PC Gaming Show Tokyo: TGS 2025 Trailer Reaction
The PC Gaming Show: Tokyo Direct 2025, produced by PC Gamer, is a digital event that is being live streamed today, Sunday, 28 September 2025. It promises over 30 games, new trailers and interviews. The showcase takes place parallel to the Tokyo Game Show and will be streamed on platforms such as YouTube, Twitch, and Steam.
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Introduction
The PC Gaming Show: Tokyo Direct is an editorially curated online event by PC Gamer. This edition focuses on announcements, premieres, and conversations with studios that were produced as part of the Tokyo Game Show. The show is moderated by Elle Osili-Wood and Midas from PC Gamer, who guide audiences through trailers and developer interviews.
Content and Schedule
The premiere of the PC Gaming Show: Tokyo Direct starts today, September 29, at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM BST / 1 AM JST. PC Gamer featuring over 30 games in trailer clips and conversations. Confirmed contributions or updates include titles such as Huntsman, Killing Floor 3 and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, as well as additional new titles. Content and participation come from publishers such as Annapurna Interactive, Devolver Digital, Tripwire Interactive, Ubisoft and Humble Games. The show will be published simultaneously on YouTube, Twitch, Steam, Bilibili and other platforms. There are also official co-streams and watch-alongs from major creators.
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The official logo of the PC Gaming Show 2025.
The moderation by Elle Osili-Wood and Midas promises a brisk, magazine-style pace. The show offers a curated selection of trailers and short developer conversations that give an overview of upcoming PC games.
Background and context
The orientation of the PC Gaming Show toward the Tokyo Game Show increases visibility in a week when many studios bundle news and international media watch. For PC Gamer diene Tokyo Direct also serves to sharpen its profile: an own format with global distribution, but local relevance, that offers partners and indie studios a stage beside the major publisher streams. The multi-streams boost reach, as official channels and co-streams enable parallel communities, reactions and rapid clip distribution.
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Teaser visual of the Tokyo Game Show 2025.
The show is not the official TGS main stream, but an independent production by PC Gamer that runs parallel to the exhibition. This allows a specific focus on PC gaming and at the same time benefits from the attention generated by the Tokyo Game Show.
Facts and uncertainties
The show times are confirmed as 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM BST / 1 AM JST, the hosts Elle Osili-Wood and Midas, the multi-stream on YouTube, Twitch, Steam and Bilibili, as well as content from over 30 games. The involvement of notable publishers such as Annapurna, Devolver, Tripwire, Ubisoft and Humble Games is also confirmed, as is the format of trailers and interviews.
The exact lengths of individual segments, the actual order and every world premiere before the broadcast remain unclear. It is also unclear which titles will actually show gameplay instead of cinematics, as the pre-release reports provide examples but do not present a final lineup. The question of whether announced titles will receive playable demos or only trailers remains open until the respective publishers update their store pages and socials. Also, which interviews provide real gameplay insights versus pure teasers is not evident beforehand.
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Significance for viewers
Anyone who wants to see trailers compactly and in a curated way will find a suitable platform in the PC Gaming Show: Tokyo Direct. Viewers save themselves the trouble of searching individual publisher streams and get a cohesive hour of PC-focused content. Creators can schedule official watch-alongs, as PC Gamer enables co-streams and provides press material, which facilitates reach as well as quick chapter markers and reaction clips. Those who want to dive deeper can concurrently follow the pages of GamesRadar and Windows Central, which typically publish summaries promptly.
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A streamer reacts live to the announcements of the PC Gaming Show.
The PC Gaming Show: Tokyo Direct bundles PC news from the TGS week into a compact, freely accessible stream with easily accessible channels and a clearly recognizable editorial voice. For viewers, this means a convenient overview, meaningful context, and a quick starting point for further research on individual games with publishers and trade press.
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