Influential industry speakers will address attendees at this year’s Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E Asia), the marketplace for the Asian gaming industry. [more information]
New HDMI Scaler Box scales and converts HDTV HDMI video, up to 1080p, plus PC signals up to WUXGA resolution, to other selectable HDMI and PC timings. [more information]
From today, Arcooda will start an all new video "checkpoint" series which will provide its gaming community and the wider public with up-to-date company news. [more information]
Raw Thrills, the team behind recent hit arcade release The Walking Dead, are the big winners out of the 2017 Best Of Show Arcade (BOSA) Awards. [more information]
Today, on Star Wars Day (because, May the 4th be with you) we look at the history of Star Wars games from arcade, to PC, Xbox, DS and everything in between. [more information]
After six and a half years of operation, the New Hampshire-based Pinball Wizard Arcade, one of the largest arcades in the world, has closed. [more information]
Twitch TV talk show hosts Mike Colesworthy and Callum Fletcher, from Buckin' Around, have revealed where and when the 2017 Big Buck Hunter World Championship will be held. [more information]
Cruis’n Blast is the latest in the legendary driving game series that debuted in the ‘90s with the arcade smash Cruis’n USA. Followed by Cruis’n World and Cruis’n Exotica, more than 70,000 arcade driving machines have been sold. [more information]
Tetsuya Mizuguchi, best known as the creator behind critically acclaimed titles including Sega Rally Championship and most recently Rez Infinite, has been confirmed as one of the guest speakers at Develop: Brighton. [more information]
Arcade Spare Parts is now offering customised lock series. If you are looking for cam door lock in quantity and custom key number, we can help you. [more information]
Finnish video game developer Housemarque is collaborating with Raw Thrills to create a sleek arcade cabinet for its top-down shooter, Nex Machina. But that’s not the only thing happening on the project. [more information]
If the Professional and Amateur Pinball Association’s (PAPA) recent world championships taught us anything, it’s that pinball knows no age limit. [more information]
A new pinball world champion has been crowned. Escher Lefkoff, a 13-year-old pinball prodigy from Colorado, took out the PAPA 20 world championship on the weekend. [more information]
As Disney gears up for its latest Pirates of the Caribbean release to theatres in May, arcade chain Dave & Busters has jumped in on the action with a promotion of pirate-themed games. [more information]
Arcade eSports is featured in the first of its kind mini documentary from Twitch Studios, based on the hit video game Big Buck Hunter. [more information]
To celebrate the 11th anniversary of Macau’s biggest gaming industry exhibition and conference, Global Gaming Exhibition (G2E) Asia, a daily newspaper will be printed during the three-day expo in 2017. [more information]
A new year means new Big Buck HD content. Gemsbok is the latest Big Buck game to be released. It comes as live-streaming site Twitch prepare to release a mini documentary on the highly competitive Big Buck HD scene. [more information]
Our latest HDMI/VGA to HDMI 6G Scaler accepts standard def to full high def 1080p HDMI video, or up to WUXGA for PC resolutions, and upscales all to output at a selectable 4K2K HDMI resolution. [more information]
Following the success of its kids sized Hello Kitty Air Hockey table Sega has added the ever popular Sonic-branded version to the range. [more information]
Built upon the successful experience of last four editions, China International Vending Machines and Self-Service Facilities Fair 2017 (China VMF 2017) came to a satisfactory close in March. [more information]
LAI Games’ new arcade hits, Let’s Bounce and HYPERshoot, have won prestigious AMOA Innovator Awards, announced at the Amusement Expo in Dallas earlier this month. The games also won coveted Best of Show Arcade Machine Awards (BOSA) from IAAPA. [more information]
While its finger firmly remains on the pulse of the Macao gaming industry, Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E Asia) will feature an integrated resort experience this year, in direct response to the Macao government’s call to attract a market beyond pure gaming enthusiasts. [more information]
Dublin is set to get its very first retro arcade with a bar and restaurant attached. A range of arcade and pinball games such as Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Addams Family and Medieval Madness will be avaialble to play. [more information]
Daytona 3 will be available to play at the end of March, Sega Amusements International CEO Paul Williams has said in an interview with gadget website T3. [more information]
After launching its VR Zone: Project i Can initiative last year, and showing a strong line-up of virtual reality games at JAEPO this year, it was only a matter of time until Bandai Namco opened up a bigger VR space. [more information]
New Multi Video to HDMI UHD Scaler is designed to work with the latest HDMI 4K2K Ultra High Definition video and audio products and is available from our on-line store at Converters.TV [more information]
Virtual reality (VR) and dart machines were a major focus of the 2017 Asia Amusement and Attractions Expo, held in China this month. [more information]
A broad range of amusement industry representatives turned out for the 2017 Amusement Expo International. This year, 446 booths were filled by manufacturers, suppliers and more. [more information]
Visitors to Sega’s booth at Amusements Expo International will be able to experience some of the best video arcade and ticket redemption products the industry has to offer this year. [more information]
Rocket Amusements will show the latest version of its innovation coin-operated claw machine, Crazy Claw Jr, in Dallas this week, at Amusement Expo International. [more information]
Intento Solutions has launched three new cabinets in its market-leading PICnMIX candy-vending portfolio, which will be delivered in time for Easter. [more information]
Benchmark Games’ electric new ticket redemption game, Tesla Tower, will be a staple feature of its Amusement Expo International booth this year. [more information]
A new Italian tradeshow, Family Entertainment Expo (FEE), being held in March will showcase the best family friendly amusement atraction Italy's gaming industry has to offer. [more information]
ICE’s new NBA arcade game is now shipping – just in time for NCAA March Madness. The arcade skill and ticket redemption game, called NBA Game Time, replaces Hoop Fever. [more information]
Universal Space (UNIS) recently announced a partnership between its new VR-focused division, Fun VR Tech, and Virtuix, the developer of the popular Omni motion platform. [more information]
In many places, arcades seem to have nearly, if not completely, vanished. Yet, in Japan, they continue to hang on. In a recent Kotaku story, Brian Ashcraft explores why arcade gaming is Japan is thriving. [more information]
The art, culture and business of gaming will be celebrated at London Games Festival 2017. More than 400 games will be available to play at the festival, which will be held in London between March 30-April 9. [more information]
What is old is new again in this day and age. In a recent Mobile Industry Review article, Adam Pothitos looks at the history of gaming consoles and the companies that shaped the industry. [more information]
The UHD 6G HDMI Analyser and Pattern Generator is the latest generation of video signal testing tool and replaces the superceded ID#727 HDMI v1.3 Compliant Video Test Pattern Generator. [more information]
Tech media company The Verge explore the rise of VR following IMAX's bold move to open a virtual reality expereince centre in LA in January. [more information]
The best pinball players around the US have been locked in battle recently in a bid to win their state championship and earn a spot into the IFPA US National Pinball Championship. They have also picked up some mainstream media attention. [more information]
More than 8,000 attractions industry professionals will gather to test, taste, try, and buy the latest innovations at the 2017 Asian Attractions Expo in June. [more information]
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