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Sega testing sequel to Card Gen; Wangan 4 out in Japan today
More arcade news from Japan today, first from Sega. This is an unusual case – originally back in 2009 Sega first debuted a new concept called Sega Card Gen MLB 2010 at a US trade show known as AMOA 2009. It was a baseball game that combined a touchscreen with specially designed baseball cards »
Konami launches an arcade community site, e-Amusement Gate
Newsfeed 1134 via As an effort to provide Japanese gamers with a portal for everything revolving around their arcade games, Konami has launched a new site that focuses on bringing game information, player rankings, discussion with mobile device support together to support the players. It’s only for Japan (which isn’t much of a surprise »
DNA Conference slated for US Debut April 26th 2012
Earlier this year in London, a single day conference was held that was all about the digital out-of-home entertainment sector, hosted by site partner Kevin Williams of KWP Limited. Topics were covered that apply to the arcade industry as well as any others that provide some sort of entertainment not intended for the home. »
Blazing Angels gets a new cabinet release
(Tip via The Stinger Report) In 2008 GlobalVR brought the popular console title Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII out to arcades in a deluxe sit-down cabinet. There haven’t been many entries in recent years for aerial combat games (Sega’s Afterburner Climax would be one although that is no longer produced) so that certainly helped »
DNA Conference a success, looks to bring event to the US
You might recall that the newly formed Digital Network Association held a special, one-day Out-Of-Home Interactive Entertainment conference in London a week ago. It Founded by our friend and colleague Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report only four months ago and it already has had a big welcome from various individuals and groups in »
Editorial: Should Coin-Op Arcade Games be a part of E3?
E3 (i.e. Electronic Entertainment Expo) is upon us once again this next week, where gamers, journalists, developers, publishers and their “booth babes” come together to show off the latest, greatest video games people will enjoy later in the year for home consoles and PC – all minus arcade games. The event is described by »
Namco releases Dragonball Zenkai Battle Royale in Japan
Newsfeed 1046 via Dragonball Zenkai Battle Royale is the latest arcade release from Namco Bandai in Japan and I wonder if they are building up a whole class of new “Battle Royale” games. First there was Pac-Man Battle Royale and now this. Perhaps next we’ll have Time Crisis or Starblade Battle Royale (yeah, another »
Sega Amusements USA releases GRID Deluxe
First revealed at the London EAG Expo, Sega Amusements USA has announced today that the deluxe version of their arcade racing title GRID is now available in North America. The most obvious item to set this apart from it’s standard cousin, a 55″ High-Res LCD monitor. Otherwise the software, cabinet lighting, controls and sound »
PowerPutt LIVE 2012 coming next Spring
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 is to be released but there are exceptions to that rule. Here is one of those exceptions as Incredible Technologies »
Pinball news: Teaser videos for TRON Pinball; Wizard of Oz witch toy + more
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 quite like this previously. Being a teaser, it doesn’t show the new Tron game of course(which has already been seen »
Jersey Jack Pinball & Pinball Planetary Supply sign pact
(Thanks to Jon L. For the tip!) While we’ve all been eagerly awaiting to see the pinball game from Jersey Jack Pinball, Wizard of Oz Pinball, they have been working behind the scenes building up other aspects of their business to properly compete. One of those means has been to sign an agreement with »
Pac-Man Battle Royale at the factory
Last week we ran the news that Namco’s Pac-Man Battle Royale arcade game is available for purchase and now Namco America has complimented that news with a press release and some pictures of the game being put together on the factory floor as the company fills orders. Hit the break for the pics! »
