Le-An Than is the co-owner of Crane Games, a new claw machine arcade in Aurora, Colorado. Crane Games opened in July of 2024. Than and her business partner were inspired to open the arcade after a ...

Round1 arcades in the US are replacing anime figures in skill machines with sponges and tissues, and fans aren’t happy.

A new arcade in Laredo is bringing a mix of prizes, neon lights and a game style inspired by Japan's crane machine culture.

A man watches as a doll he grabbed with the machine's claw is dropped back into the box while playing a crane game Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, in the Akihabara district of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ...

For 16-year-old Kuan-ting Lin, teaming up with his father to beat a claw crane game seemed like a winning idea. During a trip to Japan a few months ago, he played the arcade game for the first time ...

As Taiwan's economy stagnates, claw crane arcades where customers lower a grabber to try to pick up a prize from a glass box are booming as affordable entertainment, while operators see them as a way ...

Players will be able to remotely control a real crane game machine and have their prize shipped to them if they win. Reading time 2 minutes In a few months, Android users in Japan will be able to try ...