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Namco sets up a Razing Storm website

Namco sets up a Razing Storm website

Shaggy October 23, 2008 5

Among the new game revelations last month was Namco’s light-gun shooter called Razing Storm and in Japan it is going on location test and it has a website set up to describe the game

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Kawasaki Warehouse – Location Report, Japan

Kawasaki Warehouse – Location Report, Japan

arcadeheaven October 17, 2008 7

Wow, I have just got back from Japan and made a fabulous discovery whilst I was there: Kawasaki Warehouse This incredible arcade has been built from the ground up to look like a disused,

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More AM 08 Videos

More AM 08 Videos

Twisted Supreme September 24, 2008 1

Courtesy of Highways Games are some more videos of games on show at the AM show in Japan. Namco’s Nirin Sega’s Hummer Atlus’ Vulcan Wars Sega’s Touch Striker Sega’s House of the Dead EX

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Parse Rorunpe – a broom flying arcade game from Japan

Parse Rorunpe – a broom flying arcade game from Japan

Shaggy September 5, 2008 5

If you’ve ever stuck a broom between your legs as a kid pretending that you’re flying around as a witch then this game’s for you. Of course it wouldn’t take much for someone to

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Street Fighter IV Tournament

Street Fighter IV Tournament

Twisted Supreme September 3, 2008 2

Capcom have announced the Street Fighter IV National Tournament. Qualifiers for the finals will be held across Japan from November 1st to December 7th. The venues for these are still to be announced, but we do know

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Pay for your games by phone!

Pay for your games by phone!

Shaggy August 10, 2008 1

There are many ways to pay for your arcade experience – quarters, tokens, card readers, etc. and naturally quarters have been the staple for the industry for quite sometime now as we are referred

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At least a few arcades will have SFIV in the US, how many more are out there?

At least a few arcades will have SFIV in the US, how many more are out there?

Shaggy August 4, 2008 4

It seems that despite the fact that Capcom USA has completely dropped the ball on the arcade version Street Fighter IV so far it’s not deterring some operators from getting their hands on the

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Tokyo Game Action Site Review & their 5th anniversary

Tokyo Game Action Site Review & their 5th anniversary

Shaggy August 1, 2008 0

A short time ago, we were contacted by Andrew McGuire, of Tokyo Game Action, an arcade in Winchendon, MA where their focus is Japanese arcade gaming. In addition to Japanese arcades they also have

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Virtua Fighter 5 R released in Japan

Virtua Fighter 5 R released in Japan

Twisted Supreme July 29, 2008 0

  The game has been on location over the past few months but now Virtua Fighter 5 R has now been officially released in Japan. The upgraded game has new features and new character

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Neo-Arcadia's booth @ Japan Expo 2008

Neo-Arcadia's booth @ Japan Expo 2008

Shaggy July 12, 2008 0

Japan Expo 2008 was recently held in France and arcade-related website Neo-Arcadia was there with a booth and plenty of screenshots to boot. The arcade presence at the expo brought many games into one

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