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Andamiro finishes Pump It Up Pro 2; DDR X2 tested in the US

July 22, 2010, No Comments on Andamiro finishes Pump It Up Pro 2; DDR X2 tested in the US

Now for some music game news. First off, Andamiro has finally released Pump It Up Pro 2. The game was first seen at Amusement Expo 2010, where it was well-received by fans and since then the development team has been fine-tuning the game for a final release. According to the PIU blog, the game »

CAVE tests new shmup "Red Sword" in Japan

July 17, 2010, 2 Comments on CAVE tests new shmup "Red Sword" in Japan

CAVE has a new shmup they are testing in Japan, called Red Sword (or Red Katana if you want to make it sound cool).  It’s not surprising news that Cave has a new shooter coming to arcades – it’s all they do really -but strangely this has attracted some attention on some mainstream gaming »

Banpresto's Wacky Races reappears on location test in Japan

July 11, 2010, 3 Comments on Banpresto's Wacky Races reappears on location test in Japan

Chalk this up to the big surprise of the month (so far) but way back in 2007 a new kart-style racing game appeared on location test at the Trocadero in London called Wacky Races. The game was based upon an older Hanna-Barbara. cartoon(now being distributed under Warner Bros.) of the same name and had »

Update on Metal Gear Arcade from the Japanese location test

July 10, 2010, No Comments on Update on Metal Gear Arcade from the Japanese location test

We have a few new details on Konami’s Metal Gear Arcade, which we reported just a couple of days ago would be getting a location test this week. The most significant change to the game since it was last seen would be the option that dictates how the player moves their perspective around. You »

Konami releases Dance Dance Revolution X2 in Japan; begins testing new Pop N' Music Tune Street tomorrow

July 7, 2010, No Comments on Konami releases Dance Dance Revolution X2 in Japan; begins testing new Pop N' Music Tune Street tomorrow

It’s another great day for Bemani fans as Konami Japan keeps rolling out new games. First the latest DDR title, DDRX2 was released in Japan today. In addition to new modes of play, new songs it also uses new online features, including the PASELI online payment system. We haven’t heard any indications as to »

Metal Gear Arcade location testing in Japan next week

July 4, 2010, No Comments on Metal Gear Arcade location testing in Japan next week

Newsfeed 856 via We haven’t heard much about Konami’s Metal Gear Arcade since AOU2010 but next week players in Tokyo, Japan will have a chance to play the game as it’s on location test. From the official page for the game it appears that there are some changes made to the game since AOU »

Seen on location test: GRID Arcade by Sega Amusements Europe/Codemasters

June 23, 2010, 11 Comments on Seen on location test: GRID Arcade by Sega Amusements Europe/Codemasters

There is a new racing game set to enter the arcade market this year and this one is coming from Sega Amusements Europe and Codemasters.  It’s one console gamers may already be familiar with, GRID (or as it’s called on consoles Race Driver GRID). Thanks to a tipster who only calls himself Bill, we »

The latest update to Virtua Fighter 5 in motion

June 8, 2010, 1 Comment on The latest update to Virtua Fighter 5 in motion

Stinger Newsfeed 825 While many companies in Japan continue to pump out new fighters or updates to games already in their line-up, Sega isn’t far behind. With Virtua Fighter 5, Sega maintains at least one game on the list of high profile fighters. The latest update, Virtua Figher 5R Final Showdown or VF5RFS for »

World's Fastest Drummer Arcade as seen at Game Galaxy Arcade

May 4, 2010, 1 Comment on World's Fastest Drummer Arcade as seen at Game Galaxy Arcade

A short time ago we covered a new independent arcade title that was going to be testing at the Game Galaxy Arcade in Nashville, TN and now we have a video of the game in action. At first it shows the cabinet under construction (they used an old Liberator or maybe Asteroids Deluxe cabinet »

DJ Max Technika 2 location tests in South Korea

April 28, 2010, 1 Comment on DJ Max Technika 2 location tests in South Korea

Pentavision’s DJ Max Technika 2 was recently seen on a location test in South Korea and a couple of sites (Bemanistyle.com and Ruliweb.com) have the rundown on what the sequel will bring to the table this time around. As you might recall, the first DJ Max Technika was voted as the Game of the »

Save The Arcades 2 by Stride Gum announces contestants, begins tournament

April 21, 2010, 9 Comments on Save The Arcades 2 by Stride Gum announces contestants, begins tournament

Via It took them a while but after asking for your nominations and sifting through them for the past four months, STRIDE Gum is continuing it’s campaign to “Save The Arcades” by running Save The Arcades 2, where this time three US arcades are vying for a chance to win $25,000 for their business. »

Konami testing out Beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem

April 19, 2010, 1 Comment on Konami testing out Beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem

If you love Beatmania then here is yet another title in the series to look forward to: Beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem (Konami sure does love making the titles on these games a mouthful, don’t they?). There is very little information on the new game other than what we see in the graphic above »