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Xgaming® is an award-winning product design firm whose innovative and indestructible X-Arcade™ gaming products have received critical worldwide acclaim as well as being featured on a number of hit American television shows like HBO's Entourage™ and Alias™. IGN™, Wired™, PC Magazine™ and countless industry publications have issued editor's choice and best of category awards for X-Arcade™ products.X-Arcade™: Rebirth Of The Arcade ExperienceX-Arcade™, the company's flagship brand of authentic arcade gaming products, appeals to the nostalgia for the Golden Age of arcade gaming---using industrial-grade, 100% authentic designs which re-create the 80's arcade experience in the home. The success of the X-Arcade™ over the past decade has led to a rebirth of an entire industry of retro-arcade gaming. What began as a three-person operation sparked by Pittsburgh native Shawn Walters' plan to resurrect the arcade experience of the 80's has grown to a leading video game accessory brand worldwide.The Xgaming® customer list includes professional athletes, celebrities, the world's top corporations and universities AND EVEN regular nostalgia-seekers looking to bring back the arcade experience of the 80's.Xgaming® was started in 2001 and was previously-based at the revolutionary graduate program for video games at Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center. (external link)