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Street Fighter IV Tournament
Capcom have announced the Street Fighter IV National Tournament. Qualifiers for the finals will be held across Japan from November 1st to December 7th. The venues for these are still to be announced, but we do know
Read More »A preview of what Sega is showing at next months JAMMA event
The Amusement Machine Show (also known as JAMMA) will soon be here and thanks to The Stinger Report we have a preview of what we can expect to see from Sega at the
Read More »Hey Vulcan Wars, where have you been all this time? UPDATED
Way back in September we reported on a new light-gun shooter by Atlus Japan called Vulcan Wars. It was shown at JAMMA 07 and even then there was very little info available on the
Read More »Tokyo Game Action Site Review & their 5th anniversary
A short time ago, we were contacted by Andrew McGuire, of Tokyo Game Action, an arcade in Winchendon, MA where their focus is Japanese arcade gaming. In addition to Japanese arcades they also have
Read More »Virtua Fighter 5 R released in Japan
The game has been on location over the past few months but now Virtua Fighter 5 R has now been officially released in Japan. The upgraded game has new features and new character
Read More »Interview with SFIV producer Yoshinori Ono
Nikkei Trendy has an interview with Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono and from what can be understood from the broken translator English, you can see how much of Street Fighter II they are
Read More »Derby Owners Club 2008 8 1/2 minute training video
Most arcade games are pretty simple and anyone can figure out how to play them after a round or two but on occasion a game comes along that is a little more complex than
Read More »Neo-Arcadia's booth @ Japan Expo 2008
Japan Expo 2008 was recently held in France and arcade-related website Neo-Arcadia was there with a booth and plenty of screenshots to boot. The arcade presence at the expo brought many games into one
Read More »Guitar Freaks v5 & DrumMania v5 hit arcades in Japan
[Kotaku via IT] Good to see that Konami’s instrument games are still going strong. It’s just a shame we don’t get to see these games that much in the UK. I’d like to think
Read More »DoDonPachi Dai Fukkatsu released
[Image via Killercabs Forum] I am a little late on this as i wanted to research it a little if I could find the time but forum member Molloy pointed out that the new
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