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R-Tuned website update

HeavyElectricity July 27, 2008 2

Sega has updated the official Japanese website for R-Tuned: Ultimate Street Racing, adding some screenshots, a couple of short video clips and information on how the game is played. Amusingly, the cabinet lighting changes

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Street Fighter IV at London's Battle of Destiny

HeavyElectricity June 20, 2008 2

Battle of Destiny is a tournament for the hardcore fighting fans out there – a proving ground in which challengers compete on Hyper Street Fighter 2, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, Capcom vs SNK 2

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Rumour: London's Funland under threat?

HeavyElectricity June 20, 2008 8

This one is an interesting piece of rumour, but back in January Ripley’s Believe It or Not! announced its intention to open a new museum in London’s Trocadero this August, occupying around 25,000 square

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Exclusive: A look inside the Flora Print Club, London

HeavyElectricity June 20, 2008 8

It looks like something you might expect to find in Tokyo, but the print club you see pictured above is actually located in the heart of London, being situated in the popular Covent Garden

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Konami launches official Dance Dance Revolution community

HeavyElectricity June 20, 2008 1

To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Dance Dance Revolution series (known as Dancing Stage in Europe), Konami has launched an official community portal for the site. It is extremely comprehensive, featuring an official

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Retro Gamer #52 – King of Kong, Atari interviews and more

HeavyElectricity June 20, 2008 2

The new issue of UK publication Retro Gamer has hit newsagents, and it features a lot of interesting material for fans of classic arcade games. For fans of juicy gossip, the first port of

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BlazBlue on Japanese location test

HeavyElectricity June 13, 2008 0

BlazBlue is one of those fighting games which seems to have gotten a little lost in the shuffle – not surprising when you consider the big name fighters that have been announced and released

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GamesTM reviews Sega RaceTV

HeavyElectricity June 4, 2008 0

While we often express dismay at the state of arcade coverage in the mainstream gaming press, we’ll always encourage any examples of constructive reporting. UK multiformat magazine Games™ is one of the publications we’ve

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Location Review: Bowlplex, Basingstoke

HeavyElectricity June 1, 2008 0

As you might imagine, Rambo wasn’t the only thing I played on my trip to Basingstoke’s Bowlplex last week. Having spent something like £20 on the return train ticket, there was no way I

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Behind the scenes at Sega

HeavyElectricity May 31, 2008 4

While I was at the Sega Rally 3 launch last week, I got to see a little bit of what goes on at Sega Amusements Europe. It is a fun place! The developers from

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