Japan Arcade Updates: Resident Evil 2/Biohazard RE:2 Arcade; Cotton Rock With You; StarHorse Party
While we wait for Amusement Expo 2026 to get going in Las Vegas, there have »
February Trade Shows: NJAA Expo (New Jersey); FEExpo (Italy); DEAL (Dubai)
Though the main arcade trade shows of the first quarter of the year happen with »
LAI Games Begins Shipping Phantom Vanguard In North America
Another arcade exclusive is now available in North America, as Gameloft/IGS/Wahlap’s Phantom Vanguard is now »
New Games Available Now: Perfect Pour Pabst Blue Ribbon Edition (DSM Arcade); Dragon Kingdom (Ace/ASI), More From TouchMagix
Arcade news has mostly slowed to a crawl post-Pokémon pinball reveal, with numerous stories developing »
Newsbytes: Atari PONG Arcade Table Is Back; Pop’n Music US; Sonic The Hedgehog Arcade1Up, More
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Games we're glad to have missed: Tattoo Assassins
So it’s Saturday and naturally the arcade news spigot turns from “trickle” to “off” (or on occasion, “drip”) and it is fun to check out some of the strange things that have come along
Read More »KOF'98 UM Official Site
While many gamers are eagerly awaiting the arrival of SNK’s KOF XII, SNK is releasing another KOF game in a few weeks, the remake of KOF98, known as KOF98 Ultimate Match. An official site
Read More »Taito launches re-branding effort
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Space Invaders along with seeking to improve it’s image in the game industry, Taito announced a new branding strategy that includes new logos, a unification of their
Read More »Midway turns to Out-of-Home to secure line of credit
The National Amusement Inc., operation has replaced the previous Wells Fargo Foothill agreement, to secure credit facilities for the crippled Midway consumer game operation. The $97.4 million loss during 2007 the worse admittance of
Read More »Sega Race TV already getting an update
Rumor has it that Sega’s brand new racer, RaceTV has failed to impress operators in the way that Sega had hoped. And in an apparent confirmation of that rumor, Sega is preparing to roll
Read More »Sega not for sale
Recently there has been a lot of talk regarding mergers and buy-outs between big game publishers in the gaming industry, such as with Activision and Vivendi or EA trying to buy-out T2. As such
Read More »An arcade by women for women
Perhaps if the translation of the page made more sense I could make a more complete commentary on this but in Japan there is an arcade that is “made by women, for women”. This
Read More »Disney Quest NOT Closing!
According to poster PrOk on the KLOV Forums, Disney Quest is not closing! Its not becoming ESPN Zone either. We can all breathe a sigh of relief now as this is very good news!
Read More »Rugby Air Hockey anyone?
Missed this one at ATEi. This isn’t just your regular air hockey table with rugby themed decals. In this game of Air Hockey the puck is actually shaped like a rugby ball! Admittedly it’s only a
Read More »Another retro home arcade cabinet
There must be the demand out there because there seems to be an endless amount of these types of cabinet being produced. I pretty sure I haven’t covered this one before, apologies if I
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