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Launching This Month: Pump It Up XX – 20th Anniversary Edition

Launching This Month: Pump It Up XX – 20th Anniversary Edition

Shaggy January 3, 2019 2

2019 is starting off with strong for the arcade business, as we have a couple of new games to discuss that should be available for arcade/amusement venues to add to their collections. For this

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Sega Unleashes An ATV Slam Trailer

Sega Unleashes An ATV Slam Trailer

Shaggy January 2, 2019 2

Back in October of last year (2018, of course 😉 ), Sega Amusements unveiled a brand new racing arcade game to the world, ATV Slam. Unfortunately, the game did not make an appearance at

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The Arcade Heroes 2018 Year-In-Review

The Arcade Heroes 2018 Year-In-Review

Shaggy December 31, 2018 1

2019 is upon us, which means that it is time to take a look back at the arcade, pinball and other amusement news of 2018.  The State Of The Industry 2018 2018 has been

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New Arcades 2018: Japan Update; Babylon Park (Israel); Save Point (MD); Starcade (NJ); Prince Arcades (IL); & More

New Arcades 2018: Japan Update; Babylon Park (Israel); Save Point (MD); Starcade (NJ); Prince Arcades (IL); & More

Shaggy December 28, 2018 2

Welcome to the last new arcade locations post of 2018. This year has been marked by strong growth in the amusement sector, thanks to favorable economic circumstances and a great pool of games to

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NG:Dev Team’s “Love Letter” to the Neo Geo, Kraut Buster, Officially Released

NG:Dev Team’s “Love Letter” to the Neo Geo, Kraut Buster, Officially Released

Shaggy December 27, 2018 0

Way back in March 2015, the development group behind such modern Neo Geo MVS releases like NEO XYX, Gunlord, Fast Striker and others announced their next project: Kraut Buster. This was an ambitious project

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Coming In 2019 – Race Craft

Coming In 2019 – Race Craft

Shaggy December 25, 2018 1

During the EAG 2018 expo back in January, a new game by the name of Race Craft appeared at the Tecnoplay booth. While Tecnoplay is not a name you might know if you are

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Taito Testing Head-To-Head “Space Invaders Pinball Jam” In Japan [UPDATED]

Taito Testing Head-To-Head “Space Invaders Pinball Jam” In Japan [UPDATED]

Shaggy December 23, 2018 7

This week is starting strong with the arcade news, and we’ve got quite the interesting product to start off with, something unexpected from Taito. Taito has been full of surprises over the past month,

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Newsbytes: 2019 Releases; D&B Unveils Dragonfrost VR; Arcade/Christmas Parody & More

Newsbytes: 2019 Releases; D&B Unveils Dragonfrost VR; Arcade/Christmas Parody & More

Shaggy December 22, 2018 1

Welcome to the holiday weekend! Today’s newsbytes was a little bit delayed, in part due to WordPress completely revamping how posts work. As usual when a website makes fundamental changes to how creating posts

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Japan Update: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Last Survivor; Poker Stadium; Tekken 7 Fated Retribution 2; SWDC 2019

Japan Update: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Last Survivor; Poker Stadium; Tekken 7 Fated Retribution 2; SWDC 2019

Shaggy December 20, 2018 0

Now that we’ve caught up with the new games coming to Western shores, it’s time to look at the Eastern market, particularly Japan. They’ve announced a few arcade video games as of late, although

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IAAPA 2018: The Final Wrap-up With AR & VR Attractions

IAAPA 2018: The Final Wrap-up With AR & VR Attractions

Shaggy December 19, 2018 1

For our last look at IAAPA 2018, here are the Augmented and Virtual Reality attractions that have been designed specially for the amusement industry

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Leaked To The Public: WWE Superstar Rumble Card Redemption By Andamiro USA

Leaked To The Public: WWE Superstar Rumble Card Redemption By Andamiro USA

Shaggy June 5, 2018 0

While our focus usually isn’t placed on redemption games, they aren’t banned from being discussed here. Recently Sara has covered titles from ICE such as Wham-o Blast or the videmption Tomy Waterfuls Ring Toss;

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More details on Namco’s Maximum Heat

More details on Namco’s Maximum Heat

Shaggy December 5, 2010 0

Newsfeed 967 via We’ve already had some hands-on time with Namco’s latest racer, Dead Heat (see IAAPA coverage or search for Dead Heat here in case you missed it) but we haven’t seen much

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