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New Media For Jersey Jack Pinball’s The Hobbit Pinball Game

New Media For Jersey Jack Pinball’s The Hobbit Pinball Game

arcadehero January 16, 2014 0

The Hobbit films have been a success for MGM and New Line Cinema so far, nearing $1 billion total in earnings with more to go on the 2nd part, The Desolation of Smaug and

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New Flyer And Screenshots For Bandai Namco/Raw Thrills’ Super Alpine Racer

New Flyer And Screenshots For Bandai Namco/Raw Thrills’ Super Alpine Racer

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The next couple of months are going to be a busy time for new arcade releases and with that I’ve been looking to get my hands on more media for these titles. Thanks to

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Chuck E Cheeses Agrees To a $950 Million Buyout Deal

Chuck E Cheeses Agrees To a $950 Million Buyout Deal

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(Above: Chuck in happier times) Interesting news among locations lately – while chains like Dave & Busters and Round 1 USA expand, a more famous arcade chain looks to be in some trouble. Chuck

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Poster For Konami’s Gundog Offers First Glimpse Of The Cabinet

Poster For Konami’s Gundog Offers First Glimpse Of The Cabinet

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Just a few weeks ago on Christmas Eve, we received news that Konami was testing out a brand new sniper arcade game in Japan called Gundog. From the descriptions it sounded like a follow-up

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Video: Namco America’s IAAPA 2013 Booth Tour

Video: Namco America’s IAAPA 2013 Booth Tour

arcadehero January 14, 2014 0

Just a somewhat quick post here – Bandai Namco America has just released a video to show all of their new products that were are IAAPA 2013. So this not only gives a look

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Dave & Busters Aiming To Open 7 New Stores in 2014

Dave & Busters Aiming To Open 7 New Stores in 2014

arcadehero January 14, 2014 12

(Image from a D&B location in the Northwest, USA) There are not many big chains of arcades or FECs in the Western world but there are a few. One of those, Dave & Busters,

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Sega Amusements To Showcase Wahlap’s Storm Racer G At EAG2014

Sega Amusements To Showcase Wahlap’s Storm Racer G At EAG2014

arcadehero January 11, 2014 4

A new trade show, EAG Expo 2014, is approaching fast and with it our first confirmation of a game that will be showcased there. EAG will be held January 21-23rd in London; Sega has

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Japan Arcade News: Initial D8 Test; Puyo Puyo Quest Milestone; MSS Project + More

Japan Arcade News: Initial D8 Test; Puyo Puyo Quest Milestone; MSS Project + More

arcadehero January 10, 2014 7

Next month a big arcade trade show will take place in Japan and in the run up to that news on new games is starting to warm up. Let’s take a look at the

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Bandai Namco Making Zombie Japanese Idol Light-Gun Game “Thrill Of The Night”

Bandai Namco Making Zombie Japanese Idol Light-Gun Game “Thrill Of The Night”

arcadehero January 9, 2014 7

In addition to the new update to Deadstorm Pirates coming to Japan next month, there is another light-gun shooter in the works by Namco although this one really seems to fit into local tastes.

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Videos: Stern Pinball @ CES2014; A Tour of The Arcadia in Ryde (IOW, UK)

Videos: Stern Pinball @ CES2014; A Tour of The Arcadia in Ryde (IOW, UK)

arcadehero January 8, 2014 3

Newsfeed 1343 via Stern at CES Most of the big news I’ve heard coming out of CES has been famous movie director Michael Bay not handling teleprompter malfunctions very well but there is one

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The Arcade Floor Of Magfest 12

The Arcade Floor Of Magfest 12

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With 2014 now alive and kicking it means that throughout the year people will get a chance to attend annual events that feature arcades in some shape, manner or form. Events like California Extreme

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Megatouch Ceases Development/Production Operations

Megatouch Ceases Development/Production Operations

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Here on Arcade Heroes we have rarely touched upon “bartop touchscreen games”. While they do fit into the out-of-home entertainment angle, they are an oddball, at least among other options that can go into

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