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Homeland Security Seizes Fake Frogger, Donkey Kong Machines
11:00AM Stephen Totilo | In a change of pace from the many stories we run about games being downloaded illegally, here’s news of a seizure of 168 coin-op machines that played some very old games. More »
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Super Street Fighter IV Is NOT Coming To Arcades
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Next Spring, Capcom is bringing Super Street Fighter IV to game shops. It, however, won’t be bringing the game to arcades. More »
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BlazBlue Expands With Continuum Shift
5:40AM Michael McWhertor | Guilty Gear creators Arc System Works achieved some enjoyable level of success with a new fighting game property, BlazBlue. One of the loudest complaints was the comparatively slim roster. Good news about that, courtesy of the newest issue of Famitsu. More »
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Arcade Cabinets For Your GI Joes
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Disillusioned by the way the recent GI Joe movie treated the 1980s’ take on the franchise? You’re not the only one. Spare a thought for the plastic Joes themselves, who must now console themselves with endless games of Tempest. More »
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2:30PM Luke Plunkett | The SEGA Republic—a nine-ride, 150-game amusement park—has officially opened in Dubai Mall, roughly 18 months after it was first announced. More »
Sega Park Opens In Dubai
2:30PM Luke Plunkett | The SEGA Republic—a nine-ride, 150-game amusement park—has officially opened in Dubai Mall, roughly 18 months after it was first announced. More »
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Drinking Games? This Thing Does Drinking Games
5:40AM Luke Plunkett | This is the Arkeg. It’s an arcade cabinet. With a keg inside. The pinnacle of human endeavour, then? I say…yes. More »
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That Square Enix Countdown Was Counting Down To This…
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Lord of Vermillion II. This arcade title is the sequel to Square Enix’s popular card-based arcade game Lord of Vermillion. More »
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Soviet-Era Arcade Museum Opens In Russia
6:30PM Luke Plunkett | In Soviet Russia… they had video games. Not particularly special ones, mind you, but they had them. And those dusty old machines now have pride of place in a new museum in the Russian capital, Moscow. More »
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French Version Of Arcade Mania Goes Gold
5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Yes, we know, books don’t actually go gold like video games do. But still, publisher Pix’N Love got back its French language version of Arcade Mania back from the printer. More »
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