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Storm-G, Sega’s latest amusement attraction game ride
If there is one thing Sega loves, it’s making arcade titles that are also amusement rides in and of themselves. They are continuing this trend with their latest offering called Storm-G, a bobsledding game
Read More »Namco Bandai’s AOU 2009 website
A few days ago we reported that Sega and Konami had setup websites for AOU 2009 and now Namco Bandai has a page dedicated to what they will be showing off at the event.
Read More »AOU sites for Sega and Konami
ATEI has come and gone and that means that the next big show is AOU in Japan, where Japanese manufacturers show off all of their great products which you may or may not find
Read More »Initial D5 website updated
Sega Japan has updated the site for Initial D5 to include more info, screenshots and a promotional movie. It’s unclear exactly what is all new here (I am sure that hardcore fans of the
Read More »Big SFIV tourney in Japan with a rumor on SFIV Arcade updates
The console release of Street Fighter IV is fast approaching but in Japan the arcade version is not being completely overshadowed, with a big SFIV “convention” that included a huge arcade competition, a look
Read More »Video of KOFXII Japanese location test
All I can say is man this game looks beautiful. I don’t care if it doesn’t use 3D, in fact I appreciate the 2D art (and game style when it comes to fighters) much
Read More »The Tetris and Breakout playable piggy banks
Way back in the early 80’s, at the height of the arcade craze, some companies produced some portable or table-top games based on popular arcade titles. The screens used weren’t anything close to
Read More »Konami releases BeatmaniaIIDX Empress in Japan
[Via BemaniStyle.com] While most of our news the past few days has been about US arcade releases, they are still busy in Japan as well. Konami has released the latest addition to their Beatmania
Read More »Interesting new augmented reality arcade game on location test in Japan
Are you up for another unique game? I would be too but like usual this is only in Japan for now although it is a Sega title so perhaps there is a tiny possibility
Read More »Namco sets up a Razing Storm website
Among the new game revelations last month was Namco’s light-gun shooter called Razing Storm and in Japan it is going on location test and it has a website set up to describe the game
Read More »Stinger Report Article: Very Large Arcade Show Shakes Consoles Confidence
Here is a new article from our friend Kevin Williams at The Stinger Report, this time discussing the impact of the 46th AM show in Japan and the subsequent flurry of interest that has
Read More »Videos of BlazBlue, KOFXII, Tekken 6 BR, Gundam and more
Sorry we haven’t posted many videos yet of all these new games being shown in Japan – we have to wait until they show up on a website WordPress allows embeding from, and there
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