LAI Games Reveals IAAPA 2025 Lineup: Phantom Vanguard, Ubisoft All-Star VR & More
The unveilings for IAAPA 2025 just keep on coming now that it is only two »
Sega Amusements Officially Announces Putt It! Par-Tee For IAAPA 2025
Sega Amusements are letting their lineup for IAAPA 2025 slowly trickle out, as following a »
Three New Games For TouchMagix At IAAPA 2025: Boxed Up, Pickleball Toss, Treasure Chest
IAAPA 2025 is approaching fast, and while we will soon have a big preview of »
Location Watch October 2025: New Arcades Open Their Doors Worldwide
Welcome to the latest edition of Location Watch, a regular series here on Arcade Heroes »
Introducing Arcade Heroes’ Arcade Hall Of Fame
Most gamers should be aware of the World Video Game Hall of Fame, the Strong »
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Cineplex Rec Room to open several large Entertainment Centers across Canada in 2017 and beyond
Cineplex, a popular Canadian entertainment brand based out of Toronto, Ontario Canada, is set to open 10-15 large entertainment centers called Rec Room in 2017 and beyond. Cineplex is a popular brand of movie
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The Skylon Tower Family Fun Center Arcade (Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada) Updates and additions
As you may remember I visited the Skylon Tower Family Fun Center Arcade (Also known as Skyquest) last year. I had a chance to visit 2 more times since then so I thought I
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Newsbytes: Lots of Pinball; Skycurser Release; North Korea Arcade
Welcome to Newsbytes, a quick collection of arcade & pinball news stories to round out your weekend. I’m in a wee bit of a rush so apologies that additional details are scant this round;
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New Arcades: Strike 10 Bowling (FL); Funky Munky (UT); Tamba Gaming Arcade (UK); Vertigo Arcade (UK); Round1USA (GA)
Time to take a look at another round of new arcade locations that are opening out there, showing once again how arcades are still alive and thrive out in the Western world. In a
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Japan To Receive “Go! Go!” Update To Mario Kart Arcade GP DX
At the end of 2016, news came down that Bandai Namco’s Mario Kart Arcade GP DX games in the West would be receiving their final update. This update would add some content to the
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UNIS Opens VR Amusement Division Called Fun VR Tech
Back at IAAPA 2016, I had the chance to try out a new Virtual Reality amusement setup by Virtuix and Universal Space called the Omni Arena. Using Virtuix’s innovative multi-directional treadmill design and player
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Video Arcade Games Turning 20 In 2017
Welcome to Part 3 of our series on games that will be celebrating a certain anniversary during this calendar year of 2017. With going back to 1997, we will be looking at games turning
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New Trailer: The Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Championship USA
Sega Amusements released a new trailer for Daytona Championship USA this morning, showcasing the recreation of the Daytona International Speedway. This follows a trailer from a few weeks ago that focused on the remake
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Atari Pong Coffee Table Project Raising Funding For A General Release
(Thanks to Michael L. for the tip) Back in May of last year, we mentioned a very cool electromechanical Pong project. It received quite a bit of media attention, using an old but proven
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Why Arcades Haven’t Died In The United States
This past week, I had a few readers point out an article by Brian Ashcraft on Kotaku entitled Why Arcades Haven’t Died In Japan. It offers up that writer’s perspective as to why the
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