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More game release news: Pump It Up Jump now available; Silver Strike LIVE coming Feb. 15th
It’s always a good thing when we have more arcade game releases to discuss and to help keep track of that, I have created a page for all arcade game releases for 2010. I
Read More »First full look at the indie arcade game Friction
It has been a while since we first teased about a new arcade light-gun shooter coming to arcades from an independent game studio known as Friction Game Studios and today, we can reveal quite
Read More »Brief update on indie arcade titles Dark Presence and Friction
(click on the images to enlarge them) It has been a little while since we’ve posted updates on a couple of upcoming arcade titles that are in development by a couple of independent game
Read More »Terminator Salvation Arcade now testing in Japan UPDATE: UK too
It looks like Raw Thrills/Betson is really beginning to make a push into the Japanese arcade market. First we heard of them testing H2Overdrive in the region, then Chicago Coin/Betson’s PUTT: Champion Golf was
Read More »Sega developing a Let's Go Jungle sequel, but is it for arcades or consoles? UPDATED – Arcade game only
The battle of the sit-down turret light-gun games might be heating up a little more as Siliconera is reporting that Sega has trademarked the name Let’s Go Island: Lost on the Island of Tropics
Read More »Actor Willem Dafoe plays some Big Buck Safari @ MTV
Arcade machines aren’t just for arcade venues – they can be great for offices too. The people at MTV Multiplayer certainly think so and they not only have a Big Buck Safari onsite, they
Read More »PMT Sales now running big tournaments for Textminator across the UK
If you live in the UK and you are good at texting, then this is for you. UK distributor PMT Sales has let us know about some big competitions they are currently running on
Read More »Big Buck Hunter Open Season pushes 3000 units in 90 days
If there was any question about how popular the Big Buck Hunter series continues to be, then look no further than the latest sales numbers released by Betson. They are reporting that the game
Read More »Co-op gaming in arcades, past and present
Our friend Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report has penned an interesting article discussing as aspect of coin-op gaming that has had a strong history and is starting to resurge once again – co-op
Read More »Microsoft bringing virtual arcade game rooms to Xbox Live and Windows
By now you have probably heard of the news that Microsoft will be bringing virtual arcades to Xbox Live and Games for Windows Live. In these virtual game rooms players will be able to
Read More »Project DIVA Arcade cabinet revealed as the game goes on location test in Japan (updated)
Last October we found out that Sega Japan was planning on bringing a PSP music game known as Project DIVA over to arcades, and after a short time of hearing little about the game,
Read More »Pat Laffaye smashes the "Costanza Score" on Frogger
We have spoken of the Costanza Score before – the mythical score on the arcade game Frogger that was shown in an episode of the comedy TV show Seinfield back in the 90’s. When
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