ATEI 2008 Coverage

It's been about a week since the event, but I realized I haven't had a chance to break down some of the outside coverage that occured from the ATEI 2008 show in London. Of course, the guys over at Arcade Heroes really took it upon themselves to get a lot of good videos (and write ups) from the event, so I'll start from there and work my way elsewhere as I find the sources on the internet.

From what I've read over at Play Meter, attendance at ATEI was down in a year-to-year comparison by about 6%. Peter Rusbridge from Clarion Gaming states that part of the reason for the decline was consolidation and uncertainty in the coin-op industry. However he was also quick to note that, "figures in isolation are relatively meaningless and as always the response of our stakeholders-visitors and exhibitors-will provide the litmus test."

Links(Updated as of 1/28/2008 at 12:30 PM)

Arcade Heroes provides Global VR (ATEI) impressions - Coverage of Alien's Extermination, America's Army, Paradise Lost, Blazing Angels, and Nascar Racing

Arcade Heroes provides Sega (ATEI) impressions - Coverage of Sega Race TV, Primeval Hunt, Let's go Jungle, Sea Wolf, Shoot This Win This, UFO Catcher, UFO Stomper, Virtua Fighter 5, and more

Arcade Heroes provides Namco Brent (ATEI) Impressions

Eurogamer ATEI 2008 Show Report - Coverage and impressions from the show floor from Eurogamer

Game Over.net coverage by Big Panic - Lots of great images from the event (found courtesy of Neo-Arcadia

Spong coverage of the ATEI show by Kevin Williams

ATEI Interim Numbers - Report by Coin-Op Today, includes a breakdown of the attendance numbers for all portions of the exhibition including the ATEI, ICE, and ICEi events

UK Resistance Part 1 - Photos and videos from ATEI 2008

UK Resistance Part 2 - Photos and videos from ATEI 2008

Namco Bandai Games reports ATEI 2008 line-up a success - Courtesy of Highway games, ""We are grateful to all the operators and retailers who continue to show faith in our games; thanks to them Namco Bandai Games can expect a busy year ahead. In return we will be working more closely with our customers to seek out further opportunities in and around the coin-op sector with games that are carefully selected and tailored to meet an ever more discerning player."





Videos
Tekken 6 (Arcade Heroes)

Tekken 6 Sega-Naomi


Wacky Races

Sega Race TV (1)
Sega Race TV (2)

Primeval Hunt (1)
Primeval Hunt (2)

UFO Stomper (1)
UFO Stomper (2)

Big Buck Safari

Nascar Racing

America's Army

Silent Hill (1)
Silent Hill (2)

Galaxy Rider

Box Club

Football Fever

Ghost Squad

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