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Arc System Works wants you to go dragon hunting (in Japan)
Another cool terminal game is hitting the arcades in Japan, this time it is Dragon Hunter by Arc System Works (same company that brought us BlazBlue). This title is not a fighter but a cutesy RPG-style game with a pretty cool cabinet environment, where the game terminals sit inside of a larger enclosure that »
Rumor: Terminator Salvation coming to arcades later this year
Hey, hey, it’s rumor time again, this time it’s about another Bale-Out! Just kidding, although the rumored game will have something to do Christian Bale in a sense. As you might know, one big movie that many people are looking forward to this year is the new Terminator movie, known as Terminator Salvation, set »
"Get Outta My Face!" indie arcade game making the rounds prior to release +a little arcade industry rant
Despite all of the new coin-op arcade releases that have been coming at us lately, we haven’t forgotten about the indie game that is out there known as Get Outta My Face by Snow Runner Productions. While the game has not yet been released to the public at this time, Snow Runner tells us »
Showdown Championships fighting tournament coming in April
(Thanks to John Leigh of Anime Matsuri for sending this in) Another big fighter tournament is headed our way, this time it’s next month in April at Anime Matsuri in Houston Texas. Known as the Showdown Championships which are in their 8th year, the organizers of this upcoming competition are promising that this will »
Razing Storm gets a few more details with a press release
Namco’s latest light-gun shooter will soon land in arcades (release is listed for March 2009) and in advance of that, Namco America has issued a press release on the game. There isn’t a lot of new information on the game that we didn’t know beforehand but, I did not know that this was put »
Pics of "24" pinball now online
[Thanks to IcePagoda on the forums for the tip] Stern’s latest pinball game, “24” is soon going to hit the streets and with it, Pinball News has got their hands on a prototype of the game and have snapped some shots of every angle imaginable of the machine, as you might expect from them. Up close the »
AOU 2009 news: Border Break unveiled
At AOU 2009, Sega has fully revealed their new mech game Border Break. This will be made by their arcade division crown jewel AM2, and powered by their new RingEdge hardware. They also have stated that the game will begin location testing next week in Japan and it has a release date set for »
Sega reveals specs on its new arcade hardware, RingEdge and RingWide
(image via AM-Net) The hardware which caused some to erroneously think that Sega was jumping back into the console business has been revealed and we now see that there are actually two configurations, thus the use of the two different names. Not surprisingly, the hardware is PC-based, just like Lindbergh and Europa-R. But how »
More AOU 2009 news: Castlevania Arcade released, Border Break details, new hardware from SIE
There’s more to talk about from AOU 2009, with plenty of exciting new Japanese arcade game news… Konami: Castlevania: The Arcade is now available in Japan. I have checked with Konami to see when we might expect to see this released internationally and while I have not received a response yet, it should be »
AOU 2009 stuff : Yea for more games!
The arcade scene in Japan is starting to get a taste of what’s to come, and while the show has not officially started yet, several different Japanese manufacturers’ AOU 2009 websites have been updated with some info on the games they are showing off, and Japanese arcade news site are picking up on the »
Students in India start-up new company to make arcade titles
When it comes to places where arcades are bucking the downturn trend, India is one place that is making waves on that map, as we have previously reported. And perhaps thanks to that, arcade development in that country is also starting to increase, as seen in this story where two students spent all of »
Razing Storm gets an official trailer, virtual environments torn to pieces
I don’t think that there is any debate about the fact that Namco’s newest light-gun extravaganza Razing Storm looks absolutely amazing. It’s one of those games that will certainly make arcades look cutting edge. On top of that the action looks quite frantic and thus, like an awful lot of fun. Hopefully this is »
