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Fighter news: Tekken 6 gets a world championship; new Melty Blood Actress goes to Ringwide

Fighter news: Tekken 6 gets a world championship; new Melty Blood Actress goes to Ringwide

Shaggy February 11, 2010 5

Here are a couple of tidbits regarding some fighters out of Japan. First is Tekken 6, which is getting it’s own global championship. While the poster for it shows the Xbox 360 and PS3

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Silver Strike LIVE starts shipping next week

Silver Strike LIVE starts shipping next week

Shaggy February 11, 2010 2

Incredible Technologies has announced that their latest game, Silver Strike LIVE begins shipping next Monday. If you missed out on the details regarding this new title, you can find out more by clicking here.

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Short animated flick about video games

Short animated flick about video games

Shaggy February 11, 2010 1

This isn’t entirely arcade related – it’s more about video games in general and how they affected this particular person’s life. His point about video games being a potential place to waste one’s time

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Thief robs an arcade with a cup of coffee

Thief robs an arcade with a cup of coffee

Shaggy February 11, 2010 2

In most stories about robberies, thieves will use conventional weapons such as knives or guns but on some occasions they like to try out new things – like cups of coffee. Such was the

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Lobster crane machines being shut down in New Zealand

Lobster crane machines being shut down in New Zealand

Shaggy February 10, 2010 8

I going to try and not use this post to debate the merits of whether lobster crane machines are cruel to the animals but it was only a matter of time before someone, somewhere

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And some of Namco’s games at AOU 2010 will be…

And some of Namco’s games at AOU 2010 will be…

Shaggy February 10, 2010 2

Via Namco has revealed some of the content that they will be showing off at AOU 2010, which includes a new Gundam VS. title and Midnight Maximum Tune 3DX + (which I am pretty

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Pump It Up Pro 2 slightly revealed; game to be at the 2010 Amusement Expo in Vegas

Pump It Up Pro 2 slightly revealed; game to be at the 2010 Amusement Expo in Vegas

Shaggy February 9, 2010 0

Thanks to Phil Ver0 on the forums! It’s been a while since there was a new Pump It Up Pro to talk about – three years in fact. But at the 2010 Amusement Expo

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Taito’s AOU 2010 site opened

Taito’s AOU 2010 site opened

Shaggy February 6, 2010 2

Via Continuing with the pre-AOU 2010 hype, Taito revealed their website today. It’s not as descriptive as AOU sites by other companies that we have seen so far and it appears that they will

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Sega unveils their AOU 2010 line-up

Sega unveils their AOU 2010 line-up

Shaggy February 5, 2010 0

Via With AOU 2010 in Japan just a week or two away, companies are revealing what they will be bringing to the show – first Konami and now Sega. There is nothing on the

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More info on Namco/Gamewax's Go Go Grand Prix

More info on Namco/Gamewax's Go Go Grand Prix

Shaggy February 4, 2010 1

(Thanks for the info Sam!) Kevin Williams and I discussed the new “digital toy hybrid racer” Go Go Grand Prix in the latest podcast and now Namco has issued a press release discussing the

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ICE's Standard version of Panic Museum

ICE's Standard version of Panic Museum

Shaggy February 4, 2010 1

Via At IAAPA I had a chance to play Taito’s huge, theater style light-gun game, Panic Museum. The setup is impressive, with a large projected screen and theater quality sound, but obviously this does

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Heat activated arcade mugs

Heat activated arcade mugs

Shaggy February 4, 2010 0

You know it’s always a little slow when we start posting arcade-related merchandise for posts. So here we go: I think of these as psuedo-arcade mugs as these don’t use licensed content – just

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