Recent Posts »

Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade Appearing At Round1USA’s Across The Land

Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade Appearing At Round1USA’s Across The Land

arcadehero December 28, 2023 0

Capcom’s Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade has begun to appear in the United States but only at Round1USA locations. It is going to replace existing Street Fighter V Type Arcade setups, so any R1

Read More »
What Is In Store For DSM Arcade In 2024?

What Is In Store For DSM Arcade In 2024?

arcadehero December 26, 2023 0

Before we end 2023, I wanted to take this opportunity to look at an arcade developer who are moving up from an indie developer to bigger player in the amusement business. I spoke with

Read More »
Location Watch December 2023: New Arcades For The Holidays

Location Watch December 2023: New Arcades For The Holidays

arcadehero December 23, 2023 0

Welcome to Location Watch, an occasional series of posts that focus on brand new arcade businesses that have opened their doors recently. We cover them from any part of the world, splitting the news

Read More »
VR 360 Action Launches Crazy Racing

VR 360 Action Launches Crazy Racing

arcadehero December 21, 2023 1

For locations in the market for a new motion racing simulator, VR 360 Action has a solution called Crazy Racing. This is a multi-game, race-focused simulator. Let’s see what it is all about: Crazy

Read More »
Arcana Heart 3 Xtend Now Shipping In Japan; Western Pre-Orders Open

Arcana Heart 3 Xtend Now Shipping In Japan; Western Pre-Orders Open

arcadehero December 16, 2023 0

exA-Arcadia has released Team Arcana’s Arcade Heart 3 Love Max Six Stars Xtend in Japan, with Western pre-orders now up. Let’s look into the details: What Is Arcana Heart? The Arcana Heart series is

Read More »
Bullseye Crackshot Now Shipping To Arcades

Bullseye Crackshot Now Shipping To Arcades

arcadehero December 13, 2023 0

First shown at Bowl Expo with the production model on display at IAAPA 2023, Coastal Amusements is ready to ship their latest arcade video game, Bullseye Crack Shot. Let’s take a look at this

Read More »
New Games Aplenty For 2024: Wrapping Up IAAPA 2023

New Games Aplenty For 2024: Wrapping Up IAAPA 2023

arcadehero December 11, 2023 2

It’s been a few weeks since IAAPA 2023 took place and in that time, I’ve slowly been working through the many companies and games that made their grand debut at the show. This post

Read More »
Newsbytes: Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade; Men In Black; Headlines

Newsbytes: Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade; Men In Black; Headlines

arcadehero December 9, 2023 6

Welcome to Newsbytes, a post that curates quick news from around the world of arcades and pinball machines. There isn’t a ton of news to chew on this time, but just enough to have

Read More »
Next Up From Spooky Pinball: Looney Tunes & Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Next Up From Spooky Pinball: Looney Tunes & Texas Chainsaw Massacre

arcadehero December 6, 2023 0

Spooky Pinball has announced their next two games which will lead them into 2024: Looney Tunes and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. As pinball companies often do, the information was released in a staggered way, making

Read More »
IAAPA 2023: The UNIS Round-up

IAAPA 2023: The UNIS Round-up

arcadehero December 6, 2023 0

Next up for our IAAPA recap is UNIS. Based out of China with offices in Canada and the US, they tend to have a large booth space with a strong focus on redemption. That

Read More »
Arcade Heroes Turns 17

Arcade Heroes Turns 17

arcadehero December 3, 2023 2

Seventeen years ago today, an intrepid creator in the arcade industry known as “PointyThing” created this site, Arcade Heroes. He did so as at the time, there was very little reporting being done to

Read More »
Newsbytes: Nova Blast City; Big Buck Update; Goldstorm Pirates & More

Newsbytes: Nova Blast City; Big Buck Update; Goldstorm Pirates & More

arcadehero December 2, 2023 0

Welcome to Newsbytes, an occasional post that curates quick bytes of news from around the arcade, pinball, and amusement world. Due to the deluge of news coming out of IAAPA 2023, this series has

Read More »