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Update on Sega Rally Arcade – not cancelled

April 10, 2008, 3 Comments on Update on Sega Rally Arcade – not cancelled

(Click on the images to enlarge) Despite the closure of the Sega studio in charge of creating racing titles for consoles, this title is still on track and is going through testing. To prove it, here are some photos from a testing unit setup just today. Also to further clear it up, this will »

Konami's HorseRiders – an interesting twist on the card-based video game

April 9, 2008, No Comments on Konami's HorseRiders – an interesting twist on the card-based video game

Of the games I had been hoping to catch at ASI this year was Sanguozhi War 3 by Sega. It had been tested in Chicago but had since disappeared on the US scene. The reason why I wanted to see it was because it’s the first game I know of that was going to »

Sega Rally Arcade cancelled already? UPDATE: No it is not

April 9, 2008, No Comments on Sega Rally Arcade cancelled already? UPDATE: No it is not

Just a little over a month ago we had received a tip that Sega was testing a new racer in a UK arcade that happened to be Sega Rally, a racer that appeared on the various game consoles. It was a strange occurrence since the game was not shown at ATEI the month before »

Tekken 6 on US location via The Stinger Report

April 8, 2008, 12 Comments on Tekken 6 on US location via The Stinger Report

(Click on the thumbnails to enlarge) I had mentioned in my ASI reports that I had the opportunity to meet up with Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report during the show and after discussing the show and the industry in general he mentioned that after the show he would be heading down to California »

"House Rules" carved in wood by Melissa Jones

April 5, 2008, No Comments on "House Rules" carved in wood by Melissa Jones

A couple of weeks ago we had a post about the amazing wood work done by Melissa Jones where she was creating pieces of arcade character art in wood. Her latest project is taking the infamous “house rules” one may see at a typical arcade and carving that into wood. It still needs to »

Upcoming game from Namco – AFREC!

April 4, 2008, 1 Comment on Upcoming game from Namco – AFREC!

[Via Oga in Japan] While Namco had hinted at some interesting developments going on for their arcade division, they didn’t specify what it was that they were working on and honestly I didn’t expect to hear something about any of their new games so soon since we had hoped to see something new at »

ASI 2008 News Recap

April 2, 2008, 1 Comment on ASI 2008 News Recap

Just to help you in case you missed/overlooked anything, here is a recap of some of the news to come out of ASI this past week, either at the show or because of the show: Betson/Raw Thrills’ releases The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift Kit – We first heard about this in the »

Basketball sharpshooter!

April 1, 2008, No Comments on Basketball sharpshooter!

I keep watching this over and over and I still think it’s fake. But how do you fake this! I’d like to see this guy play one where the hoop actually moves around! [Discuss on the Forum »

Street Fighter IV continues it's record breaking trend

April 1, 2008, No Comments on Street Fighter IV continues it's record breaking trend

I’m not sure how many location tests Street Fighter IV has had up to this point but either way it’s had numerous public appearances and each time the game gets a lot of positive attention and of course, sets or breaks previous records as far as a location test goes. The official Street Fighter »

New images and site for Taito's D1GP racer

April 1, 2008, No Comments on New images and site for Taito's D1GP racer

I had been hoping to see a game or two from Taito at ASI (especially Chase HQ2 which I’d really like to try out) but no luck on that front so we’ll just have to wait until they hit arcades. Unless you live in Japan of course, where they make sure to publicize location »

The Stinger Report looks at ASI 2008 (part 1)

March 29, 2008, No Comments on The Stinger Report looks at ASI 2008 (part 1)

ASI ends today and with it of course we have updates from what has happened at the show. First, here is a look at the show from The Stinger Report’s point of view, then I’ll go on in the next post or two describing my experience. ASI opened to a greatly reduced show floor »

New Superhero arcade game by Signature Devices

March 26, 2008, 2 Comments on New Superhero arcade game by Signature Devices

I just saw this hit the presses – it looks like Signature Devices has been busy lately as just a few days ago we got a press release about them finishing work on a new turret based sci-fi shooter and now we have word of this. Let me quote the press release and then »