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Namco to Open New Facility in Japan; tiny Star Wars Arcade playable cabinet; DNA US Conference Moved

Namco to Open New Facility in Japan; tiny Star Wars Arcade playable cabinet; DNA US Conference Moved

Shaggy April 26, 2012 1

Newsfeed 1195 & 1196 via Most of our location opening news comes from out West but the occasional news from the East doesn’t hurt either. Namco has a new facility that is opening tomorrow

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New Trailer For Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited; Western release for Sega’s MaiMai?

New Trailer For Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited; Western release for Sega’s MaiMai?

Shaggy March 5, 2012 5

Namco America has uploaded a new trailer to Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited, which in a way confirms what I reported on just a few days ago that this is coming to arcades in

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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited Coming to US Arcades

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited Coming to US Arcades

Shaggy February 29, 2012 5

Just a couple of weeks ago at the AOU Expo in Japan, it was unveiled that Namco already had a major update on the way for their latest fighter, Tekken Tag Tournament 2. We

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Namco’s AOU 2012 Line-Up Unveiled

Namco’s AOU 2012 Line-Up Unveiled

Shaggy February 8, 2012 0

Next week is the AOU 2012 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 –

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Namco’s New Dark Escape 3D on Location Test in Japan

Namco’s New Dark Escape 3D on Location Test in Japan

Shaggy January 9, 2012 0

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

Namco updates UGSF Special Site with New Space Order details

Shaggy January 4, 2012 3

(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

Pac-Man Power Girls Appearing At Select D&B Locations Friday and Saturday

Shaggy December 16, 2011 9

(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

Sega testing sequel to Card Gen; Wangan 4 out in Japan today

Shaggy December 12, 2011 0

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

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Arcade as seen in the US

Shaggy December 9, 2011 7

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

News from Japan: Namco Dark Escape 3D Details; Sega Maimai loctest; Konami Pop N’ Music 20 release

Shaggy December 9, 2011 4

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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