This year JPM will be showing some well a mixture of new and establishment favourites. New products on preview at the show include Low Tech, Hit Tech and Club machines. [more information]
Happ Controls Europe will be displaying a range of replacement parts for all makes of awp, video, redemption and other amusement machines. Products range from replacement electronic coin mechanisms to pool cues and cloths. [more information]
JPM International announces today that, in co-operation with SEGA of Japan they will develop a new Video AWP game for release at ATEI 2004. SEGA have made R&D facilities and staff available in Japan in order to produce a market leading product. [more information]
Catalana de Tecnologies (CTO) from Spain will take part in London's International Casino Exhibition at Earls Court between 21st –23rd January. CTO will be at booth 5299 in the special online casino section displaying their latest range of products. [more information]
TAB new update system V+ is available for all SILVERBALL terminals. With this update the operator is able to keep his terminals up to date regarding the software without paying for an annual update. It's only 20 Euros per month. [more information]
Sega.com has announced that it has entered into agreements with Nintendo and Sony to provide the console manufacturers with its SNAP online gaming middleware and related services for the GameCube and PlayStation 2. [more information]
With $40 billion in cash sitting in the bank, Microsoft Corp. is more than able to pounce on any software game developers it might like to acquire. The most talked-about target has been Japan's Sega Corp. [more information]
Time Crisis 3 will be launched to the European coin-op industry this month with the Namco game making an appearance at Nuremberg's IMA and London's ATEI exhibitions, the latter providing the stage for the worldwide unveiling of the deluxe model. [more information]
New gaming CRT touchmonitors from Elo TouchSystems are a 17" and 19" true flat CRT monitors. The touchmonitors come with elo's company's iTouch "touch-on-tube" surface-wave touch technology and feature a unique injection-moulded minibezel with watertight seal. [more information]
The pride of every distributor was their George Street location. But with a decline in business mixed with bad management, there may only be one arcade centre left, after Timezone closed its doors and Galaxy Electronics in financial trouble. [more information]
50 music titles for free and more. TAB-Austria is giving 50 music titles to every jukebox customer. 50 music titles for free for all new jukebox terminals (SILVERBALL MAX or MAX FIRE) of TAB-Austria. [more information]
At Friday's Front Row in Orlando, Florida on November 18-19, 32 players competed in the first-ever Golden Tee World Championship. Golden Tee, manufactured by Incredible Technologies. [more information]
ATE, organisers of the Amusement Trades Exhibition International (ATEI) have confirmed that the 59th annual show, which takes place on 21st, 22nd and 23rd January, 2003 at London's Earls Court Exhibition Centre, is now completely full. [more information]
Vacation America is the latest game from Churchill Cabinets, who will soon release this home only version pinball. With arcade built quality, but designed for the home user, these machines are soley offered to the home market user. [more information]
The Day of reckoning is coming…Friday 13th December 2002 marks the long awaited 3rd chapter in the series "House of the Dead". Behold the Gory truth that is House of the Dead 3. There is nowhere to hide!! [more information]
FX Simulation has opened a new manufacturing plant in Scotland. This new factory will manufacture their two seater simulator the U2 Mirage. This opening is significant as this is the first and only two seater simulator to ever be manufactured in Scotland. [more information]
Photo Play keeping with they policy of a new net game by remote update every six weeks,
comes Jack First" which was specially designed to boost beverage consumption in outlets as well as to guarantee a great deal of playing fun. [more information]
32 of the world's greatest Golden Tee players will be landing in Orlando this weekend to compete in the first-ever Golden Tee World Championship at Friday's Front Row, this Monday and Tuesday, November 18 - 19. [more information]
Sega has drastically cut its net profit estimate by 72% for the fiscal year that ends in March of 2003. The new figure of 5 billion yen ($41.11 million) is substantially below the 18 billion yen estimate it offered last May. [more information]
TAB Austria have introduced a new card game called "Take 2" on the SILVERBALL terminals of TAB-Austria. This game will be transmitted to all linked terminals via ChampionsNet for free. [more information]
LAI Games, a subsidiary of Australian based Leisure and Allied Industries, has announced the appointment of Valley Dynamo LP as their new Distributor for North and South America.
The new arrangement is effective from November 1st 2002. [more information]
Visitors to ATEI 2003 are set to benefit from seeing an even greater variety of new products in January with no fewer than 34 companies from 15 different countries taking stand space at the international amusements extravaganza for the very first time. [more information]
Early next year, Nokia will release a mobile phone it says will deliver console-quality video games. The surprising announcement came at Nokia's annual Mobile Internet Conference. [more information]
Film production company Mindfire Entertainment has secured the rights to Sega's Shinobi franchise. The movie, which is expected to make a summer 2004 release, will be based on the revised setting and characters of the new PlayStation Shinobi game. [more information]
Crazy War is a video game revolving around an epic battle between the Coalition of Planets, and the evil Devilion Empire. The game is available for immediate shipment. [more information]
On 5th December EGO will hold a special meeting to discuss the role of the organisation over the coming years. Due to the huge changes planned by many European countries and the expansion of the EU a re-assessment of what is needed is essential. [more information]
The inaugural European i-Gaming Congress & Expo succeeded in bringing the continent's online gaming fraternity together under one roof for the first time, providing a forum for lively and often-heated debate. [more information]
Embed Integration of Australia and Innovative Leisure of the UK are pleased to announce a distribution relationship with Innovative Leisure as the exclusive distributor of Embed's Amusement Debit Card System through out Europe. [more information]
Sun Amusements has announced that Brezzasoft Corporation and Sun Amusement Co Ltd are going to start consolidation their business activities and that Sun Amusement Co Ltd will be the new registered business name. [more information]
The Japanese games giant Nintendo has been hit with a $147 million (168 million, euro) fine by the European Union for alleged price-fixing by illegally colluding to sell game products at significantly different prices in various parts of Europe. [more information]
MGM Mirage and Nevada slot machine builder International Game Technology have reached an $85 million deal to convert 11 casinos to IGT's EZ Pay coinless slot system. MGM Mirage plans to buy 7,000 new slot machines and retrofit 11,000 more devices. [more information]
Nintendo kicked off its modest online plans Wednesday with the release of Internet adapters for its GameCube console. The online add-ons consist of a modem for dial-up Internet access and a network adapter for tapping into a high-speed DSL or cable modem. [more information]
Japanese developer Tecmo has revised its projections for the current half year's trading and now expects to record a 40 million Yen (€328,000) profit - reversing a previously anticipated 170 million Yen (€1.4m) loss. [more information]
With the USA Sniper still active, USA media have begun to promote stories of links between Konami's Silent Scope to that of the activities of the sniper. Whilst it seems to be another media beatup, the stories seem to be picking up speed. [more information]
The first game on the new Triforce system, VS2002 offers more realism and quicker game play with now increased teams and stadiums. Our kits will be available within the next 10days. [more information]
Stern's ROLLERCOASTER TYCOON pinball machine will be part of the "Grand Prize" and "First Prize" packages awarded to the creators of the ultimate roller coaster in Infogrames' RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 "Ultimate Tycoon Challenge." [more information]
Japanese game publishing giant Sega has teamed with AT&T Wireless to deliver content on the carrier's mMode next-generation platform. The partnership represents a trend among U.S. operators to cash in and delivery games to cell phones and other handheld devices. [more information]
The Italian manufacturer Customs has announced it's latest bill acceptor the "EB-200". It is a compact bill acceptor with integrated stacker, it combines the latest sensor technology. [more information]
Since launching on OFEX to raise capital for expansion, Elton Games has recruited Jennie Johnson as sales manager to strengthen its management team. [more information]
Atronic received a just reward for their hard work and attention to detail at this years G2E by winning the "Best European Stand Award". This award was sponsored by G2E and EGO and was judged from all stands where the head office was based in Europe. [more information]
During the Amusement & Vending trade show there will be a digital jukebox seminar at 2:30 pm on friday 1st november 2002 at the rna showgrounds southee complex olympic park homebush bay, NSW Australia. The seminar will showcase the latest digital jukebox from NSM Music's, the "Chameleon RJB". [more information]
TAB-Austria recently celebrated it's 40th birthday, the company "Automaten Dattl" was founded 1962 by "Siegfried Dattl senior". It started as a one man operation by placing football tables in pubs. [more information]
JPM announced today that it had appointed GamingCo as its PR consultants. Owner Keith Fagan, who previously worked on Euroslot and Casino International magazines, set up GamingCo in 2001 to offer PR and Marketing services exclusively to the Gaming and Amusement industries. [more information]
Peter Dean, chairman of the Gaming Board of Great Britain will be amongst a number of key note speakers at the Gambling Industry Forum which is being held at London's Chelsea Village Complex on Tuesday 3rd December. [more information]
Launched this September, Windows Media 9 Series should realize the true potential of digital media on the PC. It offers a foundation for the digital future of the media and entertainment industry, consumers, developers and business. [more information]
Its game on again for Greek computer buffs who had been banned by the government from playing electronic games. The government, in an effort to curtail illegal gaming, passed a law earlier this year banning the use of electronic games, including popular football and motor racing simulators. [more information]
DC elected Las Vegas to launch the new Dr.FACE-4 photo booth machine. This new cabinet was highly accepted because of it's long life and for it's appeal as a traditional photo booth. It is specially designed for high traffic locations such as malls, cinemas, shopping centers, arcades & theme parks. [more information]
Yahoo today will unveil an on-demand service that lets consumers with high-speed Internet access rent classic PC games like the "Tomb Raider Chronicles,'' "Civilization III," or "Grand Theft Auto 2" for up to a month at a time. [more information]
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