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New arcade in San Francisco: South Town Arcade

New arcade in San Francisco: South Town Arcade

arcadehero May 30, 2011 4

(This photo and more from the DigitalPress Forums) If you live in the San Francisco area and you’re looking for an arcade there, then you’re in luck with the new South Town Arcade. According

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Namco releases Dragonball Zenkai Battle Royale in Japan

Namco releases Dragonball Zenkai Battle Royale in Japan

arcadehero May 27, 2011 3

Newsfeed 1046 via Dragonball Zenkai Battle Royale is the latest arcade release from Namco Bandai in Japan and I wonder if they are building up a whole class of new “Battle Royale” games. First

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Darius Burst Another Chronicle’s widescreen makes it into Guinness

Darius Burst Another Chronicle’s widescreen makes it into Guinness

arcadehero May 27, 2011 2

(Thanks to Bryan for the tip) World records are found on pretty much everything these days, and arcades are no exception. And we’re not just talking about high scores either, although for the most

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Sega Amusements USA releases GRID Deluxe

Sega Amusements USA releases GRID Deluxe

arcadehero May 25, 2011 5

First revealed at the London EAG Expo, Sega Amusements USA has announced today that the deluxe version of their arcade racing title GRID is now available in North America. The most obvious item to

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From the makers of H2Overdrive comes Dirty Drivin’

arcadehero May 19, 2011 9

First they gave us a spiritual successor to Hydro Thunder and now Specular Interactive and Raw Thrills are testing out a new racing title that leans in the Offroad Thunder direction(or as the person

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Taito begins selling BlazBlue Continuum Shift II globally

Taito begins selling BlazBlue Continuum Shift II globally

arcadehero May 18, 2011 3

Taito just announced a couple of hours ago that they are now selling the AkSys Games BlazBlue Continuum Shift II arcade boards globally. The exact tweet goes as follows: TAITO has begun global sales

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PowerPutt LIVE 2012 coming next Spring

PowerPutt LIVE 2012 coming next Spring

arcadehero May 18, 2011 0

We haven’t had many new game announcements to discuss recently, even though a number of games are in-development as we speak. Most of the time announcements are made a short time before the game

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Classic Game Room tackles classic arcade games

arcadehero May 18, 2011 1

(Thanks to IGO for the tip) The Classic Game Room is a large series of video reviews found on Youtube where these guys review games for any game system they can get their hands-on.

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Welcome to the Monday Morning Open Thread

Welcome to the Monday Morning Open Thread

arcadehero May 16, 2011 5

We haven’t really done an ‘Open Thread’ before, where you talk about pretty much anything in the comments (still prefer arcade/pinball discussion) but today I feel like starting one, along with some various pieces

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Knights of Valour 3 in action @ GTI Asia Taipei ’11

Knights of Valour 3 in action @ GTI Asia Taipei ’11

arcadehero May 14, 2011 0

Just a short time ago we found out about IGS’s new 2D beat ’em up, Knights of Valour 3. IGS published a teaser site for the game and left it at that. Fortunately, a

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First pics of GUN-LORD unveiled

First pics of GUN-LORD unveiled

arcadehero May 1, 2011 7

After teasing a new sidescrolling 2D jump n’ shoot game a few months ago, the NG:DEV.TEAM has finally unveiled the first pictures from the alpha build of the NeoGeo version of their upcoming game

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Your first look at Sega’s Operation GHOST, sequel to Ghost Squad

Your first look at Sega’s Operation GHOST, sequel to Ghost Squad

arcadehero April 29, 2011 8

We weren’t exactly sure what kind of game Sega’s new Operation GHOST was going to be, based solely on the teaser site but with the first pictures of the beta game cabinet now out

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