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Konami's new bemani game: Reflec Beat

June 26, 2010, 1 Comment on Konami's new bemani game: Reflec Beat

We first heard about Konami’s latest addition to their line-up of bemani games some time ago but despite a number of location tests in Japan, they did a pretty good job of preventing any pictures or video of the game from getting out onto the internet. Fortunately that information embargo on the new Reflec »

KOFXIII gets a release date

June 23, 2010, 1 Comment on KOFXIII gets a release date

Newsfeed 841 via King of Fighters fans mark your calendars. It has been announced that the latest installment of the game will be released on July 14, 2010. They are already scheduling tournaments in Japan for the game, I wonder how widespread imports will be to the US and Europe. Will the game manage »

Crazy Speed Arcade by Long Entertainment now available via UNIS

June 21, 2010, 1 Comment on Crazy Speed Arcade by Long Entertainment now available via UNIS

Universal Space (UNIS) has posted a new addition to their list of distributed games to join the many other arcade racers out there, with Crazy Speed Arcade by Long Entertainment in China. We covered this game previously here and here. One thing that certainly helps set the game apart is the addition of online »

Mutant Alert: Interactive theater game for 16-players

June 20, 2010, 2 Comments on Mutant Alert: Interactive theater game for 16-players

Newsfeed  838 via When it comes to grabbing some attention in the out-of-home-entertainment industry, one way to do it is use the “Galaxian 3” model. While such large-format games only work in certain locations, they do prove to be top-earners, providing a fun and unique experience to players. Galaxian 3 itself is a bit »

So Pac-Man Battle Royale was at the e3 Namco event last night…

June 16, 2010, 7 Comments on So Pac-Man Battle Royale was at the e3 Namco event last night…

…but we have to go to the Japanese game media (or here) to find that out(EDIT: Since I initially posted this, a number of sites have picked up on it and covered the arcade game, see below). You may recall that we reported at the beginning of May that Namco was going to hold »

GlobalVR’s NASCAR Team Racing goes online today

June 15, 2010, 2 Comments on GlobalVR’s NASCAR Team Racing goes online today

GlobalVR’s NASCAR Team Racing title is scheduled to have it’s online features activated today, allowing you access to new tracks as well as the ability to race against people in other connected arcades. As this feature wasn’t available at the shows I can’t say what it’s like but I certainly would like to test »

New I-WAY racing simulator arcade in France

June 14, 2010, 5 Comments on New I-WAY racing simulator arcade in France

Newsfeed 830 via If you love racing simulators and you ever happen to be passing through Lyons, France (or if you live nearby) then a new business that recently opened it’s doors there will certainly hold appear for you. Called I-WAY, the pace has be under construction for the past four years and offers »

Konami bringing Pop N' Music coming to the US as a redemption game

June 14, 2010, No Comments on Konami bringing Pop N' Music coming to the US as a redemption game

(Thanks to Aaron Auzins for the tip) After a little while of silence on the US front for new releases, we have word via BemaniStyle.com that Konami is testing out a new, redemption version of their Pop N’ Music series in the US. Eddie Lecheka, editor of BemaniStyle had a chance to check the »

Catching up a little more

June 3, 2010, 3 Comments on Catching up a little more

It’s still a couple more days before I will be home but I figure it’s better to still play catch up now where I have a chance. Thanks to The Stinger Report for the links, with the connection I have available it’s much more difficult to scour the net for news like I normally »

Catching up on the past couple of weeks

June 2, 2010, 3 Comments on Catching up on the past couple of weeks

While I have been away, plenty has been going on in the arcade world and fortunately Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report has kept sending us the newsfeeds with links to related arcade stuff. While we normally take the time to comment on each item individually, covering a couple weeks worth of content in one »