Happy National Arcade Day!
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Stranger Things Arcade Is Coming Soon Via Raw Thrills
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Bubsy Paws Into Pinball (Updated!)
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Location Watch March 2026: The Latest Arcade Openings Across The World
Welcome to Location Watch, the series of posts on Arcade Heroes that compiles the most »
Amusement Expo 2026: The Full Rundown
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The Games Of The IAAPA Asian Attractions Expo 2017
While every November we come to the ‘big’ IAAPA trade show, the organization holds expos around the world throughout the year. One of those is called the Asian Attractions Expo. This year the event
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Sega Opens Pre-Orders For Let’s Go Island Dream Edition Conversion Kits
Here’s something you don’t hear coming from major manufacturers too often these days – a new conversion kit is coming soon! Dream Raiders To Let’s Go Island Conversion Back in 2012, Sega released the
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Location Watch: VR Zone (JP); N2 Arcade (TN), The Garcade (WI) Sega Prize Zone Hatfield (UK); Round1USA (NY)
It’s E3 time again, which means that the gaming world has their focus on new developments for the console side of the business. Outside of that, developments continue in the arcade sector particularly with
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Star Wars Pinball Appears At The Park Avenue Open Day (UK)
Newsfeed via We just received our first glimpses of Stern Pinball’s Star Wars this past week but for arcade operators in the UK, they have already had the chance to play it. Every year
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Spider-Man Homecoming Videmption Arcade Lands Exclusively At Dave & Busters
If you are looking for some exclusive videmption content then Dave & Busters has it for you once again. Earlier this year, the company worked hand-in-hand with Adrenaline Amusements to create Pirates of the
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Star Wars Pinball Revealed In Detail
Last week saw a ‘sort of’ unveiling of Stern Pinball’s next release, Star Wars Pinball and today, IGN.com received the goods to show the game in higher-res glory (albeit there is still some image
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The Cosmotrons Arcade Summer Tour + More Game Details
A little while ago, we covered a new indie game that was being designed for home consoles but just so happened to make a public appearance as an arcade machine – Cosmotrons. The game
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Newsbytes: Cosmotrons; Knights In Armor; KOF XIV
It’s a wonderful day in June, at least where I am at, so make the most of it and drop by an arcade for a gaming break. Until then, here are some news items
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Daytona Championship USA: New Trailer And UK Sightings
With June upon us, it is the beginning of the busy season for many arcades. Kids are out of school, families tend to travel and that means that many locations want to bring in
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Stern Unveils Star Wars Pinball
Around the beginning of this month, we heard some credible, hot rumors that Stern Pinball’s next release was going to be Star Wars. Star Wars has been done multiple times on the pinball side
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