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First look at Dark Presence's prototype cabinet

October 5, 2008, 3 Comments on First look at Dark Presence's prototype cabinet

It’s been a little while since we looked at the new and upcoming fighter Dark Presence as they have been working on putting the finishing touches on the game as well as working on their cabinet design. We have previously revealed that there will be four different designs – the one pictured here is »

More information on the US release of Arcana Heart 2

September 29, 2008, 3 Comments on More information on the US release of Arcana Heart 2

I did a follow-up with Satinder Bhutani, Executive Vice President at Andamiro USA and I was able to get a little more information on the US release of the Japanese girl-on-girl fighter, Arcana Heart 2. Here’s some of the extra details: The version used will be the original version NOT the new update. The »

Power Putt Golf released today

September 25, 2008, 1 Comment on Power Putt Golf released today

It’s not often when we have an exact release date for an arcade game which leads to a lot of guessing (of course when a game begins shipping usually means that it’s still a short time before it starts showing up on location) but it’s something we have become used to. Fortunately it’s not »

How the huge Golden Tee World Championship at AMOA went down

September 24, 2008, No Comments on How the huge Golden Tee World Championship at AMOA went down

One thing I did miss out on at AMOA was the Golden Tee World Championship that took place on Friday and Saturday there. It would have been fun to watch and participate – I know that personally I wouldn’t have made it very far against the professional players but sometimes it’s just fun to »

Stinger Report Article: Very Large Arcade Show Shakes Consoles Confidence

September 23, 2008, 1 Comment on Stinger Report Article: Very Large Arcade Show Shakes Consoles Confidence

Here is a new article from our friend Kevin Williams at The Stinger Report, this time discussing the impact of the 46th AM show in Japan and the subsequent flurry of interest that has sprouted up over arcades because of it.I have seen a lot of news floating around discussing the AM Show, even »

The AM show (JAMMA) Mega Preview Post : Elevator Action, Razing Storm, KOFXII, Harley Davidson, CastleVania & more

September 18, 2008, 2 Comments on The AM show (JAMMA) Mega Preview Post : Elevator Action, Razing Storm, KOFXII, Harley Davidson, CastleVania & more

There is another arcade event about to take place next week and this time it’s in Japan. Known as the AM Show, also called the JAMMA show, it brings with it a lot of information on games we’ve been hearing about for a while along with new games. It should be interesting to see »

The Immersive Cocoon and thoughts on other technologies arcades can use

September 18, 2008, No Comments on The Immersive Cocoon and thoughts on other technologies arcades can use

The Stinger Report pointed us to a very interesting article about the future of computers and how we will interact with them via the Immersive Cocoon – think a possible prototype to Star Trek’s Holodeck that uses motion sensors to track your movement and how you interact with the presentation. Of course I feel »

More coverage for ArcadeUFO in Texas

September 17, 2008, 9 Comments on More coverage for ArcadeUFO in Texas

We’ve discussed the opening of ArcadeUFO previously but it blows my mind how many blogs and other news sources I keep running into that are discussing it – so much so that it’s not worth my time to report every single one. But I figured I’d mention it one last time to congratulate the »

Incredible Technologies @ AMOA 2008 – Power Putt Golf, Golden Tee LIVE 2009 & a new cabinet design

September 13, 2008, 2 Comments on Incredible Technologies @ AMOA 2008 – Power Putt Golf, Golden Tee LIVE 2009 & a new cabinet design

Incredible Technologies was also at AMOA with a large and eye-catching booth where they were showcasing all of their games that are currently for sale in a new cabinet that features a smaller footprint that previous cabinets that also comes with a lower price. The only thing about the new cabinet that might be »

Seen at Andamiro's booth – Arcana Heart 2 (AMOA 2008)

September 12, 2008, 1 Comment on Seen at Andamiro's booth – Arcana Heart 2 (AMOA 2008)

This came as a surprise – I was wandering around the show near the GlobalVR booth and between two Pump It Up games I see two Japanese candy cabs housing a fighter in them. I get closer to check it out and it’s Arcana Heart 2! I really didn’t expect to see this in »

Back from AMOA ’08 – some thoughts, impressions and a fire UPDATED

September 12, 2008, 1 Comment on Back from AMOA ’08 – some thoughts, impressions and a fire UPDATED

I’m back from AMOA 2008 and it was fun. I got to see many new games that are coming to the States, talk with great people and come away with video and impressions of what’s coming our way. I also got to see more of Las Vegas than last time, it’s only the third »

Say hello to Friction – a new arcade company and a new game UPDATED

September 10, 2008, 6 Comments on Say hello to Friction – a new arcade company and a new game UPDATED

AMOA is here and with it plenty new stuff to talk about. But today we don’t have just any news to talk about – it’s not every day we get to introduce to you a new company that is joining the fray of the arcade industry! The name to remember – Friction Game Studios. »