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exA-Arcadia Announces Five New Titles At ShooterFes 2025

exA-Arcadia Announces Five New Titles At ShooterFes 2025

Shaggy June 15, 2025 0

The 2025 edition of ShooterFes, a yearly Japanese event that is specially focused on the “shoot ’em up” genre of games (also known as “shmup” or “STG;” I’ll use the latter in this article),

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Konami Testing Out Dance Dance Revolution Stomp Arrows At Round1USA

Konami Testing Out Dance Dance Revolution Stomp Arrows At Round1USA

Shaggy June 13, 2025 0

The slow, quiet return of Konami into the US arcade market continues with another game on test, this one carrying the highest name profile of anything that the company has done in the US

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Previewing Alpha Ops VR Strike’s Stages

Previewing Alpha Ops VR Strike’s Stages

Shaggy June 12, 2025 0

Summer’s here, and with it a number of big new arcade exclusive releases are near. Several of these games have had to be pushed back slightly due to the tariffs situation, however, with things

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Food Fight Frenzy By Retro Arcade Remakes Is Available Now

Food Fight Frenzy By Retro Arcade Remakes Is Available Now

Shaggy June 10, 2025 0

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Retro Arcade Remakes, the creators of the Taito Ice Cold Beer Remake that has been on the market for a while now. Last year, they unveiled

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Jersey Jack Pinball Unleashes The Magic of Harry Potter To Arcades

Jersey Jack Pinball Unleashes The Magic of Harry Potter To Arcades

Shaggy June 5, 2025 0

After months of teasing, the wait is finally over, as Jersey Jack Pinball has launched their latest game to the market, Harry Potter. Based more upon the movies, players become a student at Hogwarts

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Raw Thrills Launches Godzilla Kaiju Wars VR Ultimate; Top Gun: Maverick

Raw Thrills Launches Godzilla Kaiju Wars VR Ultimate; Top Gun: Maverick

Shaggy June 3, 2025 0

The wait is officially over, as the complete and “ultimate” version of Godzilla Kaiju Wars VR by Raw Thrills is now available for existing locations to grab for their machines. Let’s see what this

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LAI Games Begins Testing Ubisoft All-Star VR

LAI Games Begins Testing Ubisoft All-Star VR

Shaggy May 31, 2025 0

Much has been said in recent months about arcade virtual reality (and VR in general) declining from the heights of its second boom period. That doesn’t stop new pieces from appearing altogether, however, as

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Konami Releases Contra Burst To Round1USA

Konami Releases Contra Burst To Round1USA

Shaggy May 27, 2025 0

Late last year, word spread around in arcade circles about a brand new Contra video redemption game by Konami under the name of Contra Burst. This quietly appeared on location test at Round1USA‘s flagship

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Alan-1 Launches Soda Slam!

Alan-1 Launches Soda Slam!

Shaggy May 24, 2025 0

Alan-1 has announced that they have begun shipping their third title, the enhanced version of DSM Arcade’s Perfect Pour, known as Soda Slam! Let’s take a look at what this is as units may

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PAC-MAN Celebrates 45 Years Of Dot Eating, Ghost Chasing Fun

PAC-MAN Celebrates 45 Years Of Dot Eating, Ghost Chasing Fun

Shaggy May 22, 2025 0

If you were to pick a “mascot” for the arcade industry, the chances are that Namco’s PAC-MAN would win the polls of public opinion. Yes, there had been some basic characters that popped up

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Pop-A-Shot Elite Is Now Available

Pop-A-Shot Elite Is Now Available

Shaggy May 15, 2025 0

Pop-A-Shot, inventors of the original basketball arcade machine, have announced that their return to the arcade market with the Pop-A-Shot Elite, is now available for operators to buy. With a few exceptions of some

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AAA 2025 Day 3: Rounding Up China’s New Arcade Games

AAA 2025 Day 3: Rounding Up China’s New Arcade Games

Shaggy May 14, 2025 0

Day 3 means the home stretch for our coverage of the AAA 2025 trade show in China, but it is going to be a long one, rounding up all the other, smaller names who

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