The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the Japanese arcade industry hard. With the country closed off to tourism, it might only seem like big city arcades are the ones that are hurting the most. That’s simply ...

About 80 percent of the 22,000 arcades Japan had in 1989 have shut down, but revenues have held up thanks to claw machines, ...

Tatsujin has announced Amusement Arcade Toaplan, an iOS and Android application that will allow users to purchase all 25 former Toaplan games and create a Toaplan arcade on their smartphone. A release ...

Sega will set up a booth showcasing its arcade games at the Amusement Expo in Tokyo Big Sight with tournaments and new information about existing titles. The booth will be available at the venue’s ...

Living near Paris, Iyane (He/Him) is mainly covering Japanese media on DualShockers. He started his writing career in 2018 after being scouted for his blogging and talent for live-translating Japanese ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. While it's possible that the cabinets will make their way outside of the country, they're bound to be rare--arcades are still fairly common in Tokyo ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the world throughout much of 2020, the entertainment and amusement industry has been one of the hardest areas hit. Where video game development and events have ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Capcom will debut its new Attack on Titan arcade game, Attack on Titan: Team Battle, at Japan ...

TOKYO--According to the Amusement Journal, arcade machine manufacturer Kato is developing a new arcade game based on the music dance group Stomp! While details on the game will not be revealed until ...

CHICAGO, Nov. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Brown Gibbons Lang & Company, a leading independent investment bank and financial advisory firm, is pleased to announce that GENDA Inc. ("GENDA") has acquired ...

As school and work wrap up, crowds fill Tokyo's many bustling arcade halls -- not to battle it out in fighting games, but to snag plush toys from claw machines.