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Funny Table By IGS On Location Test In Tokyo
We have covered Taiwanese company IGS many times, they develop arcade games of varied styles and types that sometimes do end up out West. Last year at IAAPA they had some 3D games like
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BlazBlue ChronoPhantasma slated for Winter 2012 release (Japan)
Through most of the summer new arcade game news has really just focused on new stuff being shown off in Japan where it’s standard to reveal games months before they are released (in conjunction
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Time For Some Japanese Amusement Company Earnings Reports! (Plus Gunslinger Stratos stuff)
Some boring financial sheets, plus more Gunslinger Stratos!
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Fighter News: Rumble Fish Revival, Street Fighter 25th Anniversary site
Newsfeed 1229 & 1230 via This morning I caught some news that a fighter released by DIMPS back in 2005 for the Atomiswave arcade platform was coming back, but details were sparse. Then Andriasang
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Trailer for Taito’s Block King
Taito has a new arcade game based on Legos (or something really close to them) out in Japan. Details inside!
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Sega’s Tokyo Joypolis Reopens With New Design, Attractions, New Facility Smell
Newsfeed 1224 via Out West Sega might be better known on a facility level through Gameworks which they used to own but in the Eastern Hemisphere, their Joypolis facilities are where its at. If
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First Trailer for Namco’s Dark Escape 3D
Namco has released a trailer showcasing their newest co-op light-gun game, and a return to horror gaming, Dark Escape 3D. Click to see it along with more details!
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Japanese Launches For Sega’s Maimai, Square Enix’s Gunslinger Stratos & Namco’s Dark Escape 3D
Starting today there are some products that being launched in Japan that should interest those of us outside of Japan as there is a good possibility on at least two of them officially showing
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A Couple that Enjoys Life and DDR Together
Doesn't matter how old you are to enjoy games, even better to do it with the love of your life. Click for the video
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Tidbits from Sega’s Private Summer Show – Ringedge 2, Pengo, Initial D7
Every year Sega holds an invitation-only event in Japan to show off the games they plan on releasing to the market there in the Fall. As you might expect, the chances of seeing this
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Namco’s Bhutto Burst for Kids In Japan
If there is one place where card systems combined with video games works, its Japan. That would be collectible cards moreso than data cards to save game progress (the latter of which has been
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Japan Update: WMMT4 news, Japanese Arcade Operator Interview, Western Games in Japan
News for the West has been pretty slow lately although soon I expect the announcement on Big Buck HD so there will be that. But in the meantime here are some other items sent
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