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JAMMA ’11: Sega shows Virtua Tennis 4; Various Namco titles; Taito TypeX3 + more

JAMMA ’11: Sega shows Virtua Tennis 4; Various Namco titles; Taito TypeX3 + more

arcadehero September 14, 2011 2

The 49th Japanese Amusement Machine Show (better known as the JAMMA show) is upon us and as expected, new games are here to be seen. News will be trickling out in waves over the

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Namco to debut Dark Escape 3D at JAMMA ’11

Namco to debut Dark Escape 3D at JAMMA ’11

arcadehero September 6, 2011 12

Next week in Japan, the JAMMA Expo will take place and with it, new games will be announced. As is typical, some of those announcements come before the show and today Namco has unveiled

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Namco considering location testing Tekken Tag 2 in the US

Namco considering location testing Tekken Tag 2 in the US

arcadehero August 30, 2011 11

(Thanks to ArcadeBelgium for retweeting this!) In an answer to a question from a fan today, Tekken producer Harada gave us some arcade news to talk about. The latest Tekken coming to market, Tekken

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Seen at AAMA Gala 2011: Deadstorm Pirates Upright, Pac-Man Battle Royale Deluxe

Seen at AAMA Gala 2011: Deadstorm Pirates Upright, Pac-Man Battle Royale Deluxe

arcadehero August 19, 2011 9

(Thanks to Sam Ven of Namco for the pics!) The new products just keep rolling out as we get more information from what was at the AAMA Gala this week. Here is a look

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Bandai Namco profits up

Bandai Namco profits up

arcadehero August 4, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1083 via Good news for the people at Namco – despite economic turmoil this year, profits are up for the company (see the 162nd Ferengi Rule of Acquisition for our obligatory geek reference

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Pac-Man Battle Royale “unboxing”

Pac-Man Battle Royale “unboxing”

arcadehero July 29, 2011 17

First unveiled in February 2010, we got the first hands-on look for it the next month at the Amusement Expo, it made a big splash at e3 2010 and finally the game was found

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Namco’s Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 coming in December to Japan

Namco’s Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 coming in December to Japan

arcadehero July 11, 2011 14

Newsfeed 1075 via UPDATE: For the latest on the international reach on this game, check out our post here. The next installment of Namco’s hardcore driving series, Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune has a release

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Arcade news you can abuse for the weekend

Arcade news you can abuse for the weekend

arcadehero July 2, 2011 5

If you’re in the US then you are possibly travelling somewhere, or hosting visitors for the 4th of July weekend. If not, it’s still a 4-day weekend which is always great to take advantage

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Namco releases Dragonball Zenkai Battle Royale in Japan

Namco releases Dragonball Zenkai Battle Royale in Japan

arcadehero May 27, 2011 3

Newsfeed 1046 via Dragonball Zenkai Battle Royale is the latest arcade release from Namco Bandai in Japan and I wonder if they are building up a whole class of new “Battle Royale” games. First

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From the Floor of the GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2011

From the Floor of the GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2011

arcadehero May 9, 2011 3

The GTI Asia Taipei Expo that took place this past week gave us some interesting news in terms of new games and now we have a few videos and some pictures to share of

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Tekken Tag 2 @ GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2011

Tekken Tag 2 @ GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2011

arcadehero May 4, 2011 5

Starting tomorrow, Taiwan’s largest arcade show known as the GTI Asia Taipei Expo, gets it’s start and as always, we expect to see many pictures and perhaps a little bit of video of the

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Street Fighter IV 3D Arcade version? Plus many more games from China

Street Fighter IV 3D Arcade version? Plus many more games from China

arcadehero March 26, 2011 20

Newsfeed 1024 via A few days ago we posted a couple of pictures from Wahlap Technologies, a distributor based out of Taiwan, showing a couple of new games from a trade event that they

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