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Newsbytes: Golden Tee 2026; Genda Americas; Rhythm Game Updates & Much More
Welcome to Newsbytes, the series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that collects various recent pieces of news from around the arcade and pinball worlds into one digestible article. It’s been a little while
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Bandai Namco Officially Announces Penlalive – New Arcade Rhythm Game
Back in late January, one of the first surprise location tests of the year to pop up was for a mysterious new arcade rhythm game by the name of “Penda Beats” from Bandai Namco.
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IAAPA Expo Europe 2025 Round-Up: New Arcade Games In Europe
Welcome to our coverage of IAAPA Expo Europe 2025, which was held in Barcelona, Spain this past week. Note that we ourselves did not attend the Expo, but as usual, we have consulted with
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New On Test: Super Punch Mania (Konami), Putt It! Par-Tee (Sega Amusements)
As the trade show season heats up, it’s not unusual for more and more new arcade games to show up on location test, and today we have two examples that recently appeared: Super Punch
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Bandai Namco Officially Announces Biohazard RE:2 Arcade/Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot – Testing This Winter In The US
This Summer, one of the biggest pieces of arcade news to emerge was the surprise appearance of a Resident Evil 2 arcade lightgun game from Bandai Namco that quietly showed up on test in
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exA-Arcadia Opens Pre-Orders For Axel City 2: The Final Storm; Tests Chaos Code Next
exA-Arcadia has been busy lately, and as we’ll discuss today, they aren’t slowing down any time soon. We recently reported on their test for Vanguard Princess R (which is performing well), and now they
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Sega’s Maimai DX Starts Shipping Out Across The USA
The wait has lasted for more than a decade, but for US fans of Sega’s “washing machine game” from Japan, properly known as Maimai DX, that wait is at long last over. Since last
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IAAPA Expo Europe 2025 Preview
The next major amusement industry trade show is in sight, as IAAPA Expo Europe is getting underway in Barcelona, Spain. Running across the rest of this week (with the hall floor open from the
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Sega Amusements News: Paul Williams Steps Down As CEO; Company Grabs Speed Rider 4DX
It’s Friday, and to kick off the weekend, we have some news coming out of Sega Amusements International (SAI), the UK-based representation of Sega in arcades owned by their Kaizen Entertainment holdings company. Let’s
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exA-Arcadia Opens Pre-Orders For Vanguard Princess R; Tests For Axel City 2: The Final Storm
Trade shows have soaked up a bit of news lately, but they aren’t the only things to talk about in the arcade world. exA-Arcadia has a couple of fighting games to discuss, so let’s
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