Lazertron have released a number of new games for their redemption game system the VRS2. They include a range of Card, Puzzle & Skill games. [more information]
The amount of TAB's touch screen terminal systems "SILVERBALL" is rapidly growing with 100,000 users using ChampionsNet to play more than half a million ChampionsNet games every day. [more information]
Thomas Conrad has taken over the management of software development at funworld ag. Conrad, has taken over the complex task of consolidating the individual software sectors of the company. [more information]
Maygay Machines has announced an exclusive agreement with Global VR, they will manufacture and control distribution of the new golf game based upon the EA Sports' Tiger Woods PGA TOUR home computer game. [more information]
Sega of America recently announced that it is dropping the price of its discontinued Dreamcast video game console to $49.95 around the price of a single game for consoles. [more information]
TAB Austria has started supplying the latest Software for their PictureBOX system. This Software changes the Photo-Sticker machine into a multifunctional communication terminal. [more information]
With the IAAPA Show now over, Steve Koenigsberg from State Sales gives a round up of the latest products and news from the Trade Show. [more information]
TOKYO (November 20, 2001 3:51 p.m. EST) - Sega Corp. posted a $169 million loss for the first fiscal half, largely because the plunging value of its investments. [more information]
Walt Disney's online division continued its push into the wireless Web on Tuesday by offering games that are playable on cell phones. Sprint PCS will be the first U.S. carrier to offer the games. [more information]
The amusement park Cedar Point located in Ohio USA recently announced plans to build a new roller coaster. This roller coaster will join the other 14 currently operating within the park. [more information]
Machineguard-UK is a security scheme used in the fight against gaming machine fraud. Which is fully endorsed by Operators, manufacturers and the Police across the UK. [more information]
Sega Amusements Europe Ltd has appointed Aaron Gilbey to the new position of UK Sales Manager. In his new role, Aaron's main responsibility will be to manage, develop and promote the company's portfolio of product to the UK's key accounts. [more information]
Pac Man has been voted the greatest video game character of all time. Launched in 1981 with more than 100,000 Pac-Man machines made and sold around the world in that year. [more information]
The world's largest software company enters the hyper-competitive, fiercely loyal video game market with Thursday's launch of its Xbox game machine, [more information]
Incredible Technologies (IT) announced recently the addition of Sweden to the list of European countries participating in the online Golden Tee Fore! [more information]
IMPACT FACTORY is a new marketing communications company for small to mid-size companies serving the amusement and entertainment industries. [more information]
In the past entertainment centers have relied on the sale of paper tickets as admission for rides and games. National Ticket Co has presented a new way of doing business "smart" ticketing. [more information]
The recent G2E Global Gaming Expo saw a successful introduction of the new "TWICE" game at the Expo in Las Vegas. Tests are currently being run in South-America and tests will be held in Europe very soon. [more information]
TLC Industries will be introducing the next generation in Arcade Gaming - the "Flexible Arcade Solution." - a ready to load game platform that allows PC games to be easily brought into the Arcade Environment. [more information]
Digital Centre SL has just announced that their "Dr. Face," is now exclusively represented in the U.S. and Canada by Apple Industries. [more information]
GameCom, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Salt Lake
Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002 to place the VR 720, at the Olympic Village ski lodge in Park City, Utah. [more information]
To ensure that Photo Play terminals with older update versions (1999, 2000) are also made "Euro-fit", a free Euro-release CD has been put together by Funworld. [more information]
Japanese Internet investor Softbank has announced that it has started a joint venture with game developer Sega and Taiwan's Acer to distribute video games through high-speed Internet networks. [more information]
Incredible Technologies and Anheuser-Busch announced recently that Colorado and Iowa have been added to the roster of states for the Golden Tee Golf / Michelob Light Thurdays program. [more information]
Highwaygames has recently negotiated an exclusive agreement to provide a games channel for cable TV in the China market. Presently over 40,000,000 people in China are using the cable service and we invite you to participate in "The Games Network". [more information]
In the past USA summer, four major live Golden Tee events were held showcasing the best players on Golden Tee who competed head-to-head in live tournaments. [more information]
Six Flags, Inc. has purchased five additional VR Performance Theaters from Ham On Rye: one to be installed immediately after IAAPA 2001 at Six Flags Over Texas, and four more for parks in the 2002 season. [more information]
The ATE has once again done an excellent job with the local hotels and has negotiated up to 50% off the marked room rates for visitors at the upcoming ATEI/Parks/Casino Trade Show. Their new hotel guide is now online. [more information]
Pat Lawlor, designer of The Addams Family® and Twilight Zone® and several other of the most successful pinball machines of all-time, talks with Stern about pinball design. [more information]
uWink, today announced that The Winfield Entertainment Group, Inc. will be distributing its products in Canada. Tournament support will be provided in Canada with integrated American tournaments. [more information]
The US Supreme Court refused to revive an Indianapolis law requiring parental consent before children may play violent arcade games, which a lower court struck down as an unconstitutional damper on free speech. [more information]
With a market cap of $7.32 billion, EA is the leading U.S. manufacturer (it swallowed up most domestic competitors), and is shifting resources now to create an online subscription game market. [more information]
Internet gambling for charity has arrived in Ohio, USA, to the chagrin of charity and gambling watchdogs. Firestone Park Athletic Association (baseball leagues sponsor), may be the first charity in the state to use online gambling to raise money. [more information]
The state Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill this week to expand gambling in New York, with state leaders saying new revenue sources are crucial because of the World Trade Center attacks. [more information]
Sega Corp. said this week it expects a bigger group net loss for the first half that ended Sept. 30 due to an appraisal loss of 23.8 billion yen on its securities holdings in the wake of falling share prices. [more information]
Paramount Parks, Inc. has purchased four VR Performance Theaters for its theme parks in the United States and Canada. Paramount joins Six Flags as the second top-ten theme park chain to directly purchase Ham On Rye's innovative and highly profitable attraction. [more information]
Sega announced this week it would begin charging $9.95 a month as of Nov. 1 for unlimited access to its online network for multiplayer video games. [more information]
Alpha-Omega Amusements of East Brunswick, N.J., is acting as consultants and suppliers of equipment, service, and training to a trio of amusement centers owned and operated by the Zehnder family, owners of the world famous Bavarian Inn hotel and restaurant facility. [more information]
MGM MIRAGE, the company that controls more than half of Las Vegas' high-end gambling business, has formally entered the race to acquire a gaming license in one of the Pacific Rim's most potentially lucrative markets: the Chinese port city of Macau. [more information]
A new Dracula theme park in the town of Sighisoara, Romania will begin construction in spring which will feature amusement rides, and a Gothic special effects castle. [more information]
At the Enada show held in Rome recently, the Italian Government gave operators an assurance that every problem faced with the present law system will be promptly solved by the adjustments of Law 388/00. [more information]
Excellent Soft Design's new game "Fire Hawk" which is a vertical scrolling jet shoot them up, featuring both single & co-operative gameplay as well as a myriad of power ups, is now shipping to most parts of the world. [more information]
With over 23 years of operation in the amusement industry, SNK has contacted us to announce the closing and liquidation of the company. [more information]
Namco have released information for two new characters that will make their debut in this game. These two yet to be named characters, one male one female are the first new characters to be announced. [more information]
Starting on the 20th of October, Sega has organised a massive tournament for this current 3D arcade fighting game Virtua Fighter 4. The tournament will take place in a number of arcades in Japan. [more information]
Software giant Microsoft unveiled Friday an extended alliance with Japanese game developer Sega ahead of the U.S. company's closely awaited launch of its game console Xbox later this year. [more information]
Highway Entertainment