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Inside Atari’s rise and fall

By the first few months of 1982, it had become more common to see electronics stores, toy stores, and discount variety stops selling 2600 games. This was before Electronics Boutique, Software Etc., an

Sky Gamblers: Air Supremacy Brings Four Player Split-Screen To iOS Gaming Via AirPlay

Some iOS games have done some pretty cool stuff with AirPlay, including Real Racing HD 2, but it's always seemed like there's so much more possible from the technology, especially when it comes to gam

Wherein we talk about Tekken 6

It’s unusual playing Tekken on anything but a Sony system. (I’m not counting Tekken Advance for the GameBoy Advance, and neither should you.) And yet here I am with Tekken 6 on the Xbox 36

These Pac-Man 30th anniversary Zippos are very cool

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/pacman_zippo_3-620x644.jpg" /> Namco's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man">Pac Man</a> was first released in Japan May 22, 19

Namco releases Museum Essentials for the PlayStation Network

Namco, creators of such classics like Pac-Man, Galaga and Dig Dug, have announced Museum Essentials for the PlayStation Network. Now you can play the aforementioned games along with Dragon Spirit and

Review: Klonoa for the Wii

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/klonoa-wii-pack_final_sm.jpg" alt="" />To say that Namco’s Klonoa is a throwback would be an understatement. Sure, we first saw Klonoa

Wireless Tekken 6 joysticks on the way for $150

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tekkenx.jpg" /><i>Tekken 6</i> is still several months away—October 27 is circled on most fighting game fans' calendars, I suspect&

Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny teaser trailer

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/scbd_pub_ss_hilde_tira_090410_002_web.jpg" alt="" class="center" />It’s certainly short, but the gameplay footage from Namco’s upcomi

Contest Reminder: Free Tekken 6 swag

Don’t forget about our Tekken 6 contest. Some of the fellas on staff think this is too hard of a contest, so if you agree then sound off in comments and we’ll change it up.

CrunchArcade Contest: Win some free Tekken 6 swag

Are you a big Tekken fan? Want to win the swag I got from the Namco Gamers Day event? What’s up for grabs: one Xbox 360 Kazuya Mishima face plate and one Tekken sticker poster.

Namco Bandai Gamers Day 2009

On Tuesday Namco held their annual Gamers Day where a bunch of jerkwad editors rain down on San Francisco to diddle with all of the upcoming games for 2009. A handful of games were announced and/or sh

Soul Calibur hides the boobies

Folks, when you’re going to get into a St. Stephen pose and show your tatas, let’s do it with some class. This is America, after all, and the Japanese cleavage shown on the left just won&#

The Cell Processor: The Brains of The PS3 and Now Tekken 6

The Cell processor already sits at the heart of Sony’s PlayStation 3, but starting with Tekken 6 it will also power arcade machines. Namco’s upcoming fighter is currently scheduled for rel