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And some of Namco’s games at AOU 2010 will be…
Via Namco has revealed some of the content that they will be showing off at AOU 2010, which includes a new Gundam VS. title and Midnight Maximum Tune 3DX + (which I am pretty
Read More »Pump It Up Pro 2 slightly revealed; game to be at the 2010 Amusement Expo in Vegas
Thanks to Phil Ver0 on the forums! It’s been a while since there was a new Pump It Up Pro to talk about – three years in fact. But at the 2010 Amusement Expo
Read More »Taito’s AOU 2010 site opened
Via Continuing with the pre-AOU 2010 hype, Taito revealed their website today. It’s not as descriptive as AOU sites by other companies that we have seen so far and it appears that they will
Read More »Sega unveils their AOU 2010 line-up
Via With AOU 2010 in Japan just a week or two away, companies are revealing what they will be bringing to the show – first Konami and now Sega. There is nothing on the
Read More »More info on Namco/Gamewax's Go Go Grand Prix
(Thanks for the info Sam!) Kevin Williams and I discussed the new “digital toy hybrid racer” Go Go Grand Prix in the latest podcast and now Namco has issued a press release discussing the
Read More »ICE's Standard version of Panic Museum
Via At IAAPA I had a chance to play Taito’s huge, theater style light-gun game, Panic Museum. The setup is impressive, with a large projected screen and theater quality sound, but obviously this does
Read More »Heat activated arcade mugs
You know it’s always a little slow when we start posting arcade-related merchandise for posts. So here we go: I think of these as psuedo-arcade mugs as these don’t use licensed content – just
Read More »Capcom posting profits, Namco losses; where do their arcade divisions stand?
It’s that time where we start to receive news about different public companies and their profit or loss over a certain period of time. These glimpes generally mention the arcade division of said companies
Read More »Arcade Heroes Podcast #12 – New games at EAG and more
Here’s our 12th podcast – I know I haven’t been keeping up with these on a weekly basis as I had wanted to originally but we’re still getting them done when there is enough
Read More »Tekken 6 clone cabinet emerges from China
Have you ever played Tekken 6 in an arcade? I have, and my experience taught me two things: firstly my friend is better with the capoeira characters than me, and secondly the cabinet is
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