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State of the Industry & Arcade Year-In-Review 2023

State of the Industry & Arcade Year-In-Review 2023

arcadehero December 29, 2023 1

It is time to look back at the year and see where we’re at as an industry, with this ‘State of the Industry’ report. I’m hearkening back to Play Meter Magazine with this idea,

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Location Watch December 2023: New Arcades For The Holidays

Location Watch December 2023: New Arcades For The Holidays

arcadehero December 23, 2023 0

Welcome to Location Watch, an occasional series of posts that focus on brand new arcade businesses that have opened their doors recently. We cover them from any part of the world, splitting the news

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Location Watch May 2023: New Arcade Businesses Open Their Doors Around The World

Location Watch May 2023: New Arcade Businesses Open Their Doors Around The World

arcadehero May 25, 2023 2

It’s been a spell since we last spoke about brand new arcade businesses opening their doors, the most recent post about the subject coming along in February. I was searching for venues in March

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Location Watch September 2022: New Arcades For The USA, UK, India, and Australia

Location Watch September 2022: New Arcades For The USA, UK, India, and Australia

arcadehero September 24, 2022 1

Welcome to Location Watch, a semi-regular post that highlights the grand openings of new arcade locations. I endeavor to report on all that I can discover but sometimes I do overlook a place. If

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Newsbytes: Gundead On Test; Astro Ninja Man EXA Pre-Order; Playbox 4-player & More

Newsbytes: Gundead On Test; Astro Ninja Man EXA Pre-Order; Playbox 4-player & More

arcadehero September 3, 2022 0

Welcome to Newsbytes, a curated look at arcade & pinball news from around the world and wrapped up into one post. Enter The Gungeon: House of the Gundead Testing At PAX West It sure

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Operating An Arcade: Game Purchasing Insights

Operating An Arcade: Game Purchasing Insights

arcadehero April 30, 2022 0

So arcade news this month has been….slow, to put it nicely. I could perhaps be going back to the old days where I posted about every small bit of news as its own post

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Kevin Williams: GameWorks – The Slow Collapse Of The Dream!

Kevin Williams: GameWorks – The Slow Collapse Of The Dream!

arcadehero December 27, 2021 1

Ending the year with a new guest post for the site, industry specialist Kevin Williams takes time to look back at the tempestuous history of Gameworks – when Hollywood came to arcades. He sent

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GENDA Gains Ground In US With Pac-Man Entertainment Acquisition

GENDA Gains Ground In US With Pac-Man Entertainment Acquisition

arcadehero May 13, 2021 0

Arcade operation acquisitions have become a bit more frequent in recent times, with one of the most talked about being GENDA’s acquisition of Sega Japan’s operations last year. There was also a bit of

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The Future Of Sega Amusements International & The Sega Name In Arcades

The Future Of Sega Amusements International & The Sega Name In Arcades

arcadehero March 25, 2021 2

UPDATE: Some minor fixes and more details have been added to the story. When the pandemic first began, it was anyone’s guess as to how deeply it would have affected the arcade industry –

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Location Watch: Area 15[NV]; Game Terminal [TN]; 16-Bit Bar & Arcade [OH]; Natsuge Museum [JP] & More

Location Watch: Area 15[NV]; Game Terminal [TN]; 16-Bit Bar & Arcade [OH]; Natsuge Museum [JP] & More

arcadehero March 4, 2021 1

Welcome to Location Watch, a post series that highlights brand new arcade locations that have opened their doors for the first time. Since news in this regard has been rather slow, we haven’t had

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Namco USA Arcade Operations Sold Off As Covid Fallout Continues

Namco USA Arcade Operations Sold Off As Covid Fallout Continues

arcadehero March 1, 2021 4

It is no surprise – and probably won’t be for a while – that the effects of the covid-19 pandemic will have changed a lot about the arcade industry, along with pretty much every

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Kevin Williams: The SEGA Situation

Kevin Williams: The SEGA Situation

arcadehero November 16, 2020 0

Let’s start the week with an opinion piece, where site friend and industry specialist Kevin Williams weighs in on what’s been happening with SEGA over in Japan. Take it away, Kevin: Opinion Piece: The

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