2026 MAIN STAGE
INFORMATION
Date: January 29 (Thursday) - January 30 (Friday), 2026
Venue: Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall1, 1F (Area I)
Audience Registration: https://taipeigameshow.kktix.cc/events/apgs2026
JANUARY 29 (Thursday)
| Time | MAIN STAGE Session |
| 09:30-10:00 | Audience Check-In |
| 10:00-10:45 | A New Path to Growth and Success for Indie Games: The Smilegate STOVE Platform and Ecosystem (K) Sun-ho Shin / Smilegate / Team Manager |
| 10:45-11:15 | New Features of TuanJie Dong Yang / Unity China / Platform Technology Director |
| 11:15-12:00 | 300K Wishlists Without Paid Marketing: A Demo-Driven Development Case (K) Eunseop Shim / Lizard Smoothie / CEO |
| 12:00-13:00 | Break Time |
| 13:00-13:30 | Audience Check-In |
| 13:30-14:15 | What Octopath Traveler 0 Aimed to Achieve — How We Rebuilt Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent for Consoles (J) Hirohito Suzuki / SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. / Senior Manager and Producer |
| 14:15-14:45 | Unlocking Game Monetization Secrets: How Xsolla Powers Global Game Monetization Jingbo Chen / Xsolla / Senior Vice President and Head of Xsolla Greater China |
| 14:45-15:20 | RAGNAROK: Key Factors for Success in the Global Expansion of Game IP (J) Yoshinori Kitamura / GRAVITY / COO・Chairman of the Board |
| 15:20-16:05 | The Challenge of a Director Bringing Games to the World — From Fate/Grand Order to TSURUGIHIME and DO NOT PLAY — (J) Yosuke Shiokawa / Fahrenheit 213 Inc. / CEO |
JANUARY 30 (Friday)
| Time | MAIN STAGE Session |
| 10:00-10:30 | Audience Check-In |
| 10:30-11:15 | Examples of Toei Animation's Game Business and Development of the Anime "Girls Band Cry" (J) Yasuhiro Nagata / TOEI ANIMATION CO.,LTD. / Producer, Digital Contents Division, Business Development Department, Sales & Planning Headquarter |
| 11:15-12:00 | 【Indie Insights: From Taiwan to the World】(J) Shuhei Yoshida / yosp Inc. /CEO Pei Yu Huang / FromDawn Games / Co-founder Daniel Robson / IGN JAPAN / Executive Producer |
| 12:00-13:00 | Break Time |
| 13:00-13:30 | Audience Check-In |
| 13:30-14:00 | Decode and Reconstruct: Visual Interpretation and Narrative Using Game Art in SILENT HILL f Box Shih / NeoBards Entertainment Ltd. / Art Director Ant Hsu / NeoBards Entertainment Ltd. / Concept Art Supervisor |
| 14:00-14:30 | Data Innovation under Global Game Transformation Qi Chen / ThinkingData / Co-founder |
| 14:30-15:15 | The Sweet Life: A Woman's Recipe of Indie Development (E) Norma Rossler / Red Meat Games / CEO |
| 15:15-16:00 | How Dragon Quest VII Was Reimagined (J) Masato Yagi / SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. / Director |
NOTICES
*(E)/(J)/(K) English/Japanese/Korean session with Mandarin consecutive interpreting.
*The latest agenda will be primarily announced on the APGS official website.
*The organizer reserves the right to cancel, terminate, or change the event date and content if natural disasters or events, which could not have been foreseen or controlled by any party, such as strikes, fires, epidemics, wars, etc. occur. For any matters not covered, the organizer retains the right to adjust and make the final interpretation.
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