Sam (He/Him) is the former Managing Editor of DualShockers and is now Senior Reporter at TheGamer. He's been in and around games media for six years now and has held a variety of roles within the ...

It took me visiting a Taito Station arcade in Japan to truly understand what makes arcades special. I’ve always been infatuated with arcade-inspired games. I enjoy revisiting those classics and love ...

In Japan, arcades are called 'Game Centers' - and they are disappearing at an alarming rate. Countless Japanese game centers and arcades have closed over the past year or more, including 2 of Japans ...

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. In one of these gaming meccas in the ...

A former managing director at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. who recently became one of the very few female leaders of a listed company in Japan is setting her sights on becoming the dominant player in the ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. That was this morning. Woke up, flipped on Zoom In!! Super, Japan's equivalent of Good Morning America, and saw my bloated, unshaven mug talking about ...

Japanese developer City Connection and publisher Clear River Games announced this past week that they are releasing the Japanese arcade classic Under Defeat once again for modern consoles. Originally ...

Gacha & Catch, a pop-up Japanese crane game store, is opening in the Santa Monica Promenade in Santa Monica on Nov. 22, 2025. The joint project between Japan Entertainment One Inc., TOMY Company, Ltd.

Metal Gear Arcade, the 3D arcade shooter first revealed last summer, is finally starting to pop up at arcades in Japan, but only for a limited-run public test. https ...

Japanese holding company Sega Sammy has announced the closure of over a third of its arcades in the territory. The Tokyo-based gaming giant - formed after a merger between Sega and Sammy Entertainment ...