AM Press: AW-NET to close on 30 November

October 15, 2006

Last updated on October 10, 2006

Special news

IP High Court resigned patent litigation for high-intensity image rotation.

SEGA is closing its AW-NET service at the end of November.。

Overseas

AMOA Expo in the United States exhibited a subsidiary of SEGA and NAMCO, and the U.S. manufacturer was low.

Mr. Buster, CEO of D&B, USA, left his office.

Domestic

At the Tokyo Game Show, Konami exhibited new works for business use.

Tokyo High Court has doubled the amount of money in a single litigation of Ka Fort Co., Ltd.

October 15, 2006 News Digest

The picture is at AM Show 06, upstairs in the small town of Bandai Namco Games (from left) with Nakamura Aya, honorary consultant, Shigawa Fujimi, male president, downstairs in the small town of Tite, with Asumo Sateda, president of Fujimi, Mr. Showa, middle-west, with Tite's Izawa, chief executive.。

Main news from 10 years ago

In the United States, AMOA Expo 96 encouraged Microsoft to participate in and introduce communication systems for business TV games. In September, a large gaming arena, "SegaWorld", was born in the London Piccadilly Circus in the United Kingdom. Konami developed the corporate CG sub-platform "Cobra" for IBM in Japan.）

Main news from 20 years ago

In the United States, Nintendo launched 10 home software titles, including the business "Play Choice 10". With overseas copyboards floating, JAMMA began holding an international conference with AAMA in the U.S.A.A.A.A.U. It established a committee to combat gambling machines, first known as the Committee to Promote Healthy Operations, on October 15, 1986.）

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[News Digest]

１．In the United States, more than 165 companies showed at the AMOA Expo 06 (September 27-29, Las Vegas) in the past year. In the past two days, 4,200 registered professionals have visited and shown their recovery. In the same convention center South Hall, fans' exhibitions and L.V.S.G. shows were held. Bigg developed the Rockin' Bowl o' Rama and the Time Crisis 4. While the U.S. manufacturer was low-key, global VR companies and merits companies were particularly active.。

２．Konami, who did not appear in the AM show, presented new music games such as the "Mashakure Fighting Chess Orchestra 5", the "World Soccer Winning Eleven 2006 Arcade Championship" and the "DDR Supernova". Konami continued to hold a new production show in Osaka, Tokyo in late September. And I've shown you three things that we're working on, and I've shown you three things that we're working on, and I've shown you seven data companies in South Korea that use optical glasses, and I've shown you some 3D game software, and I've shown you a cockpit cabinet.。

３．Despite a lawsuit filed against Nintendo seeking $4 billion in damages for infringement of the Split-style TV game's image rotation patent (No. 2877779), the Tokyo District Court rejected it on December 05, and the Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Supreme Court rejected it on September 28. In fact, the Tokyo District and Intellectual Property High Court have never actually opened oral arguments, and no actual proceedings have taken place.。

4. Sega Corporation has announced that it will end its network service “AW-NET” based on Atomiswave (AW) on November 30th. The five games targeted are “Guilty Gear Ska,” “Net Select: Salaryman Kintaro,” “King of Fighters NEOWAVE,” “Net Select Horse Racing Victory Furlong,” and “Neo Geo Battle Coliseum.” With the end of "AW-NET," these online battles will no longer be possible, but game play using AW cards will be possible, and battle record data will also be displayed. The AW system was announced by Sammy at the AM Show in September 2002 and shipped from June 2003, but the distributor switched to Sega in January 2005. The AW system itself did not become as popular as expected, and game software development appears to have already ended.

5. Sega Sammy Holdings announced that by October 3, it had acquired 13.77% (approximately 12.28 million shares) of the outstanding shares of Sanrio, known for the character “Hello Kitty,” making it the company's largest shareholder. Following the acquisition of 6.87% (approximately 6.13 million shares) through the market as of September 15th, the company has acquired an additional 6.9% (6.15 million shares) and is intended for pure investment. The total acquisition price is approximately 21.5 billion yen. SEGA SAMMY Holdings has explained that it highly values ​​Sanrio's excellent content and has determined that the stock price in the market is worth investing in.

6. Aruze, chairman Kazuo Okada, and former executive officer Asako Oikawa were banned from selling the book “Aruze Kingdom is a Scandalous General Trading Company” (September 2003) published by Rikayosha, and were ordered to pay damages of 100 million yen each (300 million yen in total). In January of this year, the Tokyo District Court of First Instance dismissed the sales ban granted in the provisional injunction and ordered Rikayosha to pay a total of 3 million yen in damages, but both parties (with the exception of former executive director Oikawa) have appealed. On September 13, the Tokyo High Court (presiding judge Kazuatsu Tomikoshi), the second trial court, issued a ruling that doubled the amount of damages (2 million yen to Aruze and 3 million yen to Chairman Okada), following the original judgment. Aruze accepts the verdict as a matter of course, but Rikajosha, whose appeal was not approved, says it will appeal.

7. Dave & Buster's (D&B), a game and restaurant complex with 47 directly managed stores in North America and franchise stores overseas, is said to have its origins in a successful combination in December 1982, when game hall manager Dave Collibue and restaurant manager Buster Coley hit it off and opened a successful complex in Dallas, Texas. Mr. Buster, one of D&B's co-founders and CEO, stepped down in September and became chairman emeritus, just like Mr. Dave, and Stephen King, the CFO (chief financial officer) who moved from Carlson Restaurants in April of this year, will take over as CEO. D&B's stock was listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in June 1999 after passing through the NASDAQ.

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