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Sega Officially Unveils Showdown

Sega Officially Unveils Showdown

October 31, 2014, 7 Comments on Sega Officially Unveils Showdown

A short time ago we had a scoop on Sega’s next racing game called Showdown. What we had was a look at the location test/beta version and today Sega Amusements has officially unveiled the game with some differences to the design from the loctest build. Before that, let’s take a look at the new »

Alien Pinball Announced + Checking Out The The Autumn Coin-Op Show (UK)

Alien Pinball Announced + Checking Out The The Autumn Coin-Op Show (UK)

October 27, 2014, 2 Comments on Alien Pinball Announced + Checking Out The The Autumn Coin-Op Show (UK)

‘Tis the season of tradeshows, as new product aims to grab the attention of operators. I was sent a few pictures of “The Autumn Coin-Op Show”, attended by Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report & the DNA Association. Here’s a quick look at what was on hand: With recent pinball expos, announcements have been »

Big Buck Hunter World Championships: Live Stream + New Mobile Tournament

Big Buck Hunter World Championships: Live Stream + New Mobile Tournament

October 22, 2014, No Comments on Big Buck Hunter World Championships: Live Stream + New Mobile Tournament

The qualifiers are past and the date is almost here for the biggest competition in arcade gaming – the annual Big Buck Hunter World Championships.  Starting on Friday in Minneapolis, this tournament is promising over $68,000 in cash prizes for the participants ($15,000 going to the tournament champion) and thanks to the live streaming »

Entretenimientos DIANA Celebrates 80 Years Of Arcade Fun In Chile

Entretenimientos DIANA Celebrates 80 Years Of Arcade Fun In Chile

October 17, 2014, 5 Comments on Entretenimientos DIANA Celebrates 80 Years Of Arcade Fun In Chile

(Thanks to Sebastian Moraga for the info) Statistically speaking, most businesses are lucky to make the 1 year mark; 5 years is a real milestone but what about 80 years in business? That can be a real feat to pull off. 80 years ago it was 1934 and it was a different world in »

Whoa Nellie! Big Juicy Melons Pinball Coming in 2015 Thanks To Stern Pinball

Whoa Nellie! Big Juicy Melons Pinball Coming in 2015 Thanks To Stern Pinball

October 16, 2014, 1 Comment on Whoa Nellie! Big Juicy Melons Pinball Coming in 2015 Thanks To Stern Pinball

In a surprise announcement today, Stern Pinball has announced that they are working with Whizbang Pinball LLC to produce their Whoa Nellie! Big Juicy Melons Pinball machine, which will launch in Spring of 2015. Designed by Dennis Nordman (White Water, Demolition Man, Elvira and the Party Monsters, Pirates of the Carribean and more), we have »

Monday Newsbag: Two New Arcade Venues; Star Wars Preview; Play Expo; NTG# 19

Monday Newsbag: Two New Arcade Venues; Star Wars Preview; Play Expo; NTG# 19

October 13, 2014, 4 Comments on Monday Newsbag: Two New Arcade Venues; Star Wars Preview; Play Expo; NTG# 19

It has been a busy week for news and where I have had to work, move to a new house, write an article for Replay Magazine and take care of various other things, I’m not sure how I have managed to get anything done for AH at all. As such I was internet-less for »

New Information on Armed Resistance by Universal Space

New Information on Armed Resistance by Universal Space

October 10, 2014, 4 Comments on New Information on Armed Resistance by Universal Space

Back in July a surprise popped up in my newsfeed – manufacturer Universal Space(UNIS) released a video trailer of an off-rails mech/vehicular action combat game they were calling Armed Resistance. In case you don’t recall that trailer, here it is again: Today I have more information to share about the game which has been »

Exclusive: Screenshots & More Details on Bandai Namco’s Star Wars Battle Pod

Exclusive: Screenshots & More Details on Bandai Namco’s Star Wars Battle Pod

October 10, 2014, 3 Comments on Exclusive: Screenshots & More Details on Bandai Namco’s Star Wars Battle Pod

A lot of information has come out about Bandai Namco Amusement’s Star Wars Battle Pod so far, but there is always a little bit more to uncover with these arcade games. In checking in with Sam Ven of BNA, here is some additional information I uncovered about the game. My questions/comments are in italics, »

Bandai Namco’s NYCC Unveiling Event – Star Wars Arcade Liveblog

Bandai Namco’s NYCC Unveiling Event – Star Wars Arcade Liveblog

October 8, 2014, 10 Comments on Bandai Namco’s NYCC Unveiling Event – Star Wars Arcade Liveblog

Putting this at the top: The cabinet for the Star Wars: Battle Pod arcade game. Also, check out our recent interview with the lead producer for this game in case you are curious for more: UPDATE: The official trailer is now online: Exclusive screenshots and some new additional information can be found on this »

Two New Venues: Barcade St. Marks NYC and Arcadia National Bar in Portland, ME

Two New Venues: Barcade St. Marks NYC and Arcadia National Bar in Portland, ME

October 7, 2014, No Comments on Two New Venues: Barcade St. Marks NYC and Arcadia National Bar in Portland, ME

Hearing of a new arcade or bar/arcade venue opening their doors is not a rarity these days and today we have two new venue stories to share in that regard. The first is a new location opening up under the official Barcade brand name, Barcade St. Marks. This is located in Manhattan, NY and »

Over The Years: Star Wars At The Arcade

Over The Years: Star Wars At The Arcade

October 3, 2014, 7 Comments on Over The Years: Star Wars At The Arcade

At the beginning of 1977, if one was to bet that Star Wars would become the cultural phenomenon that it is today, that would have been a risky guess if you had money on the line. Hindsight is 20/20 of course but either way, it did not take very long for the ‘Star Wars »

Tekken 7 Begins Location Testing in Japan

Tekken 7 Begins Location Testing in Japan

October 3, 2014, 12 Comments on Tekken 7 Begins Location Testing in Japan

Not surprising news on this one since in Japan, companies will regularly use location tests as a way to both market and publicly test their arcade games out. For those that want to get their hands on Tekken 7, they jsut have to show up at one of the facilities that happen to be »