LAI Games
{{Short description|Arcade game and video game developer}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2022}}
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| name = LAI Games
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| type = Subsidiary
| industry = Out-of-home entertainment
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| founded = {{start date and age|23 January 1958}}
Perth, Western Australia
| founder = Malcolm Steinberg
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| hq_location_city = Dallas, Texas
| hq_location_country = United States
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| num_employees = ~100
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| parent = Helix Leisure Pte Ltd
| website = {{URL|https://laigames.com/}}
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LAI Games (an abbreviation of Leisure and Allied Industries) is an arcade game and video game developer owned and operated by Helix Leisure Pte Ltd. It is recognised as an early pioneer of the family entertainment centre (FEC) concept for its founding of one of the first FECs, Timezone, in 1978.{{Cite web |title=LAI Games: Timezone {{!}} Bus Ex |url=https://www.bus-ex.com/article/lai-games-timezone |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=www.bus-ex.com}}
LAI Games operates worldwide and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
History
LAI Games was founded in Perth, Australia in 1958 by Malcolm Steinberg as Leisure and Allied Industries.{{Cite web |title=About LAI (Leisure & Allied Industries) |url=https://laigames.com/about-lai-games/ |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=laigames.com |language=en-US}} Today, it operates under its abbreviated name LAI Games.
Consumer video games
During the COVID-19 pandemic, LAI Games started developing consumer video games.
The first consumer product launched was Arcade Online in late 2020, an online browser game in which users are able to play real arcade games remotely. This was followed in early 2021 by the announcement of Arcade Legend, a consumer virtual reality game where players can build and operate their own virtual arcade venue with interactable replicas of real-world arcade games, planned for release in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Harry |date=2021-11-04 |title=Manage A Classic Games Arcade With Arcade Legend For Quest, PC VR In 2022 |url=https://uploadvr.com/arcade-legend-quest-pcvr-2022/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |language=en-US}}
Notable arcade games
- Stacker
- Speed of Light
- Let's Bounce
- Color Match
- Angry Birds Coin Crash
- Pearl Fishery
- Mount Shabang
- Lighthouse
- Drop Zone
- Sonic Beat
- Timebuster
Awards
LAI Games has won seven AMOA Innovator Awards for its arcade games, including Let's Bounce and HYPERshoot in 2017,{{Cite web |date=2017-05-18 |title=Lets Bounce And Hypershoot Are 2017s Standouts |url=https://www.vendingtimes.com/news/lets-bounce-and-hypershoot-are-2017s-standouts/ |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=www.vendingtimes.com |language=en}} Virtual Rabbids VR in 2018,{{Cite web |date=2018-09-24 |title=LAI Games brings award-winning VR game Virtual Rabbids: The Big Ride to EAS |url=https://blooloop.com/play/news/lai-games-virtual-rabbids-eas/ |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=Blooloop |language=en-GB}} HYPERpitch in 2020{{Cite web |date=2020-03-12 |title=LAI Games Hyperpitch wins AMOA Innovator Award |url=https://www.intergameonline.com/coin-op/news/lai-games-hyperpitch-wins-amoa-innovator-award |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=InterGame: iGaming, Casino & Coin-Op News |language=en}} and Angry Birds Coin Crash in 2021.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-08 |title=LAI Games win 7th AMOA innovator award |url=https://www.vendingtimes.com/news/lai-games-win-7th-amoa-innovator-award/ |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=www.vendingtimes.com |language=en}}
References
External links
- [https://laigames.com/latest-arcade-games/ Current and legacy games]
Category:Australian companies established in 1958