To celebrate Gary Clark Jr.’s latest album This Land, AMI is giving away an autographed guitar from the Grammy Award-winning artist. Music fans can enter the contest now through March 13. Entry is available by using the AMI Music app, available on Apple or Android. Participation is also available on AMI jukeboxes. This Land is Clark’s third major-label studio album. He’s well-known for his collaborations with artists like B.B. King and Alicia Keys. For more information about the contest, download the app or visit www.amientertainment.com.
Author: Matt Harding
The latest stop on Arachnid’s BullShooter Tour was Feb. 8-10 in Pittsburgh with competition drawing players from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, New Jersey, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Maryland, New York and Michigan. Among the winners were husband-wife duo Mark and Kelly Meares of Sarasota, Fla. (pictured at right). They took home the Mixed Cricket Doubles 1st place plaques. BullShooter tourneys feature singles, doubles and triples events. Upcoming tournaments are in Knoxville, Tenn. (today, Feb. 22), Stone Mountain, Ga. (March 8) and Omaha, Neb. (March 22). The finals will be held May 23-27 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont, Ill. A full…
The brand-new Daytona Championship USA Motion Super Deluxe cabinet from Sega just debuted at the Feb. 15 grand opening of the latest Lucky Strike Social in Chicago, a 30,000-square-foot venue right across the street from the Chicago Cubs’ Wrigley Field home. Read more about the location in a recent Instant RePlay news item. Sega’s leading racing game, first launched in 1994, got a major upgrade with the new four-player Motion Super Deluxe version. It features a pivot motion platform “that pushes immersive racing experience to its limits,” propelling players from side to side – creating a sense of g-force. “The technology lets…
The HUB Stadium, a unique entertainment center venue in the Detroit exurb of Auburn Hills, has teamed up with Shaffer Distributing to add arcade games into their mix of attractions. They already had popular dart-like axe throwing stalls and bombowling (a beer-pong-like game that combines bowling and football) and offer leagues for both sports. After working with Shaffer, The HUB now has a modern arcade featuring racing games, basketball machines, Skee-Balland some video games too. For more information about the facility’s offerings, visit www.thehubstadium.com. Learn more about Shaffer, celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, at www.shafferdistributing.com.
With a $30,000 top prize on the line, the 2019 Golden Tee Golf World Championship hits virtual Vegas greens from June 21-23 at The Orleans Hotel and Casino. Hosted by Incredible Technologies, qualifying for the championship began in early February using the game’s new online “events” mode. Special weekly contests will determine five qualifiers a week for 12 straight weeks. Players need to play at least five games a week in order to be ranked but can play as many as they want to improve their final score. In addition to the five players each week who will get a…
The former Asian Attractions Expo event, now IAAPA Expo Asia, returns to Shanghai, China, June 11-14, and early-bird registration is now open. Admission to the four-day education conference and three-day trade show (June 12-14) is currently $64 for IAAPA members and $124 for non-members (or they can attend the trade show only for $79). Group discounts are available for 15 or more registrants from the same company. Contact IAAPA at [email protected] for more information. Early-bird registration will end May 3. For more details, visit www.iaapa.org/expos.
Set for a Feb. 22 grand opening, the new NQ64 retro arcade bar in Manchester will be giving away 50 free drinks each night during its inaugural weekend – served up alongside a lineup featuring vintage pinball machines, games and video consoles. Located in the city’s Northern Quarter, hence the name, NQ64 is a back-alley basement bar with a smattering of neon and graffitied walls, according to the Manchester Evening News. The classic games span the decades: from Space Invaders(1978), Pac-Man(1980) and Galaga(1981) to Double Dragon (1987), Mortal Kombat (1992) and Time Crisis II (1997). “Some of these machines were…
An amalgamation of a vending machine and amusement game, meet inventor Steve Shoemaker’s Kan Krane – a “vending game” that combines the two traditional industry staples. With the object of vending an item “with some fun,” the Kan Krane combines your favorite canned beverages with a vacuum suction cup. A skill-based game, the difficulty never changes. As long as players are able to navigate the suction cup directly over the bottom of the aluminum can, they have no way of losing the item. For more information about the patent-pending product, visit www.kankrane.com.
A new card-vending video game has launched at Dave & Buster’s, exciting fans who will be able to play Marvel: Contest of Champions at the FEC’s 122 North American locations. A one-on-one fighting game from developers Kabam and Raw Thrills, Contest of Champions allows players to fight as one of their favorite Marvel superheroes like Wolverine, Groot or Spider-Man – either against one of their friends or the computer. There are currently more than 70 champion cards to collect, with more being added soon. According to Kevin Bachus, senior vice president of entertainment and games strategy for D&B, the game is exclusive…
The National ATM Council (NAC) and the ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) will pursue a joint campaign aimed at ending what is widely viewed as an epidemic of unwarranted bank account closures and new account denials of ATM independent operators. The two organizations recently signed a memorandum of understanding that paves the way for them to share resources, ideas, information and plans to combat this issue in a segment of the domestic U.S. market that accounts for well over half the ATMs currently deployed throughout the nation. The bank account closure and denial crisis has continued in the wake of the…