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 ...

In many places, arcades seem to have nearly, if not completely, vanished. Yet, in Japan, they continue to hang on. As The Financial Times reports in a recent piece on Japanese arcades, there were ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...