Indonesia Game Show back to break game junkies’ limit

After a four-year hiatus, Indonesia Game Show is back to support the local gaming and technology scene.

Indonesia Game Show (IGS), the country’s biggest videogame expo/convention was held last October 12 to 14, coinciding with the Asian Cyber Games. The champion team at the event will move to the next level and represent Indonesia in the World Cyber Games grand final in Kunshan, China.

Additionally, the winners of the Indonesia national finals were automatically selected to DOTA 2 The Asia grand finals at Kuala Lumpur this December, where they will compete with top DOTA 2 teams from around the world.

The event has been absent for four years in the country, but has returned to the scene in order to support game development in Indonesia. It has been touted as the go-to event for anything about gaming in Indonesia, which also supports the country’s gaming hardware industry.

The Main Stage at Indonesia Game Show

Majority of participants were local developers and publishers, with total of 78 booths joining the three-day conference: Agate Studio, Garuda Games, Touchten, Ninja Kita, Faunia Rancher, Scoop, WayangForce and Online Payment Solution Indomog were present, among others.

The event constituted three main competitions: WCG 2012, Electronic Sport Cyber Game (ESWC) and The Game Expo (TGX). Games highlighted during the event were Counter Strike Online CrossFire, FIFA 2013, Tekken Tag Team 2, Point Blank, DotA, DotA 2 and Counter Strike Global Offensive.

Apart from the competitions, the event featured a seminar by Q Entertainment’s Shuji Utsumi, widely known for the popular Sakura Wars, as well as the Kingdom Hearts games, and a founding member of Sony Computer Entertainment America.
The event also featuerd some costume-play, or cosplay, a performance art in which participants wear costumes and accessories to represent specific characters sourced from anime, film, manga, or video games. Mediatama Binakreasi, Rapture Gaming and Gamestation also held the Game Developer Award.

All in all, Indonesia Game show has been a good mix of tournaments and other related activities, including console gaming, overclocking, and mobile. Live bands and performances also graced the event, making it both educational and entertaining.