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Happy AOU 2012 Day! New arcade games from Japan
The slow early year news cycle has had us counting down to this event in Japan, the AOU 2012 expo, where different amusement companies will get together to show off some of their latest
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What’s coming to AOU 2012 (Part 1)
Newsfeed 1162 & 1163 via If you didn’t get a fill from the EAG show last week then never fear, another arcade trade show, AOU 2012, is just around the corner, this time in
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Astro Ranger Re-Appears Out Of The Blue
There are times where we hear about a game, it presents a cool or unique concept and then we never hear about it again. Namco’s Afrec! comes to mind. Then there are times where
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Namco updates UGSF Special Site with New Space Order details
(Thanks to Bryan A. for the tip!) Just a little background on this before we get too far into it – back in 2007 we ran a story about a unique new arcade game
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Taito aims to expand Japanese stores to 100; New Gyrozetter info
Happy (belated) New Year everyone. I hope that the time went by without a negative incident for everyone. Newsfeed 1151 via First piece of news for 2012, just so happens to be an article
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Namco’s Katsuhiro Harada Details Fan Support and Arcade Business in Tohoku Quake Aftermath
Newsfeed 1146 via When natural disasters hit, the immediate concern for the survivors is to keep on surviving and to make the best out of a terrible situation. It’s not just your physical side
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Square Enix and ByKing Inc. cooking up a new arcade title for 2012
When it coems to arcade titles, Square Enix might not be a household name in that regard but that seems to be due for a change. We recently ran news of their transforming arcade
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Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Ver 2012 now out in Japan
If you know of an arcade in Japan that has Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition, then as of today they likely have the latest (and supposedly final) update to the series, Ver. 2012.
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New arcade puzzle game Magical Beat being tested in Japan
(Image via AM-Net Blog) Arcade puzzle games don’t come around too often these days although over the past year or so they seem to be popping up with a little more frequency with the
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Toyota Makes World’s Largest UFO Catcher
How big is the craze behind Sega’s UFO Catcher in Japan? Pretty big, in more ways than one. As a part of a family promotion, Toyota created the world’s largest UFO Catcher crane this
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