The official social media account for Tokyo Game Show 2026 has described this year’s event as being the longest one so far, with 5 days of “non-stop fun” to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the event. The main visuals for the teaser video were created by illustrator Zashikiwarashi.

The company behind the event has also revealed its first wave of “TGS BOOSTERZ” – essentially a few social media personalities that will help the company promote Tokyo Game Show 2026. The line-up includes Junpei Zaki and Taizo Zaki, Kayane, Eriza Freya, and Shao Dow.

Companies hoping to exhibit their own projects at the event have a deadline of May 22nd, after which applications will be closed.

“This year, through reviewing exhibition hall layouts and dispersing large-scale booths in pursuit of maximizing and optimizing exhibition space, we are making it possible for even more companies to exhibit,” said the Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association.

“In addition to game fans and business professionals, we are planning to actively invite domestic and international press and influencers, making this an excellent opportunity to promote exhibitors’ products globally.”

While the list of major companies that will participate in Tokyo Game Show 2026 remains to be seen, there have been rumors about some of the games that might show up, including the much-anticipated Kingdom Hearts 4.

Tokyo Game Show 2025 was deemed a successful event by the company, which confirmed that it saw 263,101 attendees over the course of its 4-day run. The first two days of the event, dubbed business days and not open to the public, saw 52,352 and 54,779 attendees, respectively. The remaining two days saw 77,415 and 78,555 attendees, respectively.

The Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association had also celebrated Tokyo Game Show 2025 as hitting a major milestone by featuring 1,136 exhibitors from across 47 different countries and regions. This, noted the trade association, had broken previous records.

As for how much business got conducted during the business days of TGS 2025, the Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association said that “business negotiations were also highly active,” with 3,591 different appointments having been made. Along with this, 21 different programs had been streamed through official social media handles across YouTube, Twitch, and X.

While the yearly Tokyo Game Show events have largely been home to Japanese companies and their games, there have been times when Western companies have also used it to showcase their upcoming titles. Among these last year was Microsoft, which unveiled Forza Horizon 6, which makes use of Japan as the setting for its open world. TGS 2025 also saw games by Konami, Koei Tecmo, Sega, Capcom, and Square Enix, among others, being available on the showroom floor. For more on Forza Horizon 6, check out our thoughts on its take on Japan.

We’re hearing a lot of chatter, most of it hopeful, about a potential Kingdom Hearts 4 reveal, which might actually be a possibility if you think back to that statement from game director Tetsuya Nomura, who stated the team was working towards the franchise’s 25th anniversary. That’s a potential 2027 release, which would mean a reveal around TGS 2026, and an announcement on May 12th could be good timing. However, we’d been quite scarce on news about this one since 2022, and we can’t discount the possibility that the rumors are wrong.

Of course, all of this is speculation until we hear an official announcement from Square Enix, and we’re not going to get our hopes up after 2024. We’d certainly be thrilled to hear that the next Kingdom Hearts is finally going to be in our hands, but it could be another game entirely. Thankfully, we won’t have to wait too long to find out.

As for Tokyo Game Show 2026, it’s set for September 17th to 21st.

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The first two days of Tokyo Game Show 2025, specially designated as business days and meant to be closer to a trade show where people from the gaming industry could have meetings and network, saw 52,352 and 54,779 attendees respectively. The following to days, designated as general public days, saw 77,415 and 78,555 attendees respectively.

It is worth noting that, when compared to Tokyo Game Show 2024, this year’s event saw slightly fewer attendees. TGS 2024, for context, saw 274,739 attendees. Both this and last year’s events still saw growth over its 2023 edition, however, which got 243,238 attendees. Interestingly, the 2025 version of the event saw more attendees during the business days, but during the general public days when compared to TGS 2024.

For the sake of comparison, Tokyo Game Show 2023 saw 33,706 and 36,109 attendees on its business days, and 96,033 and 77,390 attendees on its general public days.

Along with all of this information, the Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association in Japan has also confirmed that next year’s iteration of the event – Tokyo Game Show 2026 – will be held from September 17 to September 21, 2026. This will also make TGS 2025 the first time in history that the event will take place over the course of five days rather than its traditional four-day run. The event will return to Makuhari Messe, Chiba.

The Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association also celebrated the fact that Tokyo Game Show 2025 featured 1,136 exhibitors from across 47 different countries and regions from all over the year. This, the trade association noted, broke previous records when it came to the number of exhibitors.

While the event itself was considered quite successful thanks to the massive amount of foot traffic it saw over the course of its two general public days, the association also noted that “business negotiations were also highly active”. According to its statement, the two business days saw 3,591 different appointments between various figures from across the gaming industry. The event saw 21 different programs streamed through the event’s official social media handles across YouTube, Twitch and X as well.

This year’s Tokyo Game Show saw quite a few announcements, with some of the bigger ones including Microsoft officially unveiling the next entry in its Forza Horizon franchise – Forza Horizon 6. While not too many details about the game have been revealed as of yet, the teaser trailer did confirm the fact that the Horizon Festival will be taking us to the various streets in the cities, towns and countrysides of Japan and tapping into the country’s unique car culture.

The event was also attended by a host of major companies, including Capcom, Sega, Konami, Koei Tecmo, and PlayStation. The show floor also featured many upcoming titles with hands-on demos, including Resident Evil Requiem running on the Nintendo Switch 2.