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Konami's Road Fighters goes 3D (updated)

April 23, 2010, 3 Comments on Konami's Road Fighters goes 3D (updated)

Remember Konami’s Road Fighters? Since we first heard about the game last September, there has been little to no information popping up about the game, until today where an anonomyous tipster sent us a photo of the new cabinet as seen on location test in Akihabara, Japan. As you can see from the picture »

New Disney 3D Ping Pong cabinet pushes "No 3D glasses required" aspect

April 15, 2010, 3 Comments on New Disney 3D Ping Pong cabinet pushes "No 3D glasses required" aspect

If you have been following gaming news since last December, then you know that stereoscopic 3D gaming is starting to gain some steam. If you have been following us since February, then you also know that stereoscopic 3D arcade games are on their way from China. The most prominent of those games would most »

Stern says Ironman pinball available now UPDATED

March 31, 2010, 7 Comments on Stern says Ironman pinball available now UPDATED

This caught me completely by surprise – according to a press release that was just sent out by Stern Pinball, Ironman pinball is now available for purchase. I am surprised by this as I was expecting to see the game in May and not right now, especially where the game wasn’t at Amusement Expo »

King of Fighters XIII official site updated detailing characters, story, moves and more

King of Fighters XIII official site updated detailing characters, story, moves and more

March 30, 2010, 1 Comment on King of Fighters XIII official site updated detailing characters, story, moves and more

(Thanks to Aaron Auzins for the info) In case you are eagerly anticipating the arrival of SNK’s next installment of the King of Fighters series then you’ll be happy to know that the official site for the game has now been updated with quite a bit of information. Details range from the storyline, most »

Gameworks restructuring plan means seven locations will close, some may reopen in the future

March 30, 2010, 5 Comments on Gameworks restructuring plan means seven locations will close, some may reopen in the future

Via It’s never a good day when we have to report about arcade locations closing – we always prefer times like last week where we reported on several new places opening around the US. But the reality of business is that venues open and close all the time and when times are tough, large »

Transformers rolling out for Japanese arcades this summer

March 27, 2010, No Comments on Transformers rolling out for Japanese arcades this summer

Via Back in January, Sega Japan made an announcement that they would be producing a new arcade title based upon the cartoon favorite Transformers. No details were given about the nature of the game other than it would use cards, which is a popular feature for kids games there. Today we have more details »

King of Fighters XIII unveiled

March 25, 2010, 3 Comments on King of Fighters XIII unveiled

SNK Playmore had been teasing a preview for the latest KOF for a little while now and today was the day they finally showed the game off in Japan. Fans who missed Mai last time will be happy to know that she is back (she’s on the main page for the KOFXIII site which »

New Family Entertainment Center opening in Mebane, NC, Z-Bowl

March 22, 2010, 1 Comment on New Family Entertainment Center opening in Mebane, NC, Z-Bowl

Via Here’s some more news of a new entertainment facility opening up out there, this time in the city of Mebane, NC (North Carolina) called Z-Bowl. While this one isn’t a traditional arcade like the last place we talked about, according to their website they will have “5,000 square feet of the latest arcade »

Amusement Expo 2010 Wrap-up part 2 (this time in pictures!) UPDATED

Amusement Expo 2010 Wrap-up part 2 (this time in pictures!) UPDATED

March 15, 2010, 25 Comments on Amusement Expo 2010 Wrap-up part 2 (this time in pictures!) UPDATED

  Via We’ve provided a bit of video from Amusement Expo but there were a couple of things that I wasn’t able to grab with my camera but Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report was also there and captured a few moments with his camera, including something I had completely missed, with Namco getting »

Amusement Expo 2010: Namco booth wrap-up

March 13, 2010, No Comments on Amusement Expo 2010: Namco booth wrap-up

As I wasn’t able to finish uploading these video last night, I saved them for today along with this post. Namco had a strong presence at Amusement Expo and that was obviously dominated by the new Pac-Man Battle Royale (which you can see here if you haven’t already). But there was more at the »

Reminder: Amusement Expo this week, here's a preview

March 9, 2010, No Comments on Reminder: Amusement Expo this week, here's a preview

This is just a quick reminder that the new combo show of the AMOA/AAMA, better known as the Amusement Expo takes place this week, with the convention beginning on  Wednesday and ending on Friday. I will be there to get some hands-on time with some of the latest video games that will be popping »

Sega shows off the new Rambo cabinet

March 6, 2010, 5 Comments on Sega shows off the new Rambo cabinet

As I mentioned yesterday, the upcoming Amusement Expo is certainly turning out to be the place where light-gun game fans have a lot to look forward to as nearly every company which produces coin-op video will have something to show off that uses a light-gun in one form or another. Of those game makers, »