TOKYO--A number of new arcade game titles have been revealed at the Amusement Machine Show (AMShow), a commercial trade show centered for arcade operators and distributors. Sammy The biggest news at ...

Sega Ikebukuro Gigo will close this September. Screenshot: Gurunavi/YouTube After opening in July 1993, the nine-story Sega Ikebukuro Gigo became a neighborhood landmark. On September 20, the arcade ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. While Japan has lots of excellent arcades, Tokyo is home to the country’s best. If you are visiting the city and like video games, these are the ...

Japanese news outlet Nikkei reported earlier this week that Bandai Namco is set to open a new arcade in Ikebukuro, Tokyo purely focused on video gaming – the first one to do so in 13 years. If you’ve ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. This article is more than 10 years old. I am very much an arcade ...

Arcades may have all but died out in the west, but in Japan they remain big business. I write a website about arcades in Tokyo, and sometimes forget it’s not normal to live in an arcade daydream. I‘m ...