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Arcade Fighters Update: Street Fighter V; Dead Or Alive 6; Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2
It’s to to catch up on some news that has come out of Japan this week, all involving the beloved genre of fighting games. Street Fighter V Finally Coming To Arcades Street Fighter was
Read More »Legendary Arcade Game Designer Yu Suzuki Embracing Amusement VR With “Versus”
[Thanks to Kevin Williams for the heads-up] If you aren’t familiar with the name Yu Suzuki, then you should be familiar with some of his work (particularly if you’re reading this blog): OutRun, Hang-On,
Read More »Newsbytes: Tokyo Game Show 2018; Roller Coaster Dumps VR; Merchandiser Thief
Welcome to this week’s Newsbytes, where I curate some quick arcade news items as opposed to giving them a lengthy post. Before we get to that, I’d just like to bring attention to an
Read More »Devil Engine Announced For Arcades Via Exa-Arcadia
The “drip, drip, drip” of arcade announcements for the upcoming EXA board continues! The last main announcement for the platform was of an odd multiplayer marathon game by the name of Nippon Marathon Turbo
Read More »Big Buck World Championship XI Details; Big Buck Hunter Coming To Nintendo Switch
Esports has become a very big business, with arcades serving an important role in public gaming & tournaments ever since the “Golden Age” era of the 1980s. For over a decade now, certain games
Read More »It’s Official: House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn Launching At IAAPA 2018
One of the bigger news stories of the year has been the return of House of the Dead to arcades, and last week we had news that the game is officially shipping in Japan.
Read More »3 Shooters From Wahlap: Monster Eye 2; Bounty Ranger; Teratoma DLX;
Wahlap is a company that we haven’t discussed in quite a while. This Chinese manufacturer made headlines several years ago when when they released Storm Racer to the US market. Their US division has
Read More »Sega Releases House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn In Japan
Back in January of this year, big news hit the web of a return to the House of the Dead franchise with the reveal of House of the Dead Scarlet Dawn. Since then, we’ve
Read More »GTI Asia China Expo 2018 Now Underway; UNIS Unveils Multiplayer Soccer Video Game
Today marks the beginning of a major amusement trade show over in China, known as the GTI Asia China Expo. We’ve covered previous expos from afar in the past (I’ve never attended one in
Read More »Golden Tee 2019 Gets Ready To Ship
Every year in September, the latest version of the iconic bar & arcade game Golden Tee enjoys a new release. This has been the case for over a decade now, with the developers behind
Read More »SNK Reveals Samurai Spirits…Could An Arcade Version Be In The Works?
In 1993, SNK released Samurai Shodown on the Neo Geo MVS arcade platform. It did enough to stand out from other fighting games of the era, earning itself numerous sequels and console ports throughout
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