An arcade featuring Japanese-style claw machines recently opened its doors in Powell.

Shawn (right) and Rhiannan Carnline play a claw game with 17-month-old Harlow at DUCK! claw arcade in Eagan, Minn., on Jan. 9. When Zhengui “Z” Lin pitched the idea of an arcade filled with 100 claw ...

The 8-year-old crouched in front of the claw machine to get eye level with the small toys behind the screen. With intense focus, she gingerly maneuvered the joystick until the claw was above a ...

Acadiana recently saw the opening of its first Japanese-inspired arcade, Gotcha — a claw-machine arcade with prizes from collectible figures and anime characters to gaming consoles and tech gear. The ...

Claw Lounge opens in downtown Sheboygan with more than 50 machines, prizes, party space and an Oct. 3 grand opening.

Claw arcades are popping up in U.S. malls, using easier wins and near-misses to draw players back while raising concerns ...

Clawcades: The new Japanese-style arcade sweeping the Twin Cities At least four claw (or crane) machine-only businesses have opened in the past year, drawing kids and adults alike in search of ...

Ever dreamed of being surrounded by claw crane game machines? Well, there is a record-breaking venue that lets you do just that! Sarpura Yokohama Play Town, located in Northport Mall (just 20 minutes ...

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 ...

The crane machine—also known as claw machines, crane games and, in Japan, as “UFO catchers” due to their proclivity for aerial abductions—first gripped the public imagination in the early 1900s. Even ...