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A look at BlazBlue from AnimeExpo

July 8, 2008, No Comments on A look at BlazBlue from AnimeExpo

One of our forum members, PhilVer 0 had the opportunity to go to AnimeExpo in LA last weekend and check out the location test of the new arcade fighter BlazBlue by Arc System Works. They weren’t allowing pictures to be taken but he managed to get a couple taken without getting kicked out. The »

Sega Rally 3 screens & video

July 7, 2008, 8 Comments on Sega Rally 3 screens & video

Over on the Sega Amusements website I came across these screens from Sega Rally 3, more of which can be found if you head over there yourself. Also there’s a video for download, which I also found on YouTube as well, which is below for your viewing pleasure. There’s been a few location videos popping up on »

Konami finally update the website

July 7, 2008, 3 Comments on Konami finally update the website

As someone who frequents a lot of website each day, looking for the latest bits of news, I found it increasingly frustrating that Konami let thier European website go without an update for what seems like a year now. That was until today when I thought I’d have a check just in case they had »

More info on House of The Dead EX

July 4, 2008, 3 Comments on More info on House of The Dead EX

As expected a little more information on Sega’s latest entry into the House of the Dead series is out although you’ll have to bear with me as we have to rely upon a very crude translation via the internet translator. In what the translator calls a “Zombie husband” and a “Zombie Child” (who are »

Coin-Op TV looks at a new uWink opening in Hollywood

July 4, 2008, No Comments on Coin-Op TV looks at a new uWink opening in Hollywood

It’s always interesting to take a look at what the founder of the video arcade industry, Nolan Bushnell is up to these days and if you have followed his latest efforts in recent years then you probably know that he has been working on a new chain of restaurants called uWink. I believe that »

House of the Dead EX revealed at Sega's Summer Conference

July 3, 2008, 6 Comments on House of the Dead EX revealed at Sega's Summer Conference

(Click on the images for the full view) So House of the Dead fans have been wondering for a while now if there would be a HOTD5 and at the latest Sega event in Japan, that idea has been given some attention with the revelation of a new House of the Dead title – »

R-Tuned Ultimate Street Racing by Sega

June 27, 2008, 7 Comments on R-Tuned Ultimate Street Racing by Sega

(click on the image to enlarge it, via Aries Small Rooms) First there was Tokyo Drift, then Need For Speed Carbon and now Sega is throwing it’s hat into the street racing arena with another new racing game called R-Tuned Ultimate Street Racing. There is very little information on the game at the moment »

Fighter mania continues with BlazBlue

June 24, 2008, 3 Comments on Fighter mania continues with BlazBlue

The notion that no one wants to play fighters in the arcade anymore is silly. Apparently Capcom and Namco thinks so when it comes to the US but I have noticed a very interesting trend in my two weeks of running the arcade – there are a lot of fighting fans out there who »

Rumour: London's Funland under threat?

June 20, 2008, 8 Comments on Rumour: London's Funland under threat?

This one is an interesting piece of rumour, but back in January Ripley’s Believe It or Not! announced its intention to open a new museum in London’s Trocadero this August, occupying around 25,000 square feet over five levels of the building. The arcade Funland currently operates on three levels of the building itself, and »

Exclusive: A look inside the Flora Print Club, London

June 20, 2008, 8 Comments on Exclusive: A look inside the Flora Print Club, London

It looks like something you might expect to find in Tokyo, but the print club you see pictured above is actually located in the heart of London, being situated in the popular Covent Garden shopping area. Flora is billed as “London’s first print club”, dedicated to providing photo-sticker machines that have proven popular in »

Lord of Vermilion Release Ceremony at a Taito Game Station in Japan

June 17, 2008, No Comments on Lord of Vermilion Release Ceremony at a Taito Game Station in Japan

We have known about Square Enix’s latest entry into the arcade market, The Lord of Vermilion for some time now and finally the game has been released in Japan. For those out of the loop on this game, it is an RPG game that uses trading cards as catalysts for what happens in the »

Sega Rally 3 now at Funland, London Trocadero

June 16, 2008, 7 Comments on Sega Rally 3 now at Funland, London Trocadero

For those of you dying to play the new Sega Rally 3, well here’s your chance (and mine!). Our forum member RJAY36 spotted Sega’s latest racing title down at Funland at London Trocadero. I actually paid a visit to Funland a few weeks back with a friend of mine and it wasn’t there, so I must »