With a larger dedicated area every year, the importance of video games at Japan Expo can’t be denied! And since 2010, they also have a dedicated stage!!

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Video game publishers, associations and also amateur online game and MMORPG developers all contribute to make Japan Expo the can’t-miss event for video game fans!

Attendees can discover many games, whether on the booth of the game publishers who are always there (Nintendo, Namco Bandai, Square Enix, SEGA…), or of the associations (APOIL, Orgames, Bushido Impact, La Crampe aux Doigts...)!

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Then have a go at the very popular rhythm games! Play with the greatest performers at Dance Dance Revolution, BeatMania or Guitar Hero, who fight during impressive tournaments!

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Video game stage

On top of these activities, a video game stage has been created for conferences or meetings with the festival’s guests, such as SUDA51, Akira YAMAOKA and Dax GINN from Rocksteady studios who came to present Batman Arkham City.

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Akira YAMAOKA and SUDA51 at Japan Expo 2011

In 2011, the greatest French champions of League of Legends, Starcraft 2 and Counter-Strike fought for a place in the great international finals of World Cyber Games on the video game stage of the festival.

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World Cyber Games 2011 at Japan Expo

Another international competition took place on stage: the European finals for the Tougeki, organized by VERSUS DOJO, with Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition and Blazblue CS 2.