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Silver Strike LIVE starts shipping next week

February 11, 2010, 2 Comments on Silver Strike LIVE starts shipping next week

Incredible Technologies has announced that their latest game, Silver Strike LIVE begins shipping next Monday. If you missed out on the details regarding this new title, you can find out more by clicking here. For a quick recap, the new version of SS uses more online features and the game has a large number »

More info on Namco/Gamewax's Go Go Grand Prix

February 4, 2010, 1 Comment on More info on Namco/Gamewax's Go Go Grand Prix

(Thanks for the info Sam!) Kevin Williams and I discussed the new “digital toy hybrid racer” Go Go Grand Prix in the latest podcast and now Namco has issued a press release discussing the success of the game at the EAG show. If you want to see this game in action, I posted a »

Capcom posting profits, Namco losses; where do their arcade divisions stand?

February 3, 2010, 12 Comments on Capcom posting profits, Namco losses; where do their arcade divisions stand?

It’s that time where we start to receive news about different public companies and their profit or loss over a certain period of time. These glimpes generally mention the arcade division of said companies in case they have them and that is the case with both Capcom and Namco, who we will discuss here. »

Arcade Heroes Podcast #12 – New games at EAG and more

February 3, 2010, 1 Comment on Arcade Heroes Podcast #12 – New games at EAG and more

Here’s our 12th podcast – I know I haven’t been keeping up with these on a weekly basis as I had wanted to originally but we’re still getting them done when there is enough to talk about. On this podcast, Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report and myself discuss: -EAG and ATEI 2010 in »

Tekken 6 clone cabinet emerges from China

February 3, 2010, 5 Comments on Tekken 6 clone cabinet emerges from China

Have you ever played Tekken 6 in an arcade? I have, and my experience taught me two things: firstly my friend is better with the capoeira characters than me, and secondly the cabinet is quite a lovely piece of work. The problem is, there are just too few of them in the world. What »

EAG 2010: Show report

January 30, 2010, 3 Comments on EAG 2010: Show report

It’s funny how some memories stick, isn’t it? I had only been to the ExCel Centre in London once before dropping in at the EAG show on Wednesday, for the consumer gaming event GameStars Live in 2004. Somehow though, five and a half years from that event, I was able to perfectly remember the »

First pics from the big arcade show in London called EAG 2010 by Kevin Williams UPDATED

January 27, 2010, 7 Comments on First pics from the big arcade show in London called EAG 2010 by Kevin Williams UPDATED

Thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report, we have a first look at the European Amusement and Gaming Expo 2010. To give you an idea of some of the games you’ll see by clicking below, here’s a brief list of what’s new: Let’s Go Island (Sega); Bejeweled (?); Vulcan M (Rassen); Big Buck »

More game release news: Pump It Up Jump now available; Silver Strike LIVE coming Feb. 15th

January 14, 2010, No Comments on More game release news: Pump It Up Jump now available; Silver Strike LIVE coming Feb. 15th

It’s always a good thing when we have more arcade game releases to discuss and to help keep track of that, I have created a page for all arcade game releases for 2010. I will try and keep that as up-to-date and accurate as possible. Let me point out a couple of game releases »

Arcade Releases for 2010

January 14, 2010, 13 Comments on Arcade Releases for 2010

Think arcades are dead? Think again with this comprehensive list of arcade releases for the 2010 calendar year. This includes games already released and those which have been hinted at a release by their parent companies. If you want more information on each game you can use the search field to the right. I »

Brief update on indie arcade titles Dark Presence and Friction

January 10, 2010, 2 Comments on Brief update on indie arcade titles Dark Presence and Friction

(click on the images to enlarge them) It has been a little while since we’ve posted updates on a couple of upcoming arcade titles that are in development by a couple of independent game studios, but that does not mean that nothing is going on with these games. In fact, both games are quite »

Big Buck Hunter Open Season pushes 3000 units in 90 days

January 7, 2010, No Comments on Big Buck Hunter Open Season pushes 3000 units in 90 days

If there was any question about how popular the Big Buck Hunter series continues to be, then look no further than the latest sales numbers released by Betson. They are reporting that the game has already sold approximately 3000 units, with about 2000 of those belonging to the kit upgrades and all in 90 »

Co-op gaming in arcades, past and present

January 7, 2010, No Comments on Co-op gaming in arcades, past and present

Our friend Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report has penned an interesting article discussing as aspect of coin-op gaming that has had a strong history and is starting to resurge once again – co-op gaming. Kevin looks over notable co-op games that have come along since Pong Doubles (no mention of some of my »