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'Level-5 World' will be streamed
Level-5 bailed on TGS this year in favor of "Level-5 World," an event devoted entirely to its own games. Luckily for those of us who were only in Tokyo for TGS (or who haven't been in Tokyo at all!), the publisher is streaming the event, including the "Level-5 Vision" press conference. The Vision conference will begin at 11:00 AM Japan time on Saturday, October 15 (10PM EDT Friday night) -- this will be when the company announces a new title and reveals other news. After that, the World event will continue for two days with stage events detailing all its games. The Ustream URL hasn't been announced yet, but we'll be sure to update when Level-5 gets around to that, so you can stay up and watch.
Seen@TGS: Not Level-5
Level-5 normally has one of the biggest and most populous booths at the Tokyo Game Show, but the publisher skipped out on the event this year in favor of just throwing its own deal next month. It was even bold enough to advertise its new Level-5 World convention on a pillar by the entrance to the Makuhari Messe. TGS organizers probably didn't see it as a slight, however -- Level-5 did pay for booth space ... where it set out tables and chairs for use as a business meeting area by TGS visitors. We're sure that even though they weren't able to play a variety of Level-5 games (Ni no Kuni PS3 was at the Sony booth, at least), attendees thought highly of the company after enjoying the life-saving chairs it provided.
