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Namco’s AOU Line-Up Unveiled
Next week is the AOU show and now it’s Namco’s turn to draw attention to some of the products they will have there. There are a couple of games which are no-brainers – Tekken
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Namco’s New Dark Escape 3D on Location Test in Japan
UPDATE: We have the first look at the US version of the game here. Later this year Namco has a new horror-themed light-gun shooter on its way to arcades, similar to Deadstorm Pirates but
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Namco updates UGSF Special Site with New Space Order details
(Thanks to Bryan A. for the tip!) Just a little background on this before we get too far into it – back in 2007 we ran a story about a unique new arcade game
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Pac-Man Power Girls Appearing At Select D&B Locations Friday and Saturday
(A couple of Pac-Man Power Girls enjoying Pac-Man Battle Royale at Amusement Expo 2010, back when it was a wee prototype) (Thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report for the tip) So I
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Sega testing sequel to Card Gen; Wangan 4 out in Japan today
More arcade news from Japan today, first from Sega. This is an unusual case – originally back in 2009 Sega first debuted a new concept called Sega Card Gen MLB 2010 at a US
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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Arcade as seen in the US
Thanks to JJ Kam on our Facebook page, here is a picture of the new Tekken Tag Tournament 2 machine as seen at the Fun Works in Hawaii. They’ve just reused the Tekken 6
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News from Japan: Namco Dark Escape 3D Details; Sega Maimai loctest; Konami Pop N’ Music 20 release
There were a few different arcade news items coming out of Japan today so I figured it would be useful to combine them into one post. Let’s start off with the quick stuff, both
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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Location Test Update
Here’s an update for anyone close to the location tests on Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (as a reminder, The Next Level Arcade is no longer participating in that). On our Facebook page, a commentor
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Pac-Man Battle Royale Deluxe Launches at all Dave & Busters locations
(Pac-Man Battle Royale Deluxe at IAAPA 2011) If you have a Dave & Busters location near you then you certainly have reason to be excited. In October, all 57 locations served as the launch
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Your Five US Test Locations for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Arcade
(Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Arcade as seen at a recent trade show in China) Newsfeed 1139 via We’ve know for a little while that Tekken Tag Tournament 2, which came out to Japanese arcades
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Opening video for Namco’s Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4
Newsfeed 1127 via It’s all fairly straightforward on this one, the opener for Namco’s latest in the technical racing series. I haven’t heard anything about this being officially supported overseas yet but never say
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10 years later, direct footage of Namco’s Star Blade Operation Blue Planet
In 2001, Namco went to the Amusement Machine Show in Japan with a new prototype game to show off in a very unusual cabinet called ORBS (pictured above). The game inside – a sequel
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