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Arcade news you can abuse for the weekend

Arcade news you can abuse for the weekend

Shaggy July 2, 2011 4

If you’re in the US then you are possibly travelling somewhere, or hosting visitors for the 4th of July weekend. If not, it’s still a 4-day weekend which is always great to take advantage

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Namco unveils trailer and website for Maximum Tune 4

Namco unveils trailer and website for Maximum Tune 4

Shaggy February 19, 2011 2

I was wondering where the previously announced Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 was at AOU 2011 and while the game didn’t make an appearance at the expo, Bandai Namco at the very least has

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Profits up at Sega Sammy and Namco Bandai

Profits up at Sega Sammy and Namco Bandai

Shaggy February 5, 2011 3

Newsfeed 998 via About every quarter we get a look at how some companies who are in the arcade business did financially, particularly those based in Japan. These reports don’t really show us how

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EAG 2011 – Full report

EAG 2011 – Full report

HeavyElectricity January 26, 2011 3

The January trade show season is always exciting, isn’t it? New games, lots of people, general excitement. For a few days, a part of London is all about the amusement trade. This year, however,

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Pac-Man Battle Royale at the factory

Pac-Man Battle Royale at the factory

Shaggy January 21, 2011 1

Last week we ran the news that Namco’s Pac-Man Battle Royale arcade game is available for purchase and now Namco America has complimented that news with a press release and some pictures of the

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Pac-Man Battle Royale now shipping

Pac-Man Battle Royale now shipping

Shaggy January 12, 2011 8

When Namco was revealing the different ways in which they celebrated Pac-Man’s 30th anniversary last year, no one product they revealed was more surprising than Pac-Man Battle Royale. We first got a chance to

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Namco’s new Augmented Reality game

Namco’s new Augmented Reality game

Shaggy January 2, 2011 1

(UPDATED) Here’s a nice way to start off the new year – with a look at a new concept for out-of-home entertainment venues that uses Augmented Reality. We’ve discussed various AR games in the

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New trailer for Tekken Tag Tournament 2

New trailer for Tekken Tag Tournament 2

HeavyElectricity December 24, 2010 1

Namco’s latest trailer for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 shows that a lot of progress has been made since we last saw the game, back in November. New backgrounds have replaced the featureless stages from

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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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IAAPA 2010 – Namco Booth

IAAPA 2010 – Namco Booth

Shaggy November 19, 2010 3

Next up as part of our IAAPA 2010 coverage is Namco. Like Amusement Expo, the company had a large booth where Pac-Man was a big star but they also had plenty of other new

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