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Yoshihisa Hashimoto leaves Sega for Square Enix
The man who was the director of Sonic Unleashed and the main brain behind the Hedgehog Engine has left Sonic Team (which had been known as AM8 at one point where they created arcade
Read More »Insert Coin this weekend!
Just a reminder, this weekend is the first ever “Insert Coin” event which is being held at the Rodber Suite at Northampton Saints. This brand new show is certainly offering a lot to see
Read More »Arcade Heroes Week-in-review Podcast Episode 5
This week on our podcast, Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report joins me again as we discuss not just the news of the week but some other aspects of the arcade industry as well,
Read More »Headed to CAX 2009? Let us know!
One major arcade event I would love to attend one day is California Extreme (or CAX for short). I probably say this every year that we post about it, but I figure I should
Read More »Alleged Ultracade counterfeiters indicted
While piracy in the arcade sector is not as common as it used to be, it still occurs here and there. In the most recent case, the man who created the Ultracade setup is
Read More »More details on Taito’s new FPS Cyber Diver
Most of the news this week seems to be revolving around Japanese releases but that’s OK – even if you don’t live in Japan some of these games could make their way to a
Read More »Stern says: "We're never quitting"
(Photo via the Chicago Tribune) After news came out that Stern Pinball had to layoff a few people, I began hearing rumors about the imminent closure of the company. Some felt that with a
Read More »Interesting new shmup now location testing in Japan – Exception
A new and interesting shmup is now on location test in Japan and seeing efforts like this makes me long for seeing some good shmups in arcades outside of Japan again. Called Exception, this
Read More »Another location test for Konami's Mocap Sports
(thanks to Aaron Auzins for the info and translation) Konami’s Wii Sports look-a-like, Mocap Sports is on location test in Japan once again and with it we get just an extra detail or two
Read More »Another look at why beach arcades are awesome
One additional indicator that summer is in full swing in the northern hemisphere (in case you didn’t know already) are the number of articles highlighting beach arcades. I posted about one recently and here
Read More »DDR X at Japan Expo 2009 in Paris
In case you were wondering what players would think of the new DDR X in Europe, then the recent appearance of the title at the Japan Expo 2009 in Paris France should answer that
Read More »Take a virtual tour of Michael Jackson's private arcade
Remember all of those awesome arcade games Michael Jackson owned that were in excellent condition and a few months back were going to be put up on the auction block? Now you can see
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