At 69, Tomohiro Nishikado readily admits he's bad at video games. That's not unusual for a man his age, but he was…
Two of the world's most addictive mobile games, Taito's Groove Coaster Zero and GungHo Online's Puzzles & Dragons, are crossing-over August 12-24. There'll be special Groove Coaster Zero-themed dungeons and creatures popping up in the puzzler, while a special P&D song pack will be available in the rhythm game for… Read more
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Experimenting with new ways to make folks pay for their iOS games, Square Enix releases Groove Coaster Zero,…
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The fighting game community gets a bum rap. Sometimes it's deserved. Often it's not. There are good people in the…

Mommy, where do video games come from? They come from factories, dear, factories like these, from the 1980s.
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One of the best things about Japan is the service. The service is generally great. One of the things that makes it…
Rayforce was first released in Japanese arcades in 1993—when I was fifteen. The game is now out on the iOS. For…
The 26th Prize Fair recently wrapped up, showing off prizes available in arcade redemption games during the first…
RayStorm, the classic 1990s shooting game, always felt like it got somewhat overlooked compared to the spate of…
The 49th Amusement Machine show wrapped up recently in Japan. The show played host to new arcade games like Sega's O…
Fans of classic rock and fantasy art will no doubt be familiar with the name Roger Dean. The British artist is as…

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Noel Gallagher, the former Oasis songwriter, probably doesn't remember most of the 1990s. He was out of his mind,…

What's a developer to do when the game they're bringing from the arcade to console is already just fine? Add funky…
Just when I was certain there was no new way to combine tapping fingers and music on the iPhone, Reisuke Ishida…
Not satisfied with aiding in the creation of the childhood-stealing Transformers and G.I. Joe movies, producers…

Here is what is believed to be the smallest playable Space Invaders arcade cabinet every built, using a ROM and…