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New Tekken Tag Tournament 2 screens to drool over

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Famitsu.com has a spread of new screens from the upcoming arcade fighter, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 by Namco and as always, they are something worth checking out. It’s true that it’s better to see

Sega shipping Let’s Go Island in the US

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We’re just on a roll with the game announcements this week it seems(much like The Spice, the Arcades must flow). Sega Amusements USA has issued a press release regarding their latest light-gun shooter, Let’s

The return of VR?

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Newsfeed 990 via Technology has a funny way of working at times. Occasionally, ideas were too far ahead of their time or the technology didn’t live up to the ambition of the idea behind

Pac-Man Battle Royale now shipping

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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

Al Alcorn talks Atari and Pong

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Newsfeed 987 via Perhaps you’ve heard the story of Pong and how the video arcade industry got it’s start but it’s one thing to read about that story and it’s another to hear about

The Arcade Street in Paris

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Newsfeed 986 via If you’re in Paris and you want to enjoy playing some arcades from Japan, then you’ll want to find your way to Arcade Street. This location is near Nation subway station

Arcade Infinity NOT closing their doors this Saturday after all

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A couple of weeks ago we shared the sad news that Arcade Infinity, a well-known arcade in the SoCal area, was going to be shutting it’s doors on January 15th. Following the announcement there

New arcade auction company opening – American Amusement Auctions

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(Thanks to Jonathan of Arcaderepairtips.com for the tip!) If you’re in the market for coin-op equipment then auctions are always a good place to find a variety of machines at good prices, when they

Darius Burst: Another Chronicle English version coming soon (UPDATED)

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(Thanks to Darius fan Bryan for the tip!) You asked for it and it seems that Taito has listened. Highway Entertainment, which is a part of the Highway Group and imports games into Australia,

Sonic returning to arcades with Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Arcade?

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Newsfeed 983 via UPDATE: Yes the game did in fact come to arcades. Just a couple of days ago, I had a hunch that Sega could possibly celebrate Sonic’s 20th anniversary with an arcade

Ion makes the iCade a reality

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(Thanks for the link Foxx) It started off as an April Fool’s joke at ThinkGeek and then a couple of modders created their own “iCade” cabinets – a dock for iPads that gives your

Winnitron NL promotes indie games in an arcade cabinet

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There is a trend developing in the console/PC indie gaming world since last year that involves putting these new games into an arcade-style cabinet as a way to help attract attention towards the titles.