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Terminator Salvation Arcade now testing in Japan UPDATE: UK too

Shaggy January 9, 2010 6

It looks like Raw Thrills/Betson is really beginning to make a push into the Japanese arcade market. First we heard of them testing H2Overdrive in the region, then Chicago Coin/Betson’s PUTT: Champion Golf was

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H2Overdrive headed to SpikeTV's Video Game Awards; Specular website update + more

Shaggy December 10, 2009 0

Raw Thrills’/Specular Interactive’s H2Overdrive is making headlines again, first with news that Universal Space (UNIS) will be exclusively carrying the game in China. I know that the game has been seen in Japan already

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IAAPA 2009 videos – Sega Racing Classic, Terminator Salvation, Tank! Tank! Tank!

Shaggy November 21, 2009 11

Youtube just didn’t want to upload my videos this afternoon but after some persistence, I am finally getting them put up there. In total I have 20 videos to put up so I won’t

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Pics from IAAPA 2009 (Part 1)

Pics from IAAPA 2009 (Part 1)

Shaggy November 20, 2009 5

Well I’m back from IAAPA 2009 and it was an excellent show, as expected. I had always heard how large it was but you have to see it (and walk it) to believe it.

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Terminator Salvation Arcade coming to IAAPA next week

Shaggy November 13, 2009 5

(Click on the image above for a more detailed view) We first heard about a Terminator Salvation arcade title way back at ASI in March and except for a brief view of the game

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The 2009 Big Buck World Championships wrap-up (updated)

Shaggy October 29, 2009 0

I received a couple of e-mails recently asking about details on how the 2009 Big Buck World Championships went down a couple of weeks ago but I hadn’t heard anything about it until today.

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Pics from the London Preview 2010 show

Shaggy October 8, 2009 5

Another arcade trade show has come along and this time we have pictures (unlike with AMOA ’09, which I still haven’t seen anything from that one). To see all of the pictures, I’ve placed

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Game releases for this week: Twisted, BBH: Open Season, GT2010 and in Japan, Tank! Tank! Tank! (updated)

Shaggy October 3, 2009 0

UPDATE: I forgot to add Golden Tee 2010 which was also released this week It’s been a little while since I did a “releases this week” post since news has been a little slow

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A developers diary on the canceled American Idol coin-op game

Shaggy September 26, 2009 6

It’s been about a year now but last October, we received a tip about an American Idol coin-op game that was being brought to market by Raw Thrills’. Not long after that, the game

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Raw Thrills'/Play Mechanix unveil Big Buck Hunter: Open Season

Shaggy September 17, 2009 1

While a vast majority of news about new arcade titles has been coming out of Japan lately, AMOA is almost here and that means some game news from outside Japan for a change. This

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Big Buck Safari passes 5000 units sold

Shaggy September 2, 2009 3

I have mentioned before that we don’t often get sales numbers for arcade titles but Raw Thrills has had a few hits over the past year or so that they reveal such information on

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Raw Thrills releases H2Overdrive to arcades

Shaggy July 2, 2009 0

Hydro Thunder fans, the day you have been waiting for has finally arrived as Raw Thrills’/Specular Interactive’s new take on Hydro Thunder, H2Overdrive is arriving at distributors around the country and then they are

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