It’s time for the second part of our coverage of the three-day GTI Asia China Expo 2026 trade show, which means another look at the new arcade games that are currently coming out of China. Today’s post takes goes over the two biggest names on the Chinese scene besides Wahlap to appear at the event: UNIS Technology, and Ace Amusement (who recently started advertising for us).
Both companies have been selling their games directly into North America for a bit now (with UNIS being represented by several companies in Europe), and Ace products also see distribution from the likes of Coastal Amusements, Amusement Source International and others. So, expect most of the games you see here to be receiving Western releases sooner rather than later.
If you missed the first day of the GTI review about Wahlap, Bandai Namco, and their big Chinese debut of Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune Ignition, find that here. Thanks to our true blue Welsh Arcade Hero for many of the photos used below in today’s post 🙂
Ace Amusement
As is often the case, Ace had a large booth space on their home turf, along with several brand new games, but also some that we’ve seen before in different cabinets, with the company now pivoting hard to the portrait style monitor design instead of the dual stacked screens. At least one or two of these games should be making an appearance at IAAPA Expo Europe next week, then Ace will also have a booth at IAAPA 2026 that appears to be the same size as they had last year (and will likely include games of theirs which won’t be at distributor booths like Coastal, Amusement Source and possibly one or two others).
Ace have unfortunately gone silent again on posting much English promotional material through their official channels, but they did send us some videos with English translations, so we have put them up here:
Medal Masters
Perhaps the most novel of the new games Ace brought here is this sporting event multi-game effort called Medal Masters (although the English marquee has a typo). The difference between it and previous sporting games is it features three specialized control methods – a step pad, a pair of motion sensing sticks, then a hand crank/pedal in the center. It isn’t clear exactly how many events there are, with three being obvious from the photo below, then a few others you can catch a glimpse of in the video. track run, swimming, and cycling are there for sure, then the video shows some variations on track, some of which are unique to the game instead of being straight track & field events.
The pedal is somewhat reminiscent of the one used on the Andamiro Tight Rope video redemption piece from some years back, though obviously the gameplay context is completely different here. The rest of the play environment, particularly the fenced-in stage and motion controllers, has shades of UNIS’ recent Pickleball Rivals: it’s almost like Ace looked at that (plus maybe the two arcade Mario and Sonic at the Olympics Games titles) and wondered how they could do something different.
Wild Frontier
Wild Frontier is Ace’s newest racer, going for a more non-standard theme than their previous titles by being a combat-based off-roader (something last seen in SMASH/Extreme Off-Road from Superwin). Designed in a twin cabinet similar to those they have made before, this has a vertical monitor, motion seat, and force feedback steering wheel with attack buttons integrated into it. There is some pre-expo direct capture footage of it in an official trailer on the Chinese video site Bilibili, although at no point does that tell us specific details like how many vehicles, tracks or weapons there are.
Pop Shot Circus
Shooting gallery style games aren’t anything we haven’t seen before, and Ace has done a couple of them in recent memory. Often they are somewhat “variety show”, throwing together everything from zombies, to flying frisbees, to bottles, and even dinosaurs. That doesn’t seem to be the case with Pop Shot Circus though, where it appears to be sticking to a single circus theme across its ten levels. Sporting a big 75″ or 85″ screen, it also has four guns to maximize those earnings for the cabinet, being a little like Giga Shot in that respect. I would rate the chances of this one coming West as especially high.
Dimensional Hero
Note that this title might be incorrect, but it also may not be something that heads West, as it’s another card battler. As mentioned in previous coverage, these games have become quite popular in China, and this marks the first time that Ace has jumped into them. There’s no indication of how many cards are available, or if this is based on any kind of existing IP, but it’s got a decently distinctive cabinet design with portal-eqsue card readers in the control panels. In a video trailer description, they also call it a “rogue-lite”, but it’s unclear if that means it’s a roguelike or has any of that style of perma-death gameplay in it.
Ace did have numerous other titles on show, but these were largely all redemption or examples we have covered numerous times before, including Skull of Shadow, Fighter Jets, Cold Trigger, Racing Xtreme and Bikers Madness. The latter two have received a new model in the form of single vertical screen cabinets, clearly taking aim at the Plus updates to the Asphalt games (Ace’s two did already have portrait versions, but just in twin machines).
UNIS
As covered in previous Chinese trade show posts, UNIS are probably the main name comparable to Wahlap in size and stature, certainly going by the size of their booths (though Ace are also coming up on the rails). When it comes to the games they make, UNIS tend to have a bit more of a drive for redemption machines, as well as their own properties, although that doesn’t mean they don’t have any major partnerships (like the one they have with Raw Thrills) or licensed titles. They have also made more headway in direct sales than any other Chinese outfit, which means that their works often end up slightly more widespread.
UNIS have been posting some official content from the show, just only over at Facebook and LinkedIn; there is also this video of highlights that one of their official channels on YouTube shared:
Super Drift
The main new debut on UNIS’ booth this year seems to have been yet another new arcade racer from them, continuing their focus on that genre above much else in video games. This is partly thanks to them working more and more with a developer called Leads Games on some of these, including the title after this one, though it’s unclear whether they are involved here. Either way, Super Drift looks a little like a cross between their Monster Kart and Turbo Nova games (the latter being one that was done by Leads), with a hint of Ace’s Legends of Spark. It is aimed squarely at families with its cartoon characters, but does have a slightly larger cabinet.
Cyberpunk 2077: Chrome Rush
Possibly UNIS’ biggest title of late is this futuristic motorbike racer based on CD Projekt Red’s biggest property, which they debuted back at Amusement Expo 2026 in March, and have brought to one or two other events since then. Cyberpunk 2077: Chrome Rush returned here with a slightly smaller display than the one it got at AAA 2026 in May, but was still one of the marquee titles on their booth. We can also confirm that this is finally shipping out West now after several delays, and we will have a detailed post up about that once the GTI coverage is out of the way (plus when UNIS have got back to us with more information).
Doomsday Odyssey
Not everything that UNIS makes is redemption or racers, and for an example of that we have a new original shooter from them that received a little less of the spotlight here, being placed in a smaller display next to Godzilla Kaiju Wars DX. If this game reminds you of anything then it should be Wahlap’s Phantom Vanguard, as well as Ace’s Cold Trigger, since this is another multiplayer lightgun game with a military theme. That said, Doomsday Odyssey doesn’t seem to have the unique gun mounts that those titles do, so perhaps they’re trying to court the operator that doesn’t want to deal with slightly more cost and maintenance.
Hammer Strike
UNIS have dabbled in whacker games before, as seen with their recent interpretation of Godzilla Vs King Kong into the old standard, and now they are putting a twist on the video iteration of it, done previously by many other companies. None of those likely did what Hammer Strike does though, which is vend prize cards to those who play it well enough. We’ve had other vending whackers before (Smart Industries brought out HY’s
Other Games
For a quick overview of the other games that UNIS had on hand, as with Wahlap previously here’s a dedicated photo carousel. One thing that was a small surprise was them bringing back their active entertainment range with a pared-back version of Spin City and a new bicycling game, which can be seen next to Pickleball Rivals and Ski Hero in a special sports section. There are some minor things of interest in the non-video game category too, like their redemption games based on My Little Pony and Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla, and Portal Pix, something that seems to be taking aim at Konami’s Card Connect (which was recently tested in the States) for printing out fun cards on demand.
Day 2 is now done and dusted, which means that the third and final part of GTI Asia China Expo 2026 coverage from us is imminent. That one will cover the best of the rest in the companies and games that appeared there; just expect that to take another day or two with the volume of both. Until then, which of UNIS and Ace’s new arcade games seen in this posy interest you the most?
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