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Timezone expands locations in Indonesia and India

Timezone expands locations in Indonesia and India

December 27, 2010, No Comments on Timezone expands locations in Indonesia and India

Newsfeed 978 via FEC chain Timezone is expanding their operations and that’s good news for players in those particular areas who want to see an arcade near them. First off is the announcement of a new location at Mal Kelapa Gading, one of the top 10 malls in Jakarta, Indonesia; the second new location »

New trailer for Tekken Tag Tournament 2

December 24, 2010, 1 Comment on New trailer for Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Namco’s latest trailer for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 shows that a lot of progress has been made since we last saw the game, back in November. New backgrounds have replaced the featureless stages from the engine test, and Heihachi seems to have shed some years. More excitingly, we seem to have new female wrestler »

Sega’s new urinal game

Sega’s new urinal game

December 20, 2010, 2 Comments on Sega’s new urinal game

Newsfeed 972 via I’m not really sure how to categorize this one – it’s not an arcade game but it is something that could be considered out-of-home entertainment. In Japan, Sega is testing out this new urinal game and so far it sounds like it’s a hit on location test. Click below to see »

Konami’s DDR X2 shipping in the US this next week

Konami’s DDR X2 shipping in the US this next week

December 10, 2010, No Comments on Konami’s DDR X2 shipping in the US this next week

We have known that the latest installment of Konami’s DDR series, X2, would be getting a December release in the US and that time has finally arrived. The software has reportedly been tweaked to fix issues such as a timing drift and game crashes that we saw at IAAPA and with that the game »

Taito’s NESiCAxLive now available in Japan w/ Blazblue CS2

Taito’s NESiCAxLive now available in Japan w/ Blazblue CS2

December 8, 2010, 7 Comments on Taito’s NESiCAxLive now available in Japan w/ Blazblue CS2

Since I first heard about Taito’s new arcade-based download service NESiCAxLive back in September, I’ve been eager to see the time when it would be in operation and how it would all work out. That day has finally arrived as Taito launches the service in Japan with the latest part of the BlazBlue series, »

Fast and Furious Super Cars by Raw Thrills shipping this week

December 7, 2010, 3 Comments on Fast and Furious Super Cars by Raw Thrills shipping this week

The latest edition of Raw Thrills’ popular Fast And Furious racing series begins shipping this week and that means soon you might find it at a venue near you. I got some hands-on time with this game when it was shown recently at IAAPA 2010, you can see some of it in action by »

More details on Namco’s Maximum Heat

More details on Namco’s Maximum Heat

December 5, 2010, No Comments on More details on Namco’s Maximum Heat

Newsfeed 967 via We’ve already had some hands-on time with Namco’s latest racer, Dead Heat (see IAAPA coverage or search for Dead Heat here in case you missed it) but we haven’t seen much on the Japanese version of the game until now. Called Maximum Heat, the game itself is essentially the same as »

Capcom producing New Super Mario Bros. Wii medal game

Capcom producing New Super Mario Bros. Wii medal game

December 5, 2010, 1 Comment on Capcom producing New Super Mario Bros. Wii medal game

Nintendo used to have a strong presence in arcades and even though it has waned considerably in recent years, occasionally we get some sort of Nintendo related product coming along in the coin-op sector. In this past decade a few games have come along, such as Mario Kart GP1 & 2 that was produced »

Konami fixes DDRX2 timing issues before US release

Konami fixes DDRX2 timing issues before US release

December 4, 2010, 6 Comments on Konami fixes DDRX2 timing issues before US release

(Thanks to Phil for the tip!) When we recently saw the brand new Dance Dance revolution X2 machine at Betson’s IAAPA booth in Orlando, I caught a problem with the game on camera where it locked up for a brief moment in the middle of the song – there were also reports of other »

New Dragonball Z arcade game + Chinatown Fair Arcade in the NYT

New Dragonball Z arcade game + Chinatown Fair Arcade in the NYT

December 2, 2010, 2 Comments on New Dragonball Z arcade game + Chinatown Fair Arcade in the NYT

Newsfeed 963 via We’ve got two different stories to cover here with this Stinger newsfeed, first we’ll start off with a new game that was unveiled in Japan by Namco called Dragonball Zenkai Battle Royale. This is a System 357 title (an enhanced Playstation 3 arcade board; also used by Razing Storm, Tekken 6, »

Some Darius Burst Arcade news

Some Darius Burst Arcade news

November 30, 2010, 1 Comment on Some Darius Burst Arcade news

There is an important date coming up for some of us arcade nerds – December 17th. On that day two things are happening: first TRON Legacy will be released to theaters and second, Taito will release Darius Burst Another Chronicle in Japan. That’s only a few weeks away and as such, information on both »

Big Buck World released

Big Buck World released

November 26, 2010, 1 Comment on Big Buck World released

We’ve known about it for a few months already but the latest installment to the popular Big Buck Hunter franchise, Big Buck World is now shipping according to BMI Gaming. That means that within the next few weeks, many locations with a BBH: Open Season or Safari will convert over to the new software, »