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Play Mechanix announces the Big Buck World Championship 2011

Play Mechanix announces the Big Buck World Championship 2011

Shaggy May 21, 2011 0

The annual tournament for the Big Buck series has been announced and when it comes to prizes and players, this year’s tournament will be the biggest one yet. 64 players will compete in the

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From the makers of H2Overdrive comes Dirty Drivin’

From the makers of H2Overdrive comes Dirty Drivin’

Shaggy May 19, 2011 9

First they gave us a spiritual successor to Hydro Thunder and now Specular Interactive and Raw Thrills are testing out a new racing title that leans in the Offroad Thunder direction(or as the person

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Taito begins selling BlazBlue Continuum Shift II globally

Taito begins selling BlazBlue Continuum Shift II globally

Shaggy May 18, 2011 2

Taito just announced a couple of hours ago that they are now selling the AkSys Games BlazBlue Continuum Shift II arcade boards globally. The exact tweet goes as follows: TAITO has begun global sales

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PowerPutt LIVE 2012 coming next Spring

PowerPutt LIVE 2012 coming next Spring

Shaggy May 18, 2011 0

We haven’t had many new game announcements to discuss recently, even though a number of games are in-development as we speak. Most of the time announcements are made a short time before the game

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Classic Game Room tackles classic arcade games

Classic Game Room tackles classic arcade games

Shaggy May 18, 2011 1

(Thanks to IGO for the tip) The Classic Game Room is a large series of video reviews found on Youtube where these guys review games for any game system they can get their hands-on.

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Welcome to the Monday Morning Open Thread

Welcome to the Monday Morning Open Thread

Shaggy May 16, 2011 4

We haven’t really done an ‘Open Thread’ before, where you talk about pretty much anything in the comments (still prefer arcade/pinball discussion) but today I feel like starting one, along with some various pieces

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Knights of Valour 3 in action @ GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2011

Knights of Valour 3 in action @ GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2011

Shaggy May 14, 2011 0

Just a short time ago we found out about IGS’s new 2D beat ’em up, Knights of Valour 3. IGS published a teaser site for the game and left it at that. Fortunately, a

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Checking out Terminator Salvation’s new “Expert Mode”

Checking out Terminator Salvation’s new “Expert Mode”

Shaggy May 13, 2011 5

One aspect of modern gaming that we have all become used to is the game update. We have come to expect them  these days as issues are discovered in games and improvements are made,

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Chuck E. Cheese’s being sued for use of redemption games

Chuck E. Cheese’s being sued for use of redemption games

Shaggy May 13, 2011 7

A San Diego real estate agent has decided that because she feels that the redemption games her kids played at a local Chuck E. Cheese (after several visits to the location mind you) didn’t

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Digital Out-Of-Home Interactive Entertainment Conference coming to London, July 14th

Digital Out-Of-Home Interactive Entertainment Conference coming to London, July 14th

Shaggy May 13, 2011 2

A new conference that focuses on digital out-of-home entertainment (a fancier way of saying what we do in the amusement industry) is coming to London this July, where trade experts and professionals will gather

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Pinball news: Teaser videos for TRON Pinball; Wizard of Oz witch toy + more

Pinball news: Teaser videos for TRON Pinball; Wizard of Oz witch toy + more

Shaggy May 11, 2011 1

Let’s kill a few birds with one stone here by combining a few bits of recent pinball news into one post. First, the one I’m a little surprised by – Stern hasn’t released anything

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Taito introduces Kickthrough Racers

Taito introduces Kickthrough Racers

Shaggy May 11, 2011 1

Taito appeared to have some decent success on their unusual Hopping Road arcade game, a title where you raced along on pogo sticks and now they are taking the concept to the next level

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