Are you attending Tokyo Game Show this week? So is Discord! We’re traveling halfway across the globe from San Francisco to Tokyo to meet everyone on the TGS show floor this year, and show why Discord is the best place to talk for players of all styles and genres. 

Swing by between September 26 - September 29th, 2024 to enter the booth, learn about all things Discord, and play some Street Fighter 6 with your friends. If you’re looking to learn, attend some of our panels! Or, get your hands on one of our limited-run Discordopolis newspapers and learn about the virtual world that our show booth is designed after. 

Find us at Booth 07-C03 and come say hello! Peruse the stuff we’ll have in store below.

What’s Happening at the Discord Booth?!

Being at Tokyo Game Show means one important thing: A BIG OL’ DISCORD BOOTH! This year, we're bringing the world of Discordopolis to Japan: a neon-soaked city of the future where everyone who plays games can talk, connect, and play — it’s a Discord server come to life.  

Traverse through the booth and become immersed in the world of Discordopolis. While you’re exploring, you can take a detour and join in on a few pick-up games of Street Fighter 6 on PC or PlayStation®5, just like you would while hanging out on Discord. We’ll have them set up for crossplay, so you can play on your preferred platform. 

On Saturday, September 28th at 10:30 am Japan Standard Time (JST), you can put your skills to the test and challenge Wumpus to Street Fighter 6: Don’t underestimate Wumpus — they’ve been practicing at their local meetups and learning from the best. They’ve gotten good. Like, really good. 

Wumpus told us to raise the stakes a bit, so… anyone who challenges Wumpus to Street Fighter 6 will walk away with a reward, but if you defeat Wumpus, you’ll walk away with a Wumpus-themed ElGato Wave:3 Microphone! The perfect companion to bring back home and talk the night away in voice. 

Not much of a fighting game player? You can still win! Complete secret in-booth quests and you could win one of the thousands of pieces of Discord merch we brought to the show. We’ll even have a limited amount of a special edition Wumpus-themed item debuting at Tokyo Game Show What’s it gonna be!? You’ll have to complete our in-booth quests to find out…   

At home and into Street Fighter? At the time of writing, we’re running a Discord Quest for Street Fighter 6! Play SF6 for 15 minutes on PC or a connected console and score an Avatar Decoration to use for two months. It’s like you won your own prize from halfway across the world! See how Quests work here. 

A City Where Everyone Can Talk & Play Whenever

Among the many giveaways you’ll find at our booth, one of them brings some important backstory to the world of Discordopolis: a newspaper imported from the synthwave streets of the city itself.

Learn about how Discordopolis has become the world’s hub for connecting all kinds of communities, people, and of course, games. Use the newspaper to explore the city, and learn how the people of Discordopolis stay connected with Discord to talk and play games wherever they find themselves, and no matter what platform they play on. 

You’ll have a chance to obtain your own copy of the most recent edition of the Discordopolis Newspaper! Read about the city and our booth, learn about the events that we’re doing at TGS, and keep it safe at home after the show’s over for future archaeologists to learn from. 

Learn from Discord in Two Unique Panels

Looking to learn about how much multiplayer gaming has grown over the years? Are you a game developer looking to bring your game to new audiences with the help of Discord? We’ve got you covered. 

We’ll be running two panels, one on the Main Stage and one on the Business Stage of Tokyo Game Show, where we’ll be hosting the following:

Main Stage Panel

Building for the Future of Multiplayer Gaming

Join Discord and Sony Interactive Entertainment for a deep dive into the future state of gaming, where multiplayer, multiplatform gameplay becomes the norm, and a world where seamless communication has the ability to transform shared gaming moments into lasting friendships.  ‍

When: From 1-2 pm JST on Thursday, September 26, 2024
Where: Makuhari Messe, Hall 1 Mainstage

Featuring: 

• Ken Inagaki, Senior Director, Product Development - Studio, Sony PlayStation
• Katsuhiko Hayashi, Group Representative, Kadokawa/Famitsu Group
• Stanislav Vishnevskiy, CTO & Co-Founder, Discord

Business Stage Panel

Discovering Discord Quests: Connect Your Game to 200M Global Players

Join Discord for an in-depth exploration of Discord Quests, and learn how to maximize your game's potential to reach millions of players, who spend more than 1.5 billion hours a month playing video games on the platform. ‍

When: From 2-3 pm JST on Friday, September 27, 2024
Where: Makuhari Messe, SR-05, International Conference Hall Room 301

Featuring: 

• Daniel Robson, Chief Editor, IGN Japan 
• Nikki DePaola, VP of Global Media, Liquid Advertising
• Kelly Liang, SVP of Partnerships, Discord

Phew! That’s a LOT going on in just four days. If you’re around the area and attending the Tokyo Game Show, we hope to see you there. 

If you won’t be in town, we’d still love to have you join in on the fun! Join our TGS 2024 server at discord.gg/discord-tgs from now until October 4th, where we’ll be running a handful of Announcement channels containing exciting updates straight from Discordopolis in Japan, such as:

• Info about the booth, available Discord merch, and booth activities happening at TGS.
• Clips and videos of influencers and Wumpus playing at our TGS booth.
• Watch our recent Game-Matching video with both US and Japanese gaming influencers.
• Follow along and see pics of our TGS events during the show!

You can also follow us on our social channels, where we’ll be posting some of our TGS antics on our TikTok account and our Japanese X account.

Did you see us mention crossplay and think to yourself “What?! Crossplay using Discord?!” Yep, you heard that right — you can use Discord on consoles to talk to your friends wherever you play! Check out this blog post to learn how it all works.