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Initial D5 on location test in Japan

June 25, 2008, 15 Comments on Initial D5 on location test in Japan

Yep, add another racer to the slate of arcade releases this year. Sega is now testing the latest iteration of the Initial D series, Initial D5 in arcades in Japan, reports AM-Net. Since my Japanese skills are weak I’m not sure what new features this one will carry other than better graphics so we’ll »

BlazBlue on Japanese location test

June 13, 2008, No Comments on BlazBlue on Japanese location test

BlazBlue is one of those fighting games which seems to have gotten a little lost in the shuffle – not surprising when you consider the big name fighters that have been announced and released this year, but a shame regardless. In case you’d forgotten BlazBlue is being developed by Arc System Works, the development »

Racing news: Sega testing Hummer Extreme; another RaceTV update; NFS Carbon converted cab

May 31, 2008, 2 Comments on Racing news: Sega testing Hummer Extreme; another RaceTV update; NFS Carbon converted cab

Thanks to a tip we have found out that Sega is currently testing another new racing game, this time in the US that is based on Hummer’s. From what we know the game is called Hummer Extreme and at this point in time, we know nothing else about the game other than it was »

Rambo UK location test: video, impressions

May 26, 2008, 6 Comments on Rambo UK location test: video, impressions

Please note that this article refers to an unfinished version of Rambo – content may substantially change before the game receives a general release! It was only a couple of days ago that I last passed through London with the aim to try out a new Sega game, but this time it was a »

Sega's Rambo on location test in Japan

April 20, 2008, 10 Comments on Sega's Rambo on location test in Japan

I hadn’t heard anything about this one prior to today, but Kobayan reports that Sega has a new lightgun shooter out on test in Japan at the moment. Rambo is obviously based on the film series starring Sylvester Stallone, and is Sega’s first attempt at taking the license to the arcade (the company previously »

Action Deka special site and VF5R hits testing

April 16, 2008, No Comments on Action Deka special site and VF5R hits testing

Some more Japan news here with Konami gearing up the marketing on Action Deka with a new special site for the game that offers some more concrete details on the game including character, story, stage and control information and some larger screenshots of the gameplay (although for some reason they are saved as gifs »

Action Deka on test in the UK

April 14, 2008, No Comments on Action Deka on test in the UK

One game that Konami has been working on that I have been interested in is Action Deka (or Action Cop), which uses some controls that reminds one of the Wii for driving, beat ’em up, and shooting action all in one game. Like we’ve learned with the Wii, motion based controls like this can »

Golden Tee 2009 Design-A-Hole Contest

March 26, 2008, 3 Comments on Golden Tee 2009 Design-A-Hole Contest

When it comes to sports arcade games, no other game has as much recognition or as many releases as Golden Tee as they have released a GT title every year since 1989. Incredible Technologies has already begun work on the next GT game of course, GT2009 and this year to celebrate the games’ 20th »

Konami Testing sequel to GTI Club in Japan

March 24, 2008, 2 Comments on Konami Testing sequel to GTI Club in Japan

My sister loves Mini’s (not M&M’s but the cars) so much that she bought a brand new one last year. It’s a cool car but personally I would hate to be stuck with those payments so I’ll go for the next best thing – an arcade racer based on Mini’s! Of course with the »

Street Fighter IV breaking test site records in Japan

March 9, 2008, 3 Comments on Street Fighter IV breaking test site records in Japan

(Click on the thumbnails to enlarge) If anyone needs any more of an indication that Street Fighter IV arcade is going to be huge then you don’t need to look any further than the testing that is taking place in Japan. According to sources, the testing on the game is breaking records with queues »