Japan Amusement Expo 2025: The Recap
The biggest amusement trade show of November is now only hours away, but before another »
The Great IAAPA Expo 2025 Preview
Welcome to our IAAPA 2025 preview! In these annual posts before the event, we meticulously »
exA-Arcadia Launches New Games, To Show Baki Hanma & Toxic Crusaders At IAAPA 2025
Among our final entries in previews for the IAAPA 2025 tradeshow is exA-Arcadia. They often »
Japan Amusement Expo 2025: The Preview
IAAPA 2025 isn’t the only major arcade event happening this month, with Japan’s Amusement Expo »
Bandai Namco IAAPA 2025 Preview: Speed Rider 4DX; The Future; Mini World; Pac-Man & More
One company that usually unveils their lineups for Western shows pretty close to the wire »
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UNIS Ships Four: Neon Rush, Dino Storm, Monster Kart & Bigfoot Smash
At IAAPA 2024, UNIS came out in force with several new arcade games, including the recently-released Sailor’s Quest VR 2. Of the others, there are now four more that we can finally confirm shipping
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LAI Games Ships Kaiju Rampage: The World of Monster Eye
February is now officially over, but the shortest month off the year didn’t leave us hanging dry when it came to arcade news. One surprise that hit the wires yesterday is that LAI Games
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Location Watch February 2025: New Arcades All Around The World
Welcome to Location Watch, an occasional series of posts on Arcade Heroes that focus on brand new arcade businesses that have opened their doors recently. We cover them from any part of the world,
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Raw Thrills Unveils Wizard of Oz Videmption Game For Arcades
While licenses are nothing new in the industry, one that has been extremely popular among a variety of manufacturers has been The Wizard of Oz. It’s been used for pinball and coin pushers, and
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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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