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uBeat now testing in the UK
We’ve received word from Konami that their newest and certainly unique bemani title uBeat is now testing at Tenpin Bowl, in Acton, West London. According to the release we received (that you can find
Read More »Golden Tee LIVE 2009 ships Monday Oct. 13th
Incredible Technologies has announced that they will begin shipping the latest installment of the Golden Tee series this coming Monday, which is great news for fans of GT who have been waiting patiently for
Read More »Namco creates new group to focus on game development, bring more games overseas
While this news is a couple of days old already, I contacted Frank Cosentino of Namco (who also is the new head of this dept.) about the creation of Namco Amusement USA’s new Product
Read More »A Japanese arcade in Bangladesh
[Thanks to Oga Shi for sending this in] If you live in the capital of Bangladesh and have a lot of money to spend, where better than in this Japanese arcade. Apparently this arcade
Read More »News on Tekken 6 – looks like arcade version is superior
The Tokyo Game Show is in full swing right now and there is some arcade-related news to come out of it. Direct from the Stinger Report comes some interesting news about Namco’s Tekken 6
Read More »Sega AM2 boss: Arcade market outside Japan is “practically dead”
[via VideoGaming247] That’s encouraging isn’t it? Admittedly arcades in Europe and American pale in comparison to those in Japan, but I’d like to think they still have a pulse. Hell, they must do because we
Read More »The Guardian goes to Akihabara
It’s almost time for the Tokyo Games Show, which means that practically everyone that covers the gaming world is set to flock to Japan in search of the latest cool things. UK newspaper The Guardian is
Read More »Rumor: Raw Thrills' bringing 'American Idol' game to arcades
The rumor mill is churning right now but we have another rumor to look at right now in regards to what you might see in the near future from Raw Thrills’. We posted the
Read More »Indiana Jones Pinball review in latest issue of Hardcore Gamer
While we sometimes have a place to chastise game magazines for ignoring arcades, there is one magazine that has always been open to covering the arcade scene – Hardcore Gamer. They were open to
Read More »Big Buck Hunter Online Region Qualifying Finalists revealed
Thanks to a link posted in the comments to news on the BBH World Championship, we have a look at those who qualified in the regional tournaments to the game and they will move
Read More »Here's another school project arcade – Bionic Roshamo
We’ve got nothing but love for arcade games that came out of a school project this week. Seriously – if you have one out there then send us a link to info on the
Read More »Another school project arcade game – Starcell XF-1
I’ve stumbled across another homebrew arcade school project and maybe it’s just me but it seems like these are becoming more common lately. This particular project, called Starcell XF-1 is an original game running
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