Xbox co-creator moves Dave & Buster’s from restaurant arcades to mobile games

Dave & Buster’s has done its share of saving the arcade game business in the U.S., where playing games for prizes is perhaps the last bastion of the big entertainment machines that many older Americans grew up with. By marrying prizes, food, and arcades, the Dallas-based chain of 76 locations has created a way to make money and provide fun for customers.

Now it is moving into mobile games with the announcement of three new mobile releases based on the classic arcade machines in the restaurants. The free-to-play mobile games are designed to be lasting fun titles, and they aren’t meant to publicize the restaurant chain. Rather, players can earn rewards in the mobile games that they can add to their Power Cards, which they can use to both play games and redeem prizes at Dave & Buster’s locations.