#7thkac

The 7th KONAMI Arcade Championships (KAC) was just announced on this week’s BEnama Live Stream, to everyone’s surprise:

While the omission of MUSECA was _somewhat_ expected, REFLEC BEAT is also not listed.

The official KAC Twitter followed up with this tweet, further confirming that this is not a mistake:

アーケードゲームプレーヤーの頂点を決めるKONAMI公式大会「The 7th KONAMI Arcade Championship」が開催決定！ 今年も熱い戦いが繰り広げられる！！#7thKAC #BE生 pic.twitter.com/JzT4LTOsH1

— KONAMI KACスタッフ (@konami_kac) October 18, 2017

Nostalgia, of course, is in the line-up for this year after killing the short-lived BeatStream series.

To see two series disappear from this event is quite a shock, regardless of how much you like or don’t like either game.

Now, the speculation begins. Will these games actually die? REFLEC BEAT’s touchscreen cabinet could be easily repurposed into another new game, should Konami decide to go that route. But MUSECA might be a bit of a challenge.