Asia Pacific Game Summit (APGS) dedicates to promoting Taiwan’s gaming industry, with the aim of expanding opportunities for international exchange among experts. Organized by Taipei Computer Association, APGS holds its annual conference alongside Taipei Game Show (TGS) each year and sporadically hosts themed salon events throughout the year. Since 2014, APGS has held more than 200 sessions, covering a wide range of topics including “Game Development”, “Indie Games”, “Game Operations and Marketing”, “Metaverse”, and “Generative AI”, featuring professional speakers from around the world.

#Thousands of Audiences Gather in Physical Sessions

The annual conference gathers well-known game companies and award-winning studios to the stage, with over 2,000 audiences every year, exchanging perspectives and ideas internationally. In addition to the events in Taiwan, APGS expanded to Tokyo in 2016 and 2017 with game companies both from Taiwan and Japan to share insights into game development, marketing, and localization.

In 2018 and 2019, APGS hosted the “eSports Panel” that overviewed the changes in the gaming industry from the industrial, governmental, and academic perspectives, and analyzed the role game developers and publishers, hardware brands, and eSports organizations play in the field of eSports. “Indie Salon” debuted in 2019 to act as a hub for indie game developers across the globe to share insights into game development and international marketing experience. “Indie Salon” aims to assist indie game developers and provide a platform to promote their works globally.

As the word “Metaverse” became the buzzword, APGS initiated a collaboration with the Asia Silicon Valley Development Agency in both 2022 and 2023, hosting the “Metaverse Forum”, featuring industry experts to decode the secrets of the virtual world and share perspectives on building brand awareness through the Metaverse.

#Online Summit Providing Latest Market Trends without Time Difference

The online summit “APGS Online” created on the TGS official YouTube channel, offers web streaming along with multi-language subtitles. This not only enables audiences from different countries to participate together, but it also enables real-time online interaction. After the premiere ends on YouTube, the online sessions stay on the TGS official YouTube channel, continuing to deliver influence with total views surpassing 110,000.