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Newsbytes: Recent & Upcoming Arcade Expos/Shows; Sonic Rise of the Hedgehog Update
This week is always slow for news as a lot of people and companies tend to take off more than just July 4th for a nice Summer break but there is a little something to talk about as we go into the weekend. For those American readers to the site, Happy Independence Day! First »
Bandai Namco Releases A Trailer For Lost Land Adventure
Not long ago, Bandai Namco Amusements Japan began testing a new light-gun game in Japan by the name of Lost Land Adventure. As you can see from that post, the most obvious difference would be the usage of Namco’s dome screen technology that they used with the Gundam pods and more recently Mach Storm »
The Big Buck Hunter World Championship 2014 To Take Place In Minneapolis, MN
For the past few years, Play Mechanix & Raw Thrills have held an annual world championship for their headlining arcade title Big Buck Hunter. It has become the tournament with the biggest prizes at stake among arcade gaming, with thousands of dollars in cash rewards being handed out to the top group of players. »
Newsbytes: Oakland Pinball Ban Lifted; New Atari Arcade Prototype: Time Bomb
Welcome to another Newsbytes rounding up a couple of interesting pieces of arcade news. Neither of these concern fresh product on the market but should be cool to read about… Oakland Pinball Ban Lifted – It might be hard to believe, but Blue Laws banning certain types of games still exist out there. Today »
New Indie Arcade Game Coming Soon: Flytrap
It was mentioned on the blog previously (I can’t remember exactly where) that 2014 was shaping up to be a good year for independent/small developments in the arcade sector. Today, Coate Games has shared some details with us on a unique new arcade game they are prepping for launch sometime this year. Called Flytrap, »
World Cup 2014: Soccer Arcade Games Through The Years
Back in 2002, I was in Brazil when the World Cup was taking place. The Winter Olympics had already happened back home but being in Brazil, I barely heard that event being mentioned. For World Cup 2002, it just so happened that the Brazilian team won the Cup for the fifth time and it »
Out-Of-Home Frontier Book Available Now
I had this ready to publish yesterday but was sidetracked by some work; today is the 6th anniversary of my video arcade business as well, showing that the concept can in certain instances work without a hint of ticket redemption. 😉 This week is E3 week so I’m not sure how much news we »
New Games As Seen At the Park Avenue Openday In The UK
Every year in the UK, a couple of distributors get together to hold an industry event where they show off some new amusement products. Most of the time there are a lot of products we have seen already but usually there are one or two new items to check out. Kevin Williams of The »
Left 4 Dead Characters & Better Cabinet Shot
Normally I wouldn’t spend a lot of post space on games that seem to be pretty much locked into the Japanese market but it’s a rather slow news week so here you go. Although who knows, I imagine there is a chance that a location like Round 1 USA might get their hands on »
