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Teaser site for Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Teaser site for Tekken Tag Tournament 2

arcadehero September 21, 2010 2

Namco Bandai has launched a teaser site for their upcoming arcade title, Tekken Tag Tournament 2. There isn’t anything substantial there at the moment except for a link to the teaser trailer that spread

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Namco throws a party for Pac-Man Battle Royale

Namco throws a party for Pac-Man Battle Royale

arcadehero September 20, 2010 1

The latest iteration of Pac-Man is soon about to land in arcades and Namco jumped on the opportunity to celebrate it with a Pac-Man Battle Royale party at a bar in Wisconsin this past

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King of Kong Saga continues with Steve Wiebe regaining the top score DK crown

King of Kong Saga continues with Steve Wiebe regaining the top score DK crown

arcadehero September 20, 2010 2

If you still haven’t seen the documentary “The King of Kong” then you might not get why this story sprawls across the internet every now and then. Barring a recap of that film, let’s

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Capcom’s outlook at the arcade market

Capcom’s outlook at the arcade market

arcadehero September 19, 2010 2

Newsfeed 925 & 926 via Recently we had a little bit of discussion about Capcom’s attitude towards the arcade market – fans have been disappointed by the lack of an arcade version of games

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Seen at TGS 2010 – Astro Ranger

Seen at TGS 2010 – Astro Ranger

arcadehero September 19, 2010 2

Newsfeed 927 via The Tokyo Game Show may not be the first event one thinks of when it comes to arcade announcements but there has been plenty of arcade attention at the show, including

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Namco’s Maximum Heat on location test

arcadehero September 18, 2010 6

While Namco America prepares to release their newest racer, Dead Heat to the North American market, a variation on that same game is now testing in Japan. We first heard about Maximim Heat last

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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 announced, coming Summer 2011

arcadehero September 18, 2010 3

Newsfeed 927 via With the move just about complete (please let me know what you think of the Theme – the one we had been using doesn’t seem to be available so I’m changing

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SNK celebrates 20 years of Neo Geo with shirts and cups

Shaggy September 10, 2010 3

Newsfeeds 922 & 923 via The Neo Geo MVS is undoubtedly one of the most important arcade hardware platforms created to this day. The system had support for over a decade and in that

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JAMMA 2010: New games, hardware and ideas that could shake things up

JAMMA 2010: New games, hardware and ideas that could shake things up

Shaggy September 9, 2010 18

The 48th JAMMA Expo is now underway in Japan and with that comes a flood of news concerning future projects that Japanese developers will be bringing to the market. AM-Net has a number of

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SI Electronics develops hardware for glasses-free 3D arcade games; Sega bringing Pengo to JAMMA

Shaggy September 7, 2010 2

Newsfeed 921 via When news began to trickle out about the upcoming JAMMA show in Japan, we found out early on that SI Electronics was planning on showing off a new arcade hardware platform

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More games from the GTI Asia China Expo 2010

Shaggy September 7, 2010 3

Newsfeed 920 via We finally have an extensive look at what went on at the GTI Asia China Expo 2010 and along with plenty of games came a few surprises. I’m still trying to

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Guest post: Capcom Turns Console Gamers To Arcade Releases With Release Of Super Street Fighter IV Cabinet

Shaggy September 7, 2010 0

Today we have a guest post to share with you by James Mowery. He takes a look at the effects the upcoming Super Street Fighter IV Arcade can have on the scene. Continue on

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