Yes, you're not dreaming! The year is 2024 and a new arcade is opening its doors in the centre of Liège! It's a 400m² space with around forty of the latest arcade machines, including Jurassic Park Arcade, Halo Fireteam Raven, StepManiaX, Ultra Moto VR, Derby Day and Sailor's Quest VR, as well as the latest Stern pinball machines (game list). After Waremme, Tilff, Malmedy, Lontzen and Weyler, this sixth S'pace location is undoubtedly the most accessible for people without a car, as it is located in the rue Vinâve d'Île, 700m from Liege-Saint-Lambert train station. The venue opens tomorrow and will then be open every day of the week between midday and 11pm, closing at midnight on weekends. The first step on your visit is to buy a rechargeable card, which will allow you to play all the machines as long as there are credits left on it, then simply recharge it to continue playing. In June, there's a promotion: one free credit for every credit purchased. Be sure to visit S'pace Liège and let us know what you think on the forum.

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The famous Spanish arcade Arcade Planet is moving from Dos Hermanas to a new location a few kilometres away, in the Bellavista district of Seville. What was already the largest arcade in Spain is getting even bigger, as the new premises will house more than 250 arcade machines, including classics, new releases, curiosities and musical games. Arcade Planet was created by 5 enthusiasts, and you can tell from the selection of games on offer; if you like arcade games, you'll be pleased for sure! As usual with this type of location, players pay an entrance fee and once inside, all the games are on freeplay. In concrete terms, the new Arcade Planet is located in the Expolocal building at no. 6 Calle Jardín de la Isla and is easily accessible by public transport. A private opening party will be held on Friday, but the official opening will take place on Saturday 8 June. Visit Arcade Planet, you won't regret it - it really is paradise!

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Dragon Ball Super Divers is the new card game from Bandai following Super Dragon Ball Heroes. The game will feature a new cabinet featuring 3 32-inch monitors (300% larger than the SDBH), cards and game rules. Players place cards on the touch panel monitor at hand and battle Dragon Ball characters by manipulating the cards and pressing buttons. In addition, Bandai will implement a Super Dragon Ball Heroes Mode that will allow the use of cards from Dragon Ball Heroes and Super Dragon Ball Heroes.

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Konami announced that DanceDanceRevolution World, the latest work in the DDR series, will be released in 2024. The two main characters are Emi and Rage with new designs. All the game screen have been renewed with new visuals. The folder selection screen also has been renewed. It will be more easy to find a music in the different folders: folders specialized in various genres, folders where you can choose from all conventional songs, folders for beginners with a simple screen, ALL MUSIC folder for people familiar to DDR and FIRST STEP folder where you can learn basic steps from famous songs. In addition to the usual various information displays, you can use the numeric keypad to use functions that are convenient for deep play, such as the filter function. On the difficulty selection screen, the Shock Arrow, Speed Change and Pause gimmicks built into the music sheet will now be displayed as icons. At the game launch, there will be licended musics and songs selected from the DanceDanceRevolution 25th Anniversary Song Creator Audition.

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Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6RR PLUS is available in Japan today. This title celebrate the 20th anniversary of the licence from Bandai Namco. This is the 13th game in the series and the third upgrade of Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6. Many new features are available: 5 new BGM's composed by Yuzo Koshiro, addidtional Dress-up parts, several dress-up car redesigns, updated Time Attack Mode, vehicle's behavior changes after 600 horsepower, titles will be inherited, navigator map function enhancement, in-store ranking moved to Wangan Terminal, enhanced 2 on 2 mode in Tournament Mode, new Car: Nissan Fairlady Z Version ST (RZ34). The Nissan Fairlady Z 280Z-T (HGS130) and Nissan Leopard 3.0 Ultima (F31) that were previously only available as reward cars for players who transferred their data from Maximum Tune 5DX+, they will be made available to players as a default selection car.

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BREAKING DOWN Hard Puncher ARCADE is a new punching machine developed by BreakingDown Co and GiGO. A total of 200 units are scheduled to be in operation at approximately 170 GiGO nationwide. BreakingDown is a new type of mixed martial arts entertainment in which fighters with various backgrounds such as boxing, karate, karate, judo, Nippon Kempo, sumo. Fighters com compete to determine the strongest in a "one minute, one round" match.The game has two game modes: classic "punch force measurement": punching power will be measured, and after playing, you can register for the national rankings using the QR code that is displayed. Various events will be held on the BreakingDown app linked to the QR code. And "VS Fighter": players must defeat BreakingDown competitors using not only punching power but also impact and timing. BreakingDown famous competitors will appear for a limited time. The first two players, Teru and Ueda, will be available for a limited time from April 1st.

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Polaris Chord, the lastest musical game from Konami is available in Japan today. The game is about VTubers and you play a new employee of the SIHBA TV that have to recruit characters called "Contenters" to create video content. You get Contenters thanks to gacha, each one has different abilities related to score and life gauge. You play the game with a keyboard with 12 physicale keys and two faders. You have to press the keys while notes scroll from the back to the front and reach the judgement line. However, you don't have to hit the specific key on the keyboard to match the note on the screen, hitting a key surrounding the scrolling note is sufficient. There are different types of notes: Tap, Tap/Flick, Tap/Hold, Tap/Slide, Tap/Release, Honeycomb, Fader, Fader/Hold, Fader/Scratch.There are two monitors: a touch panel monitor, and another monitor which is used to display music videos during gameplay, and reactions of the Contenters during the results. The cabinet also includes a headphone jack terminal. There are 3 game modes: Beginner (2 songs), Basic (3 songs) and Timer (4, 6, 8 or 12 minutes).

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Touhou Scarlet Diabolique Fantastica is out in Japanese game centers today. The game will be available for Japanese consumers on April 18. Touhou Scarlet Diabolique Fantastica is the 2nd Touhou game released on exA-Arcadia and this is the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (Touhou Episode 6). Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame are back to discover the mystery behind a strange red mist and two new characters join them: Sanae Kochiya (a descendant of a god Suwako Moriya and maid of the Moriya Shrine)and Patchouli Knowledge (a very smart magician from the Scarlet Devil Mansion). All game characters are voiced by 12 anime seiyu such as Ayaka Suwa, Naomi Ohzora, Kanae Ito and Asami Sanada. As for Touhou Perfect Sakura Fantastica, Team Shanghai Alice, the original series creators, supervised the game development. There are 3 play modes: Original (with 4 difficulty levels), Extra (you can play the epilogue) and Score attack. The exA is renowned for its low input delay, and this game is no exception, with an input lag of 2 frames, half that of the original version. You can choose between the original soundtrack and the arranged soudtrack composed by Keishi Yonao. Touhou Scarlet Diabolique Fantastica is in Japanese and in English and can be played both vertical or horizontal and 16:9 and 4:3. You can find the list of venues where it can currently be played on our exA tracker.

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Cyborg Force shipping starts today. Cyborg Force is a new run and gun video game for NeoGeo MVS by Neo Byte Force (Ozzy Ouzo and Johnny 16Bit, the team behind the Tsunami Edition of The Eye of Typhoon). You choose one of the 8 members of mankind’s most top-elite military corps, your mission is to save the universe from the mad tyrant of Mars’ ultimate weapon of mass destruction: the Necro-Doomizer. You fight against waves of hostile mutants, cyber-troops, air and armoured units. You can also play with a teammate. There are many different actions to perform: shoot with 10 unique weapons, jump, throw grenades and pick up bonuses to make your way through the 5 levels of the game to the rhythm of a heavy metal soundtrack. Weapon mastering and precise bullet-dodging are particularly important in Cyborg Force, the game is not easy, and you restart the level when using a "continue". Fortunately, there are 8 levels of difficulty, but if you want to see the true ending, you have to finish the game in one credit. Two editions of Cyborg Force are available: Standard (with a Jesus Mk II “Thank You” card and an arcade flyer) and Collector (which in addition, includes a Cyborg Force T-Shirt, an original soundtrack CD, an acrylic keyring, a 55mm Vladimir badge, 2 coasters, a custom bubble envelope and a poster). You can order the game at the Neo Byte Force online shop.

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Gitadora Galaxy Wave starts operation today. This is the 10th work in the GITADORA series from Konami and the theme is theme is music from the galaxy where sparkling stars gather. The visuals have been completely changed from the previous work GITADORA FUZZ-UP which had a dark image with a noise motif. You can enjoy a wide variety of songs, including anime songs and popular songs, with a focus on Konami's original songs. There are ne features such as Gitado Ticket (by paying an additional fee and purchasing Gitado Ticket while playing you can take advantage of various additional features) and Restart function (allowing you to play the same song again from the beginning without returning to the song selection screen while playing Premium Free).

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