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WePlay Expo Event Heads to Japan in 2027

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WePlay Expo Japan
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San-Ei and Iid have announced that they will bring the Chinese gaming event WePlay Expo to Japan for the first time in early April 2027. The two Japanese companies added that they have secured licensing from the China Indie Game Alliance, which will also help produce this event.

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This event will notably take place at Makuhari Messe, the same venue that has been hosting the annual Tokyo Game Show. The latter has also been listed as one of the event partners on the official website of the original Chinese WePlay Expo event. But while the flagship gaming event of Japan has been utilizing the entire venue, the first iteration of the Japanese WePlay Expo will only use Halls 5 and 6 at the venue’s center.

The organizers have opened an official website for this event, and it is also available in English. It teases that this event will feature booths with hands-on demo builds for upcoming games, presentation and tournament stages, and merchandise shops, among others.

The first WePlay Expo Japan will take place at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on April 2-4, 2027. The first day on Friday will be reserved as a business day, while the other two weekend days will be available as public days.

Kite Stenbuck
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Kite is a Japanese translator and avid gamer from Indonesia, Southeast Asia who learned the language mostly by playing Japanese games from the PS1 era. He primarily translates news about Japanese games and anime straight from Japan. After initially starting with a focus on Dynasty Warriors communities from the mid-2000s, he eventually joined Siliconera in 2020. Other than Dynasty Warriors, Kite is also a big fan of Ace Combat and other games featuring mechs, especially Gundam.