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UK Location News: Trocadero Finalizes Arcade Closures; Some Games Headed To Las Vegas Soho

UK Location News: Trocadero Finalizes Arcade Closures; Some Games Headed To Las Vegas Soho

Shaggy February 17, 2014 6

Back in 2011 the sad news came about that a famous arcade location in central London were closing their doors. But that wasn’t the end of the story, some of the games continued in

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Videos: Stern Pinball @ CES2014; A Tour of The Arcadia in Ryde (IOW, UK)

Videos: Stern Pinball @ CES2014; A Tour of The Arcadia in Ryde (IOW, UK)

Shaggy January 8, 2014 3

Newsfeed 1343 via Stern at CES Most of the big news I’ve heard coming out of CES has been famous movie director Michael Bay not handling teleprompter malfunctions very well but there is one

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Astro City Brings Retro Arcade Goodness to Southend-On-Sea, UK

Astro City Brings Retro Arcade Goodness to Southend-On-Sea, UK

Shaggy December 30, 2013 8

(Thanks to Barrie for the tip!) The year is coming to a close and just in before the end, a link was sent to my inbox about a new retro arcade that opened its

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Hunger For Amusement Proven At The Heart of Gaming In London, UK

Hunger For Amusement Proven At The Heart of Gaming In London, UK

Shaggy April 15, 2013 7

This past weekend was the grand opening of a new arcade in London. Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report / DNA Association was there and he snapped numerous pictures and wrote up this article

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Location News Europe: Heart of Gaming Opening In London, UK; Looking at Arcade Street & La Tête Dans Les Nuages, Paris FR

Location News Europe: Heart of Gaming Opening In London, UK; Looking at Arcade Street & La Tête Dans Les Nuages, Paris FR

Shaggy March 25, 2013 2

Well today has been nothing but catching up for me. I still have report #3 on Amusement Expo 2013 that I am working on, just waiting on a few pictures from The Stinger Report

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Coming In July: ITG European Cup 2013; Bonus: Weston Super Mare Pier Walkthrough

Coming In July: ITG European Cup 2013; Bonus: Weston Super Mare Pier Walkthrough

Shaggy February 21, 2013 0

Two news stories here that are different in nature, shared more by them being located in Europe than anything else. Both were sent our way by Toby Nanakhorn, thanks to him for that. And

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Sega Park Southampton Closes Its Doors; Sega GRID 42″ Out Now & Sega EAG Booth

Sega Park Southampton Closes Its Doors; Sega GRID 42″ Out Now & Sega EAG Booth

Shaggy January 31, 2013 3

We’ve got some bad news and some good news so like the cliche goes, the bad news first. If you’re near Southampton UK then an arcade has closed its doors there as of yesterday.

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Arcade Tour: Clacton-on-Sea, UK (Summer 2012)

Arcade Tour: Clacton-on-Sea, UK (Summer 2012)

HeavyElectricity August 6, 2012 3

With a stack of £1 coins and a camera phone, HeavyElectricity seeks to document the arcade experience in Clacton

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Namco Station in Manchester, UK undergoing major remodel, “21st century” version reopens July

Namco Station in Manchester, UK undergoing major remodel, “21st century” version reopens July

Shaggy June 12, 2012 1

If you are familiar with the Namco Station in Manchester, UK then you probably know already that the place closed down in May for a refurb. As we have just found out thanks to

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The Arcade Games of EAG 2012 Part 1

The Arcade Games of EAG 2012 Part 1

Shaggy January 25, 2012 5

With January upon us, comes another arcade event where new products are shown off in London, UK. This is the first look as provided to us by The Stinger Report – more pictures and

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