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Big Buck World Championship XIV Is Now Underway
October has just started and as we enter into the final quarter of the year, a big arcade tournament is now underway with the 14th Big Buck World Championship. Qualifiers were held on all
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Raw Thrills Moves 2020 Big Buck World Championship To October
There are many amusement-related anniversaries being celebrated this year, but Pac-Man & Sega aren’t the only ones marking important dates. Another game that is reaching a milestone is Big Buck Hunter by Play Mechanix
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Big Money & Big Prizes At The Big Buck Hunter World Championships XII
Has it already been 12 years? It’s hard to believe, but the answer is yes, as one of the biggest events in arcade gaming took place this weekend, with new titles and fatter wallets
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Big Buck World Championship 2017 Taking Place Oct. 27th & 28th; Stern Pinball Joins In The Fun
It’s October and apart from spooky characters prepping for Halloween fun at the end of the month, this also means that it is time for the next Big Buck World Championship. Players have been
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Raw Thrills Shines At TwitchCon 2016
One thing we have been critical about regarding the arcade industry at large is the lack of modern marketing thinking. Many games are only touted upon release and after a flyer is produced and
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Mini-documentary: Inside Tokyo’s Long Love Affair With Dance Dance Revolution
(Thanks to Venumspyder for the tip) It goes without saying that Konami’s Dance Dance Revolution arcade series has been a phenomenon all over the world since it was introduced in the late 90s. Interest has
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2016 Big Buck World Championship Qualifiers Begin May 1st
In October 2015, the biggest tournament for arcades took place thanks to Play Mechanix, Raw Thrills and their popular Big Buck Hunter series. The Big Buck World Championships have been going on for several
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Big Buck World Championship 2015 Slated for Oct. 23rd-24th in Chicago, IL
Play Mechanix has announced new details about the upcoming Big Buck World Championship 2015 event, which has grown to become the biggest annual arcade competition in the world. Each year the company has moved
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Results Of The Kong Off 3 Donkey Kong Tournament
As mentioned a few weeks back, the month of November has turned out to be a big one for the e-Sport arcade space, there was the Big Buck World Championships and The Kong Off
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Watch The Big Buck World Championship 2013 Live
The qualifiers are over, the top players ready and the checks waiting for a winner to claim them in Chicago today as the Big Buck World Championship 2013 competition gets underway. This annual event
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Since the release of The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, one event has come along to really capitalize on the resurgent interest behind Nintendo’s original arcade classic Donkey Kong and competitive classic
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Raw Thrills Launches the Big Buck HD Summer Training Tour
For regular players of Raw Thrills/Play Mechanix‘s Big Buck HD, hearing of a tournament to play on the machine is nothing new. But with a new “Summer Training Tour” promotion that begins tomorrow and
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