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ATEI 09 News – Registration changes for Consumer Media
Listen up those of you who are planning on attending ATEI in a couple of weeks. With high interest in the event, the organizers have put a trade-only policy into effect. They also have
Read More »Pre-ATEI buzz – Tekken 6 rumors and BlazBlue tested in Europe
In a build up to ATEI within the next few weeks, Europe has seen a location test of the new fighting game BlazBlue (pictured above), with a big turn-out of players only hampered by
Read More »Stop Fighter 2
Stop motion animation is a real pain in the butt to pull off. I guess that is why so many of these kind of films are done with simple things like Legos. The following
Read More »Console gaming to invade out-of-home venues with the Game Gate machine
We have been following the efforts of those who have been attempting to bring console gaming back into arcades (you might recall that consoles have been used before in arcades to promote a game
Read More »A look back at JAMMA 1986
GameSetWatch posted a very interesting arcade article today they call “The RePlay Files: A Trip to the 1986 JAMMA Arcade Game Show”. JAMMA is still held in Japan every year, but it’s always cool
Read More »Caught on video: one of those Chuck E. Cheese fights
It wasn’t long ago where we talked about the violence that had been strangely occurring at some Chuck E. Cheese locations in the US and now one of those fights was caught on camera
Read More »A new KOFXII trailer
KOFXII news continues to flow in, here with a new look at the game that showcases different characters from the roster we saw recently. I would embed the trailer here but it’s from GameTrailers
Read More »More bad news for consumer game mags (with arcade-related thoughts)
The bad news just keeps coming for print magazines in the US, with the end of EGM and the sale of HardCore Gamer Magazine on eBay. Of course this comes about by the fact
Read More »US Army Experience Center brings interactive entertainment to recruiting
The US Army has developed a new center in PA called the Army Experience Center which uses interactive entertainment to provide to visitors a “unique insight into the life of a soldier”, thus modernizing their recruiting
Read More »Is this the future of gaming?
(Click on the image for a full view – should be fixed now) According to the image on the right, which was put together by a “virtual think tank” of professors and game/movie industry
Read More »Article: Game Magazine Schizophrenia Over Arcades
We’ve occasionally documented times and places when game magazines showcase arcade titles as it is a fairly rare occurance but with recent developments in the arcade sector, some publications have suddenly taken some notice
Read More »The Arcade Heroes Pinball Game of the Year Poll
Last year we included pinball games into the main poll about the GOTY but I think it is probably more fair to make a separate poll for pins so they get a little more
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