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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Location Test Update

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Location Test Update

Shaggy December 7, 2011 2

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 Launches at all Dave & Busters locations

Shaggy December 6, 2011 1

(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

Your Five US Test Locations for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Arcade

Shaggy December 5, 2011 3

(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

Opening video for Namco’s Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4

Shaggy October 19, 2011 0

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

10 years later, direct footage of Namco’s Star Blade Operation Blue Planet

Shaggy October 12, 2011 6

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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Namco to debut Dark Escape 3D at JAMMA ’11

Namco to debut Dark Escape 3D at JAMMA ’11

Shaggy September 6, 2011 8

Next week in Japan, the JAMMA Expo will take place and with it, new games will be announced. As is typical, some of those announcements come before the show and today Namco has unveiled

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Seen at AAMA Gala 2011: Deadstorm Pirates Upright, Pac-Man Battle Royale Deluxe

Seen at AAMA Gala 2011: Deadstorm Pirates Upright, Pac-Man Battle Royale Deluxe

Shaggy August 19, 2011 7

(Thanks to Sam Ven of Namco for the pics!) The new products just keep rolling out as we get more information from what was at the AAMA Gala this week. Here is a look

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Bandai Namco profits up

Bandai Namco profits up

Shaggy August 4, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1083 via Good news for the people at Namco – despite economic turmoil this year, profits are up for the company (see the 162nd Ferengi Rule of Acquisition for our obligatory geek reference

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Namco testing out a new version of Pac-Man Battle Royale

Namco testing out a new version of Pac-Man Battle Royale

Shaggy July 18, 2011 2

Everyone’s favorite round yellow character made his return to arcades earlier this year with Pac-Man Battle Royale and while the game has been finding a home in many venues across the US and around

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Namco’s Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 coming in December to Japan

Namco’s Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 coming in December to Japan

Shaggy July 11, 2011 12

Newsfeed 1075 via UPDATE: For the latest on the international reach on this game, check out our post here. The next installment of Namco’s hardcore driving series, Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune has a release

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