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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 chance for companies to try out upcoming titles or concepts, so it is time once again to round up
Read More »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 been an exclusive phenomenon in recent years, thanks to companies whose business model allows them to release content at
Read More »exA-Arcadia Announces Five New Titles At ShooterFes 2025
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),
Read More »Previewing Alpha Ops VR Strike’s Stages
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
Read More »Food Fight Frenzy By Retro Arcade Remakes Is Available Now
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
Read More »Jersey Jack Pinball Unleashes The Magic of Harry Potter To Arcades
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
Read More »Raw Thrills Launches Godzilla Kaiju Wars VR Ultimate; Top Gun: Maverick
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
Read More »LAI Games Begins Testing Ubisoft All-Star VR
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
Read More »Newsbytes: PlayX4 In South Korea, Raw Thrills Update, Konami Reshuffles & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a regular series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that runs through recent “bytes” of news around the wonderful world of arcade and pinball games. We usually try and launch these
Read More »Konami Releases Contra Burst To Round1USA
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
Read More »Alan-1 Launches Soda Slam!
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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