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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
IAAPA Expo Europe 2025 Preview
The next major amusement industry trade show is in sight, as IAAPA Expo Europe is »
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February Trade Shows: IAAPI Expo (India); Rimini Amusement Show, Family Entertainment Expo (Italy)
Next month sees arcade trade show action heat up again in the States with Amusement Expo, but between that and IAAPA there are always a few more events on the international stage to speak
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Raw Thrills Reveals Top Gun Maverick For Arcades
Top Gun Maverick is one of the biggest movies to come along in the past few years, and given the action-packed premise, what better film to turn into an arcade game than this? That’s
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Sega Amusements Offer An Update On Alpha Ops VR Strike
While a lot of interest in recent Sega arcade news has been focused on the upcoming Western release of Maimai DX and House of the Dead Scarlet Dawn’s new theater cabinet design, those aren’t
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Bandai Namco Tests New Magic Wand Shooter “Magi Blast”
Big arcade news has just kept on coming with Bandai Namco of late, be it their overseas launches of Taiko No Tatsujin and GoldStorm Pirates or tests for their next music game and Wangan
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Pop-A-Shot Returns To Arcades With The Pop-A-Shot Elite
When I started selling arcade machines back in 2011, I would often get requests for arcade basketball machines – not just from businesses, but often from residential customers. They would almost always call the
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Desert Chase & Cannonball Jam Are Now Available From Blue Motion Games
Previously on Arcade Heroes, we mentioned the arrival of a new company to the industry fray by the name of Blue Motion Games. Spearheaded by industry veteran Salim Sabbagha, the company was at IAAPA
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New Theater Model For House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn From Sega Amusements
In our industry, arcade games don’t always get a shot at being sold for much longer than five years, let alone receive new models. There are exceptions with popular titles however, and today we
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exA-Arcadia Updates: Airgallet EXA Label; Daemon Bride exAgain; More
Time for some more news on exA-Arcadia, as they have just held an “exALive” streaming event in Japan. The focus was on showcasing some previously announced titles that will be available very soon, so
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Newsbytes: Arcades at MAGFest 2025, Japan Game Updates, Headlines & More
Welcome back to Newsbytes, the series of posts at Arcade Heroes covering bite-sized pieces of news from around the worlds of arcade and pinball. It’s been a little while since we had a regular
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Bandai Namco Reveals Wangan Midnight Speed Ignition
For several years now, one of the most heavily-rumored arcade games out there has been the next major entry in the Wangan Midnight series of racers by Bandai Namco. This has been talked about
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