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3 Aug, 2007 |
| Nevada gambling regulators have approved the concept behind Bally Technologies latest product, Bally Pong. The product combines regular elements of slot machines with Atari's 1972 classic Pong, with the machine entering a 45 second game of Pong after three bonus icons line up on the five-reel video slot machine. |
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3 Aug, 2007 |
| Incredible Technologies has hired a variety of new employees following recent announcements regarding new games, new services and new directions. |
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27 Jul, 2007 |
| Global VR has announced that their new racing game, EA Sports NASCAR Racing, will be unveiled at the August 3rd AAMA Gala in Illinois. The game is the result of an agreement between Global VR and Electronic Arts, with Global VR given the exclusive rights to develop and manufacture the only coin-op version of EA's NASCAR franchise hit. |
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27 Jul, 2007 |
| The California Extreme Film Festival is shaping up, with organisers recently announcing the lineup for the festival. The film festival looks set to be a great new addition to the show, and will feature a range of coin-op related documentaries, short films, trailers and promotional videos for pinball and video games. |
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27 Jul, 2007 |
| Merit Entertainment's Director of Government Relations, Robert C. Fay, has announced that nine complete copies of Merit Force products were recently seized in raids conducted in Kuala Lumpur by Malaysia's Enforcement Division of the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs. |
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27 Jul, 2007 |
| LAI Games USA has announced the appointment of Pete Gustafson as the company's new International Sales Manager. In his new role, Gustafson's main responsibilities will be to develop and implement strategic international sales objectives with an emphasis on increasing global market revenue. |
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27 Jul, 2007 |
| Merit's Spring Fling Tournamaxx Tournament was held in May, with long time Megatouch favourite TriTowers generating a great deal of interest among players. Brian Bkzr of Erie, PA was the eventual winner, taking first place with an average score of 179,429. |
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27 Jul, 2007 |
| LAI Games has partnered with Firestone Financial Corp. to offer their first ever joint financial promotion. The two companies have announced a zero percent program that covers the complete line of LAI kiddie rides, ticket redemption and instant redemption games. |
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27 Jul, 2007 |
| London Show organisers Clarion ATE have confirmed that Earls Court will remain home for ATEI, ICE and ICEi for the foreseeable future. Speculation surrounding the future of Earls Court has been widespread in the lead up to the London Show, however it appears that the future of the popular venue has been assured. |
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20 Jul, 2007 |
| Global VR has announced that they will begin to use a newly designed force feedback steering wheel board from Immersion Corporation. The new RoHS compliant board has been designed to meet the high level of reliability demanded by the coin-op market. |
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