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Amusement Expo Day 1: Tekken Tag 2, PIU Infinity, Koihime Musou
Amusement Expo 2012 officially opened up yesterday in Las Vegas and here is what was there to look over. Images thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report. Compared to last year, there is a larger offering of new products for us to discuss as heading their way West and that is always a »
First Look at the Big Buck HD Launch Event From Las Vegas
(Pictures thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report) Amusement Expo officially kicks off today in Las Vegas but yesterday Raw Thrills and Play Mechanix held a special and unusual launch event for their latest game, Big Buck HD. Several representatives took to the stage to tout the latest features that this game offers, »
Monday News Reel: Gameworks Vegas changes, The Act, eBay Item of the Week
It’s been another weekend with very little arcade news to speak of – calm before the storm of Amusement Expo I expect – so I’ve had to strain a little on news today, hope you don’t mind. First off news has come out that the Las Vegas location for Gameworks will be moving – »
First Look At Big Buck HD
(UPDATE: See pictures of the game cabinet and read about features from the Las Vegas Reveal!) It’s no secret that that latest Big Buck Hunter game is just about to hit the scene and while the official unveiling of the game is less than two weeks away, we didn’t have a clue as to »
Sweet new details on Ben Heck’s Zombie Adventureland Pinball in 3D
Some time ago I ran a story about a new pinball machine project by John Popadiuk and Ben Heckendorn – two men who have made quite a name for themselves in their respective fields, teaming up to produce a unique pinball game. In case you are curious as to what is going on with »
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited Coming to US Arcades
Just a couple of weeks ago at the AOU Expo in Japan, it was unveiled that Namco already had a major update on the way for their latest fighter, Tekken Tag Tournament 2. We also knew that Tag Tournament 2 was on it’s way to the US in some form thanks to those location »
Pinball Legend Steve Kordek Passes Away; New Images for Wizard of Oz Pinball
I meant to get to this earlier this week as I caught a mention of it, but this past Sunday, legendary pinball designer Steve Kordek passed away at the age of 100. To get an idea of the games that he worked on and thus the influence that he had on the industry as »
Custom Coin Mech Reject Button Art by Tighe
Here’s an idea that I’ve thought of on occasion although never looked into it – changing the art on your coin mech reject buttons. It’s been crossing my mind more often lately as at my own arcade I have just undertaken the task of switching over from tokens to quarters as token loss has »
Happy AOU 2012 Day! New arcade games from Japan
The slow early year news cycle has had us counting down to this event in Japan, the AOU 2012 expo, where different amusement companies will get together to show off some of their latest ideas and products. Yes a lot of these are destined for sale primarily in Japan, but there are always a »
Namco’s AOU 2012 Line-Up Unveiled
Next week is the AOU 2012 show and now it’s Namco’s turn to draw attention to some of the products they will have there. There are a couple of games which are no-brainers – Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 but there is a little more to it than that. »
Triangle Services/ Sega bringing Love Arcade to AOU 2012 + Flying Robots
As mentioned yesterday, news will be trickling out about the upcoming AOU 2012 event in Japan that takes place in about two weeks and today Sega opened up some of their plans as to what they are going to show off. Keep in mind that none of the companies reveal everything in advance so »
What’s coming to AOU 2012 (Part 1)
Newsfeed 1162 & 1163 via If you didn’t get a fill from the EAG show last week then never fear, another arcade trade show, AOU 2012, is just around the corner, this time in Japan. The Amusement Operators Union or AOU, takes place every February and often has some surprises in store for some »
