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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...

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 ...

Christopher Salazar could not stop with the plush round Kool-Aid Man. The 11-year-old claw machine master had to have more. So, outside a South Side strip mall on a recent early evening, he and his ...

Want to do a bit of good this holiday season without leaving your couch or battle station? Well step right up and try your hand at Santa Claws, the charitable claw machine created by UK-based firm ...

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