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Japan This Week: Groove Coaster, Puyo Puyo Arcade, Gunslinger Stratos 2

Japan This Week: Groove Coaster, Puyo Puyo Arcade, Gunslinger Stratos 2

November 7, 2013, 2 Comments on Japan This Week: Groove Coaster, Puyo Puyo Arcade, Gunslinger Stratos 2

While a lot of the focus for arcades this month shines on releases out West, they don’t stop bringing games to the forefront in Japan. Here’s what is going on this week. First off is a game that was unveiled towards the beginning of this year by Taito called Groove Coaster Arcade. We’ve covered »

Namco Announces IAAPA 2013 Line-Up: New Alpine Racer, Mario Kart Arcade & Mach Storm; Also A New Aliens Game?

Namco Announces IAAPA 2013 Line-Up: New Alpine Racer, Mario Kart Arcade & Mach Storm; Also A New Aliens Game?

November 5, 2013, 6 Comments on Namco Announces IAAPA 2013 Line-Up: New Alpine Racer, Mario Kart Arcade & Mach Storm; Also A New Aliens Game?

(Thanks to Kevin Williams for the tip) There is more news building up to the IAAPA 2013 trade show that takes place in Orlando, FL this month on the week of the 18th. Yesterday I received the newest copy of Replay Magazine that has some ads which unveil some of what is there, including »

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Steven Ranck of Specular Interactive Discusses Batman Arcade

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Steven Ranck of Specular Interactive Discusses Batman Arcade

November 5, 2013, 9 Comments on EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Steven Ranck of Specular Interactive Discusses Batman Arcade

Batman is returning to arcades at the end of this year with Raw Thrills/Specular Interactive’s BATMAN arcade game. Earlier this year we got our first look at the cabinet and some very early footage of the game in action but there is more to dig up about it. Specular Interactive was the developer of »

Medieval Madness Pinball Remake Announced + More In Pinball News

Medieval Madness Pinball Remake Announced + More In Pinball News

October 18, 2013, No Comments on Medieval Madness Pinball Remake Announced + More In Pinball News

(H/T to ECM for the tip) This week marked the beginning of Pinball Expo 2013. Beyond offering a place for a lot of machines to come together, it also is an opportunity for a lot of people involved in creating new pinball machines and related-products to discuss their current and upcoming projects. Earlier this »

New Rhythm Game Coming Soon To Arcades By Unit-E: NEON FM

New Rhythm Game Coming Soon To Arcades By Unit-E: NEON FM

October 15, 2013, 11 Comments on New Rhythm Game Coming Soon To Arcades By Unit-E: NEON FM

(Thanks to Aaron Auzins for the tip!) I have lamented previously that news about new games has been really slow this year but as we get closer to 2014, that is changing. There is one game that went under my radar until today however, where there has been some news about it on Facebook »

Weekend News: Game Nation Theme Park; Looking At CAX; Fighting Climax + More

Weekend News: Game Nation Theme Park; Looking At CAX; Fighting Climax + More

October 11, 2013, 1 Comment on Weekend News: Game Nation Theme Park; Looking At CAX; Fighting Climax + More

Happy weekend everyone. I don’t know about you but 2013 is moving along briskly for me, maybe because it’s been a hectic kind of busy. Here’s some newsbytes to start your weekend off with. Let’s start with something we haven’t done in a while – a Newsfeed from The Stinger Report! If you are »

Coming in November: The Kong Off 3

Coming in November: The Kong Off 3

October 11, 2013, No Comments on 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

Sega Shows Off First Footage of Transformers: Human Alliance Arcade

October 10, 2013, 1 Comment on 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

Cruden Launching New Powerboat Simulator at IAAPA 2013

October 4, 2013, No Comments on 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

Sega Teasing New Transformers Arcade Video, You Can Pick Which One They Will Show

September 30, 2013, No Comments on 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 »