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Bandai Namco will hold a location test for its upcoming arcade game The Idolmaster Tours at the Amusement Expo in late November 2023.

Sega will have a booth showcasing its arcade games at the Amusement Expo in Tokyo Big Sight, which will take place in late November 2023.

Yoichi Wada Has Become an Outside Board Member of Genda Genda announced that it added former Square Enix President Yoichi Wada as an outside board member. The company, currently known for running Sega’s amusement facilities, added that Wada’s management experience will help it build an even stronger management structure. [Thanks, 4Gamer!] Born in 1959, Yoichi Wada quickly rose through the ranks in his career after joining Square in April 2000. In just eight months, he became the CEO of the company in December 2000. He also oversaw the merger between Square and Enix, which concluded in 200...

Bandai Namco Will No Longer Handle Amusement Facilities in America Bandai Namco Holdings published a press release stating its intent to withdraw from the amusement facility business in North America by transferring related assets to three unnamed companies. [Thanks, DenFamiNico Gamer.] The company group made the decision to withdraw as the COVID-19 pandemic heavily impacted business . Its subsidiary company, Namco USA Inc, handled the group’s amusement facilities since its establishment in July 1990. It directly owned 35 stores in total, with one of them being uniquely classified as a larg...

Initial D The Arcade Will Launch This February In Japan Sega has confirmed that it will release Initial D The Arcade in Japan on February 25, 2021. The upcoming arcade game, which adds 4-player races for the first time in the series, will effectively replace  Initial D Arcade Stage Zero, the currently ongoing iteration. [Thanks, 4Gamer!] Sega is planning to hold one more live stream before the new arcade game’s launch on February 19, 2021, at 20:00 JST (6 AM ET). The company’s staff members will deliver even more information about the game in this stream. Sega also published a new teas...