Jan. 21 (UPI) --A video game arcade in Japan was awarded a Guinness World Record for the largest number of claw crane machine games in one venue: 477. Genda Sega Entertainment announced Sega Shinjuku ...

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) ...

A controllable claw is capturing the curiosity of casinos and their customers. The Go Go Claw gambling game looks and plays a lot like a crane machine found in an arcade or the entrance to a grocery ...

When Kelsey Ingersoll was told her 2-year-old son Ezra was "in" an arcade machine at a pizza joint in Alabama Monday night, the mom assumed the boy's sister was exaggerating. But then, sure enough, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Humanity is one step closer to replacement as the dominant species on Earth after capuchin monkeys have proven capable of using arcade claw machines. Capuchins are extremely intelligent creatures, ...

On March 24, 2026, in Guangzhou, China, @Shēngmǐchōngtàn shared a playful video of two children with an arcade claw crane machine. In the video, one child walks up to the machine to check on the other ...