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Army Experience Center in Philadelphia to close

Shaggy June 22, 2010 0

Newsfeed 839 via It was only a year and a half ago when we reported on the US Army’s new Army Experience Center, an interactive setup that sought to bring a new twist to

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Crazy Speed Arcade by Long Entertainment now available via UNIS

Shaggy June 21, 2010 2

Universal Space (UNIS) has posted a new addition to their list of distributed games to join the many other arcade racers out there, with Crazy Speed Arcade by Long Entertainment in China. We covered

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Mutant Alert: Interactive theater game for 16-players

Shaggy June 20, 2010 2

Newsfeed  838 via When it comes to grabbing some attention in the out-of-home-entertainment industry, one way to do it is use the “Galaxian 3” model. While such large-format games only work in certain locations,

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New tank arcade game: Total Armor

Shaggy June 19, 2010 0

Newsfeed 837 via At the moment I only have a picture to go on but what you see above is from the G2E Asia 2010 Expo which took place last week in Macau, China.

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New video game exhibit opening at the Strong National Museum of Play in November

Shaggy June 19, 2010 1

Newsfeed 836 via We have covered the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY before. They are certainly a kind of museum gamers can get behind as they are home to the International

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Taito’s new trailer for Gaia Attack 4

Shaggy June 18, 2010 5

It’s been a few months since we first saw Taito’s newest foray into the realm of light-gun shooters, Gaia Attack 4 and today they released a full trailer for the title on their Japanese

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Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade wins Stride's Save The Arcades 2 competition

Shaggy June 17, 2010 2

And by the final tally, it wasn’t even close, with Ground Kontrol pulling in 624,871,000 total points, which were donated to them by players via the Cowbots flash game. Arcade Infinity came in second

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Arcade Heroes Podcast #15

Shaggy June 16, 2010 7

Another month, another podcast. Here is the podcast for June where Kevin and I talk about E3, 3D applications in arcades, Open Day event, arcades opening and closing and more.I had to cut it

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So Pac-Man Battle Royale was at the e3 Namco event last night…

Shaggy June 16, 2010 8

…but we have to go to the Japanese game media (or here) to find that out(EDIT: Since I initially posted this, a number of sites have picked up on it and covered the arcade

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GlobalVR’s NASCAR Team Racing goes online today

Shaggy June 15, 2010 2

GlobalVR’s NASCAR Team Racing title is scheduled to have it’s online features activated today, allowing you access to new tracks as well as the ability to race against people in other connected arcades. As

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New game news: Namco's Deadstorm Pirates now available in the US + Razing Storm going to PS3 + DSP on PS3 already?

Shaggy June 15, 2010 6

Most attention in the gaming world is being focused on E3 right now but that shouldn’t stop us from getting some news about arcades thrown out into the ether here. I should have discussed

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New I-WAY racing simulator arcade in France

Shaggy June 14, 2010 6

Newsfeed 830 via If you love racing simulators and you ever happen to be passing through Lyons, France (or if you live nearby) then a new business that recently opened it’s doors there will

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