{
  "id": 7980341,
  "title": "Tokyo Game Show 2026 offers glimpse of gaming’s next chapter – with UAE in the mix",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/tokyo-game-show-2026-offers-glimpse-of-gamings-next-chapter-with-uae",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-17T07:46:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
    "slug": "the-national-uae",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/pop-culture/2026/09/17/tokyo-game-show-2026-offers-glimpse-of-gamings-next-chapter-with-uae-in-the-mix/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Tokyo Game Show 2026, held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, showcased the gaming industry's future with an expanded five-day event featuring 759 exhibitors from 51 countries and regions. Major publishers, such as Sony Interactive Entertainment, Capcom, Square Enix, Sega, and Atlus, demonstrated upcoming games spanning from releases within days to projects that would shape 2027. PlayStation's booth featured highly anticipated titles like Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance, Final Fantasy VII Revelation, Marvel's Wolverine, and Ace Combat 8: Wings of the Veil, with a dedicated theater for Rockstar Games' highly-anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6. Sega and Atlus displayed popular titles such as Persona 4 Revival, Stranger Than Heaven, and Total War: Warhammer 40,000, while Remedy Entertainment's Control Resonant was also playable. Microsoft, marking its 25th anniversary, showcased Minecraft Dungeons II and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's multiplayer, with its strategy extending beyond hardware to include games on PC and other platforms. Nintendo, without a public exhibition booth, still influenced the event through Switch 2 games from other publishers. Sony's position in Tokyo was complicated by higher hardware prices and an evolving first-party pipeline, while the UAE joined the global shift in gaming industries, with Red Dunes Games presenting nine titles, including Zozo and the Lost Dreams and Port of Jumanah, along with the Tech Destination Pakistan pavilion that connected Pakistani studios with Japanese companies. Tokyo Game Show 2026 demonstrated a broader future, with increasing cross-hardware game releases, emerging publishers from new markets, and a focus on where players are located.",
  "summary": "Tokyo Game Show has always been a place to look ahead. For three decades, the event has brought together the companies making games, the people selling them and the players waiting to see what comes next. The 2026 event, which opened at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on Thursday, is its biggest yet. The show has expanded to five days for the first time, with two business days followed by three days open…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "Tokyo Game Show 2026 offers glimpse of gaming’s next chapter – with UAE in the mix",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/tokyo-game-show-2026-offers-glimpse-of-gamings-next-chapter-with-uae-7982540",
        "published": "2026-09-17T07:46:45.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}