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Bandai Namco Revelations: Tekken 7, Lost Land Adventure, Mario Kart Update
As EVO 2014 started a rumor popped up on the internet that Bandai Namco was working on Tekken 7. It didn’t take long for that to turn from rumor to fact as the company
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Newsbytes: Ubisoft & Alterface Team Up For Rabbids Invasion; R-Kaid Unit
Another weekend, another weekend post. I have a couple of things in the works coming soon – first that video I promised a month ago will be posted this next week. I was trying
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A New Electromechanical Arcade Game Twist On Tug-O-War: Divorce
It is somewhat rare to see a story about a new Electro-Mechanical (EM) arcade machine since those were long ago replaced by video arcade games but much like pinball, I think that the right
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Coastal Amusements Releases Temple Run 2 Arcade & SharpShooter
Just because you see and play some games at a trade show does not mean that those games are available right away, although in the arcade industry, it generally means they are very close.
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Museum of Pinball Prepping For The Inaugural Arcade Expo Coming January 2015
(Thanks to Kent Fund for the tip) Remember the Museum of Pinball? If not, here is a refresher. Unfortunately like some other Kickstarter projects to launch or improve arcade venues, the goals were not
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Recent & Upcoming Arcade Expos/Shows; Sonic Rise of the Hedgehog update;
This week is always slow for news as a lot of people and companies tend to take off more than just July 4th for a nice Summer break but there is a little something
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Bandai Namco Releases A Trailer For Lost Land Adventure
Not long ago, Bandai Namco Amusements Japan began testing a new light-gun game in Japan by the name of Lost Land Adventure. As you can see from that post, the most obvious difference would
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Buy An Old Building In Japan, Gain 2 Floors Of Arcade Games
Sometimes news has a weird way of getting to me – I checked the Arcade Otaku forums this afternoon and caught an interesting post from May 20th about an AO member whose girlfriend’s Grandma
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New Location News: GAMA Ride Open in Belmont, CA; Summer Street Arcade in Denver, CO
(Thanks to Jon Cox for this first tip) A new FEC venue has opened their doors in Belmont, CA by the name of GAMA Ride (corrected from San Francisco, thanks for the point Sean).
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Newsbytes: Mortal Kombat Reunion, Japan Arcade Games On Test
It’s hard to believe we are pretty much at July already. Speaking of the date, yesterday was Atari’s anniversary which I think we could consider National Video Arcade Day. So Happy Belated Video Arcade
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The Big Buck Hunter World Championship 2014 To Take Place In Minneapolis, MN
For the past few years, Play Mechanix & Raw Thrills have held an annual world championship for their headlining arcade title Big Buck Hunter. It has become the tournament with the biggest prizes at
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Vonnie D Pinball Announces Pinball Gremlins, Seeks Funding
A short time ago we ran a story about a new upstart that was looking to jump into the pinball game, VonnieD Pinball. They want to “bring pinball back” using innovative ideas, designs and
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