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Sega testing sequel to Card Gen; Wangan 4 out in Japan today
More arcade news from Japan today, first from Sega. This is an unusual case – originally back in 2009 Sega first debuted a new concept called Sega Card Gen MLB 2010 at a US
Read More »Dariusburst Another Chronicle Now Available For Purchase Worldwide
We’ve been covering the progress of Taito’s epic shooter Dariusburst Another Chronicle for a while now and after seeing it released in Japan last year and then tested in Europe and the US this
Read More »Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Arcade as seen in the US
Thanks to JJ Kam on our Facebook page, here is a picture of the new Tekken Tag Tournament 2 machine as seen at the Fun Works in Hawaii. They’ve just reused the Tekken 6
Read More »News from Japan: Namco Dark Escape 3D Details; Sega Maimai loctest; Konami Pop N’ Music 20 release
There were a few different arcade news items coming out of Japan today so I figured it would be useful to combine them into one post. Let’s start off with the quick stuff, both
Read More »1up.com Charity Sketch Auction Includes Original Sketch From Dirty Drivin’
(Thanks to Matt Leone of 1up for the tip!) Tis’ the season to give and one way to do so is through legitimate charitable organizations like the Red Cross. 1up.com is currently running a
Read More »Happy (belated) 5th Birthday to Arcade Heroes
I swear I’m much better at remembering personal birthdays but for whatever reason I always think that the Arcade Heroes birthday is a few days later than it actually is. And to top off
Read More »Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Location Test Update
Here’s an update for anyone close to the location tests on Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (as a reminder, The Next Level Arcade is no longer participating in that). On our Facebook page, a commentor
Read More »Pac-Man Battle Royale Deluxe Launches at all Dave & Busters locations
(Pac-Man Battle Royale Deluxe at IAAPA 2011) If you have a Dave & Busters location near you then you certainly have reason to be excited. In October, all 57 locations served as the launch
Read More »Your Five US Test Locations for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Arcade
(Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Arcade as seen at a recent trade show in China) Newsfeed 1139 via We’ve know for a little while that Tekken Tag Tournament 2, which came out to Japanese arcades
Read More »Square Enix’s New Arcade Game That Will Transform
Newsfeed 1138 via Robots that change into something else is a hot ticket item right now and as such, that’s bound to spill over into the arcade space to some degree. We saw a
Read More »New reality TV show about arcades coming to a screen near you?
Newsfeed 1137 via Reality TV has covered a seemingly never ending range of subjects so it was only a matter of time before arcades would become the major focus of one – or at
Read More »German Arcade Chain Schmidt Gruppe opens 170th location in Oberhausen
Newsfeed 1136 via What you see above isn’t the latest UFO sighting although it could almost be mistaken for such – it’s actually a new arcade entertainment facility that recently opened in Oberhausen, Germany
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