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The White House wants Americans to know it can have fun too, and this week it decided a deportation-centred video game was the way to do it.

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The White House is rolling out a new website Thursday featuring classic arcade-style games with a MAGA twist. (Credit: The White House)

A week back, Original Fire Games and iRacing launched ‘iRacing Arcade’ onto Xbox Series and PlayStation 5 consoles, bringing the third-person arcade racer to consoles for the first time. First launched on PC via Steam back in March, this launch also brought about a massive new content update on all platforms, adding four-player local split-screen…

Throughout 1984, the shadow of the video game crash of 1983 still loomed, but the industry survived and recovered. This included continued support for the arcade scene, with major developers releasing new titles for arcades as well as home platforms. And while perhaps overshadowed by other games released throughout the decade, the games from 1984…

The ’90s really marked the last ride for arcade games, at least in terms of their commercial and popular ubiquity in the gaming industry in North America. Everything from sports and fighting games to racers and shooters got major releases throughout the decade. 1993 was a particularly interesting year for arcade games, with the debut…

The birth of the arcade scene happened in the 1970s, taking those early computer games and putting them in commercially available cabinets worldwide. From simple displays of moving lines and dots to more advanced vector-based animation and spritework, the medium evolved dramatically across the decade. Some forgotten arcade games from the ’70s really made the…

In Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4: Override (dubbed just Fortnite Override), Epic Games is deploying an arcade to Battle Island, complete with iconic gaming legends.

With the arcade scene still thriving in the early ’90s, some titles continued to push the boundaries of the medium’s technological possibilities. This includes major games released for arcades in 1992, both in terms of visual presentation and the sheer scope of the gameplay. From fighting games to racing and on-rail shooters, every genre saw…

As gaming gained popularity throughout the ’80s, the arcade scene remained a robust way for fans to get together and play. Of the early ’80s arcade games that defined its golden age, many were released in the year 1980 itself. From the start of franchises that continue to thrive today to classics that found larger audiences on…