Sarah has been an editor and contributor for Game Rant since 2015. After meeting her first Chocobo, she never looked back. Sarah majored in game design in college and utilizes that knowledge to ...

Sega revealed two new sets of Miku Hatsune and Cinnamoroll collaboration plushes. Volume 4 and 5 of the plushes are now available as claw machine prizes throughout various amusement and game centers ...

Claw machines are an entertaining way to spend time at the arcade - and there's always the possibility that you might strike it lucky. We all understand that the chances of actually securing a prize ...

Stephanie is a senior writer who has been writing for games journalism and translating since 2020. After graduating with a BA in English and a Certificate in Creative Writing, she spent a few years ...

Mike Nay bought his first claw machine during the pandemic to pass the time. Once he had the strategy down and arcades reopened, he was winning hundreds of plushies. He learned he could make a profit ...

KATY, Texas -- The claw machine craze has hit southeast Texas. The Japanese-inspired arcades, featuring prizes such as anime figurines and plush toys, have become increasingly popular over the past ...

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

Test your spatial perception, luck and patience at the South Side's newest arcade specializing in nostalgic and famously frustrating claw machine games. Klaw Time will open Jan. 11 at 1324 Southwest ...

Arcade games evoke a sense of nostalgia, and many can remember the days spent dropping coin after coin in hopes of snagging that plush prize. The claw machine, or crane game, stands out as a staple in ...

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 ...

Kiddleton opened a new claw machine arcade at Marketplace at Merced in June 2025. The arcade features 20+ self-service machines with Anime and Kawaii prizes. Claw machines operate without staff and ...