Fresh from AliExpress, [Big Clive] got another fascinating item to tear down: a crane claw, as used in those all too familiar carnival games. These games feature a claw the player moves into position ...

Beginning July 11, Android users in Japan will be able to play claw machines remotely in real time through Google apps that will only be available for one year. Google announced in a support article ...

As school and work wrap up, crowds fill Tokyo's many bustling arcade halls -- not to battle it out in fighting games, but to ...

The total size of the Katamari crane game toy is around 27 centimeters. Nothing is sticking to it, as if the Prince just started a level, and there’s a rainbow pattern on it that makes it look like ...

To get it running, Liberty Games took a Sierra crane machine and attached a camera to the front. This allowed the company to livestream the crane, but then they needed people to be able to control it ...

Capcom has revealed a new collection of Monster Hunter Wilds merchandise that will appear as crane game prizes at its Japanese amusement centers. The lineup will include a Palico plush and a ...

Killing time before the holidays? Why not play a livestreaming, remote-controlled crane game for charity? Liberty Games, a U.K.-based seller of arcade cabinets and other games you may have played at ...

The Clawfish Arcade is accessible by train, a small boardwalk venue surrounded by dreamlike fog and lots of clear, blue water. It’s open only to me, the lone wanderer that’s free to skip stones off ...

Eleven Japan has been grabbing a lot of attention recently, what with their matcha dessert burritos and their new luggage storage service for travelers. But rival Japanese convenience store chain ...

About 80 percent of the 22,000 arcades Japan had in 1989 have shut down, but revenues have held up thanks to claw machines, ...