Whilst it is reported that Capcom will not have its own booth at the upcoming AOU Japanese Trade Show, it does intend to show products on both Sega and Namco's stands. Currently, both Namco and Capcom are working on Biohazard, a machine gun shooting game that went out on test a few days ago. [more information]
With two major expansions in two years, Six Flags Great Adventure have announced its newest roller coaster, a mile-long ride the park is touting as "a new breed of thrill experience." [more information]
uWink in conjuction with Medalist Corp, have successfully staged the first live tournament which took place at the Flamingo Hotel Casino in Reno, Nevada, January 18th – 20th. The live tournament, in which 600 players competed for $25,000.00 in cash prizes, is a first for the world of coin-op. [more information]
* Sega 2001 Coin-Op Games
* Capcom To Offer PCs to Arcades
* Moody's Downgrade Sega
* Banpresto Announces Internet Prize Games
* Salaryman As Star?
* Konami "Sniper" on Test
* Sega To Manufacture/Sell Newest "Street Fighter" Game [more information]
Sega will stop manufacturing Dreamcast at the end of March, 2001, and has announced games which will be seen on Sony and Nintendo platforms. The shutting down of Dreamcast will generate $689 million in extraordinary losses. [more information]
Illusion have announced two of their SpeedSports™ racecars were installed at a major entertainment center that recently opened in Anaheim, California. [more information]
In one of the biggest tender offers placed by a Japanese firm, Konami will purchase 11.32 million shares of People at a cost of more than $US 600 million. [more information]
INSKOR Entertainment Limited announced today that it will launch a new generation of Interactive Entertainment Simulator (IES) systems for the Out-Of-Home entertainment market. [more information]
The minimum amount gamblers can put into some poker machines in Australia could rise to $10 under a plan to modify machines so they no longer accept $5 notes. [more information]
Fast-food giant McDonald's Corp. and computer maker Compaq Computer Corp. have developed a computer system so that kids can play the latest video games in McDonald's restaurants. [more information]
As Sega trys to return to profitability, news filters through that Sega will be dropping the Dreamcast platform and develop software for Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft. [more information]
With the help of a new management team, VisionLand amusement park, which at one point owed $3.2 million and was on the verge of bankruptcy, has shown a return to profits. [more information]
Big Buck Hunter, Incredible Technologies' newest coin-op video game, is now in full production and shipping to distribution. Developed in conjunction with Play Mechanix, Big Buck Hunter has been thoroughly tested throughout the USA with strong results. [more information]
Happ Controls has recently introduced "EHapp", their new online shopping cart ordering system. The EHapp shopping cart system allows secure on line ordering showing current prices and availability, 24hrs a day, 7 days a week. [more information]
NSW Opposition and Pharmacy Guild of Australia have both expressed their concerns about proposals to allow the introduction of painkiller dispensing machines. [more information]
The 4th China Amusement Expo is due to be held at the China World Trade Centre in Beijing from the 1st - 4th August, 2001. Based on past attendances by both exhibitors and visitors, the organisers are expecting this year's event to be just as successful if not more so than past events. [more information]
Stern Pinball will be releasing their High Roller Pinball at the end of this month. The game features many casino games on the playfield including shooting the ball through a slot machine and onto a roulette wheel. [more information]
IT have announced that State Sales and Service Corp. of Baltimore, Maryland has been chosen to be the exclusive distributor of its products in the Middle East, Africa, India, Greece, Cyprus and Eastern Europe. [more information]
Konami have announced this week that they are releasing games on NTT's new range of Java ready 503 series mobile phones. The first game to be released will be Dance Dance Revolution followed by remakes of both old and new games. [more information]
Bill Gates has unveiled the X-Box at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. With many arcade manufacturers joining their list of game developers, we are expecting many changes this year. [more information]
HG is pleased to announce our new information highway where members can now receive the latest news and information as it happens. As manufacturers forward press releases to us, you can also receive this information immediately by choosing this features in "Preferences". [more information]
Twin Galaxies has decided to support the turn-based strategy gaming world with high score contests and cash prizes, with many contests planned for the next six months. The first is on Space Empires IV for the PC. Admission to all these contests is free. [more information]
In a recent press release, Sega flatly denies any involvement with Nintendo and also blamed New York Times for causing distress amongst Sega's shareholders, trading partners and end users. [more information]
At one time, the Shinjuku and Ikebukulo area of Tokyo had the most arcades of any area in Japan. Now, the general state of the Japanese amusement industry can be vividly seen in these areas as visitor numbers have declined drastically. As a recent report by Game Time Magazine shows, arcade machines are losing popularity to pachinko & slot machine parlours. [more information]
Many readers have noted a theme appearing in past features that alluded to the possibility that current amusements fundamental theory may be outdated or even obsolete. A need for us, that continues in the amusement industry, to relearn technologies and player motives. [more information]
A lot of speculation surrounds a newspaper report alleging Sega is in negotiations with Nintendo for a possible buyout, which saw shares in Sega rise 10.5% today. [more information]
The Republic of Kazakhstan is set to stage the inaugural International CIS Amusement Exhibition in March, 2001 at the "ATAKENT" Business Cooperation Center, Almaty City. [more information]
Sega Amusements Europe Ltd will hold a worldwide exclusive launch of their stunning new motorcycle pursuit game – Wild Rider at the ATEI show in January. [more information]
With many new games and improvements, Metro Games is hoping that its new version of touch screen game, Metro Game 2000 will expand its sales growth through Asia and into International Markets. [more information]
Following the successful release of Confidential Mission Deluxe in October, Sega Amusements Europe will be showing the game in a newly designed Naomi Universal Shooting Cabinet at the ATEI. [more information]
Uwink is starting the New Year off with a BANG with its Zillionaire Tournament running until Monday, January 8. Cash prizes total $2475, with the first place winner receiving $750. [more information]
Sega Corporation, following its successes before the Rimini Court, continues its efforts to prosecute those producing, assembling, distributing or using the Dreamcast arcade converter known as 'GCD' and 'MGCD'. [more information]
Konami announced this week that it had come to agreement with Jaleco (Pacific Century Cyberworks Japan - PCCJ) over the intellectual property infringement of the Dancing Machine patents. [more information]
After their packed booth at IAAPA, MTV and Devecka's Drum Challenge is proving to be very popular for the company, even thought it is not scheduled for release until March, 2001. [more information]
Leisure Link, the UK's biggest slot machine operator, is set to transform the pay-to-play amusement industry by launching a range of digital machines in pubs, clubs, bingo halls and licensed betting offices. [more information]
Hitmaker have now released advanced screenshots of "Virtua On Force." The game is still in production about a third complete, but will see the introduction of 2 on 2 fighting. [more information]
3dfx who only recently closed its Mexican manufacturing plant in an effort to cut costs have now agreed to sell their remaining assets to competitor Nvidia for a reported US112 million. [more information]
The TournaMAXX™ system is set up to not only allow players across the globe to compete against one another for ranking, but it also gives customers the chance to compete against others in their region for prizes. [more information]
Sega's latest gun shooting game has begun shipping to many parts of the world. For those of you unfamilar with the game. The player takes control of a James Bond type secret agent "Howard Gibson" or his female counterpart "Jean Clifford" [more information]
Hong Kong's Skynet Ltd said on Friday it has formed a strategic alliance with Japan's video game maker Sega Corp to introduce the enhanced version of Sega's game console Dreamcast and online game platform in Hong Kong. [more information]
Unveiled at JAMMA earlier this year, Sega's latest arcade music title 'Shakka Tambourine' has begun arriving at Japanese arcades. Much like Samba de Amigo, players use tambourine peripherals to play along with different tunes. [more information]
This week saw game software giant EA Sports sign up to develop 10 games within six months for the XBox ensuring Microsoft will have high-quality games to support the console's launch. In comparison, EA has no intention of developing software for arcade release. [more information]
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