Cave’s newest shooter DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou recently got its first arcade location at Japanese game centre Taito Hey! in Tokyo’s Akihabara. More »
After making a big splash during its first showing at the 2011 Game Developers Conference, 5th Cell’s dizzying cover-centric 3D shooter Hybrid was dragged back behind closed doors in May in order to make sure it was the “highest quality title possible”. Let’s see what changed the past eight months have wrought. More »
Rayforce was first released in Japanese arcades in 1993 — when I was 15. The game is now out on the iOS. For $12.99. More »
Booted off Kickstarter for who-knows-why, Oak-U-Tron 201X, the rolling, battery-powered arcade cabinet meant to provide R&R to Occupy Oakland’s weary soldiers, is nonetheless complete. It’s scheduled to roll out during the Move-In March planned for … oh, how about nowish? Assuming Oak-U-Tron survives the invasion of Occupy Oakland’s new digs, people can “play the wonderful 50-player co-op game that Auntie Pixelante made just for this event!” More »
The Oakland branch of the Occupy movement is moving off the streets and into an abandoned building later this week. In doing so, they get facilities like kitchens, meeting rooms, etc. All that’s missing is an arcade machine. More »
In a sleepy, nondescript lot away from the lights of the Vegas strip lies the Pinball Hall of Fame — home to around 400 vintage pinball machines (and some arcade cabinets) from the 1940s through to present day. Best of all, they’re almost all playable. I took some time out from the Consumer Electronics Show to make a pilgrimage this week. Here’s what I discovered. More »
I am sure you have Pac-Man skills. We all do. I’m sure you’re good at turning the corners of getting Inky, Blinky & Clyde to trail you just as you’re approaching the power pellet. More »
Japan’s Mainichi Daily News lists Hiroyuki Miura (not pictured) as “unemployed”. That’s exactly fair. He’s apparently self-employed, with police believing that Miura has been breaking into arcades across Japan. More »
This summer, Square Enix is releasing a new third-person shooter dubbed Gunslinger Stratos. It’s not a home console game — yet. Rather, it’s a four-on-four, team-based, online arcade game that allows players to battle others in game centres across Japan. More »
Alamagordo, New Mexico. 50 miles southeast of Roswell, the most famous UFO site in the nation. Also the scene of the most infamous landfill in video game history. More »
