had risen to 185,000 by 2007. The Games Convention was usually held in the last week of August. The Games Convention 2007 took place from 23 August to 26 August 2007. It started one day earlier for press members, exhibitors, and professionals. In 2008,

432-494: The convention would no longer be held. The Games Convention Developers Conference (GCDC) was the largest game design and development conference in Europe, with 950 attendees in 2008. [1] The GCDC was held in a building in the same complex in Leipzig where the GC took place, typically just before the opening of the main show. During the conference attendees gained ideas and inspiration from

459-584: The event is four days. The first two days of Tokyo Game Show are open only to industry attendees (business) and the general public can attend during the final two days. The first Tokyo Game Show was held in 1996 . From 1996 to 2002, the show was held twice a year: once in the Spring and once in Autumn (in the Tokyo Big Sight). Since 2002, the show has been held once a year. 2011’s show hosted over 200,000 attendees and

486-664: The largest booths, was absent in 2012. Social and mobile gaming surged, filling the gap. Microsoft returned to the show in 2013 with the release of the Xbox One . The PC area houses major Japanese computing companies, showcasing products such as Japanese desktop and notebook computers. This area showcases new games that are aimed at a younger audience. Companies such as Taito and Sega are housed there. The Game School area showcases information on Japanese universities and colleges offering information about digital art, animation, computer programming, and other programs of study related to

513-645: The late seventies, before scoring games, he was a professional studio musician. He decided to teach himself BASIC and machine code for the Commodore 64. Hubbard subsequently wrote or converted music for a variety of publishers on over 75 games between 1985 and 1989 such as Monty on the Run , Crazy Comets , Master of Magic and Commando . Some of his most popular tunes include also Warhawk , Delta , Thrust , Lightforce , Spellbound , Sanxion , Auf Wiedersehen Monty and International Karate . The game Knucklebusters includes Hubbard's longest tune:

540-489: The presentation of new tools and methods, and from a variety of sessions discussing both the craft and the business of game design and development. The conference was open to both game professionals, students and press. As the major European conference, GCDC drew top speakers from all over the world. Presenters in recent years included Bob Bates , Louis Castle , Don Daglow , Peter Molyneux , Bill Roper , Bruce Shelley , David Perry and Will Wright . Notable speakers from

567-500: The support of violinist and fellow chiptune composer Mark Knight . Hubbard left EA in 2002 and returned to England. He has recently resumed playing in a band, and he has revisited his past game-music work in concert. His recent compositions have included music for mobile-phone games. In 2005, music from International Karate was performed live by a full orchestra at the third Symphonic Game Music Concert . The event took place in Leipzig , Germany . Hubbard arranged and orchestrated

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594-552: The trade-only 2006 E3 show in Los Angeles . The Business Centre at Leipzig was reserved for professional visitors. In 2008, the Games Convention had a record of 203,000 visitors. The conference took place in a sprawling modern complex of exhibition halls in Leipzig. To help identify younger visitors, coloured bracelets were handed out to attendees, indicating their age: "12 years and older" (green), "16 years and older" (blue), and "18 years and older" (red). These colours corresponded to

621-573: The video game industry. These booths also display student work. It houses colleges such as Numazu Professional College of Information Technology and Tokyo Designer Gakuin College. This is the main area in the games convention where most of the sales and business transactions between companies and consumers are carried out. Companies housed there include Nikkei Business Publications . The Tokyo Game Show attracts many cosplayers . Cure, Japan's largest cosplay community website, hosts Cosplay Collection Night,

648-466: Was as a composer. He was the first person devoted to sound and music at EA and did everything from low-level programming to composing. One of his most famous compositions during his period at EA, is the music featured in the loading sequence of the Commodore 64 version of Skate or Die , which features multiple sampled chords of electric guitar and organ. Playback of samples was facilitated by exploiting

675-586: Was held in 2008. Among former and current judges are Keita Takahashi and Simon Carless . Rob Hubbard Rob Hubbard (born 1955) is a British composer best known for his musical and programming work for microcomputers of the 1980s, such as the Commodore 64 . Hubbard was born in 1955 in Kingston upon Hull , England . Hubbard first started playing music at age seven. Whilst at school he played in bands. After leaving school, he went to music college. In

702-568: Was the first to not be sponsored by Mad Catz, as the company got in severe financial trouble during its 2016 fiscal year. Sense of Wonder Night (SOWN) is a presentation session held yearly at the TGS for showcasing innovative and experimental computer games mainly made by small game studios and independent game developers from all over the world, similar to and inspired by the GDC Experimental Gameplay Workshop . The first edition

729-808: Was topped by 2018's attendance of 298,690 people. The TGS layout varies per year. Such as in 2015, Tokyo Game Show showcased eleven exhibition areas consisting of business, general public, education and other areas to buy merchandise. The General Exhibition Area is the heart of the show, taking up the largest amount of space, and is held where digital gaming entertainment or any related products or services are showcased. Many well-known companies such as Bandai Namco Entertainment , Capcom , Sony Interactive Entertainment and Square Enix have demo areas here, in addition to emerging companies. This area covers gaming devices such as headphones, controllers, furniture and other devices associated with home-use gaming consoles and portable gaming devices. An exhibition introduced at

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