It’s IAAPA 2023 soon, and perhaps in participation of that, a brand new racing game from Sega Amusements and 3MindWave called Apex Rebels has been spotted on test in the UK. Unfortunately, there is not a ton of information to go off of on it at the moment, but it is enough to make this a brief story. Hop on in for a quick ride through what we know so far:
Background
For some context first: you may be thinking “Who is 3MindWave?”. They are an arcade studio out of Hong Kong who have created a few games for Sega Amusements, namely ATV Slam, Jumanji, VR Agent, and Storm Rider 2. 3MW do have at least one original Sega game designer and director working alongside them too – Mr. Oga-Shi (Gunblade N.Y., Jambo! Safari, Let’s Go Jungle, Mission: Impossible Arcade, among many others). Here’s a video from one of those:
Apex Rebels – What We Know
Now for Apex Rebels, this was spotted just over a week ago by reader and occasional AH co-contributor Ted via an Instagram reel from Funbox Wandsworth in the UK, where the game has been on test. This reel is very short, has a caption overlaid, and was filmed in vertical orientation… so we have to pause and squint a bit whilst watching it. But Ted did some editing work and came up with this proper image too:
From this we know:
- It’s by 3MindWave (their logo is on the top back of the seat)
- It’s a racing game
- Camera is available
- Roughly 43″ or 47″ screen
Unsure:
- What’s the blue LED ring to the left (right above the girl’s hand, center bottom)? Is it a reader?
- Motion base?
From what I’ve been hearing about Sega Amusements’ IAAPA booth, this one has not even been hinted at, so if Apex Rebels is planned, it would be a nice surprise. Given that Hyper Cross will be launching there, I would personally expect this one to come along later next year, but who knows. Seeing as it’s been testing in the UK at one of their frequent sites, it looks pretty certain to appear at EAG in 2024 at least.
That’s all for now – what do you think from the little that we know about Apex Rebels?
