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Fighterpalooza: Super Street Fighter IV loctest vids; Street Fighter X Tekken shuns arcades (for now)
Newsfeed 882 & 883 via Plenty of Street Fighter news has come along. First, videos showing Super Street Fighter IV Arcade are online (via Versuscity). Andriasang also has a pic showing some extra character
Read More »Transformers Arcade titles for kids roll out in Japan
(Thanks to AH reader ECM for the tip) We last heard about Sega’s development of kids arcade titles based upon the Transformers Animated license in March and now those games have been made available
Read More »Videos from the Akai Katana (aka Red Sword) location test
(Thanks to ECM for the tip) Interested in seeing CAVE’s new shooter Akai Katana? Then here are some of the first videos of the game in action, as seen recently on location test. I’m
Read More »We Dancing Online making waves in China & Taiwan as IGS preps We Dancing Online 2
Newsfeeds 880 and 881 via It was only in May that we covered We Dancing Online by IGS and we saw that the game had a huge following at GTI 2010. Since then a
Read More »Videos from California Extreme 2010
I usually post videos from CAX every year and now that a week has passed since the event, there are a few to enjoy on Youtube.
Read More »Konami's "Love Plus Arcade" brings dating sims, creepiness to Japanese arcades
I have never seen a study been published on whether or not dating simulation video games actually improves ones behavior and/or chances with the opposite sex but either way such games have a following
Read More »Playing for charity: Incredible Technologies Golden Tee event for veterans; UK Pinball Party charity event for needy kids
Two charity events for different causes are on the horizon, one in the USA and the other in the UK. To summarize, Incredible Technologies will be holding a charitable event on August 27th-29th in
Read More »One Super Street Fighter IV location test down, at least two more to go
Newsfeed 879 via There really isn’t anything new to report on the arcade version of Super Street Fighter IV after it’s most recent location test but at least some in Japan have had a
Read More »Raw Thrills' releases Terminator Salvation Super Deluxe
The other day I had mentioned in the Twitter feed that there was a new Terminator Salvation cabinet that was being made available for release, a 32″ cabinet with mounted guns. I had no
Read More »Andamiro finishes Pump It Up Pro 2; DDR X2 tested in the US
Now for some music game news. First off, Andamiro has finally released Pump It Up Pro 2. The game was first seen at Amusement Expo 2010, where it was well-received by fans and since
Read More »Stern Pinball @ Comic-Con 2010
Via the Stern Facebook fan page. One of the biggest geek events for the year is now underway, Comic-Con 2010 and while console games are showing a strong presence at the show, arcade games
Read More »Sony's Raymodeler 3D – a display system for future arcades?
In my mind, one thing that can help set an arcade apart, beyond the game itself or unique controls is the type of display used. In classic era most stuff was raster-based and arcade
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