July Trade Shows: Bowl Expo & IAAPA Expo Asia 2025
With July fully underway, it’s time to take a look at a couple more trade »
Bandai Namco’s GoldStorm Pirates Disembarks Into Western Shores
After its initial release in Japan and overseas launch at IAAPA 2024 late last year, »
Newsbytes: Bowl Expo 2025 Preview, Dave & Buster’s Leaderboard, Headlines & More
Welcome once again to Newsbytes, the series of posts on Arcade Heroes that goes over »
On Test: Star Wars Death Star Assault, Beatmania IIDX 33 Sparkle Shower, Earthion EXA Label
Though usually light on big announcements or releases, Summer often brings with it a good »
exA-Arcadia Puts Daemon Bride exAGAIN & Jamjam’n Jelly EXALENTE Up For Pre-Order
While Summer often means a slowdown in new arcade game announcements and releases, that hasn’t »
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Weekend News: SALEX Brazil; Fun Fair Bash, Pac-Man Headphones, Pitch to Pixel 2
Welcome to the last weekend of July. This week has given us some new game announcements with Raw Thrills’ Batmobile and Namco/Nintendo’s Mario Kart Arcade GP DX. There was some arcade news at the
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Namco Launches Mario Kart Arcade GP DX Japanese Version
The news about the next installment of Mario Kart for arcades is nothing new, something that has been on the wire since February. The game was announced for a summer release in Japan and
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Next from the Makers of H2Overdrive & Dirty Drivin’, a Batman Arcade Game: Batmobile
(Newsfeed 1323 via ) Ever since a Southern California company by the name of Specular Interactive was discovered to be behind the arcade racing title H2Overdrive, they have been on our map. I had
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DNA Announces Growth & New Book: The Out Of Home Immersive Entertainment Frontier
The Digital Out Of Home Interactive Entertainment Network Association is on the move again with some news about their growth as a group and plans for launching a new book about the industry this
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In Air Hockey News: The Gold Standard Games Table of Champions; Way of the Puck Documentary
(Thanks to Mark Robbins for the info) About a year ago at the AAMA Gala, among the new products shown was a picture of a company that used to be known as Shelti. They
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All You Can Arcade Aims For Widespread Rental Access
In the many discussions I frequently have with current or prospective operators or people just looking to have a little game room arcade action at home, there is one question that pops up all
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UPDATED: New Ultra SFIV for Japanese Arcades; Konami Testing Waters For A Return Of Pro Evolution Soccer?
UPDATED – Enough has come to light since the story broke that I’ve added a few new items and corrections below. Updates in green. Two stories to share with you tonight that we’re entirely
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Newsblend: Sega Arcade For Comic-Con; Aircraft Skin Arcade Cab; Dark Escape 4D Review
The weekend is just about to get started and with that, here are some more links with my comments about some quick arcade-related stories. BTW, I had a great conversation with Brian Colins of
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Sega Releases Transformers Human Alliance Teaser
Not long ago we found out that Sega was testing out a new arcade game called Transformers Human Alliance. It was first being tested out in China but there was very little info about
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The Museum Of Pinball in Southern California Launches A Kickstarter Campaign
Building a business is not an easy task and it becomes even more of a challenge when you start off with a gigantic facility. Arcades and similar ideas need space and generally speaking, the
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Newsbag: Sega UK’s Virtua Tennis 4 Sale; Ace Attorney Attraction Returns; New Mario Kart GP DX video
Here’s a few news stories about arcades to discuss, which have appeared With British tennis player Andy Murray winning the Wimbeldon tournament and bringing the prize home to England after a 77 year drought,
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Tecmo Koei Re-Entering Arcade Market With Dead or Alive 5 AC and Sega’s Help
(Scroll down for updated details) Bomb Jack. Solomon’s Key. Ninja Gaiden. Rygar. Tecmo Bowl. Dead or Alive. These titles are familiar to many gamers and among them are some commonalities. One, they were made
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