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Coming in November: The Kong Off 3
Since the release of The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, one event has come along to really capitalize on the resurgent interest behind Nintendo’s original arcade classic Donkey Kong and competitive classic gaming. That event known as the Kong Off provided a venue where the top Donkey Kong players in the world »
Sega Shows Off First Footage of Transformers: Human Alliance Arcade
Well the wait is over, here is the first footage of Sega’s Ringedge 2 powered Transformers: Human Alliance arcade game. This is the England stage, which was selected by fans on Facebook by a huge majority (the other option was Africa, which would have had to get many more shares to be the chosen »
Cruden Launching New Powerboat Simulator at IAAPA 2013
When I attended the IAAPA 2012 trade show in Orlando, FL, there was a noticeable trend in new product entries for vehicle simulation products. All of them involved racing in one form or another, with a particular nod towards Formula 1 simulators. When every single company is showing off a professional grade simulator that »
Sega Teasing New Transformers Arcade Video, You Can Pick Which One They Will Show
Among the new game announcements we have seen this year, Sega’s next light-gun game, Transformers: Human Alliance is one we have been patiently waiting on for more details. We first found out about when a Sega-owned Chinese division spilled the beans on a location test for the game in China then in July Sega »
Free Gold Watch Offers Classic Pinball and Video Arcade Gaming in San Fransisco, CA
San Fransisco has showed up on our radar for arcade locations before, particularly with the now closed Southtowne Arcade. One business decided to bring some arcade goodness back to the city although by their name you would have no idea that arcade and pinball gaming is now a part of their business recipe. The »
Newsbag: NJ Boardwalk Fire, Groove Coaster in Hong Kong; Knotts Berry Farm ’91; A couple of Game Funding Campaigns
Last week was quite a punch for arcade news, especially after a relatively slow summer. Sometimes a lot of the big stuff hits all at once then leaves us wanting for a few days but in the meantime a few quick stories have been piling up. Also do stay tuned for an interview with »
First Pic of Raw Thrills’ BATMAN Arcade Cabinet
(Please note, a couple of updates have been added below) UPDATE (11/5/13): An interview with Steven Ranck of Specular Interactive about Batman is up now with many more details including new videos! Some weeks ago we ran a story about a new arcade title coming from Raw Thrills and Specular Interactive (creators of H2Overdrive »
Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone To Feature New Sega Arcade Hardware “Nu”
I know for some Sega fans, hearing new hardware and Sega in a sentence may sound like link trolling. We’re not here to bait with fantasies of a Dreamcast 2 but in the world of arcades, Sega still needs something to power their arcade games with, topped off with fancy names for the configurations »
Polygon Looks at Behemoth’s PAX Arcade Cabs and The indie Killer Queen Game
(Pictured: Castle Crashers Arcade cabinet from a previous PAX event) The game news site Polygon.com is giving some love to arcades, albeit with a focus on some “indie” developments that have been going on out there. More stories are on their way tomorrow, just catching up after having the day off. The Penny Arcade »
Namco Holds Business Meetings in Japan, Sonic Storm Renamed to Mach Storm
The slow news period we’ve seen this summer may be starting to come to an end, at least where new game products are concerned. Japanese manufacturers are beginning to hold public “business meetings”, where they show off some product that will be released by the end of this year or the beginning of next. »
Looking At Taito’s History As They Turn 60
This past Friday (the 24th) was a date that was important to arcade and video game history but I did not realize that until I saw a message on Facebook from Taito. Here is what they had to say: “It’s our birthday!! 60 years ago today, in 1953, TAITO (then the Taito Trading Company) »
Monopoly Goes Videmption With Monopoly Arcade
The other day I was looking over the 2013 releases and upcoming list and one has to admit – it feels a little light compared to previous years. Given the time it takes to develop a game and bring it up to code of a solid earning title and a limited number of developers, »
