Disclaimer: The game discussed in this article is a prototype which has been seen on location test. This means that the final production model will likely change OR it might not even be released at all. As such, reserve your final judgments for later.
Bowl Expo is taking place in Orlando next week, where there will be some new arcade pieces to discuss. But one that probably won’t be there, at least according to Sega’s press release, is a game from IGS and Baohui that we heard about on test in the UK this past February called Hyper Cross.
Thanks to Kevin Williams, we now have some new pics of Hyper Cross on test again, this time at the Funbox arcade of Gravity Max Wandsworth in London. There’s one new detail here that we can see from this – the game’s global ranking system that uses QR codes – but otherwise I’m not sure if much has changed between this and when it was at the Airport Bowl (also in the UK).
And for the new detail on its global ranking feature:
Plus, if you have missed it, here’s the trailer for the game that Baohui originally posted last year for its release in some Asian territories:
It was initially unclear if the game was out there in the US too, but I have also now received an update that Hyper Cross is indeed on test here in the States – you can currently find it at the Dave & Busters in Addison, IL. If you do come across it, let me know… however, you also might want to keep your eyes more peeled for a highly-anticipated new arcade game from a different company that is also on test there (again, let me know when you see it 😀 ).
I do assume that this won’t be at Bowl Expo though, as Sega is still heavily promoting two other racers at the moment – Drone Racing Genesis and Storm Rider 2 – while also selling Jet Blaster and ATV Slam to make it four. If it’s doing well on test, then I imagine we’ll see it around IAAPA time.
Speaking of Bowl Expo, stay tuned for a preview of that event, coming soon. In the meantime, what do you think of Hyper Cross from this second glimpse of it on test?
