MDEC, Matrade to lead Malaysian companies at Tokyo Game Show 2023

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) will lead 16 Malaysian gaming and creative content companies at the Tokyo Game Show (TGS) 2023.

TGS is Japan’s largest annual trade show for video game developers and one of the world’s biggest video game shows. With the theme "Games In Motion, The World In Revolution", TGS 2023 will be held in Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan from Sept 21 to 24, 2023.

"MDEC is poised to engage major Japanese publishers, developers and investors in securing opportunities for Malaysia such as the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), export and outsourcing deals, Intellectual Property (IP) publishing partnerships and fundings for the digital content industry,” said MDEC in a statement on Tuesday (Sept 19).

Among the 16 Malaysian gaming companies to feature at TGS 2023 are Acxyn, Ammobox Studios, Glow Production, Hide & Seeds Production, Illusionist Animation Studio, IXI Creatives, Kaigan Games, Magnus Games Studio, Quurk, Syncraft, Ten Ten Studio, Weyrdworks, The Illusion Picture, Dreamfact, Metal Brain Studio and Fly Studio.

Meanwhile, MDEC will host the six-week-long Malaysia Digital Expo 2023 (MDX2023) in September. — Bernama