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Weekend news: RoadFighters Impressions, CEC earnings report, Namco game quiz

Weekend news: RoadFighters Impressions, CEC earnings report, Namco game quiz

arcadehero November 6, 2010 3

To start off our weekend, a few items to “cleanse the palette” with, especially if you are bored to death over the plethora of Microsoft Kinect coverage many game blogs are getting into right

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How Konami’s new Reflec Beat works

How Konami’s new Reflec Beat works

arcadehero November 4, 2010 5

Konami has a couple of music games they are launching today – first is one more people are already familiar with, a Microsoft Kinect launch title called Dance Masters and the other is a

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Halloween special: Zombies at the arcade!

Halloween special: Zombies at the arcade!

arcadehero October 31, 2010 6

(Updated: I ran this story back in 2010 but have given it some brushing up in 2013) If you are into video games at all, then you have likely noticed the big fad these

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Dance Dance Revolution X2 coming to the US in December

Dance Dance Revolution X2 coming to the US in December

arcadehero October 26, 2010 10

Betson Enterprises has just issued a press release and it holds good news for US DDR fans. Japanese players have been enjoying the latest iteration of DDR since July this year and come December,

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Konami thinking of a Dance Masters Arcade machine

Konami thinking of a Dance Masters Arcade machine

arcadehero October 17, 2010 3

From the rumor mill, via BemaniStyle.com comes word that the mind behind Konami’s Dance Dance Revolution series, Naoki Maeda, is considering taking Dance Masters for the Xbox 360 Kinect and giving it the arcade

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Konami testing GuitarFreaks & DrumMania XG2 Groove to Live in Japan

Konami testing GuitarFreaks & DrumMania XG2 Groove to Live in Japan

Shaggy October 5, 2010 1

Konami is wasting no time in keeping the GuitarFreaks and DrumMania XG series updated, as shown by a location test taking place in Kawasaki, Japan this Saturday and Sunday. GFXG2 and DMXG2 will feature

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GuitarFreaks + DrumMania XG appear in the US at Round 1

GuitarFreaks + DrumMania XG appear in the US at Round 1

Shaggy September 23, 2010 0

Newsfeed 927 via It wasn’t long ago that we had a look at the amazing facility that recently opened in the City of Industry in Southern California known as Round 1 (read more about

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If Marvel VS. Capcom 3 was an arcade game, it would look something like this

Shaggy September 16, 2010 3

We’ve been having a lively discussion about Capcom and their attitude towards the arcade market in the SSFIV Price Tag comment thread and surely this will continue to stir the debate. Capcom has already

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Konami readies Road Fighters for release

Shaggy September 13, 2010 3

It’s been almost a full year since we first revealed the development of a new Konami racer called Road Fighters and now Konami is finally ready to bring the game to market. It has

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Konami Location Tests Reflec Beat in South Korea

Shaggy September 1, 2010 0

Newsfeed 916 via Alternate headline: “Konami strikes back in DJ Max Technika’s hometown”. The location test is actually over at this moment after Konami was able to gather player input over the period of

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DDRX2 location testing in East Hanover, NJ; Southend,UK

Shaggy August 25, 2010 6

I was starting to get a little anxious as it’s a much slower news cycle at the moment than usual but there is some welcome news coming our way via Bemanistyle.com with a report

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Konami testing Space Agent in Japan, a new shooter that uses Augmented Reality

Konami testing Space Agent in Japan, a new shooter that uses Augmented Reality

Shaggy August 20, 2010 0

The Am-Net Blog has pictures of the marketing materials for a new Konami light-gun game testing in Japan called Space Agent. The only info we have about it comes from the posted media, which

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