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Looking At Taito’s History As They Turn 60
This past Friday (the 24th) was a date that was important to arcade and video game history but I did not realize that until I saw a message on Facebook from Taito. Here is
Read More »Stinger Report/BMIGaming Best of Show Awards 2013 Released
It’s been a few months since IAAPA hit but that doesn’t mean that some awards for the games can’t be released. Around the beginning of last year we ran news of the first run
Read More »Arcade Heroes Players Choice Game Of The Year Poll 2012
It’s that time of year again, where as it comes to a close we want to know what you the players found to be the arcade Game Of The Year for 2012. There was
Read More »Arcade Tour: Clacton-on-Sea, UK (Summer 2012)
With a stack of £1 coins and a camera phone, HeavyElectricity seeks to document the arcade experience in Clacton
Read More »Sega Amusements USA releases GRID Deluxe
First revealed at the London EAG Expo, Sega Amusements USA has announced today that the deluxe version of their arcade racing title GRID is now available in North America. The most obvious item to
Read More »Friction and Frightmareland now available
Two new arcade games are available for arcades and other entertainment venues to pick up for their locations, but the release news for each game may have become a little lost in the other
Read More »Vote for the Arcade Game of the Year 2010
It’s that time of year again, the one where you the arcade fans get to pick your favorite game of 2010 as the Arcade Heroes Game of the Year. I decided to start the
Read More »IAAPA 2010 – Namco booth
Next up as a part of our IAAPA 2010 coverage is Namco. Like Amusement Expo, the company had a large booth where Pac-Man was a big star but they also had plenty of other
Read More »Weekend news: RoadFighters Impressions, CEC earnings report, Namco game quiz
To start off our weekend, a few items to “cleanse the palette” with, especially if you are bored to death over the plethora of Microsoft Kinect coverage many game blogs are getting into right
Read More »Report: Namco/Brent open day 2010
Tuesday was quite a busy day, to say the least. While I knew that I’d be visiting Sega for a product launch, I was unaware that Namco was also running an open day. Many
Read More »Report: Sega Amusements Europe product launch 2010
There’s nothing quite like the promise of new arcade games to get you through an otherwise undesirable journey on the London Underground. Even though I’ve been on it fairly regularly as of late, I
Read More »Konami testing Space Agent in Japan, a new shooter that uses Augmented Reality
The Am-Net Blog has pictures of the marketing materials for a new Konami light-gun game testing in Japan called Space Agent. The only info we have about it comes from the posted media, which
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