As school and work wrap up, crowds fill Tokyo's many bustling arcade halls -- not to battle it out in fighting games, but to snag plush toys from claw machines. But the real stroke of genius "was ...

Taito is now the proud Guinness World Record-holder for the “most claw crane game machines at a single venue.” Taito Corporation set the record on August 29, 2020, when it opened the Taito Station ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Hsinchu said Tuesday that it has passed a new law barring crane arcades within 100 meters of elementary or junior high schools. The ordinance was passed by Hsinchu City Council, ...

Like the little green aliens in Disney’s “Toy Story,” people — often kids — may find themselves obsessed with “the claw.” Claw machines, also known as crane machines, dot arcades, malls, even grocery ...

A child is safe after climbing into and getting stuck inside a claw crane machine at a bowling alley Monday.Lincoln police said it started with a mom frantically searching for her 3-year-old boy at ...

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 ...

Jan. 21 (UPI) --A video game arcade in Japan was awarded a Guinness World Record for the largest number of claw crane machine games in one venue: 477. Genda Sega Entertainment announced Sega Shinjuku ...

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 ...

ATLANTIC CITY -- It's an amusement park staple with a dedicated fan base. But how often does anyone really win at the claw machine? One New Jersey lawmaker has the same question and wants the state to ...

We miss arcades. We don’t miss claw machines. We always thought they were a flagrant rip-off because, come on, you had the toy right there and it slipped right through! Turns out they were more of a ...

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