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2010 Big Buck Hunter World Championships Results
This past weekend the Big Buck World Championships took place in Chicago and when the dust settled, players walked away with a total of $50,000 in prizes. Two of those players won $10,000 each,
Read More »Konami testing GuitarFreaks & DrumMania XG2 Groove to Live in Japan
Konami is wasting no time in keeping the GuitarFreaks and DrumMania XG series updated, as shown by a location test taking place in Kawasaki, Japan this Saturday and Sunday. GFXG2 and DMXG2 will feature
Read More »The extra life pinball machines get in home game rooms
Newsfeed 940 via As video games have aged, the number of people who collect the old stuff has increased and we see more articles discussing the community behind the collecting. A strong collectors community
Read More »KidZania’s interesting twist on the FEC
Newsfeed 939 via When we normally think of FECs (or Family Entertainment Centers) we generally think of indoor amusement parks that can include a number of activities from rides to mini-golf, skating, lazer tag
Read More »Arcades at the FER Interazar 2010 show in Spain
Newsfeed 938 via The annual FER event in Spain may focus primarily on slot machines and other gambling devices but where many casinos have an arcade as a part of their facility, what better
Read More »Fast & Furious: Super Cars by Raw Thrills
If anyone was thinking that the arena for arcade racers was going to be cooling off anytime soon then they will need to think again as Raw Thrills has surprised us with a follow-up
Read More »Sega posts improved profit projections
Sega Sammy Holdings yesterday revised its half and full year financial forecasts, and the good news for the company is that it has increased its projected profits. The full year figure is projected to
Read More »A politician who likes video games, including arcades
We don’t dive into politics very often – only when necessary with stories that are generally on the negative side as some city/state/country goes off on a crusade to ban coin-op games for some
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