GameWorks Hosts Esports $25,000 Super Smash Bros Ultimate Showdown Tournament Grand Finals
$25,000 is up for grabs, as GameWorks prepares to host last chance qualifiers and national finals in its Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Showdown Tournament. As reported by Global Amusements & Play, “The Showdown was held across all seven GameWorks venues nationwide...
Bowl Expo Wraps Up Another Successful Event – The Future of Bowling is Secure
The 2019 International Bowl Expo in Las Vegas (June 23-27) wrapped up another successful event as 2000+ bowling proprietors and staff came ready to invest in their bowling centers. The 16 Tuesday seminars were packed as were the Monday sessions. The ‘buzz’ on the...
Boxblaster ‘Minibox’ Virtual Reality Arena is a hit at Bowl Expo 2019
Boxblaster’ 4-Player Minibox Arena at Half the Upfront Cost with Four AI-Powered Custom Games As reported by AmusementRC, “Boxblaster, a Miami-based start-up, launched its disruptive 4-player virtual reality arena, called Minibox at the International Bowl Expo in Las...
QubicaAMF Introduces ‘EDGE String’ Low Voltage Pinspotter at Bowl Expo 2019
The largest bowling products company in the world, QubicaAMF Worldwide, has announced the launch of EDGE String – the simple way to offer bowling. As reported by Global Amusements & Play, “The EDGE String is the next generation of string pinspotter technology,...
LAI Virtual Rabbids Surpasses 500 Units Sold Milestone
As reported in RePlay, “The hit VR attraction from LAI Games, Virtual Rabbids: The Big Ride, recently hit 500 sales, according to the company. The [500th] unit was sold to Pizza Ranch in Casper, Wyoming. It’s the second Virtual Rabbids install at a Fun Zone Arcade for...
Kingsmen & Hasbro plan Nerf FECs in US and Asia Pacific
As reported by InterGame, “Kingsmen Xperience, a US-based amusement developer, has entered into a licensing agreement with entertainment company Hasbro International to build and operate Nerf family entertainment centers in the US and multi-brand edutainment concepts...
Funovation Laser Maze Challenge Attraction now installed in 30 Countries
“Funovation is proud to announce the achievement of a company milestone: an industry leader in developing small footprint attractions, Funovation, has now installed its attractions in 30 different countries as of May 2019.” There are now more than 400 Funovation...
Sacoa Integrates with all the Bowling Management Systems-New Online Charging Module to be Showcased at Bowl Expo
Sacoa has chosen this week’s Bowl Expo (June 26-28 in Las Vegas NV) to unveil their latest debit card system online sales module as well as to let the bowling industry know that Sacoa integrates with all of the bowling management systems. As reported in InterGame,...
Tesla Cars now come with ‘ToyBox’ where Arcade Video Games can be watched when car is in ‘park’
As reported in RePlay, “Your next charging session is going to be SO MUCH FUN” electric car manufacturer Tesla wrote in the description of a YouTube video it published June 18. That’s because a game from Vector Unit, Beach Buggy Racing 2, has begun rolling out to...
Foundation Entertainment University ‘Buyers Power’ has $50,000+ in Real Dollar Discounts
Every little bit helps these days but $50,000 savings potential is something that every Facility in the Out-of-Home leisure entertainment industry can benefit from. The Foundations Univerity Sponsors and Speakers have really come through. The Foundations Chicago Class...
Play Mechanix/Raw Thrills/ICE Partner to Create ‘Centipede Chaos’ 3 Player Video Redemption Game
It took 3 companies working together (Play Mechanix/Raw Thrills/ICE) to bring ‘Centipede Chaos’ to market. Many of us in the industry and the general public fondly remember the 1980’s Atari classic ‘Centipede’. As reported in InterGame, “Centipede Chaos [with many new...