Video arcade game Dead Heat has been the highest new entry in the Namco Funscape income charts and is "living up to its billing as one of the most popular and powerful video games of the year," according to Namco Operations' Rob Cook.

"The school holidays in the early part of 2011 provide operators with an insight to what games are likely to be the best performers for the remainder of the year," he said. "Dead Heat offers something quite different and was certainly popular with our customers. It delivers a host of ‘out of home’ entertainment experiences and crucially it allows any player to excel at every level."
 
John Crompton, sales manager for the UK and Ireland at Namco Europe, said: "It was our stand-out product at both EAG and AmEx and has hit the ground running wherever it’s been sited. All of the signs so far are indicating a rapid return on investment for operators."